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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

At a recent Chicago Commercial AS
ISOLATION dinner James j. Hill retold
the great story of the growth Of the
Northwest since 1850, laying special
stress on the increase in farm valua-
tions in the fifty years between 1900
and 1900, and predicting that, despite
all our manufacturing and commercial
activities, it will be to the farm that
this nation must look for solid foun-
dations for its prosperity in the COM
ing generation. 1t is interesting In
this connection to consider the facts
about the growth of farm valuations
in the first half of the present decade
as they appear in bulletin of the Ag-
ricultural Department which has just
been made public. The inquiry is based
on correspondence conducted with 49,
600 correspondents in the fall of last
year. The increase in the value of
medium quality farms, buildings and
improvements included, In the five-year
period is put at SO per cent. The west
ern group of states and the south CEN
trail group, the latter running from
Kentucky and Tennessee to Oklahoma
and Texas, show the greatest progress,
with increased valuations put at 40
per cent. The south Atlantic group
shows a SO per cent increase. The
north central group, including the mid
die and north Atlantic states, comes
next with a So per cent increase. TAX
ing farms, not by locality but by typi-
cal products, the cotton farms lead
with a 40 per cent increase, the hay
and grain farms 81 per cent, farms de-
voted principally to sugar show 33 per
cent, and the tobacco farms a 80 per
cent increase. The grand aggregate
Of increase In valuation is more than
six billion dollars, of which more than
two-thirdS is attributed to the hay,
grain and live stock farms Such fig
ures as these show the share Of the
agricultural interests of the country
in the general increasing prosperity Of
the country. They do not show the bet
ter utilization of our farming re-
sources as such. Nevertheless it is I'M
questioned that something at least of
this increase In values is due to Just
such careful nursing Of farms as Mr.
Hill urgently advocates. Moreover, this
certainly may be said, that the present
prosperity of the farmers is putting
them in an excellent position to make
the most, collectively and individually,
of their economic opportunities. They
are not handicapped by their own pow
erty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

nOunced, he heard himself denounced
as the meanest criminal alive. He was
sent to Sing Sing for year and half,
and all the time he was there the words
"meanest criminal rang in his ears,
He came forth from Sing Sing, went
to luxuriously furnished apartments In
a New York hotel, but still the awful
words continually haunted him. The
other day with these same words still
on his mind, he stood before looking
glass and blew out his brains. That
man was AL Adams, the policy king.
OF all New York gamblers Adams was
undoubtedly the meanest. From the
mites of the poor, the dollars OF the
laboring man, he amassed a fortune
amounting to millions. On every side
were men and women who had con-
tributed to his wealth, but he never
appreciated the harm he had done I'M
til he was told by the justice on the
bench that he was the meanest criminal
alive. From that moment he knew him.
self to be marked man, social out.
cast, hunted prey. Life was not
worth living. Even his millions did
not make 1t worth living. When Adams
came out Of Sing Sing he missed his
one opportunity to reclaim himself. He
could have easily abandoned his former
life and began new one, but he chose
to pursue the old course, and his choice
was fatal from the start; for being a
marked man he was always under the
espionage of the police. The fact that
he was the meanest criminal seemed
not to have dawned on him until short
" before he ended his life. Then he
held himself in contempt and ended it
all. A sad case, but one that has its
lessons for all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
AUG1ty-T7Mee Ye0ySWdr
.%%I> A EStrUsgle OF the Dutch Ond the
1sSaES 80; people Of Achin who resist
9SSA SNb;us0tiON with Malay feroCity

and but for the trouble in Achin half
of the force would be ample for keep.
ing order.
Inc Achinese are good fighters and,
being Moslems, are fearless in battle.
Death under these circumstances they
are told is but translation from this
world to Paradise. Naturally they are
fanatics and carry on a guerrilla war
fare. Their favorite mode of attack is
by ambuscade; they usually devote
their attention to cutting out conveys,
blowing up trains, and by these crude,
unexpected tactics are able to keep the
Dutch forces constantly worn out.
Aside from these secret attacks the
Achinese fight fairly, and when they
capture Dutch soldiers treat them hui
namely and usually send them back
to their own camp under escort.
Still the war continues. The Achin-
csc are no nearer subjugation than
they were thirty years ago. In addi-
ton to the army constantly kept in the
Dutch East Indies, the Netherlands
Government maintains a special fleet of
warships to patrol the Achin coast.
Piracy has, indeed, been relegated by
the Achinese to the limbo of lost arts,
but independence is still theirs. The
war in Achin is no longer a war of
conquest; it is a war of determination.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
HARD TO SEE
Even When the Facts About CORss
Are Plain.

Even When the Facts About CORss
Are Plain.
It Is curious how people will refuse
to believe what one can clearly see.
Tell the average man or woman that
the slow but cumulative poisonous eff
feet Of caffeine-the alkaloid in tea ana
coffee-tends to weaken the heart, up
set the nervous system ard cause lndl-
gestion and they may laugh at you II
they don't know the facts.
Prove it by science or by practical
demonstration in the recovery or cor
fee drinkers from the above conditions.
and a large per cent OF the human fam
lily will ghrug their shoulders, take
some drugs and-keep on drinking COZ
fee or tea.
Coffee never agreed with me nor
with several members Of our house
hold" writes a lady. ut enerVates,
depresses and creates a feeling Of Ian
guor and heaVineSs. 1t was only by
leaving off coffee and using Postum
that we discovered the cause and cure
Of these ills.
'The only reason, am sure, why
Postum is not used altogether to the
exclusion of ordinary coffee is, many
persons do not know and DO not seem
willing to learn the facts and how to
prepare this nutritious beverage.
There's only one way-according to di-
rections-boil it fully Is minutes. Then
it is delicious" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Greek, Mich. Read the lit
tie book, 'The Road to WellTille," In
pigs. There's a reason"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
Mouse Kills a Cat.

1t is not often that a mouse kills a
cat Such a death, however, was meted
out last month to a fine black cat in
a Cape May hotel.
The cat caught the mouse and began,
as cats will, to play with it, to tease
it. For some ten minutes this went
on.
And then, all of a sudden, the cat
found herself struggling for her life.
In mounting the mouse, without desir-
ing to hurt 1t, she had inadvertently
half swallowed it. There it was, stuck
in her throat, choking her to death.
For three or four minutes the cat
choked and gasped. Then it fell
over, dead. And the mouse, oddly
enough, was disgcrged at the moment
the cat died. The mouse was alive. 1t
lay on the floor a moment, resting.
Then it stole away. after one triumph
ant look at the dead body of the cat
which 1t had killed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
The Ideal Family Laxative

is one that can be used by the entire
family, young and old, weak and strong,
without any danger of harmful effects. It
should have properties which insure the
same dose always having the sane effect,
otherwise the quantity will have to be
increased and finally lose its effect alto
gether. These properties can be found in
that old family remedy, Brandreth's Pills,
because its ingredients are of the purest
herbal extracts, and every pill is kept for
three years before being sold, which al
lows them to mellow. We do not believe
there is a laxative on the market that is
so carefully made.
Brandreth's Pills are the same fine lax
alive tonic pill your grandparents used.
They have been in use for over a century
and are sold in every drug store and medi-
cine store. either plain or sugar-coated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
The Push He Needed.

when / was a little fellow was
a learned and successful man in an ex-
change. II remember sitting beside the
brook one day while the older children
were building a dam. They were
wading, carrying stones, splashing the
mud and shouting orders, but none of
them paying any attention to me- l
began to feel abused and lonely, and
was blubbering over my neglected con-
dition when Aunt Sally came down the
road:
whats the matter, sonny? Why
amt you playin' with the restY
"'They don't want me- 1 said, dig
glng my fists into my eyes. They new
er ask me to come
II expected sympathy, but she gave
me an impatient shake and push. Is
that all, you little ninny? Nobody
wants folks that'Il sit around on a
bank, and wait to be asked she cried.
Run along with the rest, and make
yourself wanted
'sThat shake and push did the work.
Before 1 had time To recover from my
indignant surprise 1 was in the middle
of the stream, and soon was as busy as
the others. But for that shake and
push might be neglected and waiting
to this day. It's the people who'll help
push instead of waiting to be pushed
that make the worthwhile citizens. -
St Louis Republic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

Half a century ago a great share of
Carlyle's sarcaSms were leveled at the
great aristOcratic canon of game pre-
serving as more important than the
welfare of the people who titled the
soil. Those Americans who read his
satires and the statements of fact on
which they were based experienced a
feeling Of patriotic thankfulness that
game laws were unknown in their land.
But while the logic Of the nineteenth
century attacks on the English game
laws was never refuted this country
has seen since then a wide imitation
of them. Game laws that are confined
to prohibiting the wantons slaughter of
game In localities where they injure no
one are proper. But game laws that
protect game to tile injury of agricul-
ture and infringe the right of Individ-
uaIs to use their property as suits them
copy the aristocratic English model al
together too faithfully.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

More than a quarter of a century ago
Ned Kelley, an outlaw, was hanged in
Melbourne. The explosion of a gum
tree three hundred feet tall in north
ern Victoria the other day recalled to
the present generation the story of his
outlawry. He and his band had fire.
quented that part of the country, and
had used a hollow in the tree to store
gunpOwder. A fire set by a farmer to
burn off some dense brush communi-
Gated with this hidden powder maya
zine, and the explosion resulted. What
a find that tree would have been for
1O-year-old boys who dream of pirates
by day and of retributiOn by night!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
In Defense of Tobacco.

Spurgeon, the preacher. is said to
have said that it was his habit to smoke
cigars "to the glory of God" but now
we find serious people writing to say
that the use Of tobacco in any form is
improper for clergymen of any denOm-
nation. One wonders why, seeing that
the moderate use of the herb is asso-
ciated neither with evil passions nor
with heretical doctrines.
The North American Indians, who
were the earliest smokers known to
history, always brought out the pipe
of peace as a symbol of their intention,
if not to beat the tOmahawk into the
piowshare at least to dwell tOg ether in
unity until further notice.
And it is an indisputable fact that
great teachers have often been great
smokers. 1t was amid clouds Of to-
bacco smoke that TennysOn set to
work, SIN Memoriam," to reconcile re-
ligion with science; it was in similar
if not quite so dense an atmosphere
that Carlyle assigned the Deity and the
devil their respective roles in the his
tory of the French revolution. These
precedents should suffice, and if they
do not. there is the example of Kings
ley to be quoted. He was a parish
priest and his standards and ideals
were high. but he also enjoyed Lis pipe
when his days work was done and die
not hesitate to say so.-LOndOn Mail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
An Ingenious Expedient.

In 1864 President Lincoln was great
" bothered by the well-meant but III
advised, efforts of certain good North
ern men to bring about a termination
of the war. An old gentleman from
Massachusetts, very bland and entirely
bald, was especially persistent and trou-
blesome. Again and again he appeared
before the President, and was got rid
of by one and another ingenious expe-
dent One day, when this angel Of
mercy had been boring Mr.. Lincoln for
half an hour, to the interruption of
important business, the President sud
denly rose, went to closet and took
out of it a large bottle. did you ever
try this remedy for baldnessT' he ask
ed, holding up the bottle before his as
tonished visitor. No; the man was
obliged to confess that he never had
tried it. Mr.. Lincoln called servant,
had the bottle wrapped up, and handed
it to the bald philanthrOpist. 'There,"
said he, ego and rub some of that on
your head. PerseVere. They say it
will make the hat grow. Come back
in about three months and report" And
almost before he knew it, the good
men was outside of the door with the
package under his arm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
WORST CASE OF ECZEMA.

Spread Rapidly Over Body-Limba
and Arms Had to Be Bandaged-
Marvellous Cure by Cuticura.
MY son, who is now twenty-five
years Of age, when he was four months
old began to have eczema on his face.
spreading quite rapidly until he was
nearly covered. We had all the doc
tors around US, and some from larger
places, but no one helped him a par
ticle. The eczema was something ter
rible, and the doctors said it was the
worst case they ever saw. AT times
his whole body and face were COW
cred. all but his feet l had to ban
dage his limbs and arms; his scalp was
lust dreadful. A friend teased me to
try Cuticura, and began to use all
three of the Cuticura Remedies He
was better in two months; and in six
months he was well. Mrs. r. L. Ris-
ley, Piermont, n. H, Oct. "a, 1905"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

Cassie Chadwick has decided not to
continue her case any further. She says
she will serve her ten years sentence in
the Ohio penitentiary unless she can Sc
cure a pardon. Everybody will appre-
ciate the generosity of Cassie in max
Ing this concession.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

There is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurabIe. Science has prov
en- catarrh to be constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by E. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market II
is taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
timOnials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

New Jersey judges, or one Of them
at least, has won a new claim to dis
tinctiOn besides that of dealing out
Jersey Justice" He went fishing the
other day, and in an effort to make a
long fly-cast, entangled his line in the
branches of a tree, and hooked a blue
Jay that was resting on limb. 1t is
not every judge who can catch a bird
when he goes fishing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

The London County Council has
passed a law which makes the throwing
Of banana skin on the sidewalk a mis-
demeanOr punishable by a fine of 40
shillings. 1t generally costs more than
that to repair the damages of the man
who steps on a banana peel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
Stnfe MononoIies fn France.

State mon0pOlies are more than eve
in favor in France as means of rails.
ing revenue to the prejudice of private
enterprise. 4 committee of the Cham
Der Of Deputies has been appointed,
with a former minister Of finance as
chairman. to collect information on the
possible working Of monopolies Of sugac
and petroleum refining, tie rectitication
of alcohol and insurance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
Comes i'm Handy as Dovry.

A.-The decision has gone against
me: I've got to pay Miss Weber Fl, 200
for breach of promise of marriage.
B.-My dear fellow, I'm delighted.
(Shakes hands warmly
A.-What, you are delighted?
B.-EXcuse my feelings, but it is i'm
possible for me to hide them; I'm en-
gagged to her, you know.-PearsOn's
Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

Stensland's confession that 1T took
him ten years to steal 100000 doesn't
Improve the looks of the eagle-eyed
bank examiners, who took longer than
that to find it out
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

In view Of the number OF unsuccess-
full plots to kill the Car, the conclusion
IS forced that Fate has something big
for that man to do, if he can ever mus
ter up courage enough to do it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

The president Of an Ohio college says
slang is the effervescence of vacant
mind. 1t will be news to some people
that there can be effervescence where
there is nothing to effervesce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
Tbis win Interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray, nurse in Chill
dren's Home, New York, cure Constipation,
Feverishness, Teething Disorders, Stomach
Troubles and Destroy Worms; 10000 testl-
monials Of cures. All druggists, 25c Sam
pie FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted, lie
Row N Y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

The New York typewriter girl who
refused to marry her millionaire en-
plOyer a few days ago no doubt pre-
fers being dictated to for a salary to
being bOssed around for nothing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

Four thousand eight hundred and six
ty-five people were killed while walking
the tracks of the American railways in
1905. 1t must have been an exception
ally bad year in the theatrical business
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

According to the figures of the Ag-
riculturaI Department, an automobile
goes into the scrap heap in two years.
When it goes into telegraph poles and
course
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

When a mans spelling differs from
Webster's these days it is hard to tell
whether he is an illiterate or only a re-
former.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

In an article ON dynamite Samuel
Hopkins Adams says: The finished
type Of the dynamiter is the man who
mas had the ability to rise"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

Let us help those who have not as
much as we have" says young John ID.
He will not have to look far for people
who are Ia the sad fix he refers to.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

When a bank fails in China, they
cut off the heads of the officials. They
haven't had any bank failure there in
recent years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

In looking yourself over, here IS a
good thing to remember: In all reason
able-probability, you do not know much,
therefore be careful in coming to con-
illusions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

A few years ago a man known the
country over, stood before New York
Justice awaiting sentence. As he list
ened to the words that the justice pro-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

Seedless watermelOns are being
raised in New Mexico. Hurrah. Now
for the worthless cherry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

Gasoline locomotives are coming
uext Is the public ready to exchange
smoke for smell?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
Cheerful View.

mabel, haven't you and Mr.. Spudz
rehearsed the wedding ceremony yet?"
mo, mamma, and we are not going to
rehearse it. Sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

The man who sits down and waits
for something to turn up will get his
reward sooner or later. His toes viii
turn UP.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

A man who went fishing every day
for seventy years is dead. May he lie
easy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

Let's not worry because Marie Cor
ELI says she loates America. 1t won't
hurt America and may do Marie good.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

In dramatization of one of Hall
Gaines now books, real COW is malEed
on the stage by a real miIkmaid. Pay
ing a dollar to sec i Cow MIXED will be
regarded as a good deal Of ! joke in
the country
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
Our Side.

Our SlUes
We like to see the right prevail,
Whatever may betide.
The reason is that all OF rs
Are always on that sidd
Standard and Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
Her Eye on His Cash.

Old Millicns-O, my dear Miss
Youngthing, if you'd only marry me, l
would die happy.
Miss Youngthing-Yes but would you
die Immediately ?-BostOn Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14

Kissing does not seem to be as popu
lar as 1t formerly was.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-14
As in One ConspicuOus Instance.

AS IN OMG OOH5DICuOUs IIlst@1IIOO'
Man in the Chair-What is the best
paying branch of dentistry?
Dental Misunderstanding a ball.