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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
A MESSAGE TO KING OSCAR



An American clergyman, travelling in
Sweden, was taken by the American
minister, Mr.. Thomas, to see the late
King Oscar. Mr.. Thomas told him in
advance that the interview would last
from three to five minutes, and that
when the King stood up it was a sign
that it was time to go. AS matter of
fact, the audience lasted thirty-fve min
utes. They sat at little table togeth-
er, and the King did all the talking.
He talked of Phillips Brooks, whom he
had met some years before in Norway,
of DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Whittier,
Emerson, Hawthorne and Walt Whit
man.
Il knew the King had taken a prize
for poetry in Stockholm in an anony-
nous contest" says the clergyman, "and
/ tried to work off some Of his poetry,
which l had committed to memory, but
IL vain. AT last l said, You may be
surprised, your majesty, that 1, a
stranger, should impose myself upon
your valuable time. 1t would be incon-
siderate were it not have a message
for you
"a message for meY exclaimed the
King. Pray, how is thatT'
eyes, your majesty replied, "a
message for you. Many years ago /
went out West as a missionary, and
rode a circuit in Methodist missionary
style in Iowa and Minnesota.
Ion these long rides l would fire.
quently come to the humble little homes
and houses of Swedes and Norwegians.
They would take me in and make me
their guest at their table. Many a time
1 have slept in their attics or in their
barns and cow sheds. And on the man
telpiece of every house, your majesty,
there was always to be found a photo
graph of yourself, with flower, rose
or a geranium, or a sprig of evergreen
before it, as if it were a sacred shrine,
like Madonnas' picture or Russian
sacred ICON
"tAnd then these people would say,
"Oh, you sAOuld see our King! You
should know our Father in Sweden! If
yOu SllOu1O CNCA 81 " CIOShhOALA1 PAOAAA
Use us that you will go and see our
King"
"'And now, finding myself in Stock
holm, l remember what these Swedish
peasant folk told me years ago in the
West, and 1 have dared to come to see
you, not to impose upon your valuable
time or to obtrude myself upon your
busy life, but simply to give you this
message, and to tell you that no man
who has so impressed himself upon his
people as you have done has lived in
vain
'The tears came into the grand old
mans eyes. He wiped them away with
his handkerchief. Then he rose, and
coming toward me, gave me an en-
BRACE
Remembering the admonition, which
the American ambassador had given
me. that when the King stood up the
interview was supposed to come to an
end, 1 withdrew, leaving the King
standing by the open window, still seek
ing to dry those tears which this mes
sage from his far-away subjects had
evoked"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
Symmetry.

The smoker who sat directly opposite
had put his foot on the edge of the seat
occupied by the professor.
1t was encased in one of those easy
going, hygienic shoes that look like a can
vas covered ham.
MY friend" said the professor, eying
it disapprovingly, "oblige me by removing
that thing from my seat. It's bad form. =
Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
Her whitening ScOrn.

"My dear, is it possible you paid $50
for that bathing suit? Why, it doesn't
weigh more than about four ounces, and
1 could hide it in my fist !"
George Alfred, if had known that
you judge bathing suit by it's size and
weight 1 would have bought gunny
sack"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
RACING TURTLES NEW SPORT.
Hamburg and London Have Taken 1t
Up and Coney Island May Follow.

Here's the newest sport-racing on
the back of a giant tortoise, says the
New York World. 1t is the prevailing
amusement abroad among those who
are looking for something out of the
ordinary, and plans are under way to
introduce it at Coney Island.
In the big zoo at Hamburg there IS
a collection Of giant tortoises. Children
arc allowed to ride them, and the fun
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23

It's the judgment of many smokers
that Lewis Single Binder &c cigar
EQUALS in quality the best 10c cigar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
Quick as Wink.

If your eyes ache with a smarting,
burning sensation and dizziness use PET
TITS EYE SALVE. All druggists or
Howard Bros. Buffalo, n. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
How and Where to Register for q
Farm in the Rosebud Reservation.

The President has signed a proclama-
tion opening that part of the Rosebud
Indian Lands in South Dakota, generally
known as the Trip County lands, aud
designated Judge James W. Witten, the
Chief Law Officer of the General Land
Office, to superintend ana conduct tbs
registration and drawing to be held in
October. 1908.
Persons who desire to register for this
drawing should go to CHAMBERLAIN
or PRESHO, South Dakota, via Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad, between
October and October IL and there sign
and swear to an application for registra-
ton which will be furnished by the officer
administering the oath.
These lands embrace S3S.OOO acres, part
of which have been allotted TO Indians,
and are located on the south side of the
State of South Dakota, and adjoin the
lands in Gregory County which were
opened in 1904. They are desirable for
farming and stOck-raising purposes. SINH
lar lands in adjoining counties are selling
for $50 to $40 an acre.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
Nautical Renetition.

Captain-Port your helm.
Steersman-Aye, aye, sir!
Captain-Then report. = Baltimore
American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23

Fits yitus Dance and Nervous Diseases per-
i = - manentIy cured by Dr. kline's Great Nerve
Restorer Send FREE - 90 trial bottle treatise
DR.. R. H. KLINE Id, s3l ATeh Street Philadelphia Pa
Mrs. WinSlOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
tsGIhing; sofens the gums, reduces inflammation al
LAYS pain cures wind collie. % cents bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23

More proof that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
81 was great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia E. Pinl1ham's Vege-
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
lutely necessary"
Mrs. Alvina Sporting, of 154 Cley-
bourne Ave-, Chicago, Ill, writes:
81 suffered from female troubles,
tumor and much Inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an oOeratiOnn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
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,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
disbursements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
fng-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous proStration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23

Rapid Selling 5s s9:saGls S9sf'as
fr.e Tie soa Specially Co. Barbara Cal Box StA
IN Onn Panhandle Land Cheap, Just opened near
0OsOUO railroad. \ down. balance yearly payments
psE cent. w. n. VIers Realty Co. Springfield, ne
. ! a,III E,::. ' ".' ThOmpsOn's
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23

Iowa Farms In nIw.Ia Co. t to I,: = ss ana
lseGtIsn krStelasI. DR.. 4. ID. Kelly, EFaAstsn' IL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
Low Rates to

AnEMFN WANTED-our brand Labor Saver sells
AGEN eyeryhers: hoseksspeT buys then her
sample bank references c. Nelson Morse Lers =
G. N. u. No. 3S-1SO9
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23

pretended, but that, on the contrary,
said action and proceedings are a
mere colorado and fraudulent pre-
tence, that it is not and was not the
purpose of the trustees to invoke and
exercise the rights of condemnation
of plaintiffs premises for the acqui-
sition of a cemetery, to be paid for
and controlled by the trustees Of Cen
ter township, but said trustees acting
under a secret and illegal understand
ing with certain persons who are Off
GERS of private cemetery corpora
ton, and joint stock company, have
taken and are taking these steps, in
tending If permitted thereby oppres-
sively, fraudulently Illegally to secure
this ground of the plaintiff and turn
| it over to the said private cemetery
corporation the Shaul cemetery asso-
citation or to other private persons or
parties.
The petition further states that the
Shaul cemetery association is joint
stock company organized in 1885
with capitalization Of $4,000.
Wherefore the plaintiff prays for a
writ of certiorari commanding the
defendant to certify up fully all pro-
ceedings in reference to the matter,
that said proceedings be annulled and
set aside and held for naught.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23

and did not take any other steps of
an amicable condemnation and for
this reason, says the petition, the pro-
ceedings are without jurisdiction
or power and are null and void.
That there are no findings in the
board proceedings stating that the
land desired is necessary for GENE
terry purposes and that as matter of
fact there is no reason for the acqui-
sition. That contiguous thereto and on
the north and west lines thereof has
recently been laid out % acres of
ground for cemetery purposes, and is
known as Grand View cemetery and
shall be conducted under the rules
and regulations of the board of trus-
tees of the association.
The petition further asserts that
if the condemnation is proceeded with
it will unjustly burden Center town.
ship with an unnecessary burden Of
taxation of probably several thousand
dollars, which will be wholly unnec-
essary, unwise and unpolitic.
mot in Good Faith"
Petitioner also asserts that the &C
ton of the board of trustees was not
taken in good faith as claimed and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23
WILLIAM B. ALLISON.

The following is an editorial express
sion from the Chicago Tribune, telling
the voters of Iowa why they should
support Senator Alison:
Next month there will be primary
election In Iowa DIT which the voters of
the two parties will record their sena-
torial preferences. There is little in
terest in the matter as far as the demo-
cratic voting is concerned, for the
democrats cannot carry the state.
There is profound interest in the
republican voting because two dis
ttnguished men will be competitors
at the primaries
One of them is Senator Allison, the
other Gov. Cummins. While the legis-
lature will not be bound by the result
OF the primaries, it will be greatly In
fluenced by them. Therefore the repub.
lican vote should be cast for Senator
Allison. This statement involves no
disparagement of Gov. Cummins' quail.
fications for the Office he seeks. If ii
were question between him and any
other citizen of Iowa than the senior
senator no doubt the great majority
of the republican voters would be for
the governor.
The Tribune cannot believe that
those voters have had so great q
change Of heart as to be prepared tc
turn their backs on Senator Allison
They have recognized his usefulness
by one election after another but age
has not impaired his usefulness. They
have been proud of the influential anc
conspicuous position he has held IL
the national councils. That influence
will remain and be exerted for hi:
state as long as they shall keep hin
in the senate. They have senator
and governor with whom they have
reason to be satisfied. IL would be bet
ter for them to retain the services o
both than to relegate one to private
life and put the other in his place.
| If it be mere question Of senatorial
efficiency and all sentiment is to b,
put aside, If there is to be no feelins
Of gratitude or obligation for CON
spicuous services, why even then tn,
verdict of the Iowa Republicans SHOULD
be for Senator Allison. He is still the
best man they can have in the senate
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23

!
passed through the city last evening
enroute to Webster, where she viii
spend few days visiting friends and
relatives.
Insect killers Of all kinds. Sargent.
Mrs. Rhoda Wilson Of sigourney
VINO spent yesterday in the city visit:
ing and shopping returned home last
evening.
Rev. and Mrs. L. S. Hand of Rich.
land are..visiting at the home Of their
son, w. 0. Hand, residing on Ward
street. They will return to their
nome this evening. Rev. Hand was
formerly pastor of the South Ottumwa
congregational church.
Insect powder, 25c pound. Sargent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23
Try This for Dessert

Dissolve one package of any favored
Jell-o in one pint of boiling water
When partly CONCEALED, beat until light
adding one cup whipped cream and
six crushed maccaroons. Whip all to-
gether thoroughly and pour it into 3
mold or bowl. When cool, it will jelli-
fly and may be served with whipped
cream or any good pudding sauce.
The Jello-o costs 10c per package
and can be obtained at any good proc
er,s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23

Dulls the scythe OF Father Time.
The electric spark goes through every
part Of your body, bringing new life
and hope. HOLSTERS Rock Mountain
Tea brings back that feeling of by
gone days. 35 cents, Tea o. Tablets.
Sargent, the true druggist, Market
and main SITS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
From Thursdays Daily.
Neasham sells the best watches.
Whale oil soap at Sargent's.

From Thursdays Daily.
Neasham sells the best watches.
Whale oil soap at Sargent's.
Crude carbolic acid, SOC gallon. Sar
gents.
Mrs. J.2F. Earring Of Abba, who
spent yesterday in the. city on bust
ness, returned home last evening.
Mrs. John Freeman and daughter,
Miss Ethel Freeman of Hamilton. re-
turned home this morning after visit
ing several days In this city.
Sargent treats everybody right.
Miss Winnie Cotter and Miss May
Wren Of Knoxville, who have been
visiting at the home Of Mrs. e. Riley
of East Fourth street, returned home
last evening.
Sargent fits trusses properly.
Alex Burnaugh of near Agency, re-
turned to his home last evening after
spending yesterday in South Ottum-
wa ,on business and visiting relatives.
1enoleum in PTS, qts., " gallons
and gallons at Sargent's.
Rev. John HASTE of Keota, stopped
for a short visit with old friends in
South Ottumwa while on his way to
Oklahoma City, Okla, where he will
attend the annual conference of the
Northern Baptist. Rev. HASTE was
formerly pastor Of the South Ottumwa
Baptist church.
.
From Bridaw's Daily.
Miss Elma Marriott of Keosauqua
returned home this morning afte,
spending several days in the city on
business.
Mrs. e. j. McEnally of Seymour
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23
Tri-Weekly Courier

CHANGING ADDRESSES.
Subscribers wishing their address
the Postoffice to which the paper has
been sent as we'll as the Postofice
where they desire it to be changed to-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
Announcement,

hereby announce that am can
didate for the nomination for justice
of the peace, Center township, sub
ject to the decision of the democratic
voters at the primary June 2.
G. B. Melick.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23

A Fortunate Texan.
3. w. Goodloe, Dallas, Texas, found
sure cure for malaria and bilious
ness in DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Csc.
F. B. Clark ]. H. =. Swenson G Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23

Announcement.
l hereby announce that am a can.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23

didate for the nomination for con.
stable, Center township, subject to the
decision of the Democratic voters at
the primary June 2.
M. w. Criswell.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
Dreams and Effect on Reality

body and mind reapparent in them?
How else are you going TO explain tine
vivid realities regarding places and oc-
currences which beset you when you are
asleep. and which YOU are quite certain
have never entered into your life2
Here Is an example that points the
Russian lady's theory: a muJik. or
Russian peasant. lives IN some dTeaTy
little hamlet with an unpronOuncable
name In Little Russia. He has never
been far outside the little village, and
has probably never seen a city In his
life He has never associated with any
but the women Of his own circle. lie
cannot even read. So much for his
social and intellectual purview, then.
Nevertheless cur humble mujik is the
victim Of a dream-obsessiUn which re-
ours at regular intervals. and throws
the poor man into the most ubject mis-
cry. In his dream he imaElnes that he
is strangling the :'IittIe Father or his
sovereign. the Car. The doctors took
up his case as being one OF an extraord-
mary nature No plausible hypothesis
could be adduced for the phenomenon
until the mans ancestry was consider
ed Then it was discovered that his
> q
daughter Of Gregory OrIon. who, as
every schOoIboy knows. strangIed his
imperial master Car Paul the young
husband OF the notorious Catherine II
Of Russia.
Again YOU may not be able 20 swim
nor able 10 ride a horse. nor have ever
smeIled powder Of battle. nor heard the
clash Of arms. Yet YOU dream that YOU
.aTr
can feel v0(rself canterinE along tn
tan path on Riverside drive; or you ca.
see yourself performing Drodigies of
valor ia a battle You know You have
not been reading about such matters
and r-oba ilv begin 20 wonder. Just
ask your fatter or your mother OF your
grandparents II they remember having
swan much. or ridden a great deal or
been in the civil war, for instance.
All this is according 20 the theory
which Nine. De Menaceine plausibly adj
yauces. French theorists. like Clapa-
rode. for example. on the subject of
creams reject all notions which refer
the condition 20 the subIimical Of the
psychical They assure us that In our
moments of dreaming the mind is only
half-heartedly at work but that even
ir our will were ia operation our
dreams would be both intelligent and
ineligible. tt is just because our will
is not at work that we cannot. on awak-
eniHg. explain them or even record
them and that the ideas remaining Of
what really happened in our dreams are
SO hard 10 be CO-Ordinated. Claparede
the French Psychologist. says that If a
man were placed in a room in which
absolute silence prevailed as regards
eN ternal and internal noises the probs-
bidty would be that he would not dream
at all.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

Experts say that the soul has nothing
20 do with dreams, which are solely the
result of past experience and cannot
toreteu the future-dreaming Is mostly
due to outside influences which atfect
the sIeeper-hereditary causes also
operate 10 produce dreams.
The bereaved Queen of Portugal re-
Gently declared to "a maid of honor IN
her encourage that for three successive
nights previous 70 the terrible tragedy
iu the streets D. Lisbon which robbed
her Of her hus'- no and her eldest born,
she dreamed that some fatality was
about to fan upon the house OF Bra
Ranza The Queens assertion Is now
sver. not TO be justified 10y the theory
Df the Russian, Nine. De Menaceine. the
author of Sleep" who declares that
dreams cannot ioreteu any event, but
are solely the vague recordings of oc-
clurences which have already taken
place. She would explain the queen
dream purely on the grounds OF super
natural nrrmonitipn. There have been
scores Of theories euInciated on the sub
isct but probably that of the Russian
doctrasS is the most reasonable, as II ~
certainly She most interesting ana
plausible. Here It is;
renee an the details and circumstances
which characterize that occurrence are
photographed on your brain The more
sensitive YOU are 10 novelty or shock
the greater will be the Impression pro-
duced upon your mind. An occurrence
which seizes the attention Of your mind
communicates its effect TO every cor
puscIe i'm your body In a more or less
fU,uraSsiy-a manner AS the blood circll-
lates throughout the frame. Suppose,
for example. you are today the eye wit
ness of a murder in the street. Horror
az the deed selves upon your whole
frame. and for "A time il is The sole
matter of Interest and thought which
occupies YOU. You forget all about il
IN course of time. but the occurrence
does not forget you. 1t lies, unconscious
~ to you, pigeonhOled somewhere In the
inactive portion Of your memoTy-the
subconscious memory. if you will. You
never even think OF the occurrence for
the rest OF your natural life. although
dormant il lies within your system.
You get married and in due course
have children. a time viii come either
IN their semi-intelliEent babyho0d or in
the stage OF adolesceuCe-pa particularly
around the period known as that of
puberty. when the Who'll being intel
lectual, phvsicsl and moral, is beginning
20 awaken-at which that same scene
will revive itself IN The dreams of your
children, who never bsheIG il. Are they
not of your blood and flesh. and lave
you not transmitted tC them your being.
or as the Psychologists say. rea-o Iu-ed
yourself with certain attributes - cuur
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

SHOWS. summer showers and golden
foods Of sunshine over the sloping
roof and long narrow French win
dows set deep in their massive frames.
Many OF the stones are ten feet in
length and all are from two to three
feet thick. A new roof and a frame
porch have been added by the pres
ent occupants. who are Interested in
the production and selling or seed.
over the sun-tanned face OF the stone
at the rear OF the building the slow
creeping ivy has draped its evergreen
veil through which the glass OF the
quaint French windows CLEANS like
crystal eyes, resentful OF concealment.
Close by. as was the custom OF the
devout French, stands little chapel.
ike a sentinel. keeping watch over
those who dwelt within the chateau
Well-seL deep-crevIced and boldly
outlined IN its huge blocks OF stone
is Latin cross. emblematic Of the
religion taught within When those
sturdy first settlers hewed their lone
~ way through the wilderness 10 rest
upon the fertile lands Of Kentucky
In the yellowed leaves Of an old his
tory called THE French Missions IN
kentucky FOndavera IS mentioned
as the home OF a wealthy French fam
ily who built the place prior TO 17gs
Close by the chapel and almost under
The great cross carved deep I'm the
massive stone, is weeping willow
tree beneath whose dropping branches
Is buried the body Of one Of the
French mission priests who long wears
ago followed the call OF the church
into the Kentucky wllds.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

that obeys unhesrd commands and at
times accompanies his spirit master in
a ghostly vigil-such is Fondavera-
the Oldest residence on the historic
Bardstown pike. two miles distant
from Louisville. Ky.
The house is. indeed a travesty on
its name. for the Spanish word,
Fonda. 50 meaning place Of rest" and
Vera" the Russian word meaning
in all truth were never more mis-
applied than TO this quaint old build
ing around which, the colOred people
or the neighbOrhood declare, the rest
less spirits 81 its former occupants
roam al midnight and re-enact the
turbulent scenes Of their past lives.