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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
HOW CHEWING GUM rs MADE.
Chicle Is the Principal Ingredient,
Favored and Sweetened.

ChicIe Is the Principal Ingredient,
Favored and Sweetened.
Twenty million dollars worth of
chewing gum is sold over the retail
counter every year. This Is the esti-
mate made by S. 7. Britten, manager
of the Kansas City branch of the
American Chicle Company, the social
ed chewing gum trust, says the Kan
sas City Star.
Few persons know what the sub
stance is made Of. Now and then
some one speaks of the horses hoofs
and the cows horns that are by some
secret process transformed into a de-
licious lot of gum. But these are de-
tractors Of the popular product. There
is no foundation in fact for such tales.
The chief ingredient Of chewing
gum is 'chicle," a substance produced
from the sapodilla tree in Mexico and
tropical countries Of South America
Chicle is a resin-like sap, which oozes
from the sapOdilla tree when it is tap
ped, as are naples in this country. 1t
is sent from these tropical lands to the
cooler climate of Canada to be cleaned
and refined. 1t leaves the factory look
ing very much like red clay. This is
the body Of chewing gum. Chicle is
absolutely insoluble. No liquid has
been found to dissolve it. Alcohol will
not affect it, nor will any acid. 1t
might be chewed for 900 years and
more, and still lose none of its volume
The manufacture of chewing gum
is very simple process. A quantity
of chicle is put into q vat with about
an equal quantity of glucose, made
from corn. This is heated by steam
and churned or beaten until thorough
ly mixed. Then peppermint, winter
green, banana, orange and other fla
workings are added to give it the de
sired taste. The whole mass-5O0
pounds at q time-is steamed and
churned by machinery until it begins
to harden. 1t is then placed on a work
ing table where girls and women shape
it into squares an inch or more thick,
and a foot square. 1t is then run
through rollers, which press it into
thin sheets, the thickness of the cake
sold at retail These sheets are about
six feet long by two feet wide. An
other machine cuts the sheets into
cakes the size we buy. Wrapping,
boxing and Grating are done by hand.
"Chewing gum never grows smaller
from chewing" Mr.. Britten said.
after a cake of gum has been chewed
for while the glucose and fiavoring
gradually work from it. Every one has
noticed that gum is sweetest and best
when It is fresh. After 1t has been
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
POPPED" AFTER HER HINT.
Lucky Roster Sought a HOusekeeper
Found a Wife.

Lucky Roster Sought a HOuSeIEeeper
Found a Wife.
Miss Dora Bennett came as near
proposing marriage to John Roster as
a. prospecting girl can when it isn't
leap year, says the Winsted Conn. J
correspondent of the New York World.
AS it was, Miss Dora's gentle hint
proved effective. She first met Roster
yesterday. She will marry him to
morrow.
Roster, a farmer at Hartland, need
ed a housekeeper. He heard of Miss
Dora, a thrifty and industrious young
woman, who, alone, ran a poultry farm
at Montville, across the State line in
Massachusetts,. Roster drove there
yesterday.
81 will keep house for no man I'M
less 1 am his wife" said Miss Dora
with determination. 81 shall not bulge
from here unless 1 have promise Of
marriage. Besides, where | go my
chickens 60"
Dora, 1 love you,' said Roster,
promptly incidentally, love your
chickens. Will you be my wife?'
Yes" she sighed, coyly.
Roster boxed and loaded 100 hens
and several roosters on his wagon and
drove them and Miss Dora to his home.
To-day he engaged Justice John F.
Simmons Of Winsted to tie the knot to-
morrow. Then he drove to Montville
again and carted back his prospective
brides household effects.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
MRS. SADIE ABBOTT

Women for the most part spend
their lives at home, and it is these
women who are willing and ambitious
that their homes shall be kept neat
and pretty, their children well dressed
and tidy, who do their own cooking,
sweeping, busting and often washing,
ironing and sewing for the entire
family, who call for our sympathy.
Truly the work of such a woman
is never done" and is it any wonder
that she breaks down at the end of
few years, the back begins to ache,
there is displacement, Inflammation
or liberation of the abdominal organs,
a female weakness is brought on, and
the struggle of that wife and mother
to continue her duties is pitiful.
Lydia e. Pinkham'S Vegetable
Compound, made from native roots
and herbs, is the exact medicine a
woman needs whose strength is over
taxed. It keeps the feminine organs
in strong and healthy condition,
In preparing for childbirth and re-
operating therefrom it is most eff
cient. 1t carries woman safely
through the change of life and in
making her strong and well assists
her to be good wife and mother.
Mrs. Sadie Abbott, of Jeanette,
Pa, writes
Dear Mrs Pinkham-
II suffered severely with pain every
month and also pain IN my left side. My
doctor prescribed for me but did me no
good; friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and I wrote you in
regard to my condition. followed your
advice and am perfectly well woman. The
pains have all disappeared and | cannot
recommend your medicine too highly"
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
People Tell Each Other About Good
Things.

Twelve years ago few people In the world
knew OF such preparation a Powder for
the Feet. To-day after the genuine merit
Of Aliens FOOt-Ease has been told year after
year by one gratiied person to another,
there are millions who would as soon go
without dentifrice as without Aliens Foot
Ease. 1t is a cleanly, wholesome. healing,
antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes,
which has given rest and comfort to tired
and aching feet in all parts Of the world. 1t
cures while you walk. Over 10000 testi-
mOnials OF cures Of smarting, swollen, per-
spring feet. 1t prevents friction and wear
Of the stockings and will save in your stock
ing bill ten times its cost each year. Imita-
lions pay the dealer a larger profit, other
wise yOu would never be offered a substitute
when vOu ask for Aliens FOot-EaSe, the
original powder for the feet. limitations are
not advertised because they are not perma-
nent. For every genuine article there are
many mutations. The imitatOr has no rep
utation to sustain-the advertiser has. It
stands o reason that the advertised article
Is the lest otherwise the public would not
buy it and the advertising could not be con-
tInued. When you ask for an article adver-
tised in his publication, see that you get 1t.
Refuse mutations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

G. w. e. Russell quotes a book
story in his Social Silhouettes" which
he heard Israel Zangwill tell at a din
ner. The author met a lady who, on
! hearing his name exclaimed, "Oh, Mr..
| Zangwill, l admire The Children Of
the Ghetto so much that l have read
it six times" Madam" the novelist
answered, Il would rather you had
| bought six copies"
Mrs. Lew Wallace, devoted to the
memory of her distinguished husband,
has kept everything in the library
where he wrote in exactly the cOndi-
ton in which he left it. Even the
book which he was last reading lies
open at the page as he laid it down.
The library is a large building which
the author had put up in the middle of
the garden, with every arrangement
for writing and with shelves for his
thousands of books.
The average person has no idea how
much muscular effort is expended in
writing a letter. A rapid penman can
write thirty words in a minute. To do
this he must draw his pen through the
space Of sixteen and half feet. In
forty minutes his pen travels furlong,
and in FIVE hours third of q mile. In
writing an average word, the penman
makes in the neighborhood of sixteen
curves Of the pen. Thus in writing
thirty words to the minute, his pen
would make four hundred and eighty
curves; twenty-eight thousand eight
hundred curves in an hour, and eighty
six million four hundred thousand in
year Of three hundred days of ten
hours each. The man who succeeded in
making one million marks with pen
in a month was not at all remarkable.
Many men make four million while
merely writing.
Harper's Weekly recently celebrated
its fiftieth anniversary. "reminiscences
and tributes from former editors and
contributors, reproductions of interest
ing features in the first issue and of
many of the famous cartoons, made an
entertaining anniversary number. John
Kendrick Bangs, aprOpos Of his expe-
riences as an editor told Of an expert
ence with one of Rudyard Kiplings ar
ticles which arrived by cable after the
paper was made up: Three thousand
solid words Of pOrtentous interest and
not an inch of space in which to place
them and the copyright lost unless used
at once. The article came over the
cable without a capital, a comma, a pc
Rod or even semicolon from start to
finish, plus the inevitable errors in
phraseology in transmission. l yield
to no man in my admiration for the
genius of Rudyard Kipling, and l
would cheerfully join a vigilance COM
mittee whose avowed object is the
skinning Of the Yale professor who re-
Gently announced in a lecture that Mr.
Kipling made a mistake in getting we'll
after his illness in 1899, but 1 frankly
confess that hope never again to have
to edit one of his cabled stories"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Almost EnY1Ous.

In 1885 there was a great celebra-
ton in London in honor of DR.. Samuel
Johnson, and among those in attend
ance was the Australian crack" crick-
eter, Bonner, then at the height Of bis
fame.
AS one of the guests, says the com
piler of the recently published LET
tiers" Of the late DR.. George Birkbeck
Hill, Bonner's health was proposed. His
response was noteworthy.
After seeing the way in which DR..
Johnson's memory is revered," he said
with great simplicity, Il am not sure
that | would not rather have been such
man than have gained my own great
est triumphs in cricket"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
The story of a Charm.

A titled English lady has story of
a woman who had a little Japanese
charm given her. Every time she wore
it some mischance happened, and she
generally fell Ill. Her son at last took
the jewel to the keeper of the Japa-
nese curios in the Paris museum and
requested to be informed what the
charm represent. ''This," said the ex-
pert at once, sis the emblem of sick
ness" The woman never wore it
again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
The Walters Exclamation.

III have some pOached eggs this
morning" said the thespian, as he seat
ed himself at the breakfast table.
VERY sorry, sah," replied the dusky
waiter, 'but our eggs won't poach."
What do you mean?"
why, sab, you see, dis is a dog
town. where de theater folks comes to
try dere plays, and consumquently de
condition of de eggs is such as to evade
poachin', sab. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
worlds TaIIest Tree.

The highest tree in the world is said
to lie a Australian gum tree of the
species Eucalyptus regnans which
stands il the Cape Otway range. 1t is
no less han 40 feet high. Gum trees
grow raidIy. There is one in Florida
which is reported to have shot up 40
feet in our years, and another in
Guatemaa which grew 120 feet in
twelve vars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
misunderstanding Alternative.

''Ardluk, it was a shame to sell that
little pony of yours. 1t had been in the
family ever since it was colt"
Il know it, Throggins. 1t almost broke
my heart to part with Gyp, but my af-
fairs had become so desperate that
either had to sell him or eat him-and
l can't stand for horse meat unless 1
think it's beef"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
& Good Point.

Prospttive Purchaser-I like the
looks ofthis automobile, but suppose
/ shoul6run over some one and
Salesnn-The springs are so easy,
sir. you scarcely be Jared at ALL
CIevelai Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Social.

Are you getting acquainted in your
new neighborhood?"
well, some The postman and the
iceman seem to be quite cordial, but
l haven't met the ashman yet."-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
distinction.

"Who is that handsome, military look
Ing man on horseback" asked the fair
passenger in the 'Seeing Chicago" auto
mobile.
Hes one Of our most distinguished
citizens, ma'am,' said the chauffeur.
What is his name?'
II don't know. ma am. He's one of the
mounted policemen Chicago Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
silk from Wood Pulp.

The process Of manufacturing silk
made from wood pulp is one which ia
Europe is jealousy guarded from in
spectiOn. The imitation silk sells for
considerably less than real silk, but at
a higher price than mercerized cotton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
HeIDed by CoIIege Education.

She of 'O7-Now that you are
through, do you honestly believe that a
college education helped you?
He of 'O6-Helped me! Well, yester-
day l signed a contract to coach. the
Montbraska university football team
for a period of five years.-Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

matism. Doan's Kidney Pills brought
quick relief, and in time cured me.
Though 1 lost 40 pounds, I now weigh
200, more than ever before.
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
FOster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. n. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Wise Child.

"But. Tommy" said his mother,
didn't our conscience tell you you
were doig wrong?'
''Yes'n'' replied Tommy, "but
don't beBve everything I hear. Phil
adelphiaPresS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
MRS. PRE- MsKlTRlCK

Mrs. Pree McKitriek. of La Fargo,
Wis, writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
''For six years I suffered from female
weakness. I was so irregular that would
go from three weeks to six months, so I
thought I would give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial.
'Now am once more well and can do my
work without pain. ANY one who wishes,
can write to me and viii answer all letter.
gladly"
Women should remember that Lydia
q. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
holds the record for the greatest
number of actual cures of female ills.
Every suffering woman n h .
United States is asked to accept the
following invitation. It is free, will
bring you health and may save
your life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
SVmnafhV.

''Think of the hardships the earlier
settlers of this country endured"
EYES," answered the exposition Wis
itor, 'hoteI accommodations were even
scarcer in their day than they are
now. Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Mrs. Piakham's Invitation to Women.

Women suffering from any form Of
female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass. From the
symptoms given, the trouble may be
located and the quickest ana surest
way of recovery advised. Out Of her
vast volume of experience in treating
female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will
help your case. Her advice is free
and always helpful.
,oand Succeeds Where Others Fail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
At the Dinner TabI

"Who is that handsome man over
there?"
THAT is Louis XIV"
How absurd! What do you mean?"
well, his name is Louis, and he is
always invited when there happens to
Tales from Fliegende Blaetter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26


had torturing pain
IN the side and back
and the urine was
dark and full Of
sediment. l was
racked with pain
day and night, could
not sleep or eat
well, and finally be-
came crippled and
bent OyerWith rheu-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

What has become of the Old-fash-
toned woman who, when her children
quarreled, quoted that verse beginning,
Birds in their little nests agreeT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

No other medicine for woman's ills has any
such professional endorsement as DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription has received. in the IN
qualified recommendation of each Of its
several ingredients by scores Cfleading medi-
cal men Of all the schools of practice Is
such an endorsement not worthy of your
consideration?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
no YCu Think
For Yourself !?

o.. 90 you open your mouth like o young
pird ard gulD down whatever food OF medi-
k.ne max be offered you?
Vs n q n IL
G8NSSENaT&an intelligent thinking woman,
in need ofSelisf from weakness, nervousness,
pain and suGeAing, then it means much to
you that therAis one tried and true honest
MEDICINE 0E--EN01EN- CQ9P0sLTION, sold BY
druggists for the cure of Nouan's Ills.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
IL IL i: 81 II

A booklet of ingredients. with numerous
authoritative professional endorsements by the
leading medical authorities of this country.
will be mailed free to any one sending name
and address with request for same. Address
Dr. r. Y. Pierce. Buffalo. n. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

Mrs. WinsIow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
eething; softens the gums, reduces inflammation al
lays pain, cures wind collie. % cents q bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
Aalz vour Dealer For A11en,s Foot Ease

<Ash AUuT DCaICI tut IAAIS1A !" = OOt 11e11~
A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet, Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching. Sweating feet
and Improving Nails Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted,
LIE Roy, N. 7.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26
SUFFERED ToRTUREs.

Racl1ed with Pain, Day and Night,
for Years.
VIM. H. Walter, engineer of Chats
worth, ILL.,, writes: kidney disease
was lurkinp in my SyStnn for wears
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

un0bf 500 Money Making Recipes mailed G I M
DOOWOr th Its Weight in Gold. Ad- y sOO
1Esss i. COX, 14ss N. 16th St., 81. Louis, NJ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-26

The makers OF Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
EcTiDtion, for the cure Of weak, nervous, run
down. over-worked. debilitated, pain-racked
women, knowing this medicine to be made up
OF ingredients. every one OF which has the
strongest possible Endorsement Of the leading
and standard authorities Of the several
schools Of practice, are perfectly willing. and
In fact. are only too glad to print. as they do
the formula, or list of ingredients, of which
it is composed. IN plain English, on every
bOttle-wrapper.
n n ~ ~ -
The formula of DR.. Pierces Favorite Pre-
scriDtiOn will bear the most critical examina-
ton Of medical experts. for it contains no
alcohol. narcotics. harmful. or habit-forming
drugs. and no agent enters into it that is not
highly recommended BY the most advanced
and leading medical teachers and author
tiles OF their several schools of practice.
These authorities recommend the ingredients
e Dr. PIeFce's FaYOrite PTescripti0n for the
cure OF exactly the same ailments for which
Tbs WOrld-famed medicine is advised.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-30
NEUTRAL SPIRITS"

Washington advices state that the Secretary of Agriculture and the expert chemist of the department, Dr. Wylic, visited Baltimore one day last week. to gather information with regard to the "blcnding of liquors," and in an inter. view Secretary Wilson stated that they had learned a great deal, which infor nation had made the department more insistcnt upon its ruling that "blcnd- ed' liquors shall come under inc opor- alton of the pure food law. He stated that they had visited a gin still, which produces six gallons daily of n fine quality of gin; hut not one gallon goes
 into the regular channels of trade. The entire output If the still is sold to "blcnders,n who mix it with "ncutral spirits' and sell that as real. simon pure "gin.' Investigations that have taken place all over the country since the enactment of the pure food law, have developed numerous adultcrntions of that kind that the new law will reach. In the mad rush to make money and undcrscll competitors there has been general adulteration of all kinds of commodities that will be stopped by the new law. Hereafter when men drink gin, whisky or other liquors, they will know how much of the stuff is pure liquor, and how mush is "ncutral spirits.'
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-30
WOULD STOP FAKE
 MINING PRoMoT.as

President Doran, of the council. in. troduccd yesterday an unusually mcri. torious bill. It is law making it n felony for any superintendent or other officer of a mining company in the Ter. ritory to publish ar give ont any false information regarding any mining property for the purpose of selling the stock of any company. The penalty for such action is made a felony. It is known that many investors in this Ter. ritory have been swindlcd by unscrupu. lous promoters of mining companies, and it is high time this business he stopped Many times in the past worthless mines have been exploited for no other purpose than robbery and all robbers should stand equally before the law. There is very little difference between the man who blows open n safe and takes the money and the one who induces people to buy stock in n mining company which has no tangible assets. It is to be hoped that Mir. Dor ans bill will meet with the favor of the majority of the members of the twenty fourth Legislature. The phoe nix Democrat.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-30
Posses Fail To Find Trace of Man Who
 Disappeared
Left Ash Fork Thursday And Has Not Been
 Seen Since
(From Tuesday s Daily.)

Since last Thursday afternoon, when his horse returned, ridcrloss, and with out saddle and bride, to Ash Fork, the relatives and friends of Jud Bishop, in that town and here, have been in an anxious state of mind, and nervously awaiting the return of the posses that had left in search of him, two of which have already returned without finding any clue that might lead to his discov cry.
 Bishop who is large man, weigh ing over 200 pounds, although having only one limb, has been n resident of northern Yavapai and Coconno coun' ties for the past twenty years, en- gagged in the stock business. He left Ash Fork Wednesday night about II clock. informing his friends that he was going to "Lnme Joe's' ranch, nbout fifteen miles away. The night was bitterly cold, and he was advised not to make the ride. In spite of tho protcstations of friends he left, and nothing further was thought of the matter until Thursday, when his horse returned, without its rider, saddle bridle or halter.
 A posse at once started to find Bisli op. On account of the frozen condition of the ground and tho absence of snow on the roads and trails it was found impossible to trail the animal.
 Proceeding 10 ".amc Joc's" ranch, the posse, headed by Tom Foley, learn cd from the residents there that Bishop had not arrived at the place. Tho posse then continued to all the other ranches, COW and sheep camps in the surround ing country, returning to Ash Fork Sunday, unsuccessful. Another posse engaged in the search had not returned and after securing fresh mounts, Tom Foley and his companions started into the country again, after securing pro visions for further and more exten' sive search.
 Up to the present, however, no trace of the missing man has been secured.