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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
A LADY'S ALPHABET.
A Hard Winters Work that Did NOa
Turn Out as Expected.

A Hard Winters Work that Did NOa
Turn Out as Expected.
81 expect to have busy winter,
Olive Thorne explained to group OF
school friends, teaching the wild Idea
how to shoot. Aunt Helen, who is moth
ing if not experimental, has spent the
summer in Alaska, and writes that she
Is bringing home a native Alaskan girl
she found in a mission school there.
This Meta Jackson is to have the
room next to mine-I suppose that
| may help to civilize her. Think Of her
table manners, her grammar / Won
der if she sleeps in bed or if she rolls
up in a blanket on the floor? Oh
shall have a busy winter!"
The girls separated, laughing, but
impressed with olives responsibility.
One morning, several weeks after the
traveller arrived, Meta rose early and
went for walk before breakfast. Olive
was just leaving her room when her
aunt called her.
LET US see what our little Alaskan
think that as housekeeper l may take
| that liberty, especially as her door is
open" The two entered, arms about
each others waists. "She has thrown
/ back her bedding and opened the win
doWs," noted Aunt Helen Now for
| her bureau. Her comb and brush are
neat, her pins and trinkets on the tray.
Now the washstand Towels spread out
to dry, wash-bowl emptied, soap in it's
| dish. Good!'
AS they came to the next door, "Shall
we just glance into your room, too?"
A flush spread over the girls face.
In a flash the contrast rose before her.
Not this morning" she replied go
on to your breakfast, Aunt Helen. I
will follow in a few minutes"
AS the older woman went down she
muttered her favorite maxim: when
expostulations fail, illustrate"
| A cousin of Olive called one evening"
and the talk turned to amateur pho
Biography. The young fellow laughing
| ly recalled taking a fash-light photo
graph in that room the month before.
''The girls gould hardly wait for me
| to finish the prints" he said. 'They
ordered twenty-five. 1 know the ways
Of girls, and made ten. One of those
has been paid for, and that was by your
little ward, Aunt Helen. She came to
me the day 1 said they would be fin
ished, had the exact change to pay for
the print, and thanked me so prettily
for my bother that I gave her other
| pictures on the spot"
"Can you spare Olive to Cne?" Aunt
Helen asked one evening, as group of
| girls chatted in one corner of the YER
anda. go right on with your talking |;
| she will be back SOON" The older
woman detained her niece a few min
utes, until the girls voices, softened
by the interruption, had regained their
| former timbre.
''Just listen, Olive" she said. Zone
voice is shrill, one is raucous, one is
nasal, almost all are loud. The only
soft, low, musical voice among them Is
Neeta's. Her tone and enunciation are
those of a true, cultivated lady"
There was a brief silence.
"Aunt Helen,' said Olive, gravely,
you are very clever with your when
expostulations fail, ILLUSTRATED 1 have
had a busy winter, but it has not been
in teaching the alphabet Of ladyhood
| to your little Alaskan savage
Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Some fastidious Englishman said
that the distinction between the Eng
lish and some continental Europeans
was that the Englishman washed his
body. Where the American comes in
Is uncertain, but the news from Asia
and Africa is disquieting both to Eng
lishmen and Americans. The Japanese
boils himself in hot water every day,
after having first gone over his body
carefully with soap and water. Now
comes Prof. Starr and says the negroes
OF the Congo battle four times a day
and are infinitely cleaner-and smarter
than the white people Of any country
on the globe. Nothing is better than a
corrective of race conceit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
US. DISPENSATORY
Describes the Principal Ingredients
Contained in Pe-ru-na.

Are we claiming too much for Pc
runa when we claim it to be an
effective remedy for chronic catarrhP
Have we abundant proof that Pc
runa Is in reality such a catarrh
remedy Let US see what the Unit
ed States Dispensatory says Of tho
principal ingredients of Peruna.
Take, for instance, the ingredient
hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal.
The United States Dispensatory says
Of this herbal remedy, that it is
largely employed in the treatment Of
depraved mucous membranes, chron-
ic rhinitis (nasal catarrh), atomic
dyspepsia Ccatarrh of the stomach),
chronic intestinal catarrh, catarrhal
jaundice (catarrh Of the 1iver), and
in diseased mucous membranes Of
the pelvic organs. It is also recon-
mended for the treatment Of various
forms of disease peculiar to women.
Another ingredient Of Peruna,
eorydalis formosa, is classed in the
United States Dispensatory as a
tonic. So also is cubebs classed as .
stomachic and as tonic for the mu-
cous membranes.
Cedron seeds is another ingredient
Of Peruna, an excellent drug that
has been very largely overlooked by
the medical profession for the past
fifty years. The seeds are to be
found in very few drug stores. The
United States Dispensatory says Of
the action of cedron that it is used
as bitter tonic and in the treatment
Of dysentery, and in intermittent
diseases as a substitute for quinine.
Oil of copaiba, another ingredient
OF Peruna, is classed by the United
States Dispensatory as mild stsznu-
liant and diuretic. Tt acts on the
stomach and intestinal tract. It
acts as a stimulant on the genito-
urinary membranes. Useful in
chronic cystitis, chronic dysentery
and diarrhea, and some chronic dis
eases of the liver and kidneys.
Send to us for free book Of tes-
timonials of what the people think
of Peruna as a catarrh remedy. The
best evidence is the testimony Of
those who have tried it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
PRfrOIRHm.

The first mention of petroleum in
America was made by Father De Ia
Roche d'Allien, a Franciscan, in 1929
1t may be a surprise to many people to
know that both the product itself and
the names petrol and petroleum were
familiar at least as far back as the
middle Of the fourteenth century. In
the Sloane manuscript Fifteenth cen
tury) mention is made both of rock oil
and of the correct derivation Of the
name, which is medieval Latin and Of
course has nothing to do with Peter
Petroleum, oIeum est factum de petra.
G(aIlice), petroille." ("Petroleum is an
oil made from rock-in French, pc
trolley The property Of drawing fire
had struck the Imagination long before
the work quoted in mature" was pub
lished. In 1896 Lodge used it in q
metaphor: Gas the clay petrol draw
eth fire, so the looks do gather affece
tion." The word petrol Cor petreoD
disappeared from English and did not
return until the days of the motor car
industry, when it was reintroduced
from the French in the sense of re-
fined petroleum.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Candidates for admission to the con-
sular service will hereafter have to
submit to an examination into their
conversational abilities. They must
know one modern language besides
English, something of the varied re
sources Of the United States, be IA
miliar with political economy and the
elements of international, commercial
and maritime law, and have some
knowledge OF modern history. Their
fitness In these respects will be tested
by a written examination. Then they
will be examined orally to discover
whether they use good English in con-
versation, whether they can maintain
their end Of an argument with court
esy and tact, and, I'm short, to ascer-
tain whether they will do credit to
their country if sent abroad to repre-
sent 1t. The oral test will count for as
much as the written test in deter-nin-
Ing the eligibility OF the candidate.
Those who pass will have to be good
all-around men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

one generation to another but organi-
zation, or humanity" as he expresses
it. Any member Of the human family
may suffer from any disease to which
humanity is subject, and when an In
dividual so suffers it Is the cause Of
the ailment that must be inquired into.
Exposure to this or that set Of condi-
tions brings varying results. If the
body is exposed to one set Of conditions
it will take on govt; If to another,
consumption; If to a third, cancer, and
so on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Medical men are coming round to the
view that personal history is of pri-
mary Importance or, in other words,
that q mans own manner of life, his
record Of health and his circumstances
should be much more carefully consid-
cred than the illnesses that his ances-
tors had died of. DR.. Rabagliati, z
medical examiner for insurance com
panies who Is well known in the pro-
fession which he adorns and of high
rcpute In the north of England, has
devoted much thought to this question
of heredity from life insurance point
OF view. IN his opinion 1t is not so
much disease that Is transmitted from
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
Briton a Poor Immigrant.

Canada naturally has strong English
sentiments, but the actual leaders in af-
fairs in the Canadian Northwest adj
NIT that the English immigrant neither
made a past nor assured a future for
their new empire. First came the typi-
cal English remittance man." who
lived on money from home and sub
sisted chiefly on whisky. He was a
cumberer of the earth and spelled no
progress whatever.
Then came the English colonists from
the cities, poor folk for the most part
and eager to better themselves; willing
to work, but in fitness generations be-
hind the men who fought their course
across the continent by way Of the
Appalachians and the Missouri and the
Rockies. Later there arrived numbers
of the agricultural classes Of England,
peaceable, Woodworking and frugal, adj
mirable settlers, albeit somewhat ig-
norant of the conditions Of life in a
new country.
All these were welcomed in Canada,
but, although the English immigration
in numbers equals that Of many other
nations combined, it does not equal the
American immigration alone in striking
power, in foot-pOund terms of potential
Misunderstanding.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
One Experience Enough.

An old-time English barrister was
John Williams, a sarcastic wit and q
bachelor with an intense prejudice
against marriage.
His clerk one day asked him for a
holiday to get married, and some
months afterward, on entering his
chambers, Williams found his dead
body suspended from the door.
He engaged another clerk, and asked
him If he was married. NO." the
clerk replied; but, thinking Williams
would regard marriage as a guarantee
Of steadiness, he added, "but am go
ing to be-"
Every WELL" replied Williams; 'but
understand this-when you hang your
self, don't do it here!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
ID Love MY Jean.

Love My JeAA'
Of a. the ARTS the wind can blaw,
1 dearly like the west;
For there the bonnie lassie lives,
The lassie I lo'e best.
There wild woods grow, and rivers row.
And monte a hill between;
But day and night my fancy's flight
Is ever WI my Jean.
L see her in the dewy flowers,
see her sweet and fair;
l hear her in the tunefu' birds,
hear her charm the air;
There's not a bonnie Slower that springs
By fountain, shaw, or green
There's not a bonnie bird that sings,
But minds me of my Jean.
Robert Burns.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
His Own FauIt.

Il suppose you are getting your share
of these typhoid cases." said one ply
slcian.
mo, I'm not" answered the other.
whats the trOuble?"
Its my own fault. I told all my
patients to boil their drinking water"
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
Heard Him Mt His SCUM.

Mother-Tommie, little boys should
be seen and not heard when taking
their soup.
Tommie-How long will it be before
l can take my soup like papa? -Yon-
kers Statesman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

q. 81. Hartman says he would give
up his wealth tomorrow IL he could.
He has looked around, however, and is
unable to discover any man or set Of
men who would in his opinion be great
enough to assume the responsibility If
ne were to unload it
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
How Lizards Fool Hawks

The peculiar brittleness Of their tails
is sometimes an advantage to certain
lizards. Perching head downward on
rock, the diamond-tailed gecko, for
example, is often seized by a hawA,
when the tail snaps off, and the animal
calmly wriggles away to grow another.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

rs the American boy growing better
or worseP Is a question some people
have been discussing, with the result
that the American boy is still consid-
cred good material Of which to make a
man
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
Selection.

"a great deal depends on the man
ner in which a man selects his friends, -
said the wise politician.
Eyes" answered Senator Sorghum
"but the things you attack are what
keep the public interested. The most
important point is the selection Of en-
emies. Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

81. II. Rogers boasts that he never
played Santa Claus In his life. Nobody
will consider it necessary for him to
furnish an affidavit to get himself be-
lieved in this instance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Hicks, the miner who was entombed
for fifteen days at Bakersfield, CAL,
says there were some moments when
be enjoyed his Imprisonment. He was
not bothered by book agents or insur-
ance solicitors and it did not cost him
q cent for coal or groceries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Lay something by for a rainy day
John D. Rockefeller. How is that to
be done unless the grocer, the milk
man, the butcher, the icenan, the land
lord and the coal man can be induced
TO quit asking for money?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

II other women would adopt her
style Of dress, says DR.. Mary Walker,
they would not break their husbands.
And most OF them would be unable to
get husbands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
Dubious.

Stippler-Did Miss Kutts admire
your paintings? Dobber = I don't
know. Stippler- What did she say
about them? Dobbler-That she could
feel that 1 put great deal of myself
into my work. Stippler = Well, that's
praise Dobber-Is it? The picture
1 showed her was calves in Mead
OWL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
His Rcnson.

Parks-I believe he lies when he de
MES being seen there.
Marks-What makes you think so?
Parks-Because that is what Ia &c
myself. Boston Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

A young woman has interested Mr..
Carnegie In airships. She probably told
him that she regarded flying as next
In Importance to simplified spelling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
In an Upward Direction.

SIS Mike Clancy herew asked the
visitor at the quarry just after the pre-
mature explosion.
"No, sor," replied Costigan; "he's
gone"
"For goodY
"WelI, sor, he went in that direction"
-Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Scientists say apples strengthen the
brain This may account for the wis
dom OF people who eat no pie but apple
pfc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

You ought to stop plying yourself"
declared the doctor to the hystericaI
patient.
But, DOCTOR" she cried, 81 can't get
any sympathy from anybody else."-
Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

A vagrant sold on the block In Ken
tucly brought SO. He is worth that,
In these days Of human activity, as a
curiosity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

DR.. Newell Dwight Hills says we
need more poets. DR.. Hills is one Of
the few people who have the courage
OF their convictions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

The Dowager Empress Of China Is
reported to have learned recently to
play bridge. The Emperor continues to
play solitaire only.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

There is admitted into a great MANY
homes every night, with a fire buiIt
for it in the parlor, something whose
bond father would be afraid to 90 on
down town.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Hayu has not had a revolution for
at least six weeks. Somebody must
have slyly administered an anaesthetic
90 Hayti.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
Retween the Devil

First Tristis Avis-I'H be hanged if
I go to chapel any more.
Second Tristis Avis-Well, you'll be
suspended if you don't.-Princeton
Tiger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
FREE

Our mammoth 148-page Seed and Tool
Catalog is mailed free to all intending
buyers, or send &c in stamps and receive
free samples of new Two Foot Long Oats
and other cereals and big catalog free.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box @, La
Crosse, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Taft is going to take up the question
OF saving Niagara. We may, therefore,
consider Niagara as good as saved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
oats-Heads 2 Feet Long.

The John A Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, are bringing out new oats
this year with heads 2 feet long! That's
a wonder. Their catalog tells!
Spetz-the greatest cereal hay food
America ever saw! Catalog tells!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Nine out Of ten misfortunes are due
to lack Of common sense. Considering
the many opportunities to learn, it is
really surprising how little the major
ity Of people know.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

''No money in literatureY Many an
unpretending man is making good liv-
ing by writing display advertisements.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

South Carolina has few transient
inhabitants. Divorces are not granted
Tor any cause whatever In that State.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

The owner of a fierce dog is sure it
never bites except under great provo
Sation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

You have often heard of dull, sick
ening thud. Bat did you ever really
hear one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
Ol0
Ta11urifR&
nnA~ooo
Wee willie Wrinkle.

Wee Willie Wrinkle
Rims through the toun,
Up stairs and doun stairs
In his NIGHT gown.
Tirling at the window,
Crying at the lock-
Are the weans in their bed,
For it's now ten o'clock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06

Every rose has its thorn-and a fen
more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-06
"Hey, Willie Winkie,

"Hey, Willie Winkie,
Are We comm ben?
The cats singing gay thrums
To the sleeping hen;
The dogs spelder'd on the floor,
And disna gle a cheep;
But here's a waukrife laddie
That Wilma ia asleep.
"Onything but sleep, you rogue
Glow'ring like the moon,
Rafting in an arm jug
WI an airn spoon,
Rumblin', tumblin', round about,
Craving like a cock,
Skirlin' like a kenna what,
Waukening sleeping folk.
"Hey, Willie Wrinkle,
The wean's in a creel
Wambling aft body's knee
Like a very eel;
Rigging at the cats lug,
Raveling a. her thrums-
Hey, Willie Winkie,
See, there he comes J"
Wearied is the mither,
That has a stoorie wean,
A wee stumpie stoussie,
That Gamma rim his lane,
That has a battle aye WI sleep
Before he'll close an e'e-
But a kiss frae aft his rosy lips
Giles strength anew to me.
William Miller.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-28
Timber Land Statement No. 1897

United States Land Office,
Boise, Idaho, October 8, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress OF
June B. 1878, entitled "An act for the sale of
timber lands In the States of California Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extend
ed to all the Public Land States by act of August
4, 1892, Robert M. Parks of Roseberry, County of
Boise, State of Idaho, has this day filed In this
office his sworn statement No. 1897 for the pur-
chase of the e15 neA of section 10, township l6
north range east. b. NJ, and will offer proof
to show that the land sought is more yalu-
able for its timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes and to establish his claim to said
land before A. b. Lucas, U. $. Commissioners at
Meadows, Idaho on Thursday the 18th day of
December 1907.
He names as witnesses: Eph Culpepper, Ora
Lu Culpepper, Charles W Parks. Parker V.
Lucas all of R0seberry, Idaho.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 18th day
of December, 1907.
o10d5 ADDISON Il. SMITH, Register.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-28

1ohn McMurren moved to the
romarack falls west of town last
thursday where he will work on
he dam being put in by himself
md s Messrs. Culpepper and Dowell.
f is estimated that the plant when
oeompleted will develop about 100
horse power, which will be used in
running a sawmill, dynamo and
anv other machinery the gentle
men may put in. An electric light
liant it seems would be good in
rrestment for the owners as they
could furnish the people with bet
ter lights at an equal cost with
coal oil and then make it pay them
fair profit.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-28
Gov. Gooding on Financial Situation

Governor Gooding,. on being
asked yesterday, whether he con-
templated calling an extra session
of the legislature, made the follow
ing statement:
II have been watching the finan-
cial situation very closely, and l
am satisfied there is nothing in the
present outlook to warrant the
holding of an extra session OF the
Ninth legislative assembly. Idaho
has passed through the most pros
porous year in all her history. All
her crops have been good and the
prices received have never before
been so high. Her banks are gen
orally in much better condition
than ever before. | have been
keeping in close touch with con-
ditions in all parts of the state,
and am glad to say they are i'm
proving everywhere. "-Saturday's
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-11-28
Timber Land Statement No. 1895.
United States Land ONCE,
ROise. Idaho. September ., ~


Boise Idaho, September 9, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance &c
with the provisions of the act OF Congress OF
June 3. 1878, entitled can act for the sale of
timber lands in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extend.
ed to ali the public land states by act OF August
d. 1892. William NJ Semones of Nampa, county OF
Canyon State of Idaho, has this day filed In
this office his sworn statement, No. 1886 for the
purchase of the seN of swH of section Is, and
lot number and the e OF nwM OF s see'iPn w.
and will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber OF stone
than for agricultural purposes and to esta
his claim to said land before A. b. Lucas, U. >.
Commissioner, at Meadows, Idaho, on Wednes-
day the 18th day of December, 1907; -,
He names as witnesses r. b. Burnside OF
Iardo Idaho, w. o. Edgar of Lardo, Idaho
Mrs. Mary L. Wiley of Lardo, Idaho, w. ii
Harpe of Nampa Idaho a.,
Any and ali persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file thel
claims in this Office on or before SAID llth ia.
of December, 1907.
O3n2S ADDlSON L. oMl1 III, noBi9'ei'