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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-08-09
Hard Luck.

." Tired Tatters-1, saw de new moon
over the left shoulder las night. =, l
wonder wot OATS sign us? Weary
Walker-1t's sign dat de mex place
youse ask fer work youse'll git it-Chi-
cago News. 10y L.r1 = - ~,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-08-09
In a Hurry.

III. IN a t7uVTy' ,.".'-
"How did your wife like that new
hat you got herr" st@%
."'She was speechless with delight"
E "Say, where can I get one like it
for mine ?"-Cleveland Leader.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-08-09

The more man denies himself the
more he will receive from heaven:
Horace. 2 |s ~ g*@S
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-08-09

Every action IS measured by the
depth Of the sentiment from which 1t
proceeds Emerson. 5."s = r. K
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-08-09
Agreed.

Wife-1'd rather starve than cook.
Husband-I'd rather starve than have
you cook.-Harper's Weekly. :
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Auction.

The undersigned residing seven and
one-half miles south of Lancaster and
four miles north of Potosi on the Thos.
Vincent farm, on the old Potosi road,
will sell at public auction, commenc-
ing at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesday,
October 9, the following described
property:
Five horses One brood mare weight
1900 lbs. r.red 10 J. Marlow's Belgian
horse. One pair bay geIdings coming
two and three sired by J. Bonns
Percheon horse-1ull brothers and
we'll matched One black FLY coming
three sired by j. Bonn's horse. One
spring colt, sired by Lancaster Com
pany horse-This is bay gelding and
well put up colt.
Thirty five sheep: % breeding ewes,
10 eve lambs, 3 Oxford buck lambs.
Thirty head Of cattle: Consisting
OF four head of choice mich COWS
coming in, in. April. One two year old
helfer coming in in May.13 head Of two
year old steer, 3 yearling steers, 5
yearling heifers, These are all good
colors and we'll bred Durhams. Three
shorthorn bull calves sired by FavOrite
Bay 242717. One steer calf.
Forty spring shoats, of which 20 are
choice brood .sows, one pure bred
Poland China SOW and pigs.
One good single buggy, one good
single open rig, one good single cutter,
TWO good set Of handmade work har-
ness, one III in slip tug harness, with
hip breeching one IL in. stationary
tug harness with low breeching, one
Imperial Western washer, one corn
shelter.
This stock will be sold to the high
est and best bidder without reserve.
Terms:-A sun S of $40 aad under
cash over this amount one years time
on bankable notes at Z per cent.
Lunch at noon.
J. ALLEN VINCENT, proprietor.
r. n. Hosk1ns, aucGioneer.
h Meyer. Jr., CLERK. TIA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Farm Wood Lots.

Throughout a very laAge portion Of
the United States nearly every farm
has a certain part Of its area under
wood, either planted, as in regions
otherwise treeless, or of natural growth.
The value of this wooded portion, be-
sides affording protection from the
wind, is chiefly for fuel, fencing and
railroad ties, with some building ma
'terial and the wood needed for special
uses about the farm. Without the
wood lot the farm very often would be
an improbable investment, because the
farmer could not afford to buy the
wood which now costs him very little
except the labor of cutting and moving
lit but in the majority of cases this
part Of the farm is far less useful than
it might easily be made. This is true
because the farmer does not study its
productive capacity as he does that or
his fields and pastures, and hence does
not make it yield as fully as he might,
with little or no additional labor, If he
went about it in the right way.-Gifford
PinchOt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

drowned by thousands, and the
survivors driven to seek refuge in
other lands, the Church came forth
from the conflict and the trail
SCARED indeed but triumphant erect
and undismayed.
God still reigns now, as in these
perilouS years!
The radical leaders who have at
tanned temporary ascendancy in
Paris will go down like their pre- de-
cessors of the reign Of terror, per-
haps not to like fate, but will TALL
before the condemnation of q slow
though certain public opinion,
which cannot much longer endure a
rule dangerous to France, disastrous
to religion, and menacing to the
best interests of society.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

When working for others, sink
yourself out Of sight. Seek their in
terest. Make yourself necessary to
those who employ you by industry,
ndelitY and scrupulous integrity.
Selfshness is fatal. Hold yourself
responsible for a higher standard
than anybody else expects Of you.
Keep your own standard high.
Never excuse yourself to yourself.
Never pity yourself. Be a hard
master to yourself, but lenient to
everybody else. Concentrate your
force on your own business; do not
turn off. Be constant, steadfast,
preserving.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

T. STATE of Frank Cover. deceased.
- State Of Wisconsin, County Court Of
Grant County--In Probate.
Notce Is heTe1y gwen. C1at az at [a9 IEg ,s5
for said county at the COURT house in the city
of Lancaster, in said county, on the lst
Tuesday of Nov, A, d. 1907 being the 5th
day of Nov. 1907, at the hour of ten O'Clock in
the forenoon. the fSll0Wing matter will be
heard and considered:
traitor Sol the estate Of Frank Cover: late
of the city % Lancaster, Grant County,
Wisconsin, deceased for the allowance OF
his final account as such administrator and
for the assignment of the residue of such
estate to such other persons as are by law
entitled thereto.
JAMES MCBRIEN,
Register in Probate,
Grant Co.. Wis.
Dated, Oct. 3rd. sl907.
Brown & Brennan AttyS'. for Estate.
Is ms. Oct. 5; last ms. Oct. l9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
The Parcel Post.

: Congressman Murphy, the demo
cratic contingent from this district
successor to Hon. J. w. Babcoc6,
has gained notoriety by denoupcing
the much, discussed parcel post, q
measure now before congress, and
which will be fought out at the next
session.
This popular measure seeks to
have the government, through the
postofice departemnt, enter the field
as a comon carrier, and deliver
packages by mail, at nomial price
to all parts of the country.
The argument is used that It
would be of great benefit TO farmers,
and to everybody else who has
occasion to buy away from home.
Mr.. Murphy says, and very
correctly, that this would mean the
death kneIl to country. It is the
last club needed by mail order
houses and big department. stores,
to kill off small competition, and If
adopted, grass would grow in the
streets of many towns which today
are prosperous.
There is no sentiment in business
and the old doctrine of the survival
of the fittest, has driven many a
man to the wall. People are con-
stantly looking for bargains. The
thrifty housekeeper will walk mile
to save nickle on sack of -four,
for she needs the nickle to help.o out
on the $495 hat that she proposes
to order from the city bargain
counter tomorrow.
The average inland town, the
country over, has been at a stand
still for % years. They used to be
the marketplace Ter the surround
ing country, but today many of
are dilapidated and their business
men are trying to extract a living
from the few people who can't get
money together to send to mail
order house. These local business
men carry the dead beats, while the
cash trade, to large extent goes out
oil town
Two Of these big concerns in Chi
cago sold last year $50, 600, 600 worth
OF goods, ard every dollar was in \
the till before the goods were shipp-
ed.
That's more money than was
handled by al the retail merchants
in the inland towns of Wisconsin
during the same period, and q liber-
al sprinkling of it was Wisconsin
Spasmodic efforts are made, from
time to time, to stem this tide of
unequal competition. The retail
Of Iowa recently perfect
ca a state organization and agreed
to combine efforts in a campaign of
for self protection. This
is a common. sense move, and the
most practical of any yet suggested.
If the merchants of any town will
unite for self-protection, and for
year will agree to persistently keep
before their patrons, in the local
field, theprices at which their goods
are sold, guaranteeing to meet COM
petition, quality for quality, much
will be accomplished in retiring the
mail order catalogue.
1t may be possible, in this age OF
CONDENSATION, that the country
town and small dealer Will de wiped
from the map. but the government
can hardly afford to be party to
the suicidal transaction.
The parcel post would be a good
thing for the cities, and large
centers of trade, but ruinous to the
towns and villages all over the land
Congressman Murphy should be
encouraged in his opposition to the
measure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
New chaIn-Maklnq Machine.

An automatic chain-making ma
chine has been perfected. A steel
bar is drawn in at one end of the
machine, issuing at the other end
in the form of a steel-link chain com.
pletely assembled. In the process of
manufacturing none of the metal is
lost, the weight of the chain upon
completion being exactly that of the
metal before manufacture.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Male Bees Life Short.

AS with the male bee, the male,
wasp is stingless, but, unlike the bee,
his body is elongated and he carries
longer antennae. than his mate. He.
dies On the approach Of fall.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Celery In Solid Beds.

Where celery planted IN solid beds is
banked with earth the entire quantity
Of soil required must be thrown up by
hand. Under these conditions banking
with soil is not profitable except On q
very limited .scale.-W. r. Beattie,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Uncle Allen.

Mankind" moralized Uncle Allen
Sparks, 'is made up of good men, fair
to medium men, plain sinners, desper-
ate sinners abandoned criminals, and
the man who sits opposite you at
restaurant table and coughs at you"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
10 II Nav.

When a fence is down, put 1t up, and
then it will not get any worse. When
harness is broken, mend it before
you have a runaway or before it be
comes worthless. When weeds, bugs
or fungi threaten, get after them be-
fore the damage is done-Farm Jou1'
NAL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Comnulsorv Goodness.

Spanish proverb: Many a one Is
good because he can do no mischief.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

ESTATE of col julius Degner, deceased.
d. State of Wisconsin, County Court of
Grant County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given, that at the special
term of the County Court, to be held in and
for said county. at the court house, in the
city Of Lancaster, in said county, on the
5th Tuesday of Oct. a. D., 1907, being
the 18th day of Oct, 1887, at the hour OF
matter will be heard and considered;
The petition of Frederick HebeTlein for
the admission TO probate of the last Will
and testam ent of George julius Degner,
deceased, late of the town Of Liberty. ia
Grant County. Wisconsin, and for letters
testamentary thereon.
By order Of the Court,
=, B. GOODSELL.
County Judge.
Dated Sept 30th. 1907.
LIST ms. Oct, 5: last ms, Oct l9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
~ State of Wisconsin. Gran. Count Court
Ss-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of George
KaSper deceased,
Letters of administration on the estate OF
issued to his widow. Anna E. Kasper.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors
of said Geo. Kasper deceased. are allowed and
limited by order of this court until and in
Guiding the first Tuesday of April. 1908,
being the seventh day of said month. to
present their claims and demands against
said George Kasper deceased, to the coun-
ty court for examination and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given, that the
claims and demands so presented will be
examined and adjusted by this court, at
the Office of the county judge, at the court
house. in the city of Lancaster, in said
county, on 1.-THE second Tuesday of April.
Dated this lst day of Oct. 1907.
By the Court, E. B. GOODSELL,
County Judge;
Brown & Brennan. Attvs'. for Estate.
lst ms. Oct, 5th; last Oct. 10Th.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-03-21
Man Gets New Nose; Original Frozen or.

Philadelphia, March 18. AS happy as
child with new toy, David Dodson,
OF Barnesboro, Pa, walked out of the
dental hall of the University of Penn
sylyania the proud possessor of a life
like nose, replacing that which was
frozen several years ago in a blizzard.
For the last two years Dodson has
tried in vain to secure a new nose, and
last year prevailed on Dean C. H. Fra
zier, of the medical department, to at
tempt to graft finger of his right hand
on his face and form the nose. Just as
soon as the operation was about to
prove successful, Dodson, crazed by
pain, pulled the finger out of its place
and made the operation a failure.
The new nose is perfect article. 1t
is made of flesh colored vulcanite, with
block tin tubes, and is held on the face
by means of heavy pair of bow spec
tacles and heavy false moustache.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-03-21
MAN AND WIFE ATTACKED.
Rees B. Gillespie and wife Attacked by
Drunken Men at Their Home Near
Liberty and Painfully Injured.

On last Friday morning Grover and
Curtis Shamblin, who live on the car
line, were returning to Tazewell from
Mr.. Alex. Barns farm in the Cove and
while on their way got drunk and stop
ped at the residence of Mr.. "Rees B.
Gillespie where they became involved
in quarrel with Mr.. Gillespie, and
Grover Shamblin, who is the older and
who seemed to be the leader, after
abusing Mr.. Gillespie attacked him and
struck him several blows with a rock
about the head and body. Mrs. Giles
pie tried to quell the ferocious man and
he turned his blows upon her, injuring
her wrist by'la'.blow with the same
weapon.
The men seem to have become en-
ragged at James Medley, who carries the
U- ). mail from Ruslin to Tazewell,
because he would not let them mount
two horses he was leading to town.
They threatened to- kill him if he did
not bring them to Tazewell, whereupon
he turned back to Liberty and had sew
eral men come up to Mr.. Gillespie's and
arrest the Shamblins. They were taken
back to the store of Young, Barns &
Co. and tried before John T. Barns,
Esquire, and sent to Tazewell and
placed behind the bars to await the ac-
tion of the grand jury.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-03-21
Ferguson After SouIe's Shoes.

Richmond, Va, March 10. Prof.
Meade Ferguson, of Appomattox coun-
ty, an applicant for the position of dean
of the Agricultural Department and Di-
rector of the Experiment Station at
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. at
Blacksburg, vice Prof. A. M. Soule,
resigned.
The friends of Professor Ferguson
maintain that he is splendidly equipped
for the position, as he is a graduate of
that school, and has an additional ad-
vantage of several years study abroad.
Professor Ferguson is thirty-eight
years old. For sixteen years he has
been connected with the Virginia Polv-
technic Institute, either in the capacity
OF student or instructor, and it was at
the instance of the school authorities
that he went to Europe. He is now
the bacteriologist at the institute, and
has achieved considerable celebrity in
connection with his studies of soil inoc-
ulation.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-03-21
Bristol Man Elected.

Richmond, Va, March 19.-The
state board of education met tonight
and selected two new members in place
of those whose terms of Office expired.
E. c. Glass, of Lynchburg, and John
7. West, of Norfolk county, are the
men who have reached the ends of their
terms of Office. Captain West was not a
candidate for reelection. The candida
cy of Glass was watched with interest
on account of his views on the school
book question, he being an avowed ad-
vocate of the multiple list.
West was succeeded by L. M. Lynch,
Of Frederick. Superintendent McChes-
ney, of Bristol, was elected in the stead
of Glass. The board was still in session
at midnight.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-03-21
TAZEWELL VA, THURSDAY, MARCH 81 1907
FORTY FURNACES OUT OF BLAST.
Destruction by Fire and Flood at Pitts
burg Runs Up into Millions.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 16.-Greater
Pittsburg and Allegheny county are
slowly shaking off the watery incubus
of the flood. With the disappearance of
the last stray foes of the upper Allie
gheny River ice gorge, which brought
the official maximum stage to 36.2 feet,
the three streams began to empty rap
idly, and the flood peril continued its
progress of death and disaster down the
Ohio.
The death total may never be known.
Beyond the vague term of millions, the
property destruction can hardly be ac-
curately computed. Thousands are
homeless; hundreds, especially in Nc
Keesport, are hungry. Food and fuel is
being furnished to Northside families
evicted by the yellow swirl from water
sheds.
The commercial paralysis, with the
tying up of railroad and traction lines,
the silencing of telephones, the exiting
ulshing of electric lights, and the check
ing of the water supply, is so wide
spread that it will be weeks before the
valleys of the three rivers recover from
the hardest blow dealt by flood since
Whiteman first crossed the Alleghenies.
In the industrial world of Pittsburg
perhaps the greatest loss was sustained
by blast furnaces. Forty of these were
flooded, causing loss of 10, 900 tons of
metal day, and millions of dollars are
represented in stoppage of these big
plants, several of which will have to be
practically rebuilt. At best, the output
will be greatly restricted for some time.
and its effect cannot but be felt in the
iron and steel industries for months.
The railroads expect to get all their
trains into service today and train ser
vice, which was well-nigh paralyzed, is
improving with each.
Huge blocks of ice are in the houses.
OF the porches, in yards and some of
the streets and railroads are impassable
owing to miniature icebergs. Dwellings
and shops within the flooded territory
will not be habitable for days to come.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-03-21
School Teacher and Nine Children Meet
Awful Death at Durango, Mexico.
VICTIMS ARE BURIED IN WRECEAGE
Many Of the Injured Nay Not Survive
Heart Rending Scenes Enacted When the
Grief-Stricken Parents Search for Their
Loved Ones in the MOrgue.

San Antonio, Texas, March ia
special from Torreon, Mexico, says:
Nine persons, eight of them school
children, were instantly killed today
and many others injured at Durango,
Mexico, by the collapse of the roof of
the public school building, while the
rooms were crowded with pupils.
The dead include one of the teachers
and eight members of her class. Scores
were buried under, the wreckage and
debris, and there may be additional
deaths, as many of the victims are dan
gerously hurt. The teachers body was
pinioned beneath heavy rafter and it
was evident that death had been instan-
taneous.
The injured children were hurried to
hospitals and some of them to their
homes, while the dead were taken to
the morgue, where heart rending scenes
were enacted as grief-stricken parents
searched for their loved ones.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-03-21
AtroOIous Murder Near pooahontas

Pocahontas, Va, March Is. One of
the most atrocious and barbarous muir
ders committed in this county for years
occurred near the Browning mines,
within the city limits last night. The
body of a man named Davis, mutilated
and almost beyond recognition, was
found in a stream near the mines, the
marks on the mans head indicating
that he had been murdered with an axe
or hatchet, the skull being broken in
several places.
Phe perpetrators of the crime have
not yet been apprehended, but arrests
may be made any minute, as signs of a
struggle were found near some houses
which are situated on the creek.
Davis leaves a wife and several
children.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-03-21
Little Grocery Store
Around the Corner.
N. & ". STILL INVESTIGATING.
The Shortage Will Be Between $1,000
and $4,000.

and $4,000.
The Roanoke Times of March 18th
says:
The officials of the N. & w. are bav-
ing thorough investigation made con-
cernlng the shortage in the treasurer's
department. This investigation has
been going on for some time and If IS
stated that it will likely end in a couple
oil days. Until it does end the exact
amount Of the shortage can not be as
certained. However, as was stated in
the last issue of The Times. and not
wlthstanding a current publication to
the contrary on the part of one of the
Roanoke evening papers, the amount
OF that shortage will be between seven
and ten thousand dollars.
1t is understood that Mr.. ]. D. How
oert, of the treasurer's department
has stated to one of the Roanoke re-
porters' that he is the guilty man and
that ne makes the public confession in
order TO throw the suspicion of the pub
lc where it belongs. In regard to that
1t might be stated that it his been
known for several days by various out
siders' that Mr.. Howbert is the man
who has appropriated the funds of the
N. q w. for his own ends. But until
thorough investigation could be made.
ana the Norfolk and Western would. in
consequence of that investigation. an
nounce the amount of shortage and
cohhrm the fact that Mr.. Howbert is
the defaulter, it was considered due
Mr.. Howbert that no publication re-
garoing him be made. Thus in consid-
Grafton OF the fact that the full extent
OF his crime cannot be ascertained un-
til the investigation is complete. his
name has been withheld.