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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
THE MAN KILLING CAMEL.
A Turks Consideration For the
Brute's Future Owner.

A Turks Consideration For the
Brute's Future Owner.
There had come with us from Hebron
Turkish soldier riding young camel
whose virtues he boasted and indeed
exhibited-the clean limbs, the stride
and the docility OF the beast. 1t SEEM
ed a worthy canel-a camel Of excel
lent huEnor and Of disguisbed promise
and it was much coveted by the way.
At night, as the custom Is, the man
was used to sleeping close to his beast,
the winds being chilli, but now at Ra-
feb, while the mules were unloading
and the cook was coaxing his fire, he
tethered the camel flung his saddle on
the sand and went off to- the mud bar
racks to hobnob with the Egyptian
frontier guard was; presently
alarmed by the cooks cutlery and a
rising excitement in camp. The dOcile
cameB was viciously trampIing' his mas
ter's saddle, stupidity believing that he
was engaged in his masters murder
q savage and dreadful attack. a. rearing
and heavy plunge.
"Wha5r' CALCULATED the Turk, when
be was informed of this. Have / cher
ished a. man killerY
The camel was heartily beaten and
reduced to his knees, whereupon his
doubled fore leg wass tied sos that hR
could rise but with difficulty, and we
withdrew to observe his behavior, foT
his master was not yet convinced. Rise
he did, a persistent, silent effort, and
cautiously approached the saddle; which
he attacked as savagely as before, but
now with one hoof.
81 have had narrow escape said
the Turk. MY camel. would have
killed me tonight. By God and. Mo-
manned, the prophet of God" he
swore. 81 WIFI sell the beast In the
bazaar at BeerSheba."
/ inquired concerning the .futuEeeown
er's prospect, of long life.
"He is in Gods hands, was the an
gwer.-Normam Duncan in, Harper
Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
4 arm 0no
Garden
ENTERPRISE PAYS.
Progressive Methods - Good Staples
Are the Secrets of Success.

Progressive Methods - Good Staples
Are the Secrets of Success.
The progressive farmer is the one
who scores at the markets. Good meth
DDS in raising crops, the selecting of
staples for which the demand is great
er than the supply, these are the con-
Siderations that count for success.
One farmer in New York experiment.
ed with spraying apparatus in rails
ing potatoes and results justified the
expense because the increased gain Of
Sixty-seven bushels an acre gave a
cash profit Of $37.15 an acre, or $4,000
on the field. The spraying cost only
$3.05 an acre for labor, materials, etc.
The experiment was tried on fifteen
acres of potatoes, which were sprayed
four times to prevent injuries by
blight and insects. Three rows $50
feet long and 21a feet apart were left
unsprayed for a check. Bordeaux was
applied at the rate Of sixty gallons an
acre at each spraying. The soil is
sandy loan, and the variety of potato
Carman No. 3. During the season
plant lice and flea beetles were abun-
dant in all parts of the field, but there
was no early blight. Owing to the
great press of work it was impossible
to make a fifth spraying and also give
the field attacked proper attention in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
Where the Funds Went.

As an instance Of the happy go
lucky character of the early darky
the following extract from the Albany
On. W city records may prove inter-
esting:
'sIn 1926 the trustees Of the African
Baptist church applied to the common
council for permission to circulate a
public subscription paper in aid OF the
funds of the church. 1t was moved TO
lay the petition on the table, pending
investigation, for the reason that the
principal part of the funds secured by
a previous subscription for the AfrI-
can church had been used by the
trustees in treating themselves to hot
suppers.'"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
SEA KALR.

hundred and eighty-four pounds cop
per sulphate at cents, $23.O4; one
and one-half barrels lime at $1-35,
$2.O3; twenty-six and One-half pounds
paris green at IA cents, $3.7l; forty
hours labor for team at % cents, $40;
forty hours for man, at 10 cents, So;
wear on sprayer, 81; total, $45.7S, or
S3.O5 an acre. At this rate the cost OF
each spraying was 1914 cents. The
market price of potatoes at picking
time was 60 cents bushel. AT thMt
rate the crop should be worth $4O.2DS
subtracting $3.05 (the cost OF spray
ing), the net profit is $37.15 an acre..
There are many plants little know1
to the market gardener that, if rightly
pushed. would enjoy ready sale: Sea-
kale, for instance, will furnish a
spring vegetable ahead of asparagus.
From seed sown i'm May good plants
can be set into a permanent bed In
August or September and will remain
for years. Earth is lightly piled over
the bed to a height Of about foot III
early spring, and when the shoots
come through this covering they are
cut of to the roots. This gives @ne
| stalks of kale much resembling: eel
cry. Pull the leaves apart as you
would celery, cook in boiling salted
water until tender and serve with
drawn butter, melted butter or will
or without vinegar, as taste desires
This is a most delightful dish and
being extremely early, would, alOnG
with rhubarb, be a money maker.
These are only instances of the wa!
that intelligence may make profitable
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
Presidential Succession.

During the first session of the For
ty-ninth congress QS85-O the presi-
dental succession was fixed as follows;
In case of the death or removal OF
both president and vice president the
secretary of state shall act as presi-
dent until the disability of the presi
dent be removed or a president Is
elected. If there be no secretary OF
state, the secretary of the treasury
shall act as president. And the sue
cession passes in like manner to the
secretary of war, the attorney general
the secretary Of the navy and the sec
rotary of the interior, in the order here
given.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
They own the Soft impeachment.

In an address to the Canadian club
in Montreal, Mr. James Bryce said:
st do not think it would be advisable
for NE to say much, for 1 have the
good fortune to be a Sc0tchman my
self I won't pursue the theme of
what contributions Scotchmen should
be able to make to Canada's litera-
ture and science, for the very simple
reason which was given by friend
OF mine, who said, 4 never argue with
Scotchmen that they are a great ma
tion-they admit IT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
Cost of Courtesy.

The adage Courtesy costs nothing"
would if true offer sufficient reason to
insure its observance by practically
every member of the commercial com
munity, # being fairly obvious TO most
Of us that courtesy is an excellent
lubricant for the machinery in BUSH
ness. To be always courteous in bust
ness, however, requires a very consid-
cradle expenditure of mental effort,
which very few of US are capable Of
sustaining at all times.-Magazine Of
Commerce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
The DEVILS Advocate.

In connection with the Roman Cath
olic' ceremony Of canonization there is
an official called ''the devils advocate"
When the church is ready to proceed
with the steps preliminary to the cam
onizatIon, an able man is. appointed to,
assai1 the memory Of the candidate
and to- bring against him all possible
charges, which the other side must
satisfactorily dispose of. This accuser
is known as the devils advocate"
and not until he Is silenced by the dis
proof of his charges can the eanonfza
ton be accomplished.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
A Great Way Off,.

Mr.. William Miles, Late verger or
Rochester cathedral and the original
Of Mr.. Tope- in Edwin brood" was
a great favorite with tile late Dean
Hole. On one anniversary of the ver-
gers birthday, after a pleasant greet
ing, the dean asked:
''How many children did your moth
er haveY
N4Oh, 1 am the eldest Of tweAvey' re
piled Mr.. Miles.
"Then,'' said the genial dean, 'tyou
never saw your youngest brother"
"Oh, yes, I didp' answered Miles.
"What! With ten miles between
you?" said the dean cfafingIy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
Rismarok,a Love Of Nature.

Speaking of the country and the
long walks he took daily, Bismarck
said he loved nature, but the amount
of life he saw awed him, and it took
a great deal of faith to believe that
an call seeing eye" could notice every
living atom when one realized what 1t
meant. "Have you ever sat on the
grass and examined it closely? There
lie enough life in one square yard to
appall you" he said.-Lady Randolph
Churchill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
The Farmers Autos.

The farm aper that constantly is
counts the automobile is not very GA.
terprising. If you were to get a. the
facts you would find about as MA y
road hogs who drive horses as who 4 7
autos. The machine is becoming pop i
lar with farmers too. One prosDt /"
GUS little Iowa town Of about 80
boasts Of only three chug buggies, b.
all through the surrounding countr.
farmers own and use them extensiYelE
These are conservative, practical nc,
too, not sports. The self propelled We
hicle has many advantages, chief O
which is a great influence on road in
provement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
OLD CLOTHES IN AFRICA.
The Natives Often Make Dreadful
Mistakes With European Attire.

Mistakes With European Attire.
The ''oP clo' man" is familiar figure
in American streets and one by no
means without picturesqueness, but no
American dealer in old clothes has es-
tabliShed a business of such extent Of
interest as that of John Hyman of Lon
don, whose speciality is to purchase
snowy costumes and discarded military
and official uniforms for disposal in the
orient and Africa.
Even the retiring lord mayors of Lon
don have become almost by official ira
dition his customers, and the cooked
hat, gold laced coat and knee breeches
at which during one season London has
gazed with awe in the famous pageant
of the lord mayors procession are
likely the next season to delight the
eyes of darkest Africa upon the proud
person of a darkest African.
81 have visited most of the great
oriental bazars and watched our goods
being purchased" says Mr.. Hyman. ST
have seen blacks sOlemnly walking
around with waistcoats buttoned be-
hind instead of before and even men
wearing ladies' costumes. 1 have seen
enormously big fellows in clothes so
small / could not imagine for the life
Of me how they got into them or how
they could get out again unless the
stitching gave way"
The Prince de Joinville when off the
Gabun coast once received on his ship
an official visit from two chiefs, father
and son, who must, one would think,
have been Mr.. Hyman's customers.
They were known as Big Denis and
Little Denis, and each owned for cere-
monial occasions a military uniform.
That of Big Denis was a French gen.
erals, which his wives managed to get
him into. That Of Little Denis was a
hussar's, and its intricate cut, numer-
GUS buttons, straps and buckles and
painfully small size proved quite too
much for him. He sent the prince a
despairing message begging help, and
a relief party of delighted midshipmen
was sent to dress him and bring him
aboard.
They fulfilled their GRAND; but, with
the mischievousness of their kind, they
SO frightened every fastening of his
overnight attire that the poor youth
was nearly bursting with combined
pride and suffocation when he arrived,
and it was evident he could never be
got out of his unwonted fnery by any
method less drastic than cutting him
out.
Still, no manner of wearing a COM
pIete costume ever equals In comic eff
feet some of the savages' combinations
of unrelated items One venerable At
rican ehieftain received his European
guests with an antiquated evening
shoulder cape of pink Powered satin
and spangles worn about his waist as
an apron, while his white wool was
martiaIly crowned by military he'll
met
Still another conducted important
negotiations with an exploring party.
clad simply and impressfvely in
Iady's large Gainsborough hat, a pair
Of cavalry boots and necklace Of
glistening tin ornaments used to dec
crate Christmas trees.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
Quite Modest.

'You took retainers from both hus-
hand and wife in this divorce case"
said the court severely.
'eYour honoF," said the accused at
torney, 'let me explain. was first
retained by the man."
mo improperly in that"
'eThen, conscious that the husband
had secured legal talent of such high
order, 1 deemed it fair that the wife
should have an equal how."-Kansas
CITY NewsbOOk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
Cultivate Your Power.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to
be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks
equal to your powers. Pray for pow
ers equal to your tasks. Then the do
ing of your work shall be no miracle.
But you shall be a miracle. Every day
you shall wonder at yourself, at the
richness of life which has come in you
by the grace of God.-Phillips Brooks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
Her System.

"How do you get along with the
men so well, Maude?
'eWen, 1 expect them all to be fools.
But don't let them suspect what
expect So I'm never disappointed,
and neither are they" = Cleveland
Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
His Idea.

Tired Tatters-I wisht | had money
enuff t patent a idee nv mine. Weary
Walker-Wot's de idee? Tired Tatters
A noomatic tire fer perlice clubs
Chicago News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22

$50 you enjoy seeing your boy play
football"
81 should say I do" answered Farm
err Corntossel. "It makes me right
proud to see him out there an realize
that he is the young Teller I was once
able to p."-Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22
Faded.

Tess - Yes, she said her husband
married her for her beauty. What do
you think of that? Jess-Wel, think
her husband must feel like a widower
now.-Philadelphi Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22

None of us may know when the echo
Of q careless word will cease vibrating
in the hearts Of some that hear.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22

The millennium WI wher
people carry out the nntions
Puck
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-22

Actions are the raiment of the man.
-Herodotus.
The state herald., 1908-07-31

"Thc heavens shall pass away with n great
noise. and the elements shall be dissolved with
foTycnt heat. and the earth and the works therein
shall be burned up"
But the suggestion OF the astronomer was pure
speculation, There are no apparent signs OF any
such approaching catastrophe Rs DIR, Langley sug'
costs as possible. Al any rate may settle
down TO the conclusion that 80 far ~ astronomical
forces are concerned the pre- cnt order OF things
viii not be- disturbed for three or -four million
years.
hut nm equally gloomy prospect iS before the
world In the distant future from another cause
which is In slow operation. The length Of the
earths day is slowly Increasing through the re.
tnrdlng Influence Of the tides produced by the
moon. To be sure. this effect ls slight that II
has not been directly porcoptible since accurate
methods Of measuring tho time OF the carth'H
revolution on It's axis have been observed, Hut
that II must be taking place In M sure ~ that
friction viii stop railroad train when the steam
h turned on.
The tides raised by the moons attraction nro
many nnomAlos but when considered In them
selves they act the same ns wave three feet high
constantly running In an opposite direction to
the revolution OF the earth aud ~ by friction rc.
tnrdng itf motion Astronomers are agreed that
similar tides produced ON the moon have reduced
her revolution on her axis TO u period Of 2S days.
Eventually the revolution OF tho earth will bo
reduced so tina, our day will be- several times long
or than nov. When that tlmo comes the nlghia
they could the days will be 10 hot that what was
left by the cold would be destroyed by the heat
nut that time. also In far In the future that tho
present generation may put II ont of their minds.
This catastrophe will not arrive Tor many million
years yot Indeed, before that ilino arrives the
The state herald., 1908-07-31
rhouaht She Knew Him.

A short time ago surgeon had
three leg amputations in week. The
unusual number caused talk in the
surgeons household, and his little
daughter Dorothy was greatly inter-
ested. A few days after the last oper-
alton, the surgeons wife and little
Dorothy were rummaging in the attic.
In the trunk was found daguerrotype
depicting girl about eight years of
age. The portrait through a peculi-
arity of pose, showed only one leg Of
the subject, the other being doubled
up under her.
'Whose picture is that, Mamma?"
asked Dorothy.
Mine; 1t was taken when was
child not much older than you are
now"
Did you know papa them"
mo, dear. Why do you ask?"
81 thought maybe you did, cause
you've only got one leg.
The state herald., 1908-07-31
pIssoIutIon and plstlIIation.

A man who had made his fortune in
the West returned to his boyhood
home in Ohio to spend 1t.
whats become of John Falvey?"
he asked of some old friends he met
at the hotel
ooh, he's dead. Drank himself to
death. We buried him two years ago."
"Well, l declare. So old John Is
gone. And where is Jim Robinson? Is
he dead, too?"
"Oh, yes; we buried him three
years ago. He drank himself to death,
too"
"You don't tell me. And where is
old Peter Marean? Has he passed
over?"
YES" said one Of the home folks.
"Old Peter has been gone about a
year"
you buried him year ago. Well.
we'll"
"Oh, no." was the reply; 1--WE didn't
bother to bury him. We just poured
him back into the barrel"
The state herald., 1908-07-31
Dutch Cruiser Goes to Venezuela,

willomS,ad. Island of curnco.-Thc
serious nature of the situation that hn,
arisen between The Netherlands aud
Venezuela was emphasized Monday by
the Issuance Of orders to the Dutch
cruiser Goldcfland To gu nt once To
vonoEuolh TO protect Dutch interests
there, The Goldoiland arrived here
with J, D. DelieuH. The Netherlands
minister resident nt Caracas. who was
dismissed from Venezuela By proai.
dent Castro. on board. II wns only n
few honsh after the cruisers arrival
that the orders for m immediate 10,
turn TO Venezuela were received,
The state herald., 1908-07-31

uorDctunl SUNSHINE pfcNhlh ", thcr'tore, VIII
not be impossible that the desert OF
sohnra and the sandy wastes OF Central Asia shall
in the future usurp the place now assumed by
the localities In proximity To the great coal fields
az the world. while the latter become oyergrown
with brInrs and brambles like the mounds OF many
an ancient center OF civilization.
sim another possible source from which we
may draw Infinite quantities OF heat and power
In to be found In the heated center OF the earth.
As We descend below the surface OF the earth,
the temperature rises on nn average Of one degree
In GO feet. Al depth OF two miles, therefore.
the temperature OF boiling water would be reached,
and at q depth OF Ave miles n temperature Of
more than 400 degrees II would. therefore, not
seem by amy means impossible To bore into the
earth deep enough TO make u portion OF It's heat
available FOR ni ordinary purposes
The world however. IL concerned with lmpond.
ing cntAstrophcs nearer at hand The prosperity
of the present time IL largely due TO the rapid.
lty with which are using up the reserved stores
OF nature upon or near the surface of the earth.
Thus geology. while II opens M 10 mankind the
HtogoH Of rood that are buried for Hnfckoeping In
The depths OF hcoarth polntato their limited guam
tlty aud calls upon men 10 use them economically
ard leave as much possible for future genera
iionH. Whstefunosa of these limited stores In n
un, AZ the same time II gIyca the philosophical
student Of history SOLDERING view OF tho destiny
Of man Nothing Ia more certain than that man
has not been always on the earth. and that he ID
no, always To stay here. The world IL like a
tfnnrcOntinentai railroad train and the human
race Ike passenger who gets ON NJ one end and
hna TO got on nt the other. out Of mystery man
came and into mystery he goes, The Visible world
In a raFsins show, Al that IN Interchangeable lies
In the world Of the unseen
Copyright ipos by Joseph u powl-O
The state herald., 1908-07-31
Put More In.

One morning. just before starting
to school. little Bobbie. aged six.
years, was watching his mamma put
up his noon lunch. Suddenly he said:
Mamma, l wish you'd let Katie put
up my lunch instead Of doin' 1t your
self. Won't your"
ITS no trouble, my dear"
81 know"
Then. why"
Cause, mamma, she's got n bet
ter appetite than you, an she puts
more in.'-Delineator.
The state herald., 1908-07-31
Maklno II pleasant For Him.

Mabel-Papa, what did you say 20
Harold that upset him so? He was ab'
sent.minded and nervous all the even5
ing after he had been in to ask your
consent.
Mabel's Papa-Oh, nothing much.
After giving my consent, l merely ad-
ded that I hoped he wouldn't back out
same as all the other fellows had done,
when he found out what temper you
had,
The state herald., 1908-07-31
Hotter Than Hades,

A Hot Springs. South Dakota. man
met fellow from Phoenix. Arizona, re-
Gently and writes Smoke Wreathes"
to tell of little discussion they had
about the weather.
SLOWS the weather In Phoenix"
asked the Hot Springs man.
Hot" replied the Arizona man.
"How hot?"
well. It's so hot that Phoenix man
who died last week and went to Hades
found II so chilly there he had to send
bacl: for his overcoat. Post.
The state herald., 1908-07-31

sun will have become so far cooled
off that we shall be Indifferent to
everything else that happens.
Another limit to the future of the
habitable portion of the earth is
brought to light by the rapid prog
ress of erosion that is going on all
over the land surface of the world.
Wallace estimates that one foot of
The state herald., 1908-07-31

New factories are springing up like
mushrooms in the Rhine country, and
all are built substantially. There is
general complaint, in consequence, OF
the scarcity of labor. 1t has been
said that no man in Germany is idle
unless he chooses.
The state herald., 1908-07-31

The average man tries to console
himself with the belief that he isn't
half as big fool as he used to be.
The state herald., 1908-07-31
The Denver Business University

Cnloriin'. ur.ai..i Sci of shorthand aud iiusl.
n,ss. tin.-t building, ti..t Lac ttion Ia w--i.
shorthand taught 10 owner, shn l. experienced fu.
poreti commercial hrnnchs-. ~ a1sunnusnt and
nihc" man. lall session npFns August u students
MAJ enter any tin., kdl.e-. a. ~. AnrtIr,
Preside ut, cnr, ". NH Ave. and nr5aht street.
Denver. Colorado,
The state herald., 1908-07-31

Misery loves company. but we feel
sorry for the company.
The state herald., 1908-07-31

There Is still hope for the bachelor
who reads the marriage notices.