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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07

at usr' said Eleanor - The color came
To her pale cheeks.
Your mother knows all about il.
dear Haven't / been telling her every
day for the past two weeks: II she,
don't know it its not my fault You
see, | couldn't tell you. so l had to tell
some one and thought your mother Il
safe repository for condolences. But
you mustn't talk. dear. You are Just
to get well. and then I'm going to take
you away for months and months
Just you and L. DEAR
Eleanor proved Il good patient, anC
each day found her stronger than the
one gone by. Jack was in attendance
almost rs constantly rs the nurse and
Mrs. Short, and many happy hours he
sat beside her, with her head on his
shoulder while he read aloud One
day as the twilight approached she
leaned over and closed the book that
ne was reading
'Jack, dear, you have not told me
that you loved me-"
why. Eleanor, how can you say
that. 1t was the last thing | said last
evening when your mother turned me
out"
Il remember now, but that was yes
terday'' she said as she nestled closer
to him ''That was a whole twenty
four hours ago"
Dear heart he said, with a smile
as aIa
love you that much more You know
that, dear, and l don't see why we
have to wait until you get entirely
well. Why not be married quietly,
right here in this little room, where we
have been SO happy with each other.
and let me nurse you back to health p
why, Jack, you selfish mani Not
have wedding, no bridesmaids and
no long, white satin dress with a
train! oh, how could you even sug-
gest it? But if you want me to | will.
dear, for when you go far away from
me the whole light seems to go out
of my life, and it's been dark such a
long time"
Jacks answer was to take her in his
strong arms and hold her close to his
heart for a moment as he whispered
'Darlingr'
Jack" Eleanor murmured, Il want
to ask you question that has been
on my mind ever since l regained con.
seriousness. l wanted to ask mother,
but feared TO worry her But if you
will hold me tight l will ask you
what is it, dear?' answered Jack.
''Who shot me?" And her eyes closed
as she asked the dreaded question.
THE poor count did not do it.
happened to be coming up the grounds
that night as he left you, and | stop
ped to watch him. He walked down
the front steps and sauntered over to
the big elm tree at the south end OF
the grounds, when from the bushes the
form of woman appeared, and in an
instant she leyeled a pistol and shot
at him. She missed him and the bullet
struck you. 1t all came out in a few
days. 1t has since come to light that
the woman was his wife, whom he de-
serted in Germany"
"Oh, jack What suffering that
wicked man has caused?"
Eyes. But he opened my eyes to
how precious you were to me. | had
taken you for granted, dear, not as a
special blessing. We men are so
SELFISH
Not you, jack she murmured as
his arms closed around her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07
DEAR 1IEARr!" HE mURMURED.

could not have gone without asking
you. Miss Short, because-Well, it does
not matter now. | am sorry / asked
you, and l trust you will never regret
your answer You will hear of me
again" And with a stiff bow he left
her.
Eleanor, once more on the piazza,
dropped into an armchair and rocked
slowly back and forth. 1t was a beau
tiful night, night for happiness, not
for tears, and why should she cry?
Yet tears would come to her eyes She
did not love the man who had just left
her, and she did love some one else.
She did not want 4 German home nor
a German husband, and she resented
his attack ON the American home. She
leaned forward on the rail and sighed.
A shot rang through the stiffness of
the night air; followed by a piercing
scream
In an instant the conservative pa
irons of Elwood inn became a clamor-
Gus crowd, surging on the piazza from
every direction. The men rushed this
way and that, and in a few moments
the lifeless form of a woman was car
ried into the hotel lobby. Miss Short
had been shot in the back, perhaps ia
tally, and her slayer was still at large.
While the doctors worked over the
injured girl searching parties were or
gained to find the assassin. The
grounds were carefully guarded, detec-
tives We're called in and went through
their usual methods of cross question
ing the employees of the hotel, and
hours dragged by with no trace of the
man who had fired the shot. Bulletins
were issued from time to time regard
ing the condition of the patient and
by morning symptoms showed that
there was a chance for her recovery.
With the recovery of consciousness
came speech, and her first rambling
words We're, "Oh, how could he!''
An anxious mother leaned over her
and gently said:
''WhO, Eleanor, dear?"
The injured girl gasped, '"The countr'
and again lapsed into Inconsistencies.
But one count had been at the hotel,
and it did not take long to find him in
his room and place him under arrest.
He was placed under heavy bail until
Miss Short either recovered to face
him at the trial or died
Days interviewed while the patient
hung between life and DEATH but final
~ she began to pick up the broken
threads and was we'll on the road t.
recovery. Her mother, sitting by the
bedside of the girl fOndly caressing
her, said
Jack has been here every day, dear,
asking ana pleading to see you, and
we have promised that he shall be the
first. Can YOU see him today? The
poor boy is almost frantic"
Yes mother: l want to see him
whenever YOU say may"
He has been waiting il the other
room for two hours, so / will call him"
A well. built brown faced man APP
peared at the door in answer to the
mothers call and knelt down by the
side Of the girl. slipping one strong
arm about her shoulders and nesting
his bronzed face close to hers.
Dear heart!' he murmured.
why, Jack. mother is here looking
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07
Don btfuI Complainant.

At an evening party they We're play
ing game which consisted of every
body in the room making a face, and
the one who nade the worst face was
awarded prize. they all did their
level best, uEd then a>-ent!eman went
up to one Of the ladies and said:
Well, madam. | think YOU have won
the prize.
oh she said, L wasn't playing"
Montreal Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07
Notice to Our Customers.
EVIDENTLY a Mistake.

saThat watch said the jeweler,
handing it back, is one of the kind
that's made to sell.
'.Durn it, exploded Uncle Josh, who
had bought the timepiece at State
street auction establishment I've
showed that there watch 10 'leven diff
ferent jewelers. in this here town. They
all tell me it was made to sell an yit
l can't get blamed cent for it no
where's" Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07

Millions of bottles of Foley's Honey
and Tar have been sold without any
person ever having experienced any
other than beneficial results from its
use for coughs. colds and lung trou-
bIes. This is because the genuine
Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow
package contains no Opiates or other
harmful drugs. Guard your health
by refusing any but the genuine:
j. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07
a SOILING CROP.
Rye Gives Satisfaction on Fertile, Well
Drained Soil.

Rye Gives Satisfaction on Fertile, Well
Drained Soil.
hav,e3een growing rye for the past
five years So far as my experience
goes. any soil that is we'll drained and
fertile will produce a good crop of rye
says an Ohio farmer in American Agri-
culturiSt. l plant rye almost entirely
for sOiling purposes. The crop is all
plowed under with the exception of
enough for seed. AS soon as any crop
is taken off the land it is disked and
sown TO rye. 1 broadcast it and har-
row it.
Time of Sowing.
The crop is put in any time from
June to November. depending upon the
character and nature of the crops tax
en- off. My crop varies from two to
twelve acres each season. As the crop
is plOwed down. except enough for
seed. have no record of the yield per
acre. but l always have Il splendid
stand l SOW the seed thick and see
the results in other crops.
Applying Manure.
All manure is applied in the winter
and plOwed under rs for corn. No com
mereiaI fertilizer is used on the rye
crop. l usually harvest rye for seed
purposes in July. 1t ripens about the
same time as wheat in this section. l
consider 1t one Of the most important
crops l raise, and from records OF
farmers in this section about twenty
bushels per acre would I've q fsAp av-
erage here
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07

cures made by DIR.
Kilmer's Swaup-
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and bad
der remedy.
1t IS the great med
ical triumph Of the
nineteenth century
discovered after years
of scientific research
by DR.. kilnler, the
eminent kidney and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07

Logic -PrOfessor-M Miss c., give
me an example OF true conclusion
drawn from two false premises.
Miss C.-LOgic is an easy study.
That's false. l don't like easy studies.
That's false. I don't like logic. That's
true.
s'CIass dismissed"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07

The First National Bank of Ian
caster
Buys and sells Foreign Exchange;
Pays interest on and IL months
deposits.
All kinds of checks cashed at par
Makes collections;
Sends money anywhere at Lowest
rates;
Has safety deposits for rent,
And sclicits share OF your
business s2-tft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07

Orino, Laxative Fruit Syrup, the
new Laxative, stimulates, but does not
irritate. 1t is the best Laxative.
Guaranteed or your money back.
j. Il. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07

Cases have been known of men who
have permitted business to interfere
with golf. but they are rare, and GER
tainIy it would be extremely difficult
to find IN individual bold enough to in
cur the odium of his fellow golfers by
admitting the impeachment-Golf IL
Illustrated
Notice to Our Customers.
We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiates OF other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as a safe remedy for children and
adults. y. 7. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07

bladder specialist. and IS wonderfully
successful III promptly curing lame back,
uric acid. catarrh of the bladder and
Bright's Disease, which Is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR. Kilmer's Swamp-ROOt IS not rec
commended for everything but If you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble 1t will he
found Just the remedy you need. 1t has
been tested in so many ways, III hospital
work and III private practice, and has
proved 50 successful III every case that
Special arrangement has been made by
which all readers Of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have sample
bottle sent free by mail, also book tell
inc more about Swanlp-ROot, and how to
findout if YOU have kidney or bladder trou-
BILE. When writing mention reading this
generous offer III this paper and send your
address to DIR. Kilmer f2f~=-
< Co., Binghamton Als
n. y. Tie regular
fifty-cent and one, =-s@== 4@E@1Az@
dollar size bottles are Home OF swampROOs,
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root. DR.. Kilmer's SwanIp-RoOt,
and the address, Binghamton, y. Y, on
eyery bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK :?

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody WHO reads the news
paDers Is sure TO know of the wonderful
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07
NEWLIVERY STABLE

~ "a

The Northwestern Livery,
Feed and Boarding Stable.
A share of your patronage is
solicited. North side of the
Grand Central Block. Union
phone III.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07

address to DIR. klimer
< Co, Bingllanlton,
n. y. The regular
fifty-ceut and one
- v4AT -.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-01-05
New Railways In Louisiana.

Louisiana ranks second among the
states of the union in the new railroad
mileage laid in 1905; and, taking the
last three years, it still holds second
place. This is all the more surprising
because the st ate is not newly opened
one, with sparse population, as Is the
case with South Dakota, which ranks
next to it in new trackage. Louisiana
is an old and we'll settled state; and
there could be no better proof of the
business and commercial development
under way than is to be found in the
heavy work of railroad construction.
The additional mileage is being built
because the commercial needs OF Lou
isiana require it.
To those who knew the railroad
geography of Louisiana of few years
ago, list of the lines under construc-
tion today is almost incomprehensible,
so many are the new roads being built
into the state. Those adding to the
mileage in 1906 number no less than
twenty. The New Orleans and Great
Northern leads In new mileage, as was
expected. TneL Louisiana RaffWay aud
Navigation Company, the old New Or
leans and Red River Valley, is second
/ in the completion of its line to New
Orleans. Then follow the Colorado
and Southern, the Jasper and Eastern,
the Arkansas Southern, the Kansas
City Southern, the Louisiana and Ar
kansa as, the Louisiana East and West,
| the Opelousas, Gulf and Northeastern,
and q half dozen others. The new
mileage constitutes only fraction of
what it is proposed to build, and this
assures continued construction for
many years to come until all of these
lines and their connections are COM
pleted, SO that there is no probability
of any let. up in the present activity.
! Nhenthe work is all complete ii will
call for . new map of the state, for
nothing tears up country more than
railroad building, establishing new
towns and changing the names OF old
ones, until a former resident would
scarcely know the country again.
For The state as awhole this railroad
h construction means, nf course, new Ia
cilisies for the shipment Of produce 20
market and The more rapid develop
ment OF is great resources.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-01-05
japanese reyoiasisaasg 49,


D olished at Berkeley, Cal, urged ssss
assassination OF the n xS=- . Of Japaa,
the president of the ri. ~ States and
other notables.
The president Of the Southern Cot
ton Association applied to the post
Office department for the issuance OF a
fraud order against the New York
cotton exchange.
The remains OF Prof. Thomas Grin
dell and his party, who left Douglas,
Ariz., in June. 1904, on an exploring
expedition to Toburn Island, located
in the Gulf of California. were found
in desert in Sonora.
Il is reported that James ). Hill,
president of the Great Northern Rail.
road and one OF the most noted finan-
ciers of the country, viii retire from
active business during the course OF
the present year.
A large number Of men distinguished
IN historical and scientific research
assembled at Brown University, Prov
idence. r. +, to attend the annual
convention of the American Historical,
Political Science, Sociological, Eco
Eomic and Educational Association.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-01-05
DoNAIDsoNynIE La, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1907
lNTERcoAsTAL CANAL.
Hon. H. L. Gueydan Criticizes Adverse Re-
port of Federal Board of Engineers.
Says Project is Too Important to
Admit of Abandonment.

Admit of Abandonment.
The adverse report OF the federal
board of engineers on the proposition
to construct an inland waterway ex-
tending from Brownsville, Texas, to
Donaldsonville, caused considerable
surprise in southwest Louisiana and
ELECTED the following comments from
Hon. Il. l.. Gueydan, vice president
for Louisiana of the Interstate Inland
w aterway League:
ut is unfortunate that the Washing
ton board of engineers has seen fit to
give our project a setback. This may
delay the undertaking, but not kill it,
for it is by far too big an undertaking,
too necessar to large number of
people to be pigeon-holed in any such
summary manner. The necessity of it
| is so palpable, the great benefits to be
derived are so evident to all those who
know south Louisiana and coastal
Texas, that am convinced that the
report would have been favorable had
these Uuited States land officers in
spected our loWlands coast, embr acing
our great lumber, oil, sugar and rice
belts, and their vast industries, with
out taking into consideration the tre-
| mendous possibilities in the future
development of hundreds of thousands
of acres of the most fertile lands in
the United States.
Major Edgar Jadwin, U. S.. A.,
came, saw, and-put in favorable
report, of course; and he didn't take
anything for granted, either. He had
to be shown, and reliable statistics
had to be furnished him. His estimate
of the cost of the work, 81, 900, 900, is
insignificant compared to the great
amount of good to be obtained. There
is no engineering problem to be con-
sidered. The question is purely eco
nomical.
s'Will the saving in freights COM
peEsat for mainten ance of the future
canal? Yes, ten.fold, twenty-fo1d. A
board OF business men would have
reported super-favorably .on the pro-
ject. Just think of it, marrying the
fresh waters of the Mississippi with
those of the Rio Grande, uncon-
taminated by the boisterous Gulf of
Mexico, and all for a paltry two mil
lions, one-third the value of a respect
able battleship liable to be sunk at
any time, or one-tenth the price we
paid for the far-away Philippines that
nobody wants now.
"This matter is too important to
Louisiana and Texas.ftoo important
to the MississippL9sey too import
ant to coal-producing Pennsylvania
to be pigeon-holed at a board meeting.
It behooyes the people of Louisiana
and Texas to let congress know in no
uncertain terms that the intercoastal
canal is crying necessity and a.
splendid investment in more ways than
one, and that they want it and want it
soon. We are confident of the energy
and ability of the Louisiana delega-
tion in congress, but they must be able
to show in Washington that the peo-
pie at home demand the interco astal
canal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-01-05
ChambsrIain's Cough Remedy the
Best Made.

In my opinion ChambeEIain's Cough Remsdy
is tbs best made for colds. = SAYS n "a t,eIrn
WaIlzer of PorterYifls, California. There s 40
doubt about Its boing the bast. No other viii
cure a cold 80 quick ly Nc otheEsis so nrra 4
preventive OF pneumcnia. No other IS 81, f,iessE.
ant and safe 90 taks. These are good ransfinR
Wig i should be pEeSarred C any 0ther Tha
fact Is that few people are satisfied With aSlg=
other aftar haylag once used shiE remedy. Eoe
saie bg 81 druggists. 8
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-01-05
Half the world Wonders

how The other half lives Those who use Buck
lens Arnica Salve never wonder if it will cure
cuts wounds, burns, sores and all skin efaptions
they know it will. Mrs. Grant Shy, l130 4. Rey-
nolds st, Springfield, ILL.,, says:'I regard it. as
one of the absolute necessities esofhousekeeping.n of =
Guaranteed by j. j. Leche, druggist. Is cents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-01-05
HOTELS AND SALOONS.
Dka GOODS, GROCERIES, etc.

KLINE, corner Crescent Place and Hou.
y sls mas street. dealear in Dry Goods, Notions
5oots ana Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Corn
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-01-05

Property valued at 5000 was de-
stroyed by fire at West Monroe.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-09-12

The "Roosevelt League" move
ment in this state misnomer. 1t
should be honest enough to declare
its real purpose and call itself a
ella Toilette League" The Yank-
ton Press & Dakotan says:
The league can be safely trusted,
even should the president finally
decline a denomination, to faithful
ly represent the sentiment of South
Dakota in naming his successor.
This is the whole thing in nut
shell. The league wishes the people
to forego their right under the pri-
mary to make definite instruction,
and turn the whole matter over to
this league. 1t is we'll known that
Pres. Roosevelt favors Secy. Taft
as his successor. Then if this
movement is not scheme to de.
feat the will of the president why
| do they secretly knife Mr.. Taft?
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-09-12

The Aberdeen News criticizes A.
III. Wheaton, the state dairy COM
missioner for his effort to secure
more aquitable rates on cream
shipments. 1t says:
The local creamery is a good
thing, of course, and ought to be
encouraged, but if it is fact that
local cannot do business by reason
Of the competition Of central cream
cries, who gets the benefit OF the
Nlnereased prices paid by the CEN
tral plants? The farmer, Of course.
1t must be to his advantage to sell
to the central plants it must put
more money into his pocket, or he
could not do it.
We are unable to agree with the
News on this proposition. On the
same theory it might be claimed
that rebates given to the Standard
Oil Co. were an advantage to the
consumers of oil as the company
could thus afford 10 retail its oil
that much cheaper. La theory
this argument is good, butit doesn' t
work out in practice as the Stand
ard Co. simply puts this rebate in
to it's own Golfers and sells oil as
high as the traffic will bear. Just
so with the central creameries.
They pay for cream what they are
forced to pay to compete with To-
cal creameries and if they get an
advantage IN rates it adds SO much
to their profit. That there are
rank determinations is very evi-
dent. For instance, the express
on a ten gallon can of cream from
Platte to the Scotland creamery, a
distance of about rs miles is 25 cts
From Platte to Sioux City, 81
miles farther, the express on tht
same can is only % cents. Ship
ments from other points show simi
lar discrimination in favor of th'
central plant at Sioux City. Wheth
er these determinations should bt
corrected by raising the rates tt
the central creameries or lower
ing them to the local creameries il
a question to be determined by tn,
conditions at each point.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-09-12

The Boston Transcript raises a
strong protest against the PROPOSE
tion to improve the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers for navigation
purposes. 1t says:
But the government has to put
rational limit upon the millions
that it distributes for the develop
ment of rivers and harbors. 10
dump the lions share in the CEN
trail valleys in order to promote the
prosperity Of the cities and sections
that bordor them, and especially
the ports through which an increas-
ed commerce would be expected to
flow, would be discriminative legis-
lation, against which the great
ports of the Atlantic and the Paci-
fic might justly protest. There are
other points to be considered be-
sides Chicago, New Orleans and
way stations.
The Transcript overlooks the
fact that the government has spent
vast millions upon the improve
ment of harbors along the Atlantic
and Pacific, and is spending more
millions for construction of the
Panama Canal. The middle west
can expect but little direct benefit
from these enterprises, yet no pro
test has been raised from this sec
tion. But when project is pro
posed that is designed to directly
benefit this section, the Trans
cript classes it as "discriminativt
legislation The time is coming
when these great inland water
courses are to become importan
arteries of commerce and the people
of Boston may as well recognize
| the fact first as last.