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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
Where Idols Are Eaten.

At certain seasons in some parts Of
India 1t is the duty Of every devout
person to eat special sort Of confec-
tionery. Every confectioner In Octo-
Der. for instance, has a pole about six
feet high at his door, and to this is
nailed a great hook about a foot long
AMI thick In proportion. On one side
OF this is a brisk fire, with q huge
earthen pan on It. Before the pan a
man may be seen sitting, for nobody
stands when he can sit, with kind Of
wooden ladle, and with this he briskly
stire a quantity of bubbling black
looking sugar till 1t becomes quite
tough. He then scrapes 1t together
and puts 1t on piece Of board to cool
a little, and then, getting up and dex-
terously throwing 1t on the large hook.
he begins to pull out the tough sub
stance. He draws it out to the length
Of four or five feet at time and
throws it back and elongates 1t again,
and so he manipu1ates 1t till the mass
becomes as white as snow. This COM
position SO treated is manufactured IN
Ill sorts Of sacred forms-fgures of
little idols and gods-and is eagerly
bought for consumption.-Strand Mag
aZlne.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

The court decisions TO which Presi-
dent Roosevelt referred in his speech
at the opening of the White House con-
ference could hardly have been more
opportune If they had been made to
order. They set forth very fully and
convincingly the legal warrant for the
States Intervention to save the nat
ural resources of the country. In
Maine the State Supreme Court had
been questioned concerning the right
of the State Legislature to restrict the
cutting Of timber on private land for
the protection of the water supply and
had answered that the proposed legis-
lation would be within the legislative
power and that 1t would not operate
as taking Of private property for
which compensation must be made. In
New Jersey case which had gone to
the Supreme Court of the United States
there was an agreement between the
judicial authorities of State and Ma
ton, and the Supreme Court held that
''the State as quasi-sovereign and repre-
sentative Of the interests of the public
has a standing in public to protect the
atmosphere, the water and the forests
within its territory, irrespective of the
assent or dissent of the private owners
of the land most Immediately concern
ed" The court added also that the
power Of the State in the premises
was not dependent upon any nice esti
mate of the extent of present use or
speculation as to future needs. This
is the law, but in the past 1T has not
prevented a sense of absolute owner
ship and complete disposing power in
the individual. who is apt to look upon
any interference with his control of
his property as revolution. This feel
ing has been encouraged, of course, be-
cause the necessity for restraints has
not been felt by the public, owing to
the abundance of natural riches. The
principle was there, however, and lat
terly reasons for it's more frequent APP
plication have been multiplying. 1t is
to be noted that particular attention is
paid in the New Jersey case to the new
demands that may arise from changed
conditions when 1t is said that given a
State the public interest is omnipresent
and grows more pressing as population
grows.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
OTHER PEOPLES THRONES.
Countries Ruled by MOnarchs Some
People Think Are Usurpers.

Countries Ruled by MOnarchs Some
People Think Are Usurpers.
The German Emperor, whose occupa-
ton of the German throne is said to
have been the outcome of g good COM
mercial speculation" is thought by
many to be heir to the throne Of Eng
land, he being the eldest child Of the
eldest child Of the late Queen Victoria
The King Of Italy sits on someone
else's throne. The father Of the pres
ent king assembled the throne Of Sar-
DINA as the descendant Of the ambi-
tious man Of the Alexander type Of
conquering hero He was a man Of
title in the little kingdom Of Savoy, be-
ing one of its dukes. Spain, without
asking the people, gave this man Anna
deus the throne Of Sicily.
Five years afterward Amadeus
thought that, as Sardinia was q largr
place than Sicily, it would be all the
better If he ruled it, and, having put
the matter In the hands Of Germany,
Charles VI. at once agreed with Anna
deus that Sardinia should be his.
Amadeus, therefore, under the pro
lection Of the Emperor Charles, pro-
ceeded to Sardinia, where his progress
"a very royal one-was, from fear, al
lowed full scope. The road to the
throne was accomplished In double
quick time, and as a reward Amadeus
gave Charles Sicily.
This occurred only a century and a
hal ago, and the lineal descendant
Of Amadeus is the present Victor EN-
manuel III. Of Italy.
The King of Greece Is Dane, as every
one knows. To make room for George
1. of the Hallenes, Ohio, the then ruler
Of Greece, and Bavarian by birth and
| parentage, was deposed, and King
Christians son put on the throne In
1868.
It came about through civil war
or, more strictly speaking, an Insured
tion-during which the lives OF the
reigning king and queen were sought.
But the monarchs escaped unhurt. The
insurgents thereupon proclaimed Prince
Alfred-the late Duke Of Edinburgh,
who ruled over Saxe-Coburg- as king,
but the young prince refused the
throne.-Stray Stories.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

soil is, the better for the purpose and
the better the road will finally be.
In grading do not loosen any more
earth than necessary to make the
grade, the general form Of which should
be as shown in Figure /, high In the
center and sloping uniformly toward
the side bitches at the rate of about
one inch or an inch and a half per
foot. The width to which the road
should be graded depends upon local
conditions, the amount Of traffic, etc.
1t should not be less than twelve nor
more than thirty feet wide.
In forming the road, do not permit
weeds, sod or rubbish Of any kind to
become mixed with the earth, as this
will give trouble for a long time to
come.
The road will fatten a little In set
Ting, 30 when first graded it should
be a little higher in the middle than
1t is intended to be finally. Never put
a tile under the middle of the road,
but to one side, as shown in Figure l.,
and about three feet below the sur
face. Be sure there is a free and I'M
INSTRUCTED outlet, as really the most
important step In the art Of road-build-
ing is proper drainage.
The best time to work the roads In
the spring is when the fields are too
wet for blowing, and If proper calcu-
lations are made, the road work can
be done without interfering with work
upon the farm. The only months that
1t is suitable to work the earth roads,
aside from using the drag, are March,
April and May. Any work done In the
late summer or fall Of the year is an
actual damage and not benefit, and
it would be much better II highway
commissioners would do no work at all
than to do it late in the year. Inves-
LEGATIONS show that 40 per cent Of the
road work In Illinois Is done In the
fall Of the year, and what is true Of
Illinois is true Of most of the western
States. 1t is not at ell uncommon to
find instances where two dollars Of
actual damage has been IN working
out upon the road a dollar road tax.
Let the roads alone unless the wosk can
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

road, was, March and April, 24O; July
and August, 27S. The count on the
earth road at Sullivan for January,
February and March was "a, August
and September 316. At Elgin, on a
hard road, March 1853, average for June
and July 154. At dillingham;, on an
earth road, March and April 100, Au-
gust and September 800. At Centralia.
over an earth road, March %, June
1877.
With good roads, the farmers live
better, dress better, go out more, are
better buyers and more liberal spenders.
The city resident lives upon the prod
ucts Of the farm and he wants an ade-
quate supply regularly, at reasonable
prices. With bad roads this is i'm
possible, shortage occurs, and up go
the prices. The middleman makes q
stake specializing upon such conditions.
North and west Of Chicago the roads
are generally improved, and from this
district comes practically the whole
milk supply of the city; very little
comes from the mud roads sections /;
consequently the price is eight cents a
quart and the supply limited. II good
roads were general for hundred miles
in every direction from the city, so the
farmers could depend upon meeting
the milk train readily and promptly,
thousands of them would go into the
business that Is known to be profitable,
but they are now prevented from doing
so by bad roads. The people in the
city suffer accordingly.
Milk is shipped daily as far as $50
miles from the good road district OF
northern Illinois to cities In the corn
belt. These should be, but are not.
supplied by adjoining farms.
As to the farmer helping to pay for
the paving Of streets, he has not the
same interest in their condition as the
town man has in the country roads.
The answer to the fourth question
will be an incident, very common
one A widow goes into grocery
store in a country town and asks for a
dozen eggs and a pound Of butter.
When told the prices she protests and
the grocer says: well, you sec, the
roads are so bad, very few farmers
are coming to town now, so butter and
eggs are scarce" She pays three cents
more for the eggs and four cents more
for the butter, and this seven cents
represents her bad road tax paid that
evening. Under State aid tax for good
roads, her annual assessment would
probably not exceed 10 or 10 cents. Is
a further answer necessary? We think
not-From bulletin issued by the
Farmers Good Roads League.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

Good for little King Manuel! IL he
sticks to his brave determination to
marry the woman OF his choice he will
bring more good to Portugal than could
any ''dynastic'' marriage. The days
have passed when royal alliances made
and unmade the fates- of nations. What
Manuel needs to do now above every
thing else is not to establish friendly
relations with England, Germany. or
Spain, but to make himself eYerlast-
Ingly solid with his own people. And
the best way he can do it is to show
his subjects that he is a real man with
red blood in his veins
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

The census bureau reports that
Uncle Sam has 2S6,902 employees in the
civil service Of the government, a roll
Tar greater than that of the army and
navy combined More than half of
the number were required to pass COM
petitive examinations to secure APP
Dointments. Great strides have been
made during the twenty years that
this method of selecting men and wOm-
en- to do the routine work of the Fari-
Gus departments Of the national gov
eminent has been in operation. Aside
from the pOstmasters and in some cases
the labo rs and mechanics, who num-
Der all i'd about 100000, political IN
fiuence counts for nothing in the APP
pointment, retention or promotion of
the national employee. The work OF
the government is growing complicated
as we'll as extensive, and the question
of fitness is highly important. Bust
ness cannot wait for the training Of
an army of recruits every four years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

When a European writes about
American life. the very terms he uses
are strange TO our ears, and remind us
keenly of the differences between our
social order and those Of the older ma
lions. In recent address on the peas
ant in literature, an English writer
spoke OF several American writer's as
having admirably portrayed the Amer
lean peasant" The phrase is as In
appropriate as american nobility or
american king" If Yankee were
asked to name the social classes dealt
with by Miss Jewett, Miss Wilkins
Miss Alice Brown. he would say the
characters were country folks" Egg
gleston's HoOsiers did not know that
they were peasants, and Huck Finn, in
his adventures through a thousand
miles of farm country, saw never 4
peasant I'm his life. In Europe the
Deasantry is a distinct class. with a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
THE EARTH ROAD, RIGHT AND WRONG

TIE EAHIH ROADI KIGI1I AND W1O1NU'
No. Slope roadway from center to
side bitches not less than one inch nor
more than one and half inches to one
foot.
No. 2.-This form will not shed water,
will cut up into deep ruts and hold
water.
No. 3.-Run pillow along A and B. Re
form road as shown, filing from A and
B with road grader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

A post-mortem examination of a man
In Indiana revealed the fact that his
stomach held six quarts. Were all
human stemachs like his all the ex-
listing estimates as to the time limit
Of the productivity of the soil would
have to be revised.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

The Duke of AbruzZi has decided to
marry Miss Elkins in October. The
duke must be of the opinion that it
will not be necessary to wait until
after the election TO be sure Of the
return to sound financial conditions in
this country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
Hints on woodworking.

The season for working the earth
roads is the springtime, and the ear
lier this is done the better. Do not be
afraid Of doing road work in wet
weather; the more water-sOaked the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

A New York scientist has written an
article entitled, How to Find Your
Soul Mate" The great trouble with
all such articles is that as soon as a
man thinks he has found his soul mare
he refuses to have faith in any treat
lse which indicates that he may be
mistaken
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
A Gentle Request.

Charlie, DEAR" said young Mrs. Tor
kins, 81 wish you wouldn't pay so much
attention to the personal popularity Of
horses this year?"
"What do you mean"
"You have a dreadful habit Of pick
ing out animals who are favorites be-
fore the race and absolutely friendless
after. Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

Hereupon it becomes necessary for
King Edward to buy another uniform
TO add TO his already extensive collec-
ton. He is now Gen. Victim Of the
Danish army, If you please.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
Strained Relations.

You wish me to state, then, that
YOU are quite at peace with all your
relatives?" asked the interviewer.
Well" replied John d., Il must adj
nit | still have a little grudge against
Uncle Sam and Anti Rebates. Kan.
sas City Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
What She Was Interested In.

Mrs. Ascum-What does the paper
say about the fire at Bargen & Co. 3
big store last night?
Mr.. Ascum-Oh, 1t tells all about
how 1t started and
Mrs. Ascum-Oh, sillyl mean what
does it say about bargain sales Of dam
aged Roeds2-Philadelph Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

When burglars blew open a safe in a
New England city the other day they
found only a lemon in it.. If slang
were ever permissible, it might be
said that they got what they deserved
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

A Kansas town is reported to have
q Secret Society for Widows" Won
der how many OF the widows on the
membership roll are able to keep a Sc
cret.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

A Baltimore man who was suffering
from appendicitis, according to the
sestors, was found to have no appen-
dix. But the operation, of course, was
successful, for the doctors got their
money
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

Ice is little cheaper this year. You
are paying about the same, however,
If not a little more, for the other con-
tents Of the ice box.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

Fat ladies are almost unanimously
Of the opinion that directoire gowns
ought never to be tolerated In this
country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

The Filipino assembly has decided to
reduce the salaries of its members.
That will hardly be accepted over here
as evidence that the Filipinos are now
at for self-government.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

A st. Louis man named Shriner has
been arrested for an alleged shortage
Of $500. 10 the hot sands with him
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

Some men have their faces on bank
notes, but most Of us are satisfied II
permitted to get eur hands on them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

The House Of Commons has given
Ireland ONE ule-constructively.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

An actress may call herself Miss"
and not only have a husband but long
line Of ex-life partners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

No boy is thoroughly satisfied IN
less he owns a Shepherd dog.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

The back is the handspring Of
woman's organism. It quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. Ii
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight In the lower part OF
the body, that woman's feminine
organism needs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to healthy, normal condition is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24
LYDIA e. PNKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. VIII Young, of 6 Columbia.
Ave, Rockland, Me-, says:
i was troubled for a long time with
dreadful backacheS and a pain In my
side, and was miserable In every way.
/ doctored until was discouraged and
thought would never get well. / read
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable,
Compound had done for others and
decided to try it; after taking three
bottles can truly say that never felt
30 well in my life"
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl
Pa, writes to Mrs. Pmkhan:
II had very severe bacizaches, and
pressing-dOwn pains. could not sleep,
and had No appetite. Lydia 3. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound cured me
azd made me feel like new woman"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
md has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatuleney, indiges-
ton, dizziness. or nervous prostratinn-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

country.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-12

Western Office, Marquette Building.
Chicago. Western Advertising Rep
resentatives, Williams and Anderson,
Marquette Building, Chicago.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-12
Reed Grows m Favor.

More words Of praise come for
Senator Stuart F. Reed. The Tele-
gram notes the following well said
by the sistersyille oil Review:
Stuart F. Reed, Harrison coung's
candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for secretary Of state, was
reared on a West Virginia farm and
educated at the Fairmont Normal
School and the West Virginia UNI
Iyefsitg,h Hegsbesal mailing Repfb-
iican Speeches beCoFe he was old
enough to vote, and as editor of the
Harrisburg Telegram became known
as brilliant writer. He has been
teacher, State Senator, Regent
ofsthe University. as;nember of the
Republican State committee and vice
President, of the National Republican
LeasueS ne was one OF the f6nhds
ers OF the National Republican Bdi-
torial Association at Washington, D.
c.. and is Eminent Commander of
the knights Templar and a shriner.
Enthusiastically demanding his nom
nation, is one of the largest and
most loyal Republican counties in
the state-one that has not had a
candidate on state ticket and moth
ing in the way of representation in
state affairs either elective or APP
pointive, for twenty years.
The Wheeling Intelligencer, after
paying a glowing tribute to Nj.
Reeds ability as an orator aptly
says: "He has always been a hard
party worker who mas done a vast
amount of good for the state
affable and thoroughly competent he
would make an ideal official" Four
years ago when many Republican
counties had their majorities for the
state ticket cut down or entirely wip-
ed out. Harrison county gave an in
creased majority under the leader
ship of Mr.. Reed as chairman Of the
Republican committee.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-12
Instruct for Taft.

Less than a month hence conven-
lions will begin in this state at
which delegates will be appointed to
the Chicago national convention,
which will nominate man for Presi-
dent of the United States. West
Virginia will have fourteen delegates
in that convention-two from each
of the five congressional districts and
four at large.
While this states representation
will not likely be called upon ito de
eide who shall be the nominee, as
the indications and evidence to date
are that the contest will not be a close
one, yet our. delegates should truly
represent the wishes and sentiment
of the people of the state and act ac-
cordingly in the Chicago convention.
There is no longer even the shadow
OF. "a doubt that the predominant
sentiment in West Virginia favors
William H. Taft for President. In
deed, 1t has long since been an ac-
cepted fact that Taft sentiment in
this state is overwhelming. As this
win prove absolutely true in the con-
yentions to be held to name delegates
to the Chicago convention, the log
ical thing to do is to instruct all the
delegates FOR Taft no matter whether
1t be in the congressional district con
ventions or the state delegate con-
vention at Parkersburg.
West Virginia newspapers all know
the sentiment of the people to be for
Taft and there is no good reason
why that sentiment should not be
emphasized to the other states in the
form of instructions. BY this the
nation will know long before the con-
vention how the Republican party in
West Virginia stands and it will pre-
clude any possibility of an assump-
ton rejecting on the trustworthiness
of the delegates to carry out the
wishes of those who have delegated
them.
There is no good reason why Taft
instructions should not be given and
many good reasons why they should
be given. The newspapers OF the
state can accomplish this by insisting
upon not only the propriety Of 1T but
also the duty so to do.