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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
PERIL0US SLEEPWALKlNG.
The Tragedy on Which BeIIini Wrote
Nis Celebrated OOOra.

Somnambulists can maintain their
footing In the most perflous places so
long as they remain In a state Of SON.
nambulism, but II suddenly awakened
they instantly lose their self posses
sion and balance.
On one occasion young woman Hv-
ing in Dresden was seen at midnight
walking on the edge of the roof OF her
house. Her family were Immediately
told of her plight, but were afraid to
go near her. The neighbors gathered
about the house and placed mattresses
and blankets along the street in hopes
that they might save her In case she
fell.
She danced for over an hour ON the
slanting roof, apparently retaining her
balance without difficulty, and every
now and then she would advance to
the edge and bow TO the silent crowd
standing many feet below her.
At last she climbed down on to the
wide gutter which ran in front Of the
window through which she had come,
with the evident intention of re-enter-
ing the house. The crowd watching
her so intently drew a sigh OF relief.
But unfortunately, her terrified reia-
tives, thinking to assist her, had placed
two lighted candles in the room near
the window, and as she approached the
light fell directly in her eyes.
Instantly the shock awakened her.
and she swayed back and forth In her
perilous position; then, with frightful
scream, she fell headlong 10 the ground
She was fatally hurt and died in a
few hours. It was ON this tragedy that
Bellini wrote his celebrated opera ia
Sonnambula. "-WaShington Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
Pheasant Whips Gamecock.
Kills Domestic Bird In Battle For Possession of Heey at CAP
tain Frank LaSSenS Place.

ehat be soon had his opponent down
and out
In the first lew minutes the fight ~aS
fairly even, but By the second round
the pheasant ~ras making most OK the
play. Then, In the third. the w1ld bird
pecka1 out the others eyes, and from
mat moment Il was al up WITH tia
Gnmecck- Et&gEerins IN bis blindness
and ts31Tgrfng cutie blows. The domes-
dc bird wes q prttfu1 sight and tbcss
vho w1nched thu haex5o Iees glad
WIEN Nutth q p0vexcu1 StEOoA % Coz
0nerr severed tina ~1m6u1p0 OK Tho
~Gnoufz2ed and ended 10 S00Eza.
Following Ch1s. al e6s hBO ctUcned
onUfE, NHe-chtcaS pap01 'PSpm& % tbe
vArhon, Gmd Sho pnexSED4, WGb an~dly
~. tuU& pusUssstOU O. hSa-DgW o0u9A.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
EASILY DECIDED.
This Question Should Be Answered
Easily by Lancaster People.

Which is wiser-to have confidence
in the opinions of your fellow citizens
Of people you know, or depend On
statements made by utter strangers
residing in far-away places? Read
the following: Henry Nehls. living
in the third ward, Lancaster, Wis.
says: I have used a few boxes of
Doan's Kidney Pills and am glad to
say that they gave me great relief, in
fact 1 derived the most benefit from
their use than from any remedy l had
previously used. | suffered for several
years from a dull ache in the small of
my lack which gave me great deal
of trouble and seemed to be with me
all the time. Ny kidneys were also
disordered, the secretions cloudy and
thick in appearance most of the time.
When Doan's Kidney Kills were
brought to my attention, produced a
box at J. D Hatch's Drug store. ]
felt relief at once and when I had
taken the contents Of few boxes was
entirely cured. My back and kidneys
do not trouble me any longer and
from my experience with Doan's Kid
ney Pills can honestly recommend
them as q fine kidney remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other. 1871
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22

Olga Saramoff, a Russian refugee,
who bore q baby in her arms, for
whom she sought temporary home,
told story in the children's court in
New York that shocked even the cal
loused officials there. 1t was In brief
that she had been welded and desert
ed by her own brother, who had stolen
all her savings of years.
Mrs. Saramoff said she fed 70 this
country with her father, who was q
revolutionist, when she was very young.
At this time her brother, whom she
had seen only once In her life, was an
officer In the Russian army, and when
she left her native Land he was In a
faroH post
Her father took rooms tn Grand
street New York, and Taught music
and languages until his death Then
the girl rented house ON tia east
side and began to take bodgerS
At the house one day appeared a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22

Bud PEBBLES was In Hermosa, N. NJ,
a short time ago and related In his pic
turesque manner to a tourist how he
and his comrades forced an Apache
brave to ride into Quicksands Of the
upper Rio Grande. The incident took
place in the early seventies and was
to avenge the death of an army cap
tain who had been treacherously slain
by the redskins.
The cowboys, six In number. had
surprised and surrounded him on the
bank of the river. Mr.. PEBBLES tells
the story:
-"For about ten seconds he sat mo-
tionless on his pony, one arm dangling
and bleeding. which same blood may
have comforted him bit l shakes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22

Battling foR possession OF q Brigham
Young establishment, a Monaghan
pheasant and gamecock net tn dead
ly combat, end when Che duel ended
the rooster was a memory, tho wild
bind matinee ktn1 The hatt1eoccurred
outside the hsnDery q Captain FranR
LGeSen heepe1 OF tho 9UveTnme0k hight
In Smiths island. mR OUuBctScuf
AtnRmptic0 70 invade C1e ouDeUtSe
nowrs esaS1o, the phessaut wes me-
G4 the dor by EhS sSu~se0cx, and WITH
cut q mgmauep hGs9tattm CnSy cSu2Soo
bills. INA FuUneR GSdna eell' @ ht1
heHk. hoUpsa BE nnONd a On N
vUte wHh hts 1readNn H0 Nu1nD A0Atn
and &safnI only 70 meet 0s6A< nW On
phasxzr4. though not 0Fuappn wnn
n&trrEl ek6A uSad Nh n0l % nC1AWay
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
A Gentle Husband.

Woman Ito her husband, busi1y en-
gagged writing) My dear, correctly
speaking, what is q dentist? Husband
crossly)-Derfved from dent, French
for teeth, a man who pulls teeth. Hus-
band settles down to writing again.
Wife-My dear, you said this morning
that linguist was derived from the Lat
IN lingua, a tongue Husband Grossly
Yes. Wife-Well, dear, is a linguist
4 man who pulls out tongues? Hus-
band-No, madam, but wish be did
London Answers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
FLORA.

Special Correspondence To the Herald.
Prof. c. B. Woodstock, of Lamont,
Iowa, and Elder J. o. Dutton, of
Evansville, Wis. held services here
last week; the former lecturing for
Graceland college, especially the in
dustrial department; the latter look
ing after the interests of the church
here, being president of this district.
The Sunday school celebrated chill
dren's day here last Sunday; the day
being nice the attendance was good,
and the children did their part we'll
we believe all were we'll satisfied.
The will be an ice cream sociable
at Thornton Oats, on Little Grant
Thursday evening of this week; the
proceeds are for tie church. All are
cordially invited to attend. The
ladies' of the church are to bring
cakes; nearly every one in this part
is busy making hay.
Sunday visitors were: Frank
Banner at Frank Powell's; Miss
Edith Snyder with Alberta Hudson
John Edwards, wife and son son Verne.
James Edwards and daughter Inez,
Essie Edwards and Coly Benoy at
Ervie Edwards Mrs. g. J. Brook
over and family, Mrs. Zeigler, Ed.
Perrin and family at Jas. Edgington' 8.
j. C. Edgington made a flying trip
to Livingston last Monday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
The Rest Man.

"Why is it." asked the dear girl,
that the bridegroom's attendant is
called the best man?"
81 suppose it's because he is the best
off," growled the fussy old bachelor
Kansas City Newsbook.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
AROUND THE COUNTY
R9T0H.
Continued from page I

Special Correspondence 10 tne 11eIdA0.
Mrs Will. Schiling, of Cuba City.
is the guest OF her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James jackson.
Mrs. Deneen and Miss Kate Welsh
took a trip to Dubuque last Saturday.
There Will be an entertainment
given at the city hall July 23rd by
the ladies' of the Congregational
church. The proceeds will go to
minister's salary. Admission %
cents. The program is as follows;
Children's Chorus-Little Feet be
Careful.
Violin solo-Prof. Montpleasure.
Runaway Teddy bears.
Male Quartette.
The Tickle Fortune of Aunt
Jerusha.
Girls Chorus-The Moonlight Sail.
Exercises by Lyman and Maud
Schaal.
Violin solo-Prof. Montpleasure.
Reveries of a Bachelor.
Male Quartette.
Recitation-Budd Scott.
Violin solo.
Patriot Drill.
Mrs. L. Zimmerman and daughter,
Mrs. Frank Roberts and three chill
dren, of Milwaukee, are visiting here.
E. A. Jewett took a trip to Lancas-
ter last Wednesday morning, return
ing home Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Owens, of Osh-
Wis, are the guests of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lyons here:
Hugh Warren transacted business
in Dubuque last Saturday.
Tom Welsh and a force OF men
left last Monday for Buena Vista,
Iowa, where they, have taken a con-
tract to get out rock for the Milwau-
kee railroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bossert and
dar Inter Sylvia, of Cassville, were
s. lpers in our village last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ducksworth, of Minot,
South Dakota, are the guests OF the
Iatter's sister. Mrs. John Kaeding.
Mrs. O'Donald, of Denver, Colorado,
arrived last Sunday for an extended
visit with her sister, Mrs. John Fure
and her daughter, Gertrude O'Donald.
George Schumacher, of Dubuque, is
visiting with his cousins, Paul and
Clarence Schumacher here.
Miss Ollie Willmers and friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Owens, of Osh-
kosh, Wis, took a trip to Dubuque
last Saturday, via the steamer Potosi
and spent the day in sight seeing.
Henry Doser's new residence is
Nearing completion. Messrs. Klar and
Sticker are doing the work.
Mrs Chas. Neufang returned to her
home here last Thursday evening after
asfsw days visit in Dubuque. Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs George jackson of
PIatteville visited a few days here
with relatives. \
Mr.. Seipp of Cassville is visiting
with his daughter, Mrs. Frank OFT.
Mr.. Stockert and son and daughter.
of Lancaster, visited with his brother,
Killian, here last Sunday.
Messrs. George Meyers. and George
Keiffer and friends, Misses Kate Nc
Coy of Dubuque and Florence Keehner
visited over Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Edge at Hurricane.
Otto Fare returned to Dubuque
Sunday after a short visit at his home
here.
John Williams of Hurricane passed
through our village Saturday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
Queer Name for oreqon Town.

Queer Name for oregon IoWn.
Asbestos is the name of a thriving
Oregon settlement, and one might sup
pose it to be the hottest town IN the
state. But it stands well up in the
mountains of Josephine county, and
secured it's name from the asbestos
mine near by.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
considerate Censorship.

docs your father know l love your
''No. Papa isn't very we'll, and we've
kept 1t from him. "-Harper's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
Never Seen 1t Stated.

We have never seen it stated, but
we are firmly of the opinion that the
vacation habit is an excellent proven
tive of those habits of metabolism
which result in Observation-Disclosures
cal Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
German, Latin, Greek.

Private instruction in the German
language and Literature Converse
t1onal method. Also pre- paratory
work in Latin and Greek.
Terms reasonable.
PROF. VIM. G.. LAUBE.
So At. Presbyterian Parsonage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22

Idlers cannot even end time 10 b
idle. or the industrious TO Be q let'
aure. We must always be doing o.
suffering -Zimmerman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22

: 0raTtty b onty the bark Of wisdom
but II preserves tt-Confuctus.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22

Herald ads get results.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22
WANT COLUMN

T OST-Gold ring nose glasses in case south
IL end of Ryland blk Leave at this office
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22

WANTED-A couple of young men to learn.
w the butcher business. Inquire of L.
Alt & Sons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22

FOUND-Gold Iocket. Inquire at Heraldl
office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-22

T AIDES desiring wholesomefac improve.
~ ment, meet Miss Lincoln at Wright.
House. July %.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-01

ell of corn since he has been in
the county. There are a few
farmers in this section of the
country who can say as much
and thev are among those who
have bank accounts.
North Louisiana needs far.
mers like this. There are some
here already and they are pros
porous as a rule. but more would
not hurs, in fact it would not
hurt if many of our small far
mers who barely manage to make
both ends meet would go about
the business of raising cotton.
corn and other products as this
Wisconsin man has done. All
that is needed is thrift, enter.
prise and intelligence -Shreve-
port Times.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-01
A Progressive Farmer.

The Times published yester-
day in its correspondence from
Marshall, Texas, a brief account
of. what a Western farmer &C.
complished on Harrison county
hill land, the same kind of soil as
we have in Caddo and other
North Louisiana parishes. This
man is from Wisconsin and be.
fore coming South he didn't
know a cotton plant from a lin.
son" weed. He knew nothing
about the culture of cotton or
whether it was planted in March
or November. He didn't know
whether cotton grew on a vine or
a bush.
But this Wisconsin farmer
after finding a home in East
Texas, proceeded to acquaint
himself with the business of
growing cotton and the results
show that he succeeded. He
didn't mind the boil weevil, but
selected an improved variety of
seed, prepared his land and
went to work to make his cotton
before the boil weeyil
arrived. He raised a bale of cot.
ton to the acre under conditions
practically the same as those
obtained in the Northern
portion of this parish.
And this is not all this Wiscon.
sin farmer has done. The Times
correspondent states
that he has never bought a bush
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-01
come discouraged and disheart

come discouraged and disheart-
ened. We can continue to raise
cotton in spite of him, as has
been shown by the experience of
others, if we want to. It means,
of course, more work, but still
cotton can be raised at a fair
profit with proper management.
And if we do not wish to raise
cotton, there are plenty of other
things to raise and just as prof.
table. There are large sections
of the United States that do lot
raise cotton and yet the farmers
are prospecting.
This parish has a rich soil and
fine climate and is capable of
producing almost any product.
We are not tied to cotton, on the
contrary, we ought to raise
less cotton and more of
other things to really profit
best from this wonderful
soil here. The boil weevil has
not made the soil less valuable,
it will prove the other way, for
the forced cultivation of other
products will demonstrate that
such a rich land with it's won.
derful adaptation to- variety of
crops. can not and will not yield
near the return it should when
devoted exclusively to cotton.
The transition from cotton to
other crops will no doubt bear
hard upon some, but we
have the land and the climate
to bring rich returns to
our efforts and such being the
case, don't let US be discouraged
but enter upon this new era
of the future.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-01
Delicious Doughnuts.

If you like crisp, faaky doughnuts,
richly Drowned, and yet with not a sus-
picion Of ~greasiness, try the following
recipe by Mrs. Mary J. Lincoln:
Beat one cup sugar and two eggs very
light, add one teaspoon melted COttolene.
enc cup sour milk, n o~ne-fourth level
one-half level teaspoon soda and one scant
teaspoon OF baking powder with one cup
Gour, stir 1t in and add more -four till stiff
enough to roll out. Have as soft as Eos.
sibie to roll. one-third inch thick. Cut
into rings and cook in hot, deep Cottolene.
h fat should be hot enough for the
cough to rise to the top Immediately.
: Doughnuts fried in lard lie like lead
on the stomach; lard is ~indigestible.
Cottolene, on the contrary, makes food
that even an infant can digest with ease.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-01
Sheriff Sale.
Wilmington VS.. JEFF Gunner,
Eighth Justices Court in and
for the Parish of Lafayette,
LOuisiana-NO. 6,


BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias
issued by Hon. Chas. Hernandez, Jr.,
justice of the peace of the eighth ward,
OF the parish of Lafayette, in the
above entitled and numbered suit,
and to me directed, 1 have seized and
taken into my possession and after
legal advertising l will offer for sale
and will sell to the last and highest
bidder for cash at the place lately
occupied by said defendant between
legal sale hours, on
Tuesday, Dec. Is, 1908,
the followidg described property,
to wit:
One COW and calf, one hog and
thirty barrels of corr
Ellie ALLEMAN,
by. Sheriff. 9Th Ward.
Dated this 18th day Of of Nov. 1908.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-01
o N HOnINY.

Under the above caption the
Picayune of Dec. "a. comments
on the revolution in the agricul
tural industry Of North Louisi
ana, due to the advent of the boil
weevil in that section. The dis
aster wrought by the pest ruin.
ed many farmers and depreciat.
ed the value of lands generally.
The result has been that much OF
the land has been bought for a
song by strangers, who have
moved in and are now turning
their attention to raising home
products of all sorts and are pre-
pairing to establish a packing
house to cure their own meats so
long purchased in Chicago, Oma-
ha and Kansas City. If these
things can be done on the poor
pine lands of North Louisiana
what may not be possible in La
fayette parish in the very heart
of the rich Attakapas country?
Let not our farmers be discOur-
aged, but let them retrench in
expenses, diversity their crops,
make their own hog and hominy
and above all don't let their
farms slip away from them. The
lands of Lafayette, weevil or no
weevil. have an intrinsic value
that is little appreciated by the
owners. Let our people take
fresh courage, facing the situa.
ton with frmness and de-
cision and all will be well.
The Picayune thus aptly says:
The news ZONES from Shreveport to
the effect that capitalists and planters
were combining to establish there a
large plant for packing pork, and
that the farmers were going to give
large attention to raising hogs is of
large public interest.
There is nc country where the rails
ing of swine al be done to greater
The forests are full of
acorns, pecans and other nuts, the
soil is full of succulent and nourish-
ing roots; while corn, peas, alfalfa
and other products for fattening can
be grown in abundance at the least
possible cost.
There was q time when the climate
not propitious for any extensive
slaughter and packing Of animals
for food purposes, but the universal
use of artificial refrigeration has put
1t in the power OF the South to do any
hing where q cool temperature is re-
New Orleans has now become
) very important brewery center with
, large output not only for home con.
sumption, but for export, and these
conditions have been &C.
by the aid of artificial
sold produced with extreme cheapness
md superior economy over actual ice.
There is now every reason why the
South should become as famous in
pork packing as are Chicago, Omaha
Ind Kansas City. All that is neces-
'ary is to take up the business and
larry it,on. We make our own corn.
Let us make our own bacon. when
he South shall produce her own hog
Ind hOminy she will have achieved
saa1 in~doDondnnco ~ the Nov<h |
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-01
StenOgraphy
Bookkeeping
Typewriting
Te1egraphy

All for four dollars.
Which is an aveuage of
One Dollar Each. fin fact,
you will also get English.
mathematics, p a n
ship. gymnastics. military
drill-and the fine enthusi.
asm of school life at one
of our great State institu-
tons of learning, fWhy
spend 800 somewhere, or
5000 somewhere else, or
$500 in some other State
for these things, when
YOUR OWN STATE
provides them for you
Free! Free! Free!
land, beside that, our reg
ular academic industrial
course will give you the
foundation for your later
college and professional
courses, whether you wish
to become a lawyer, doc
tor, teacher, chemist, me-
chanical or electrical en-
gineer, or anything else.
1Send for a Special Circu-
lar, Commercial Depart
ment. And for particulars
write to E. L.
President.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-01

NO USE TO BE DISCOURAGED.
The descent of the boil weevil
upon this parish is bad, very
bad, but there is no use to be-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-01
Notice.

Hunting on my place is strict.
ly prohibited.
11-2O-6t r. w. ELLIOT.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
news OF minnesota.
Crushed to Death.

Winona-Caught helpless in the bot
tom of coal chute where the rumble
Of machinery drowned his frantic
shouts for aid, Anton Eichmann, sixty
five years old, met horrible fate at
the Northwestern railroad shops. The
heavy conveyor, released from above
by a fellow workman, descended on
Eichmann and struck him on the head,
breaking his neck.
Efchmann had been sent into one
Of the chutes to clean it out, and was
working at the lowest part of the
structure when the engineer, suppos-
ing the chute empty, started the ma.
chfnery which lowers the conveyor
Eichmann must have heard the rattle
of the machinery, and single look
toward the top was enough to reveal
his situation in all its hideousness.
Shouting was useless, for the rumble
Of the machinery and the chains which
supported the conveyor was enough
to drown the sound of his voice be-
fore it could be heard at the top of
the chute, to say nothing of it's reach.
ing the engine room.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-26
Influence Of THOUGHT.

Prof. Elmer Gates of the laboratory
OF psychology in Washington is a pho,
neer along line of human devel.
opment which holds many POSSIBLE
tiles for 1908. Placing his forearm in
a jar filled with water to the point of
overflow and keeping his position with
out moving, this Investigator directed
his thinking toward the arm. The
blood soon entered the arm in such
quantities as to enlarge it and cause
the water in the jar to overflow. BY
directing his thoughts to his arm for
q certain length Of time daily for many
days he permanently increased its size
and strength. He even instructed
others to produce the same effect.
Prof. Gates has also found that change
Of mental state changed the chemical
character Of the Precipitation. When
treated with the same chemical
reagent the perspiration Of an angry
man showed one odor. that of man in
grief another, and so on through
large category Of emotions. The
breath, also, changed with the thought.