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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

" DROVE rather carefully at first,
when I was once out of hail of
fathers lusty voice, for a rain
had fallen early that morning and
had no notion of bespattering the mir
TOr gloss of the buggy's varnish with
mud from the puddles in the road. We
were particular about our buggies on
occasions of this sort, and then the
weather was warm and the mare was
nervOus-almOst as nervous as I was.
So l checked her and she trotted
along, her head held high so that the
shortly drawn check rein swayed limp
" from side to side and the martingale
rings held as rigidly as though they
had been riyeted to the Zines. The
foam from the bits flew back on me in
a perfect shower, so that l was much
concerned for my clothes and would
have tucked the light lap robe in at the
top of my vest, as 1 did my napkin in
those days, only it occurred to me that
/ was likely to meet some one, and
then 1 needed both hands.
Needed both hands," That suggest
cd something to me-sOmething that
for a moment set my heart beating
faster than the mares hOOfs struck the
road and almost as hard. Well, why
not? That was the thing to do, of
course Certainly I'd do it. What did
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
How 1T Works Out.

CA!onel Frank Pierce Morgan. the
well-knoWn sOciologist and racOnteur
of Washington, at one time was Of the
opinion that if the children of poor
white trash in the South could be put
to work, much good would result to all
concerned. An experience he had while
on an inquisitoriaI tour recently rather
puzzles him. In Statesboro \. c., he
fell into conversation with a we'll fed
looking citizen, who sat on dry goods
box whiting a stick.
'What do you do for a living?" ask
ed Colonel Morgan.
''Wall, stranger" accommodatingly
replied the hospitable tarheel, 81 don't
have to do nothin' for a livin' these
days, seem as how I have five head of
gals a-workin' in the cotton factory"
Evening Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
ThoroughIv Reliable.

remedy it is that old and famous porous
plaster-Allcock' 1t has been in use for
sixty years, and is as popular to-day as
ever, and we doubt if there is a civilized
community on the face of the globe where
this wonderful pain reliever cannot be
found. In the selection of the ingredi-
ents and in their manufacture the greatest
care is taken to keep each plaster up to
the highest standard of excellence, and SO
pure and simple are the ingredients that
even a child can use them.
Allcock's are the original and genuine
porous plasters and are sold by druggists
in every part of the civilized world.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
BRING GOOD HEALTH
Or. William Pink Pills, Used After
the Grip, Arrest Fatal Decline and
Rebuild the System.

Any bodily weakness caused by
deficiency in the blood can be cured
by the use OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills
because these pills actually make new
blood. After attacks of the grip the
blood is generally run down and the
patient continues to decline.
About three years ago." says Mrs.
Jennie Cowan. of 718 N. Henry
Street, West Bay City, Mich, Il
caught a severe cold, which ran into
the grip. was confined to my bed
for two weeks. At the end Of that
time l was able to be about, but was
completely run down. I was so weak
| could hardly stand, my cheeks had
no color and 1 felt faint. My heart
would flutter and it was difficult for
me to breathe at times. Neuralgia
settled in the back of my head and
stomach and 1 suffered from rheuma-
tism in my shoulders.
81 had the care Of the best doctor
in town but became no better until
friend told me one day how she had
been cured by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and 1 decided to try them.
soon felt better and continued using
them until was entirely cured. They
built me up again to perfect health
and / use them now whenever I feel
at all sick and they always help me-"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are inval-
unable in such cases, as well as IN
other blood diseases, because they not
only drive off the germs of the disease
but build up the system. The pills
have cured anaemia, rheumatism, af-
ter-effects of fevers, neuralgia and
many other severe disorders.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box,
six boxes $3.50, by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
MIDDlES I'M THE MAKING.
Naval Cadets Learn to Splice Ropes,
Furl Sails, Etc.

Naval Cadets Learn to Splice Ropes,
Furl Sails, Etc.
It is probably not generally known
how the United States Government
trains the youth upon whose shoulders
will rest the responsibility of maintain
ing the high standard of the navy. His
apprenticeship, according to Leslie's
Weekly. is not unlike that Of any other
young man learning a trade; the fun
damental principle being the proper
kind of tools-when and how to use
them.
A midshipmans tools, so to speak,
are ships, thus rendering a thorough
knowledge of seamanship an essential
part Of tie training. This begins with
lessons in splicing hemp and wire rope,
after which the young men are given
practice in handling sails on the indoor
mast in the seamanship building, which
is an exact counterpart OF the miZZen-
mast of the training ship Severn and
is seventy-two feet in height.
The midshipmen go al0ft, furl, reef
and set sails, ETC, in fact, go through
the entire seamanship drill. A net is
spread at the foot of the mast for pro-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Evil.

The superintendent of streets in
Cleveland recently summoned to his
presence an Irish officer, to whom he
said:
''It is reported to me that there is
a dead dog in Horner street. I want
you to see to it's disposition"
"Yis, sor," said the subordinate,
who Immediately set out upon his mis-
sion.
In half an hour the Irishman tele-
phoned his chief as follows: 81 have
made inquiries about the dogs DISPOSE
ton, and l find that it was a savage
One"-IippincOtt'S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
y Henry Goes Riding y


steps, smoking his cob pipe and pulling
the long ears of the old hound that
was croaching at his feet. He shouted
howdy to me, which returned, and in
quiries after the folks, which l an
swered. Then the door opened and her
mother came out, carrying a pail.
shell be out in a mint, Henry"
she called, and then went over to the
well and lowered the sweep in the
brisk, energetic manner she had.
1 jerked Mollie back from the gate
post, for she was a cribber-the one
fault she had-and waited, while
strange emotions welled in my bosom.
Here was 1, Henry Somerville Bras
cup, driving up to take a girl out rid
ing! Not surreptitiously, but in the
face of the whole world, under the
noses of her parents. who neither gibed
at me nor set the dog on me. Father
and mother both taking it with a calm
ness absolutely astounding! In min
ute she would come out.
She didn't, though-not for a long
term Of minutes, during which her
father allowed I'd better get out and
hitch. 1 reckoned 1 wouldn't, however.
He looked harmless, but there was no
telling what he would say if l got out
and sat down with him. 1 stayed where
was and listened-listened so intent
" that l could hear the squirt of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Record for Rending.

"Our reading record" said the aged
librarian, lis held by rich old lady Of
70 years. She has read, our books
show, over $4,000 volumes volumes
a year since 1854.
Our average subscriber reads in the
years course from seventy-fye to 100
volumes. though we have many clients
who get through 200 volumes every
tweIvemOnth.
Those who buy their books read
much less. l am informed by our book
seller that the average bOokbuyer
doesn't read more than twenty-five or
thirty books a year. The bOok-buyer
who reads 100 books year is very
rare bird. -Pittsburg Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

ones. An improved way is to have the
pocketbook attached to the glove,
where money, railroad tickets and the
like will be safe from both thievery
and loss One Of the most recent com
bination glove and pocketboOk is shown
here. The pOcketboOk is sewed to the
exterior of the glove in the center of
the palm-the glove Of the left hand,
of course, being used. Coins can thus
be readily removed by the right hand.
In this pocketbook provision is made
for separate compartments on the in
side for coins, ETC., and on the outside
for railroad tickets and similar arti
cles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Endless Trail.

Conner Davies, of Concordia, tells a
story about a wooden-legged man, al
though he denies being the one to which
it refers. ''This man." says Davies,
twas going home after being at a late
supper, along about 13 O'Clock in the
morning, when his peg leg went
through an augur hole in the plank
sidewalk and he kept circling about that
hole all night, thinking he was going
home."-Kansas City Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

ed States with a genuine admiration
for the republic.
Mr.. Bryce has represented Aberdeen
in Parliament since 1885. He has been
under secretary for foreign affairs an6
president of the Board of Trade. II
was born in 1888 and at one time was
professor of civil law at Oxford Uni
versity. He is the author of the Amer
lean Commonwealth, one of the few
works by foreigners which reflects
clear understanding of American af-
fairs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

ter part Of his life
time almost eXclu-
sively to the doing
Of good to his fell
low-men, started his
career as a black
smith. His father
had been a black
smith in a New
England village for
many years. The
family was poor.
There seemed no OPP
pOrtunities open to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

DC dOuCO OHIJ OO-
tween certain hours in the morning to
prevent interference with passers-by.
The eXtensible window washer shown
here was designed to overcome these
objections yet enabling the upper parts
of the windows to be washed thorough
ly, the length of the handle being reg
ulated to the height to be reached. To
accomplish this the brush is attached
to the end of a pair of lazy tOngs.
The latter are pivoted at certain points
and end in two handles. By spreading
the handles the brush is lowered, and
by drawing them together the brush
is raised. A particular advantage of
this brush is unnecessary use of lad
ders.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
HON. JAMES BRYCE.
New Ambassador of England to tho
United States.


United States.
The appointment of Hon. James
Bryce to be ambassador of Great Brit
ain at Washington semes to give genu-
inc satisfaction in both countries. Mr..
Bryce is one of the ablest men in the
public service of England and the fact
that he refused a title on being Sc
lected for the post shows the stamp
of his democracy. Mr.. Bryce at pres
ent is secretary for Ireland and has
been engaged for some time upon i'm
portant reform measures for that cOun-
ent is secretary for Ireland and has
work and would have refused to aban-
don it for any other diplomatic mis-
sion. The attraction of the Washing
ton post, however, was too strong to
be resisted and he comes to the Unit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Fortune in Fried Chicken.

One Of the rich men Of this country
has a camp where he employs a cook
at a fabulous salary, merely for her
skill in frying chicken and making
beaten biscuits. Whenever he visits the
place with guests those dainties are
provided and appreciated, the rest Of
the food being no better than found in
ordinary homes Minneapolis Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Peras1tG is a household friend IN
more than million homes. THIS
number is Increasing every day.
PeY1ma has become a household
qcord all over the English speaking
7Oorld. 1t is an old tried remedy
for all catarrhal diseases Of the
head, throat, lungs, stomach, kid
neyS, bladder and female organs.
Ask Your Druggist. for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

holding money ana
valuables. Il b i S
c are | essness has
tempted many a
thief to take a
snatch at the peck
etbook, and he very
seldom is caught.
Women are also
prone to lose their
pOcketbooks. This
is especially true in
tho ~ GO Of small
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

RrOnauI1cS. HAY
ing discovered that
the eye, in gauging
the upward posi-
ton of things, is
influenced either by
witty or by
c o un terra C t ing
forces, he suggest
ed constructing a
revolving platform
of parabolical sec
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Deanition Given by a CyDic.

what is reform?" asked the argu.
mentative man.
Reform answered the world-weary
one, usually consists in merely com.
polling a man to stop doing things his
way and making him do them yours.
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
just a Reminder.

TaiIor-TEere now. That suit Ger.
tainly fits you perfectly.
Customer-Yes, indeed, you may
safely feel proud of that It's credit
to you.
Tailor-Well-e and I hope
you won't forget that it's debit to
you.-Philadelph Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

window. In the
case Of plate glass
windows in store
fronts the extreme
ly long pole pre-
vent S successful
use during the day.
This is so incOn-
venient tn "a in
many cities ordin-
ances provide that
store windows shall
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
GIFTS.

shall give you your givings over!
Blossom windfalI Il golden
Of wheat, to wther softly with you here!
What shall give who your lover,
Who knew yesterday loved you, dear?
Your always full of help and courage,
Your heart brimmed with the golden wine
OF earthly and hope divine,
And So dear heart, 1 will not bring you borage,
Ard 1 not bring you columbine
Shall bring snow-in-summer to you, sleeping,
Whose going falls like upon my way!
/ might not bring you roses yesterday;
So dear put my heart into your keeping
And if a weed not worth the reaping,
The dead kind and turn no gifts away
IN Mall Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

AS a rule women are exceedingly
careless in the care of pocketbooks,
handbags and other receptacles for
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
A Little Lesson in Adversely
Observation-Disclosures

Elihu Burritt, who was among the
first of the Americans who made bust
ness of philanthropy, devoting the lat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
IIIusOry Apparatus.

A most interesting illusory appar
atus has been invented by we'll
known experimenter in the field of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
ExtensibIe Washer.

Usually in washing windows a brush
is attached to a long pole to enable
the operator to reach the top of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

at speed Of fourteen turns per minute,
and is surrounded by a hollow sphere
revolving at the same velocity.
To those placed on the platform,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

a fellow take. a girl out riding for,
anyway? And if she didn't like it all
she would have to do would be to say
so and I'd quit, of course. No harm
done I'd turn it off as a joke.
But she wouldn't mind, most likely |;
and maybe I'd
Still, l dismissed that thought; but 1
did take both reins in my right hand
and extended my left arm slowly and
cautiously along the back of the seat.
Instantly the mare slowed off to the
side of the road and tried to climb a
high bank crowned with Sumacs. had
barely got her into the track again
when l saw an approaching wagon. l
let the little mare have her head and
we flew.
Jerry Bowen. Jerry and Mrs. Bowen
On the spring seat beside him. l went
by them like a flash, but for all that /
had just one glimpse of a grin on Jer-
rvs face and l am pretty sure that I
saw Mis- Bowen nudge him in the side.
I supposed that l would hear from
Jerry when / went to his place to get
our cultivator back, as 1 had to the
next morning.
Another team in sight. 1t seemed to
me that there was an unusual amount
of travel on that road-a perfect con-
gestiOn of traffic. l hoped again to get
by with a rush, but alas there was a
big pool of water ahead of me and just
behind it was Uncle David Paxton. The
old man hadn't the sense to turn out
for me. l had to slack up and at that
the old IoOny pulled his mules to dead
standstill and l had to stop, too.
whats the matter, Hen?" he called.
"Folks sick?"
l hate to have people call me Hen. -
naturally despise chickens always
did, and mother could never under
stand it. The boy who first called me
Hank became instantly my bosom
friend. He is my friend to this day.
''No, Uncle David" 1 replied. There's
nobody sick. Whoa there, Mollie"
81 seen you comm along lickety- split
an I allowed you were goin' after Doe
Ammermans,' said the old man.
'sWhere be you going, HEMP"
"Over lords Fairfax | replied read
Nv. having anticipated the question, and
shot through the narrow opening be
tween his wagon and the pool.
1t was gathering twilight when
cot To the house. AS | stopped heard
the dishes still rafting in the kitchen.
They ate their supper later than we
did. or perhaps there were more dishes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

1t was gathering twilight when l
cot to the house. AS | stopped heard
fine dishes still rafting in the kitchen.
They ate their supper later than we
did. or perhaps there were more dishes
10 wash. Her father was sitting on the
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-07

clubs as well as his attempt to
apply the Direlect Officials Law
to Herpel and Johnson and re-
move them from office.
Fred Essen, the reputed repub-
lican boss of the county, who is
really nothing more than treas
urer and stakeholder of one or
more of the clubs, is making
every effort to get his name in
print and to have it appear that
he is reallythe boss of the county.
Essen's influence is bad, but it is
wholly with people of his own
order. AS for his being re-
publican boss of that county nc
greater SANDER could be cast up.
on the good people of the county
who are almost wholly CT the re-
publican faith.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-07

The Kansas City papers in
innate that the bunch of polit-
icians who deserted the Chester
at Boonville on the recent down
stream voyage did so on account
of a shortage in the c%ommissary
department. We ruralists
always thought that those city
politicians stepped high, but we
never dreamed of such attitudes.
If those metropolitan papers
told the truth, the excursionists
consumed between this place and
Boonville a weeks output of two
breweries, a distillery, seven
wine presses and four ice plants.
If they dipped up water from
the river i'll proportion the
present low stage can be
accounted for.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-07
A GOOD INVESTIGATION.

Gov. Folk seems to be deter
minedin preventing the gamblers
and buns of st. Louis from MAX
ing st. Louis county their stamp
ing ground on Sundays.
Sheriff erpel and Prosecuting
Attorney Johnson have missed
the opportunity of their lives for
making an impression upon the
public mind as men of character
who would protect the morals of
the community by enforcing the
laws. Their attitude towards
law enforcement stamps them as
men unfit to occupy the positions
they do. Whit the forces at their
command and with the Governor
willing to lend them every assist
ance they have made their incum.
bency in Office a iasco. st.
Louis county, with the exception
of parts adjacent to the city, is
as law abiding as any county in
the state. 1t has been made an
unwilling host, through the mach
nations of her executive officers
of the worst element in the city
The public will watch with in
terest Gov. Folks efforts in clos
ing the dives and mushroom
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-07
tremendous Power Of a Great ReNYaEst

Lindsay Denison writes an en-
tertaining article about THE
Rev. Billy Sunday and his War
on the Devil" in the September
American Magazine. OF the effect
of Sundays preaching upon the
people of Fairfield, Iowa, Mr..
Denison says:
II have seen many a university
football victory celebration; l
have seen several riots of Joy
after a Yale-H Harvard boat race,
| was in the headquarters of
District Attorney Jerome of New
York when the word came.
on election night, that he had
beaten Independently the can
didates of all the regular parties.
But l have never seen any crowd
more beside itself than was the
congregation of the tabernacle
when that meeting was over.
The noise was inchoate until Fred
Fisher took charge and organ
lied it. There were a hundred
dangerous rushes by people at
the back to reach the platform
and Bill Sunday. Fisher got
them singing. When they were
tired of singing a tune, he asked
them to whistle it and then to
hum it. Now and then some
body got up and interrupted by
calling for three cheers for Billy
Sunday And when it was an.
nounced that altogether Sunday
had won 1118 Fairfield souls
from the Devil for Christ il
seemed as though the roof was
Juggling at the rafters."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-07

The greatest economic i'll that
a majority of the people suffer
from has not so much to do with
the distribution of wealth under
a system which is at times un-
just in it's operation as from the
disposition which they make of
that reward of industry which
comes into their hands. In the
way af illustrating the above
point it may be mentioned that
the people of the United States
are spending between 81, 300,
600, 900 and 81, 500, 600, 900 annual
ly for liquor and about 5000, 000,-
900 for tobacco. These, coupled
with other useless items of ex-
pense, are sufficient to account
for practically all the misery and
poverty existing in the country
today. 1t is not failure to get
money that makes poor folks but
the reckless squandering of what
they have.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-07

capture and destruction of Jeri-
chO, the famous city of Bible
times which fell at the blast of
the rams horns. This spectacle
will be intensely interesting, not
to say exciting, for the final
destruction of the doomed city
will be thrilling in the extreme.
Every variety of taste in the
matter of entertainment has
been catered to and in the race
feature special care has been
taken to furnish an abundance
of this delightful form of sport.
Ten great races will be carried
out each day Of the fair. Joe
Joker, the famous "guideless
horse that races without bride
or driver, will be one of the in
teresting features on the side.
There viii be a big motor dis
play which can not fail to interest
thousands of visitors in addition
to numbers of other exhibits and
attractions too numerous to
mention.
In short, the visitors to Kansas
City this fall from September
23rd to October 9TH will be given
the time of their lives"