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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-08-07

ducts are found Oh sale in all the
leading groceries.
Dade county is the home of the
guava, the place where it grows in
perfection II months in the year, no
cover or shed; but grows like the for
est trees, unkept or uncared for, yield
ing a bountiful supply of fruit every
year.
But few fig trees have been planted
here as yet; but those who have exper-
imented along this line, have been
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-08-07
Fruit Growing in Dade County.
An Interesting Letter Regarding the Profitable fruits of that far
Southern section of the
By C.. V. Blackman.

issue of the Agriculture equally popular the Jelly The
Bel with foot high tight board
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
Notice to Farmers and Horse Breeders

] have purchased the Imported
Royal Belgian Stallion Midas Am.
No. 24SO Foreign Vol, XIII T. $50
Midas is a beautiful blood bay, very
short legged, great muscle; is 3 years
old and weighs 21OO lbs. and is as sound
as a nut. When yousee this horse you
will say he is the broadcast, deepest
great draft stallion you have ever
seen, with heart and constitution like
9 lion. The kind of horse that .sires
he 1900 to 2OOO.lb. blocks the greatest
Nf all sellers.
This horse is worth going miles to
see. If you have not already bredisee
this horse before you do. Do not say
will use him next year but breed
now and get these great draft horses
10 put on the market while prices are
high.
will contract the colts IRONY mares
bred to him for $50 at weaningstlme.
Terms: $500 to insure $1,000 fora
cOk to standard suck.
Midas will stand for service at the
Philips House. barn in Lancaster.
JNo. G. MARROW,
Prop. and Manager,
Farmers Phone. Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

OF the Fourth passed away in the Finn
household varied by the boy with oc-
casional visits to the neighbors, whom
he threw into panic of fear by pre-
tending to light the big explosive.
Mrs. Murphy and her three children
were gathered around the kitchen
table when Mickey placed the lighted
mammoth in the middle of the table.
Two of the boys went head first
through the window, while Mrs. Muir
ply tiled to crawl under the kitchen
stove.
All this excitement afforded the boy
q good deal of delight, but he re-
served for the evening the culmina-
ton of his joy. He intended to blow
his father up as he sat IN his chair on
the back StOOp.
Mickey thought 1t would be an in
spring sight to witness his father fly
ing across the back yard and plow.
ing up the ground with his nose. In
order that he might have an audience
Mickey had spread the news among
all the boys of the neighborhood, and
ut nine o'clock SO boys sat on the
fence surrounding the back yard. Mr..
Finn, tired of the excitement Of the
day, had fallen asleep in his rocking
chair on the back stoop, when Mickey
lit the stem of the big cracker and
placed it carefully under his fathers
chair.
The moon shOne brightly, illuminat-
ing the grin on every boyish face.
Every ear was strained to catch the
faint kissing Of the fuse and every eye
intent upon the sleeping man.
The fuse burned itself out, and the
silence and suspense was deepening
A minute passed and another, until
Mickey could stand the strain no long
or. He reached down and lifted the
Arecracker from beneath the chair.
AS he held it up In the moonlight
70 examine 1t, q mosquito lit upon his
fGther'S nose and the old gentleman
awoke. Grabbing the hrecracker from
his sons hand he arose and holding it
alOft, he said:
Boys, there win be no explosion
t0-Aight. I'm sorry TO d1eappoint you
I vas Altered that Mickey might do
some harrum wild that big cracker, so
wain he wasn't looktn' this afternoon !
tsok the powder out Of 1t and filed
It wid clay. So, yOu see that the show
ID over, and ye may as well go home
and go TO bed. There'n be no more
explosions only what give Mickey
WIA a sh!ngIe afoFe / turn in. Good
night to ye all. Come around some
ether night whin there is somethin'
6oln'"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

as he ran homeward, the precious
powder mine clasped to his bosom
Holding the big firecracker aloft as
he darted through the kitchen door,
he exclaimed:
Mother, l have it! Amt it a
beauty?"
well, I don't see anything about it
to be maxim a fuss over said Mrs.
Finn, who, like most mothers, had
no love for fireworks. Now, don't be
bringin' it nearer to me, as Mickey
ran toward her II don't want to be
blown into the middle O. next week.
Throw the dirty thing away! I'm
Altered O. me life while you have 1t IL
your handsi Now, don't be goin' near
the stove wid it! Arrah, ye little
spalpeen, will We take it off the stove?
Take it off afore We blow the roof of
the housed" and the frightened woman
ran into the bedroom and peered
through the keyhole.
With the recklessneSs of bOyhood,
Mickey exclaimed, as he lit a match
and reduced his mother to Mysteries
by pretending to light the frecracker
stem:
You needn't be Altered, mother. I'll
nip it out afCre it goes OH"
In this simple fashion the afternoon
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
MickeyFiinn's
Big Fire
Cracker
The explosion that wound up the
Fourth of July Celebration
ON Cooney Island.

Two mammoth f1recrackers stood in
the window of Casey's grocery. They
were IL inches long and proportion
ate1y thick.
For a month before the Fourth of
July these gigantic indicators of en-
thusiasm had stood In the window like
British soldiers on dress parade, while
"a predatory spider hung a filmy ham
mock between them and calmly killed
his buzzing victims over two powder
mines.
The firecrackers were the admira-
ton and the envy of all the boys in
Cooney Island. 1t was seldom that
youthful nose was not flattened against
the window pane in ardent covetous-
ness.
But the price demanded by Casey
for the thunderers was prohibitive, SO
far as the boys were concerned, and
there was not one of them patriotic or
courageous enough to invest Is cents
in a single ecstatic explosion.
Said Mickey Finn timidly one even
ing when he had been sent by his
mother to get quarter of pound Of
tea and half a pound of pork:
Mr. Casey, l suppose now, that
whin wan O. thin big fellows whit off
it would blow the stars out Of the
SKYE" his mind filled with blissful
thoughts Of mighty explosions.
Casey stopped measuring out half
pint of New Orleans molasses, raised
"Micky, my boy, I'd be afeerd to tell
you what would happen if / stood wan
O. thin big fellows out on the side
walk and touched the stem wild the
lighted end of a five cent Cigar. The
noise would be terrible, terrible, my
son. 'Twould make your head ring
like an anvil, and you would see
sparks like firefiies.
Would it blow the house DOWN."
asked the boy in an awed whisper.
mo, l don't think it would" said
Casey. 1T might shake the chimly
down and break all the glass in the
windys in small pieces, and there
would be paper in the streets as
would fill an Imply barrel O. flour. Oh,
but thin big fellows is mighty power
full, Micky, mighty powerful They
use them in China to kill murderers
and robbers. They put wan O. THIN
big f1recrackers bechune the teeth of
a murderer and make him light the
fuse wild his own hand and blow his
own head of. Thin Chinese is mighty
crool, Mickey, mighty crool"
This vivid description infiamed Mick
eys desire, which was Casey's motive
in telling 1t, for the incident occurred
on the eve of the Fourth, and Casey
was afraid that the big frecEackers
would be carried over the national hol-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

iday and remain a loss on his hands.
In order to deepen the impression al
ready made upon the boy Casey per
mitted him to handle one Of hetwins.
The boys eyes had videned to
their utmost capacity when he was
outside the window, but now that he
could feel the red jacket his hands
trembled with the eagerness of pos
session and he would have given ten
years of his life to own It.
Take it along wild you, Mickey"
said Casey, cajolingly. Thin crack
ers we're made in Chow Chow, in
China, for the Cooney Island trade,
and want to get rid of thin have
on hand before send another order
to Wan Lung, the haythin."
But ! have no money" said Mick
ey sorrowfully. my father is goin' to
give me three punches OF little fire
crackers and q pinwheel, but / know
he wouldn't buy wan O. thin big fire.
crackers for me-"
Well" continued Casey, you come
down here tomorrow mornin' and
carry in = half ton OF coal for me and
I'll give you the big cracker"
The next morning Mickey was busy
for two hours carrying chestnut coal
In a nail key and dumping 1t In Casey's
cellar. Just after noon, with a smile
covered with coal dust and 3 bosom
full Of chuckles, he received HE prize.
No grass grew under hig bare feet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

But where Gies Old Glory to-day?
thas given Hawaii freedman's rule.
the hagstafs of the Somoas.
displaced the rule of tyranny in the Philippines
Jtrepres<zts justice and equality in Porto Rico
the masteads of the ships flies
It respected land and by people To its
protecting the downoddn and oppressed all nations and
to all welcoming hand 1t to-day
power the counses of nations whose
word is unouestoned; whose might has been proven
Old Glory has represented more than expanding nation
1t has created hope in the breasts of men,
1t has disputed the God given rights of kings
1t has overthrow the absoluteism OF Europe.
Spain the world and founded nations
II has dictated equitable of peace nations
Old Gloryi
God bless the flag keep right and strong and powerful in
the right
its white be soed by injustice to the weak
blue field be expansive the sky of heaven
May stripes represent the strength of just
Symbol peoples freedom of nations power, of IT'S great
ness Justice of Godgveu equality its meaning known the
world
To-day the neverand may never-sets on Old Glory
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
Notice TO Settle.

Having sold the Philips house
and will not be in Lancaster longer
then May LIST, I earnestly call your
attention to the fact that all &C
counts due me must be settled on or
before May LIST. for after1t that time
all accounts will go into the hands
of an attorney with a fee attached
for collection.
1tf Yours, JOHN DECHoW.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
But where flies Old Glory to-day?


Westward the star of empire took its way
pioneer with and penetrated the forests no
b1azed trail for the flag of civilization.
He planted his banner the top Of the Aleghenes
guided down the swirng waters and planted again
in the fertile valley of the Mississippi
Westward, ever westward, marched Old Glory.
broad the lilies OF France offered deance
for short time gave way the advancing that
brooked no opposition.
Beneath its protecting he bulded his rude cabin
Beneath he turned the virgin soil OF the prairie
It hoated the fagstafs Of the growing villages
cross-road settlements into Cities schools and
churches thrvd industries propered and nation strong and
great.
Drawing every peril, westward
From of the lofty SUBMITS of the Rockies this agent OF
civilization upon golden California and advanced
From the of the broad Pacific waved Old Glory
To of Spain had given before it. to the
north George had been crowded back and its terri
tory sharply defined southwest Mexico had made ~a tor n =
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
ZOO Ahour Flreerackers.

The greater part of the almost
$4,000, zoe worth of hrecraekeTs annu-
ally exported by China comes to New
York. And the United States stand
next 10 China in its use of them.
Thousands of Chinese men, women
and children work at the making of
hrecrackers, for there are no manu-
factories there, the work being done
by hand. They receive only about
t1.40 for making 10000 frecrackers,
laboring from six in the morning until
IL at night seven days q week.
So a Chinese woman or child works
like a slave for two days to earn what
is spent on a few punches of firecrack-
erS by the urchin bent on doing JUS
tice to the Glorious Fourth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

vlgOr and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eaSed.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. IF the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
En- Masse.

"All things come to him who waits, '
said the professor, inspecting the
plate of corned beef hash that had
been brought to him at last, after de-
lay of Is minutes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
When Bears Hibernate.

Many bears that hibernate dig into
. hillside to find nest, but for .
mild winter they are likely to roll up
In some shallow excavation or a hol.
low tree.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
FOR SALE CHEAP: Two second
hand horse powers.
26tf.
Lucky for Politicians.

But what a merciful thing for poll
ticians it is that the general public is
afflicted with extraordinary shOrtness
of memory!-Free Press, Singapore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
Has Nothino 70 MOURN For.

Man says that he is a reasoner and
that woman is not. Considering how
much nicer she is, reasoning faculties
must be a great handicap.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
FRESH FLOWERS all the time
at TaylOr's greenhouse.
Second Sinht.

Marriage is the result of falling In
love at first sight. Divorce comes
when you get your second sight
Smart Set.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

FJNE, large Wisconsin farm, or
Phillips hotel property for sale or
trade for small farm or other good
property. For particulars call on
John Dechow, Lancaster, or write the
owner, M. M. Doyle, Mitchell. S. D.
46-4-W
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

FARMS FOR SALE: / have tive
good farms situated in Grant county
that will sell on reasonable terms.
5ltf Jos. II. BENNETT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

A light of one candle power is plain
~ visible at one mile and one of three
candle power at two miles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
Real PhiIosopher's Stone.

Franklin: If you know how to
spend less than you get you have the
philosophers stone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

Time Table.
Potosi Time Table,. b. i q. ny.
SOUTH BOUND.
No SO-3:O1 D. m, Passenger daily.
No. 92-l0'45a. m, Freight, daily excepISun
day
NORTH BOUND.
No. 4e-5:OS a M, Passenger daily.
No. e1-lO:45 a. m, Freight daily excep
Sunday.
Home seekers excursion tickets on lsale
every Tuesday, to points west ana soutn.
e. for the round trip, good for 81 days.
Signed, P. ii. ROSER, Agent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
NOmen as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
HWTITH .urIfathoned seas to .the east,

XV7ITH unfahomed the east
Nv With the of ST. George to the north,
bumper forests to the west,
Andt the yellow OF Spain to the south
confines of the country the ma
freemen, which Old Glory was first untured
fyx sires of nation signed that per1shabe
Philadelphia 776 they were dreaming OF pncpe
of territory.
did comrades washington think that the starry banner
people, then desd and spa upon by
destined enrce the world
spread protecting folds from to ocean, cross the broad
Pacific islands of that mighty then practically an
unexplored waste of waters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

WELL! WE'LL! WELL! 1t beats
all. What beats ALI Why the Red
Trunk cigar Att
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon It, the cause of the diff
cultv is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mlser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
!Swamp-ROOt is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty ST.
cent and one-dollar saE.Ests 81 - d.:
size bottles. You may :E:! !: !:
have a sample bottle z2@E@
by mail free, also Home of swampF'0Os-
pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root,
including many of the thousands OF testl-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DIR. Ki1mer's Swamp-ROot, and the adj
dress, . Binghanton, N. Y, on every
bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
Aaa Nvlca,

Keep Tia wound open aad send fs1
the doctor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-21
MINERS QUIT WORK.
A Thousand Refuse to Work With
Non Union Associates.

Glace Fay. y. s, March 20-Domin-
ion No. / Colliery. one OF the largest
producers Of the Dominion Coal Cos
mines. w"S idle today owing to the re-
fusal Of tbs men belonging to the Pro-
vincial Workmcn's Association to 70
low tho surfac" with the non-uninn
men. One thousand miners are on
strike.
Two weeks ago the association issued
a notification that if all the men work.
ing in the mines We're not members of
the WOrhmen's Association by March
10, strike would be declared. The
time expired Yesterday and as the fulI
force Of non-union men had not Joined
the association all the union men We're
ordered by their officers to remain
away from the mine. One hundred and
seVenty-siX non-un!on mon joined the
association ana 80 arc still standing
out. Grand Secretary MOffatt is absent
from the town, and as soon as he re-
turns conference will be arranged.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-21
WILL MAKE THEM PUBLIC.
Documents Seized At PapaI Nunciature
To BE Given Out.

Paris, March 20.-After a lively de-
bate today the Chamber Of of Depu-
ties, $50 to 1854, adopted the motion
presented by the Jaures group Of So
cialists calling for the appointment OF
commission to examine and make
public the contents of the documents
seized at the Papal Nunciature after
the expulsion from France of Mgr.
Montegnini, who was secretary OF the
nunciature. Premier Clemenceau and
Foreign Minister Pichon supported the
motion, claiming that the action OF the
authorities in Selling the papers was
amply justified by their contents.
Ex-Premier Ribot and NJ. Denys
Cochin, Conservative, opposed the
proposition. NJ. Cochin said the pro-
cedure of the government in the mat
ter was blamed by the entire diplo-
matte staff.
Later the Chamber Of Deputies, 31S
to 154. rejected the Interpretation OF
the Able Gayraud deputy from Fin
iStere, notice of which was given on
March 16, on the subject Of the refusal
Of the health officer of Toulon to allow
members of the clergy to enter the
hospitals and see the injured men OF
the battleship lena. The form Of the
motion, however had been changed so
as to read that the government was
asked to instruct the officials of the
naval hospitals to see that liberty OF
conscience was respected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-21
MORE PAY FOR RURAL CARRIERS,
Salary Maximum Is Raj from SIPS
to 5000 Per Annur1.

Washington, March o0-Cnder the
recent act of Congress making appro-
priations for the postal service for the
ensuing fiscal. year, the postma ster
general may fix the salaries of carrie;
in the rural delivery service at a rate
not exceeding 5000 per annum after
July l. 1907. The highest rate now
paid under existing law is S725 per an
num- TIE readjustment of salaries
under the new law has not been fully
determined. but it is proposed TO allow
the maximum rate-S900-te all car
riers on routes of "a or more miles in
length. This will give approximately
22.S00, or about so per cent. of the car
riers, an advance in salary of $50
per annum.
A substantial increase in paw for
other carriers is contemplated, but the
chief beneficiaries of the new law will
be those serving the longer routes. on
whom the greater hardships Of the
service fall. Carriers on the shorter
routes, ranging from IL to II and from
IA to 16 miles, now receive s5O4 and
sofo per annum respectively. being
proportionally paid more than carriers
on routes Of 90 or more miles. The
pay of substitute rural carriers will AL
SO be increased in many cases. This
advance, it is estimated. will result in
an approximate increase of $500, 900
IN the cost OF rural delivery service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-21
NEWS OF BATTLE.
Salvadoran General Presa Tells About
Lively Fiehtings.

San Salvador Republic of Salvador
March 20.-Thc following comnunica-
tons We're made today to the cores
pendent OF The Associated Press by
Gen. JOSEPH Dolores Presa. commander
of the Salvadoran force that is engaged
with Honduras fighting Nicaragua.
I'VE prepared to attack the enemy
yesterday in the fortified hills known
as the 'PCrtilles De Namasique.'
AT 10 o'clock in the morning our ar
tillery took up positions in front and on
the sides of the hills. Accommodating
parties were sent out and the prepara-
lions for the fight were completed.
The battle began at O'Clock this
morning with a heavy artillery fire.
Generals Avelar and Licona operated
on the right wing while General Cha
varria conducted the strategical move
ments on the left. The remainder of our
army was in the center. Our columns,
with unrivaling gallantry. carried the
front and tlanking positions of the en-
envy by assault. We dislodged the en-
envy from ell their positions excepting
the last. where desperate resistance
was made.
The final effort Of the engagement
will be made at this point. The enemy
IS estimated at 5000 well armed men.
The Honduran forces had regrettabls
losses i'll commanding and other off,
GERS The enemy'S losses in killed and
wounded were cunsiderab BILE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-21
MRS. SAGE GENEROUS,
Makes Large Gifts for Charity and for
Cause of Education,

New York. March 20.-An announce
ment Of two gifts to philanthropic or
educational institutions by Mrs. Rus
sell Sage was made today The first
and largest of these was a gift of $780,
900 to the American Seamens' Friend
Society to erect a new sailors home
and institute in this city. The second
gift was of $4,000 to the Syrian Prot
estant COLLEGE Of Beirut, Syria.
Mrs. Sage has also promised to give
building to the Association for the
Relief of Respectable and INDECENT F'e-
males in this city and to provide an
annex to the building given by Miss
Helen Gould to the sailors of the Amer
lean navy, which adjoins the New
York navy yard in Brooklyn.
The new sailors home and institute,
which vii be erected by the Seamens'
Friend Society, will be built on West
street, near the docks Of the Cunard
Line steamers. 1t will be a six-story
building with rooms for % men, a
free shipping bureau, banking facili-
ties for the sailors, club rooms and a
chapel.