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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
THE MOTHERS BOY.
An AppellatIon That You Need Never BE
Ashamed OF

An AppellRtIon That You Need Never Re
Ashamed OF
"He is only a mothers boy, is state
ment / have heard more than once.
And then there was a curl of the lip
rhich said palmer than words that a
n others boy is not held in very high
re pect.
Let me see; what is a mothers boy?
have one in mind as ! write. He is
about twelve years of age. He is strong
of limb, and fair of face He is hard
student, and an enthusiastic playfellow
after school hours. He does not use
vile language He is considerable of
others He plays with a vim and
dash born of enthusiasm and good
health. but he is considerable of
boys younger, weaker and smaller
than himself He is tender in his
treatment Of his sisters He does not
cause his father anxiety by doing things
that would displease him. He does not
go into his classroom without prepare
ton for the studies of the day. He
treats his teachers with the considera-
ton that boys should treat their elders
anu nl k'NA Aot D III ~Otn W tNA Nui
and is up with the lark lie has due
regard for his own personal appear
ance, and keeps his face and hands and
clothing clean. He reads good books to
elevate the mind. He is loving and
gentle with his mother, He finds pleas
IRE in her society. He is ever ready to
save her weary footsteps by anticipat-
ing her wishes. He is saving of his
pennies. He is generous to those who
do not treat him fairly. In sentence
he is a manly boy. There are many
such mothers boys in the world. They
are the hope OF our future Some of
them viii be our presidents and law
makers They win be the presi-
dents of our colleges banks and rail
ways. They are the men who will
move the world. | wish all my boy
readers were mothers boys. The Lad
who is called a mothers boy" need
never be ashamed of the appellation;
many of the great men of this and other
countries have been such and have been
proud of it.
Upon the day of Garfield's inaugural
ton as president of the United States
he turned after taking the oath of Office
and kissed his mother who was stand
ing near him. In his hour of triumph,
and amid the ghttering crowd he did
not forget the mother whose he.
role struggle in bringing up her chill
dren in the poverty Of frontier life forms
one Of the most fascinating pages in our
history Surely he must have been a
E mothers boy Poster Coates, in La
dies Home journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
MERRY PENClLlNGS.

TRUE to the nature of the beast,
many a man who has in his time east
Sleeps eyes at a pretty girl has after
wards had the wool pulled over them
Philadelphia Times.
NO" HE answered, ~ don't play
lawn tennis. 1t is what you might call
a one-armed sport. 30, WE'LL" she
answered, quickly and thoughtlessly,
you could say the same about driving. .
Washington Star.
A SEWING SocIETY.--Jinks-" MY wife
belongs to a sewing society" Spinks-
80 does mine" Jinks-"W What does
your wife sew?" Spinks-''G Gossip,
mostly" JinGs-"Guess they must be
long to the same one. Detroit Free
Press.
DUDLEY YANDERCLAM- NTH Bond
clipper, WEAKLY believe it it'll the mis-
sion of women to make fools of nth
men" Miss neutrality-suspicious., and
you have no idea, Mr.. Nanderclam, how
veIed we are to find that nature has
so often foreStaled Us. old Home
stead
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
HOME NOVELTIES.

SQUARE ivory handles are attached
70 tea and coffee pots u the new silse-
services.
ONE Of the newest salad bowls is in
shape ike a tin pan, the inside finished
In gilt, with raised Holsters. crabs.
shrimps, etc, in silver. b. way of deco
ration.
TIE fruit knives Of the present are
works Of art. Blades in long dagger
like shape; the handles, the new Amer
lean enamel, with cherub and Dresden
flower designs.
FLOWER sALTERs in Irish Bellecls are
beauti!ul-the roses in pink. pond lilies
in white and orchids in shades Of violet.
Tiny gold saltspoons accompany these
pearl-lize blossoms.
BOUE.LIoS cups are more graceful IN
shape than ever before. The fad IF
having each one different color gives
the table lovely appearance. All cups
for serving bouillion should have covers
and handles on either side
THE handles Of table knives are now
made in china, to match the plates
There are sets Of china knife handles for
each course. Those for poultry have
heads of the victims and little fluffy
chicks and ducks upon them.
AT a reception recently given in Bal
timore by Mrs. Robert Garrett, a novel
feature of the decoration or entertain
ment was The sight of uncaged birds
lying about the rooms open to the
guests, among thu palms and flowers
THE menu cards of this season are
said to be. with few exceptions, not
as beautiful as heretofore. A swarm of
golden bees, with their hives among
flowers, and the Stanley dinner card,
with its palm trees, camels and setting
sun, are among the exceptions, and
are very pretty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
VARIED AND INTERESTING.

~HERE are twenty representatives in
congress who are under thirty-siN years
Of age
u Chicago there is an admirable legal
bureau which gives legal advice free TO
the poor.
The youngest New York burglar is
said e be nine-year-old lad captured
few days ago.
RnopE Island is the only one II the
New England states where the negroes
We're in 1890 ove~ two per cent. Of the
population.
One Of the finest opals in the world
IS Worn on his cap by the Chinese min
lister At Washington. Ii is as large as a
Pigeons egg ard IS surrounded 10y dia
monds The value of the cap, with its
armament is placed at 5000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
MEN-OF-WAR PETS.
Animals and Birds That Receive the At
feCtons Of Uncle SANS sailors.

Animals and Birds That Receive the AZ
fectious Of Uncle SANS sailors.
by virtue of their vocation, sailors are
rough in speech and action, and can
hardly be called a sentimental class.
Yet the men, as a rule, are more fond of
dumb animals, and il is an astonishing
sight, on the return of vessel from for
eign parts, 10 see nearly every Jack tar
with a monkey, parrot or other pet
On board men-of-war. where strict
discipline prevails. the sailors are not
allowed to lumber up the vessel with
pets at their own discretion; hut there
is not man-of-war in service that does
not carry its special pet.
The kearsarge has a big black cat,
called Jim, and for two years he has had
the run of the ship, and has taken a
voyage To South America The sailors
have trained Jim to y number of tricks
and the man who is caught abusing him
would be in peril of his life.
The pet on the cruiser Yorktown is Il
monkey. He is frisliy youngster and
an expert climber. He can got to the
top of the lnainmaist in less than TWEEN
" seconds if he is feeling first-rate
The monkey has been trained to play
tricks on the crew. lie has funny
way Of tickling the eur Of a sleeping
sailor with the end of his tail
If anyone loses a plug OF tobacco il
can generally be found hidden in the
rigging. When the hiding place is dis
covered, the monkey breaks out into a
chatter that shows how he appreciates
the fun
Billy the goat, was the pet Of the
Galena for nearly two years During
that period he never left the ship.
When the ship was in port, the sailors
would take turns getting grass and
clover for the goat, and they always got
a goodly supply ahead when it was
known that the ship would soon sail.
Some time ago, through the strategy OF
certain mem bers of the crew who had
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
WELL TO KNOW.

THE first mention of writing is found
in Exodus 1914.
The average life Of tradesman is
about two-thirds that OF a farmer,
IT costs New York city more than
500, 600 a year for stenographic services.
4 MAN obtains his maximum height
at forty years OF age, woman 1t fifty
years.
THE fastest ship afloat IS the City Of
Pellin, owned 10y the Pacific Mail Go n
pany. She cost 81 600 600
WAX came into use for candles in the
twelfth century, and wax candles Were
esteemed luxury in 1909, being but
little used.
The average age Of the policeman is
thirty-fve and half years; average
service, nine md 6ve-eighths years
average height, FIVE feet ten and two
thirds inches
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
OUR YOUNG READERS.
GENTLE BOYS.

Gentle boys make gentlemen,
Grandma said. Said Jolly Ben:
Gentle boys are just like girls
Dainty hands and sissy eurls
Boys must run and knock about,
Kick and prance and yell and shout;
There's no fun in taking pains.
Rushing in whene 'er il rains,
Whining if you stub your toe.
Such Toys are sissy. don't you knowf"
"A boy know runs ike 2 deer.
But lifts his hat when girls appear;
He laughs and yells and knocks about,
Putting all cOwardly lads 10 rout
And yet this boy viii feel no shame
When called away from romp or game
oh. there Is mother, I must go;
Mother always stands first, you know'
Gentle boys make gentlemen"
Grandma repeated once again.
Annie a. Preston, in n Y Observer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
4 Touching E,nressinn-

II is told Of one OF the children III .
New y orll hospital, who had been un-
der the care Of one nurse for a long
time, that when the little fellow found
out that he was TO 60 home cured, he
put his hands around the neck OF the
nurse, and said softly in her ear: "My
mamma will never hear the last Of
YOU Was not that touching ex-
preston of Waterman
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26

ST. FAUL Mimi, UctOber, I6JU
recently had the opportunity of testing the
celebrated Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic in q
very severe case. A poor widow to whom l have
frequently given aid and assistance in my
capacity as City MissioWsry, sent her 12-year-old
daughter TO me one evening to procure neces-
sary aid while she WAS relating her restitution
and stating that her mother was now nearly to-
tally blind, the poor child suddenly ;ell into an
epileptic fit. l gave her two bottles of your
medicine, and the girl is now well and happy
and the support of her aged mother The Lord
be thankea l think that such a case as this
rebounds to your honor and to the glory of Him
above who has given you the knowledge to pre-
pare such blessing for suffering humanity
E. r. IRMSCHER, Missionary,
e95 Otsego Ave
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
MONEY SAVED IS MONEY MADE.

Save Is to 30 cents on every dollar you spend.
Write for our mammoth Catalogue, a 600-page
book, containing illustration and giving lowesman
ufacturers' prices, with manufacturers discounts
of every kind of goods and supplies manufactured
Household Goods Furniture, Clothing, Ladies'
and Gents Clothing and Furnishing Goods, Dress
Goods, White Goods, Dry Goods, Hats, Caps,
Stationery, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware.
Buggies. Whips, Agricultural Implements, etc.
ONLY FIRST CLASS GOODS. Catalogue sent
on receipt of % cents for expressage. We are the
only concern which sells at manufacturers prices,
allowing the buyer the same discount that the
manufacturer gives to the wholesale buyer. we
guarantee all goods as represented; If not found
So money refunded. Goods sent by express or
freight, with privilege of examination before pay
ing. A. hAkfEN q Co.,
100 Quincy Street, Chicago, III.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
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GEILS0WS az ~
SEWING MACHINES
POPULAR?
BECAUSE LADIES
Buy rHEm LIKE THEM
= RYTA FTE5TY THEIR
k4AVD I ELM FRIENDS.

Many ladies have used our machines
twenty TO thirty years i'll their family work,
and are still using the original machines
we furnished them a generation ago.
Mary Of cur machines have run more
than twenty years without repairs, other
tran needles. With proper care they
never wear out, and seldom need repair
We have built sewing machines for
more than forty years and have constantly
improved them We build our machines
on honor and they are recognized every
where as the most accurately fitted and
finely finished sewing machines in the
world Our latest, the No. o. is the
result of our long experience. In COM
petition with the leading machines of the
world, it received the Grand Prize at the
Paris Exposition of 1880, as the best,
other machines receiving only compli>
mentary medals ofgold, silver and bronze.
The Grand Prize was what all sought for,
and our machine was awarded II.
Send for our illustrated catalogue We
want dealers in all unoccupied territory,
WHEELER & WILSON MFG. co.
1876 &1e7 WABASH AVE. CHICAGO.
For sale by P. 4. DREW,
Lancaster. Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26

Enterprising Young Man: True & Co instructed
and started worked steadily and made money faster
than expectedto became able to buy island buS
asmall summer hotel If don succeed that will 20
TO work again at the business in which made my money
True 81 Co.: Shall we instruct and start you reader9
II do, and If you work ndustriousy You will in due
time be able buy island and build hotel if you wish
TO. Money be earned at new line of work rap
idly and hOnOraby by those of either young or old
and in their localities wherever they live Any
do the work Easy learn furnish everything No
risk You devote your spare moments all your
10 the work This entirely lead brings wonderful
cess to every worker Beginners earning from i
500 per week and upwards and little expe-
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FREE. Thsis an Of marvellous things and here is
will reward every industrious worker Wherever you are
and whatever you doing you about this
wonderful work Delay means much money lost to
you no spaee to explain here 6nt win write to
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The Indianapolis journal., 1892-10-03
FACTS ABOUT BRITISH WAGES.

The Journal has been furnished with
extracts from the London Times of last
month, which contain the testimony of
representative workingmen before the
royal commission to inquire into the
condition of labor. A part of it will in
terestrailroad men, such, for instance, as
the testimony of Mr.. Ballantyne, assist
ant secretary OF the Amalgamated So
ciety of Railroad Servants of Scotland.
He testified that the engine drivers on
the Caledonian and North British rail-
ways worked seventy-twO hours week
for what is equivalent to from 0 to 10
cents an hour, that Is, for S6.4S to
S10.S0, and that firemen worked the same
hours for the equivalent of from to
1I3 cents an hour, that is, from S4.32 to
Sc per week of seventy-two hours. Sig
nalmen and switchmen receive about
the same as firemen, while porters, that
is, freight handlers, receive from SO. %
to S5. IS per week What would the rail-
road workers of the United States think
of such wagesP
Another equally interesting piece of
testimony is that of L. O'Grady. secre-
tary of tho Printers LabOrers' Union,
evidently pressmen. He testified that
workmen were compelled to work for
thirty-six to fifty-fou hours on a
stretch once a week, through one or two
whole nights as we'll as day. The wages
were S5 week for day work and $1.G2
per night for night work O'Grady tes-
titled that he had systematically worked
for six years thirty-six hours on a
stretch" In many cases youthful per-
sons had Co work thirty-six To forty
hours continually. If they yefused to
work overtime they were discharged.
Mr.. A. Palace, president of the Litho-
graphic Stone Preparers' Society, testi-
fed that the conditions were bad. The
wages were $3.50 week. Mr.. Palace
saw no relief for the unfortunate men
employed in the way of business, and
this is the reason he gave for the hope
less outloOk:
Unfortunately for the workmen IN Lon.
don. a great deal of the lithographic work
was now perfected in Germany aud brought
over TO London. the Germans working on
lower wages and living harder even than
tier low-craftsmen IL England.
Attention is sscailed to this statement
of "a British union workman. The union
is organized. but organization has no
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-10-03
THE STATE PRESS

MODERN Democracy stands for nothing
definite-but will promise anything for
power-Vevay Reveille.
The Democrats have never but once
since the war nominated Gil old soldier for
President and then they slew him in their
own Observation-Disclosures Graphic.
MRx who have memories running back
thirty yearssor SO do not want the revival
of State banks and wildcat currency
which the Democratic party advocates q
return t0.-COnverse Journal.
The Democratic press of this State has
turned its mud batteries on Governor
Chase. The vile slanderers will mage votes
for the Governor. They cannot iniure hi
in the Ieast-Frankfort News.
IT is hard to say which of several doc
trines set forth in the Democratic platform
exhibits the greatest folly and threatens
the most disaster to the country, hut If IL
did not declare for free trade Wa would
probably select the Democratic proposition
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-10-03

there is no better reason for their dis
missal than that they have paid more
than two prices for plumbing goods. If
they had been appointed by the Gov
ernor, as all such officers should be,
they could DE removed. but, created by
Legislature which meets but once in
two years, they can violate the law with
impunity.
This is but single discovery mad 9
because an unbidden bidder talked out.
If such inetficlency, extravaganza and
rottenness as this discovery discloses
permeate the transactions of this board
OF trustees, is it any surprise that ex-
penditures increase and that 6 cents per
500 was added to the tax levy to meet
the expenses of the charitable and penal
institutions of the State? Those people
who find that their State taxes have
been doubled and who have scarcely
known the cause, now have hint in the
double prices paid the favored plumb
ers of the trustees of the Central
hospital. Such over taxed people have
remedy. and it is to vote for the Re-
publican candidates for the Legislature
and thus overthrow the gerrymander
conspiracy to misrule Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-10-03
AN ILl-ADvIsED PROCEEDING.

The announcement that warrants have
been issued for the arrest of thirty three
of the Homestead strikers on the charge
of treason will cause much surprise
throughout the country, and, in the
opinion of the Journal, much unfavora-
BILE comment. The opinion has sObtained
that the strike at Homestead was vir-
tions would grow out of it. 1t is easy to
see, after this lapse of time, that both
sides to the controversy made some mis-
takes. but these are past recall or rem-
edy. 1t would seem to be the part of
wisdom now for both sides to let by
cones be bygones and avoid stirring up
the passions of the past or adding new
| mistakes to the old ones.
The present proceeding is new de-
parture in that it is the first time AN at
tempt has been made to bring opposition
to the law, such as existed at Homestead,
under the definition of treason. 1t is
not easy to see how this can be done.
Treason against the State consists in
levying war against it, and in giving aid
and comfort to its enemies. According
to the common understanding and to the
legal understanding heretofore, this re-
fers only to overt acts of war against
the State in it's governmental capacity.
In narrow sense all violation of law is
treason against the State, but that is
tigurative rather than legal treason. 1t
will require q very forced construction
of law to bring anything done by the
Homestead strikers under the definition
of treason. If the strikers had attacked
or offered organized resistance To the
militia while the latter were in the dis
charge of their duty at Homestead that
might have been technical treason, but
we do not understand that they have
done this. So far as known, they have
not come in collision with the militia.
The warrants are said to have been
issued by Chief-justice Paxson, of the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court, on, the in
formation of the district attorney of
Allegheny county. 1t is also stated
that before the cases go to the grand
july tnO l-JuetiOO VIII tnat
body before him and deliver a special
charge defining the crime of treason
and expoundinR the law AS it applies tn
this case. The public will await this
action with considerable interest to see
how Justice Paxson proposes to bring
the action of the Homestead strikers
under the constitutional definition of
treason.
The worst feature of the proceeding
is its seeming vindictiveness. What
ever may be thought as to its legal
aspects. there can be no doubt OF. the
unwisdOm of the proceeding. 1t cannot
help to solve the labor problem and
will not only reopen the Homestead
sore, but create bad blood in other
quarters, and perhaps sow the seeds of
future trouble. In the opinion of the
Journal it is very ill-advised pro-
ceeding.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-10-03
THE communication which President

The communication which President
Ingalls,, an old d-time Democrat, is said To
have sent to the Democratic managers is
entitled to attention. They asked him
for a subscription to defray the ex-
penses of the Shelbyville orgie, but he
respectfully declined to comply. on the
ground that it is not proper thing for
a railroad company to do. 1t is hoped
that the officers of the Citizens Street.
railway Company will accept President
Ingalls's refusal as a precedent and re-
fuse the Same managers contribution.
Perhaps the fact that Mayor Sullivan
did not repay in official gratitude or a
charter the large contribution which it
has been alleged and scarcely denied
that the company made To secure his
election will lead it To withhold assist
ance to the Democratic ticket this year.
1t may be added that if Mr.. Ingalls, ex-
poets the Republican officials viii not
fully respond to the sentiment OF the
State in regard to the taxation of rail-
way property, he is sure to be disap-
pointed.
The Indianapolis journal., 1892-10-03
TWO PRICES FOR HOSPITAL SUPPLIES.

In the issue of the Journal of last Fri
day considerable space was devoted to
an erpose of the exorbitant prices which
the trustees of the Central Hospital for
the Insane paid for plumbers goods.
The items were taken from copies of the
bills, and the market prices were fur
nished by reputable dealers in this city.
The facts were gathered and presented
by careful and intelligent man, and are
correct. They show that, by the direc-
ton OF the trustees. one firm was paid
S375. 30 for goods which could be bought
in the open market for S1S1.13, and that
another frm was paid $49S53 for goods
the market price of which. To private
purchasers, would be S2l6.63 In the
first case S2.07 was paid for 81 worth
of goods. and in the second $3.50. A
profit of 1O7 and 13O per cent. to cash
customer is remarkable in these days of
sharp competition.
Whose fault, negligence or offense is
thisP That of the trustees created by
the gerrymander Legislature instead of
the Governor, as In All el-EoverneU
States. 1t appears to be their fault, as
the Journal reporter has sascertained, be-
cause they have ignored the imperative
requirement of Section 2775 of the Re-
vised Statutes. which reeds as follows:
And it shall be the duty of the board of
trustees to solicit competition among deal
ers for the sale of such articles and goods
as may be required. by publication OF 9TH
erwise; and to this end they shall keep q
statement and estimate open TO public in
spection, and shall give personal attention
to the bids for and the purchase of such
articles and goods, and use their best en-
deayors 10 purchase them at the lowest
public prices
The Journal cannot ascertain that the
trustees have advertised for proposals
for the furnishing of these goods, or
that they have notified the trade gener-
ally, as the law requires. Ii these offi-
cials have FUSED their best endeavorsn
to purchase the goods cat the lowest
public prices" as the law requires.