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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
told tho centrev4lie historian what

told tho Centrevf1ie historian what
happened after she landed:
Il jumped" he said, 'just as soon
as the train slowed down enough, and
ran back, all the while dreading what
I'd got to see, for l supposed, OF
course, she'd be killed When l first
stopped down and looked under the
carriage top all l could make out was
a trembling heap CT clothes; but
pretty soon l discovered that the Old
lady was on her knees looking under
the seat
Are your injuries serious, ma
DAMP I asked as gently as I could.
With that she jerked herself up and
looked at me as if had been to blame
for the whole affair
Yes, they be- she snapped.
Where are you hurt?' 1 asked.
Hurt? Who said | was hurt at
all? 1 amt got a scratch as | know
on. I had three balls of gray wollen
yarn, though, when l started, and
there amt but one here now, and that
amt the worst, ebher-it cuts me all
up to think that after KNOWN and
drivin' i'm more'n twenty years,
should be SO completely upset by your
putin old locomotive as to clean for
git all about Billy's way Orange
Judd Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
Butchers Best weight Guessers.

Butchers are the worlds best weight
guessers. The butchers difficult trade
gives him a skill in weight guessing
that Is almost incredible.
1t is q commonplace thing in a meat
shop to see a butcher seize hold on a
huge red round Of beef and slash off
with a knife four pounds just, or two
and one-half pounds just, or six pounds
just, according to the order.
The buyer of meat wants to get the
weight he asked for, no more and no
less, and he wants this weight IN one
piece, not in one big piece and two or
three little ones.
To Satisfy the buyer, the butcher has
been compelled to acquire extraordi-
nary skill in judging just how much a
certain portion Of a round of meat
weighs and in cutting off that portion
smoothly and accurately.-New Or
leans Times Democrat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
sut One Doesn't.

One would think as one grows older
one would learn little sense,
But one doesn't.
hlther from the force Of Drecept
Or ones own experience
But one doesn't.
One perhaps is leeling "ft!"
For one evening one is "it!"
Next day one decides to quit,
But one doesn't.
One dallies in a poker game!
One hopes to have some fun,
One pulls ones watch as one sits
down,
And says: Il quit at one!"
But one doesn't.
One plays all night instead!
One acquires an awful head;
One would like to go to bed,
But one doesn't.
One knows a bot Of pretty girls
Who thinks one Just the cheese!"
But one doesn't.
The one that doesn't's just the one
One tries ones best to please.
One is lightly let to go
One would think that one would know,
But one doesn't.
Henry Blossom, Jr., in The Spot
Light.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22

Irene Carroll of Milwaukee persisted
while swimming in the Milwaukee river.
Edward knight, II years old, was
drowned while swimming in the river at
GAINESVILLE.
At Chippewa Falls Gustaf Lavigne,
aged 6, was drowned while playing with
some driftwood.
The $500" depot at RidgeIand was
struck by lightning. The building and
contents were destroyed.
Barbara Vogel, a young woman victim
of an assault in a Madison saloon, died
at a hospital for the insane.
Walter Kapke of Milwaukee was
drowned at Waukesha Beach. He was
in bathing with his brother, who tried to
save him, but failed.
Rev. A. w. Jackson of Ogden, Utah,
one of the pastors of the Mormon church
in La Crosse, was drowned while bath
ing in Black river.
A dispatch from Elkhart Lake says
William DiehI of Sheboygan was drown
ed there while bathing. 1t is believed he
was seized with cramps.
Thomas Dempsey, a farmer in Bloom
ing Grove, found the kit of jewelers.
tools belonging to Joseph Bardenheier,
who was murdered in Gays woods July
%.
The plant of the Grand Rapids Pulp
and Paper Company has been almost en-
tirely remodeled at a great expense, with
a view to doubling the former capacity OF
the mill.
The completed school census shows
6,122 children of school age in Madison.
On this basis the pOpuiatfon Of Madison
is estimated at 29,500. This leaves out
nonresident students.
Miss Ruth Macumber, a popular young
woman of Beloit was drowned while
bathing in Lake Geneva at Camp Collie
and Henry D. Smith, general secretary
of Beloit college, lost his life attempting
to rescue her.
An extra south-bound train collided
with a Milwaukee road passenger near
Brokaw. The trains were ditched and
engineer z. r. Kerr was killed, while
Fireman Rush was seriously injured. Five
passengers were rescued without injuries
While asleep in a fishing skiff, w. ].
Ickstad, prominent Chippewa Falls
merchant, fell into Pike lake and was
drowned. His companion, Joseph Hard
ing, fought for half an hour to save him
but the drowning mans fierce struggles
made futile all efforts Harding's clothes
were torn from his body, and he was
badly bruised.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
Wisconsin
State News
GOOD ROADS IN STATE.
Wisconsin Handicapped by COnsti-
tutiOnaI Provision.
~NONNNNNN~%~~-

wisconsin Handicapped by COnsti-
tutiOnaI Provision.
One-half of the States of the Union
have recognized the fact that good roads
are matter of Statewide Importance
Seventeen of these States spent altogether
about S5,OOO,O00 of State money in aid
ing in road building in 1905. Wisconsin
is doing nothing in this line. This State
has had handicap in the shape of a
constitutional provision which was de-
signed to prevent the State from running
itself in debt to help build railroads, for
bidding the appropriation of money for
internal improvements. When the consti-
tuition is changed Wisconsin will be in an
exceptionally fortunate position. On ac-
count of the new railroad tax the State
income will be large enough to pay its
regular running expenses and whatever is
needed for roads without being obliged
to levy a general State tax.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
10 MONROE DOCTRINE FAILURES
States OF south and Central America
Not Good Customers

SS0S~S VI 6Outh ana central America
Not Good Customers.
The dream Of America and the night
! mare OF EurOpe'-such Is the definition
OF the Monroe doctrine as given by an
eminent economist to Harold Bolce,
VINO contributes to Appleton's Magazine
an article on 1.-THE Commercial Side
OF the Monroe Doctrine" Bismarck
called 1t an international imperti-
nence." Yet, as Mr.. Bolce shows, st
has not brought us the trade, neither
has 1t brought us the good will Of the
Latin-American people. On the con-
trary, our suzerainty and overlordship
nave excited unsurpassed detestation.
I'VE would have more trade with
South America If England owned that
entire continent. The latest figures
show that little British Guiana bought
more goods from America, by $1,000,O00
worth, last year than the whole Of Ven
ezuela did, and Venezuela has an area
equal to all that Of the United States
east Of the Mississippi River and north
Of the fringe Of Gulf States. The Brit
Isher the world over Is big buyer Of
American merchandise. To Canada,
with its less than 100000 people, we
sell more goods in six months than we
do in a whole year to all the republics
OF South America, VITA It's upward Of
100000 inhabitants. We have a
greater proportion of the trade Of far
distant Cape of Good Hope than we
have of South Americas commerce.
Ten years ago our exports to Brazil
were greater than they are to-day.
Our trade with Argentina Is
paltry. England exports to that repub-
lie more goods than we sell to the en-
tire continent Of South America"
These are only hints Of the argu-
ments Mr.. Bolce marshals in his power
full article. After reading 1t one cannot
but regretfully admit that the Monroe
doctrine is colossal failure as slim
ulant of either friendship or commerce.
And yet, Mr.. Bolce does not wish to see
1t disavowed; for he recognizes 1t as
the one safe bulWark against financial
evils OF a worse danger, since its fall
would involve the world In a devastat-
ing panic.
He traces a close connection between
the panic of 1893 and the affairs of the
Argentine Republic. The firm Of Barring
Bros. had guaranteed the interest on
the debt Of Argentina; Argentina could
not pay; Barring Bros, threatened with
collapse, went to the Bank Of England
for an enormous loan; the Bank Of
England was forced TO raise its dis
count rate 1 per cent; this at once
forced three American banks into In
solvency. They were but the beginning
Of wave that eliminated in the fail
ure Of 632 American banks in 1893, the
lowering Of the price of cotton by 2
cents a pound, of wheat from SO to 81
cents bushel, and Of corn from 81 to
81 cents. If this was the result of O
financial stringency in Argentina, what
would happen If one or more Of the re-
publics went to war with a foreign
power?
No one can read this article in APP.
pleton's Magazine without agreeing with
Mr.. Bolce that, however unwelcome the
Monroe doctrine is to Europe and
South America, it is their and our main
safeguard against colossal financial
disasters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
DIETZ's DAM CLAIM FLINIsY.
Testimony Tends to Discredit the
WarIike Defender of Cameron

Testimony Tends to Discredft the
WarIiI<e Defender of Cameron.
From records and sworn testimony tax
en- i'm the controversy between John Dietz
and the Mississippi River Lumber Com
pany it would appear that Dietz's claims
at the Cameron dam are rather fimsy
and for that reason he has been unwilling
to submit his case to jury. 1t appears
that the Cameron dam was commenced
early in the year 1877 and operated every
year down to 1904, when Dietz terrorized
the crew by threatening to shoot them
and finally drove them from the premises.
The dam is situated partly upon land
claimed by Dietz and partly upon other
land to which he or his wife have no
claim. There are two warrants now in
the hands of Sheriff Gylland for Dietz's
arrest, one charging him with assault to
do great bodily harm and the other of
assault with intent to kill and murder.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
CATCHING a GIANT FISH.
The Monster of Minnesota Lake
Taken After Hard Fight.

The Monster of @ Minnesota Lake
Taken After a Hard Fight.
The big fish which has caused so
much excitement on the part of fisher
men at Ely Lake and which has been
a prolific source Of tall tales has been
caught. At least William Peterson, of
this place, believes that he has captured
the monster
While fishing in the lake Peterson
almost jerked out Of his boat by the
first angry struggle Of the big fish, but,
being an expert with rod and reel, soon
recovered his equilibrium and began to
play" his catch. The fish tried all Of
the tricks known to the fnny tribe and
many new ones. It would set off at
tremendous speed, towing the skin
after 1t at rate that made the water
churn. Then suddenly the line would
slacken, and Peterson could j hardly
reel in his line fast enough to keep 1t
taut as the fish came near.
After three hours Of hard work, at
the end Of which Peterson's wrist felt
as IL it had been kept in a wise for
that length Of time, he managed to get
the fish alongside and run a gaff
through its gills. He then took a re-
volver and shot 1t. It proved to be a
seventy-fve-pound muskallonge, and al
hough it was not seven feet long, as
many who had seen the fish claimed It
was, Peterson is satisfied that there
are few fish in Ely Lake its equal
Sparta Correspondence st. Paul Pho
neer Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
GIRL MAKES DARING RESCUE.
Saves Young Woman Friend from
Drowning in Chippewa River.

Saves Young Woman Friend from
Drowning in Chippewa River.
Miss BERTHE Schneider of Milwaukee
rescued Miss Claire L. Corwin from
drowning in the Chippewa river at Chip
pewa Falls. Miss Corwin. who could not
swim, foated by means of inflated wings
to a point in the river beyond her depth,
when suddenly the air in the wings be-
gan to exhaust and she sank beneath the
surface. Miss Schneider, who is an ex-
pert swimmer, was coming from mile
swim and reached the drowning woman
just as she was going under a second
time and towed her to shore. A crowd
of helpless girls were on shore Witnessing
the thrilling rescue. Miss Corwin weighs
seventy-ive pounds more than Miss
Schneider.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
MILLIONAIRE AS FARM HAND.

Wisconsin Youth Does Not Believe
in Being One of Idle Rich.
One young millionaire does not be-
ieve in joining the ranks of the idle
rich, and has gone to work on a farm.
John f. Crosby, II years old, came into
fortune of at least $1,OOO,O0O by the death
of Major Robert Crosby of Chicago.
Young Crosby is a student at the Fond
du Lac high school, is a good golfer and
athlete, but believes that every young man
should do some useful work. This sum-
mer, therefore, he is working on the farm
of Charles Mcconnell, near Ripon, as
hired man, and takes his share of what
is coming without dodging.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
STATE LIBRARY ROBBED.

Priceless Volumes PiIfered, but Are
Recovered.
The discovery was made some days ago
that volumes dealing mostly with south
ern history had been stolen from the State
historical library. Later the books were
found stored in warehouse. They were
stolen, it is said, by young woman from
the South who has been in Madison pre-
pairing herself for teaching history in the
South. Some of the books were out of
print and priceless. Other books stolen
from southern libraries were found. The
authorities will not prosecute and have
not given out the woman's name.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
WHOLE COUNTY BACKS D1ETz.

Taxpayers Association Resolves to
Pay All Expenses of Trial.
At a meeting of the Sawyer County
Taxpayers Association it was resolved to
pay all the expenses of the trial of John
Dietz, the defender of Cameron dam, if
be would peacefully surrender to the State
authorities. 1t was also decided to ask
the Circuit Court to quash all the in
dictments against Dietz and have him
tried only upon the charge of holding
the dam when the courts ordered it turn
ed over to the Chippewa Lumber Com
pany. Dietz has received hundreds of
letters from all parts of Wisconsin offer
ing financial aid in his fight against the
lumber company.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
CAPITAL MADE $1O,OOO,OOO.

Wisconsin Telephone Co. Raises It's
stock $5,OOO,OOO.
The Wisconsin Telephone Company has
doubled its capital stock, making it $10,-
100000. This increase in stock will be
issued to present holders at par. The
proceeds of the sale will go toward i'm
prOvements at Madison, Fond du Lac,
GAINESVILLE, Eenosha, Marinette, Superior,
Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, La Crosse,
Marshfeld Waupaca and many other
large and small towns in the State. A
dividend of 3 per cent was declared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
Two Perish in Flames.

John Wall, living one mile from Dali
las, was burned to death in his barn,
which had been struck by lightning. His
wife sent his little daughter out to tell
him the barn was on fire, and the girl
also persisted in the flames
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22

Trouble at WauI<esha May Lead to
the Shedding of Blood.

Mayor Snyder, who has been In conflict
with the "HOly Jumpers" for several
weeks, told the Waukesha Common Coun-
ell that he has barely escaped assault
because he permits the religious sect to
hold street meetings. Threats have been
made to import a gang of foreigners to
drive the Jumpers out. City Attorney
Lockney rendered an off-hand opinion in
which he stated that while the constitu-
ton gave individuals the right to worship
as they please, it did not give them the
right to jump, screech and conduct them
selves in an unseemly manner under the
pretext Of religion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
Bugs Are a Serious Pest.

Potato bugs are numerous and hard to
destroy this season. Farmers are hav-
ing much trouble and dealers have sold
more paris green poison than for years
before and are taxing the manufacturers
to supply them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
MURDER IS SUSPECTED.
Farmer Found Dead with Bullet in
His Head.

Lying in a buggy, stone dead, with a
bullet wound in his head, g. B. Post, a
farmer GO years DID, was found in front
of the Norwegian church at Walsh. The
wound was caused by rifle bullet and
murder is suspected. Post was unarmed
and could not have inflicted the wound
himself. He leaves an aged wife.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
INDIAN FLEES FROM BRIDE.
Disappearance ON Eve OF Wedding
Full of Mystery.

Full of Mystery.
Where is James w. Silas, son of one
of the best known Indians on the Oneida
reservation? Not only are relatives ask
ing this question, but Miss Cynthia e.
Webster of Oneida, the girl who was to
become his bride, also wants to know.
Miss Webster is a handsome Indian girl
of refinement and education and her
treatment at the hands of Silas is the sub
jeot of much comment among the red
skins, many of whom assembled at Hobart
church to attend the wedding ceremony.
Young Silas is a graduate at Haskell
school at Lawrence, Kan. The bride-to
be has been teacher in one of the govern
ment schools in Kansas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
Hurt Playing Pirates.

Ethan, the 14-year-old son Of Charles
Bartelle of Pound, accidentally had his
arm shot off while playing Pirates" with
a number of friends on a raft in the
river.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
sees Mother Kin Herself.

Mrs Andrew Kahn, Jr., of Sank City,
committed suicide by shooting herself in
the head while in bed. Her youngest
child was with her at the time. Illness
and dependency were the cause.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
MERE GIRL OWNS FORGERY.
TweIve-Year-OId Milwaukee Child
Admits Charge i'm Court.

Charged with forging a check for SIC
in the name of Jacob Dudenhoefer, by
whose family she was employed, little 12-
year-old Margaret Langenfeldt was
brought into the District Court in Mil
waukee by Detective John Hannifin.
Judge Neelen continued the case to the
.next session of the Juvenile court, COM
hitting the defendant to the detention
home in the meantime. The girl admits
the charge. 1t is not likely that the case
will be prosecuted stringently, the only
result desired being to deter the girl from
committing similar offenses. The girl is
an orphan and lives with her grandfather.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
LOST CbiId i'm a SwamD.

After a fourteen hours search by sew
eral hundred persons, the 2-year-Old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Harper of Peshtigo
was found asleep on log near a swamp,
miles from her home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22

There is one advantage possessed
by the man at the bottom over the
man at the top; he doesn't have so far
to fall
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
Three Killed by a Train.

While returning from picnic two
men and boy were killed by being run
down on a grade crossing at Oklahoma.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22
browns at Winneconne.
State News in Brief.

Elmer Tegelman, aged 10 years, drown
ed in the Wolf river at Winneconne.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22

The baby sometimes cries for that
for which man always scolds: Moth
Ing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-22

The faster a man lives the quicker
he will occupy ground-fioor space in
a cemetery.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-02
Mi55 Cara G0osIe

benefited as she was. Miss GoOdc Ia
president of the Bryn Mawr Lawn
Tennis Club of Chicago. She writes;
Dear Mrs. Pinlham:-
Z" tried many different remedies to
build M my system, which had become run
down from loss Of proper rest aud unreasOn-
nh'r hours hut nothing seemed 20 help mo.
hO'ho" rs q great advocate Of Lydia i. Pink
ham, Vegetable Compound for female trout
hlr. having used il herself some years ago
with great success. So | began 10 take IL,
nul In Loss than month WINS able 10 to- out
ui bed and out Of doors, and In three months
] was entirely well. Rcnlly ] have never felt
50 strong and well as have since. ~
No other medicine has such record
ofcurrs Of female troubles a. has Lydia
L. lInHham's Vegetable Compound.
Wo,ncn who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, hacl,nchc,
b'oat.Ug COR ilatulcnccl, displacement
Of organs. inflammation or liberation,
can be restored TO perfect health
and strength by taking Lydia L.
Piul.ham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs, pinlSham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Her experience
IS yorg great. and she gives the benefit
nf il 10 all who stand in need Of wise
counsel She Is the daughtcr-in-law OF
Lydia T.. PinkEan and for twenty five
years has been advising sick women
free ~ charge. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-02
Tie Better
Way to Love

BY Uckn Burgess

A younger man would have called
said that she was burned out" But
1t was evid ent from Conrad's manner
that he did not think 80, that he at
least had hopes of arousing her. He
still held her cold hand and pleaded
with her lover amply qualified in
ardor and freshness.
She did not seek to restrain him
with any gesture Of professional was
not her way-she gazed at him stead.
lastly. her hazel eyes suffused Her
eyes showed too much WEAKNESS, al.
NEST too much wisdom. for her age.
Whatever sorrow had done, 1t had
neither hardened nor faded her. Her
polse, the unsteady monotonous tones
of her voice. her quick smile, a smile
that was instantly suppressed as II
some revelation panied hcr-all ties.
titled to a melancholy constantly re-
pressed by her will. A cloud of blue
black hair parted at the side like n
boy s, nonchalantly. careless in its
arrangement, and the delicious lips,
when they did smile, had led Conrad
far.
She leaned back in the cushions in.
dolcntly, and let him talk.
Cant | wake you up" he de.
manded Cant | do something to
make you break through yourself? DO
| have to set the house on fire before
you show your soul at the window?
| believe that you're all that a won,
an should be. all that spirit and tern.
permanent can give, yet you're wound
up in a shroud like butterfly in n
chrysalis. I'm mad about you, mad
for you, mad because Of you! And