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on the principles Of any other business. What
the private family cannot we'll do as a private
family 1t can easily 60 into as downright
business speculation. The home life Is put
aside; children. II they exist. are packed of
to boarding schools: the husband gives up
his clerkship and devotes himself to super
vising the new venture. several floors OF
large apartment house are taken, they ad-
yertise constantly. and their establishment
becomes well-recoRnized and honorable
business enterprise. like any other.
These boarding houses are very much given
over to tourists and other foreigners. In the
N lind OF the present writer they divide them
selves roughly into six species. There are the
often 90 under the title OF hotel and ire affected
mainly by English and Americans. You can live
In one Of them for anything you please above
$3.50 day. The Grand Hotel. a real hotel.
and one OF the greatest in Paris. has q
there are proiessediy family gay boarding. rhee
houses on large scale. less formal and slight
ly less expensive. They are also mainly sup
ported by English and Americans. according
to their name Of family" boarding house. A
separate table for e1clusIyely French CONVEX
ordinary high class Cosmopolitan boarding
house. with a few English speaking people
and many, Spaniards. Hungarians. Chinese.
Turks, and Austrians and all the rest. whose
can negro. should he have money and good
manners would be treated in such a COMPANY
as well as anybody else Fourthly, there are
the small boarding, hotels. all dirty. with a
great deal to eat and OF very ordinary quality.
Then there 10 boarding In a struggling family
and vile only. and. last the boarding house
run by Americans in Paris.
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Tom Reeds rus.ocw.- wit. . TIGER.

ffm ne Va MIG On EUsning Sar.
E1-Sheaker Reed visited the zoo last Sun.
day He seemed to take deep but com.
seFvative interest In the. wapiti. coti- mundi,
fS% mt nat and other exotic animals
the round face OF tho eS-Speak err assums tbat
blahd expression which has been one Of H.
notable characteristics when he has baAn
sealed In the last Senatorial row with HAND
cMrasped and taking In the show In that hodv
MIN hands behind his back and head slio htiv
thrown 70 one side he watched the simian .
swing and seemed satisfied ' ''iiiaho
mhen inc tigers cage was reached Mr. Rsed
Hnblanched Keeper Blackburn insarted a
long iron par into the cage to induce the tiger
70 put on IT'S company manners, but the only
RESPONSE was bristling Of the back ami Iov
tthari IKE the sound ola distant sawmiii. Find.
ne thht inc Keeper was out for businesa
AFTER seyerai proidinRs tho tiger with a saw
aye Dash OF its huge paw. seized upon the end
~ he sf. consumption. Mr. Blackburn then
invited mr. heed to take the bar from the
cage and incidentally from the tiger Mr.
heeu pulIei me tiger He threw ali of his
WriRht upon the rod and danced into the Gem
ms beats all my previous expertenos-
bp!pcking the tiger in Congress- or out sSjd
DIT Reed as he turned the rod over In Nj
ibiackturn with the animal still hrmly attacbai
70 the othsr end. And he turned sadly away
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Methodist pre.eyteri.n. and .sno.tio. in

sSsIn iss yea. q th9sosSPhy and
chamber. the mother tneeiine BY the two. the
clear French WerSs failing from tSe Ti inrsne
lips In balanced sentences. gave her thrill
widow bought a catec6ism: and the children.
with the iervor OF youth began to hear her
SnsysI hn S hs s
gass.sh said: ~ Judge tree Ey its fruits.
son must be the true Others ssrS wbe her s pS
an inevitable disturbance ahead from this mix
iieion between people so UNITED to to H Under.
stand each other az an American widow and a
french vile, warned her She was placing
The Inevitable arrived The house that was
bnilded on the sands succumbed TO n tiny
woman scoldng her husband for having
bought two pounds OF beef too much at mar.
the Catholic Church. And now at every extra
added to her weekly hill. every mistake In the
n mn Of the wash. every time she gets
Nine francs day ssU pf Is The IN eh SS'S
cludes meals without wine. attendance. a can
hre. whose fuel is extra. THIS heating Is as
sisteu or made less necessary excepting in
the coolest weather. by feebly working sys.
TEN OF hot-nir registers, whose Intellectual
zephyrs cost you nothing. To Keep good fire.
In the CRATE YOU must expend some thirty
cents day for soft coal. coke and handsome
little briqusttes: briuuettes are coal dust ce-
mented into cakes, For lighting you have
Kerosene some fifteen conts each time your
lamp is flled You are requested to patroniZe
madame's laundress; It ie advisable TO graf
lily" the servants punctuallv.
The first breakfast consists OF chocolate, tea
or cdft-ou-idit. with butter and n roll, served
In your room. The lunch. deJeuner a IA Jo,p'-
cheH, brings fish or egEs; chop OF. steak. q
as at dinner. the final cup OF black coffee is
charged extra. Dinner comes along at half
vegetable, roast chicken or turkey-never
" stuffed" but with It's scattered members
sprawling In q sea OF watery gravy in the
usual French style-then a sweet and a fruit
follow n salad. with cheese and coffee and the |
little glass. The table wine. as will be found |
IN every Paris pension. is acid to the sharpness |
Of vitriol when It is, white. heating TO the
strength OF mustard when It Is red and ALWAYS
without pleasant flavor. always dear in pro. |
portion to both its worth and outside price.
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hedged about that the people are driven to this
greater social minging. whose very publicity
interposes bar to familiarity.
The French journalist at the Chicago Fair
exclsims: What q sad people these Amer
leans arel They do not know how to amuse
themselves in public!' He cannot see that it
is because American home life is 80 satisfying
that our people have neither the need nor the
habit Of the cafe. the faneur. nor his nations
way Of jollifying In great herds.
For q French family. especially with chill
dren. to admit strangers French or foreign ers.
to their little circle Is mark either OF desper-
ate poverty or. you might almost say. OF GER
tain shadiness. At least 1t Is a sign Of neglect.
OF loosening up Of prejudice. not we'll viewed
by the neighbors.
Thus boarding houses OF Paris become pro-
fessedly money making establishment run
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sions have over those Of similar class, In
and handsome furniture that does not look so
obviously factory made; tasteful wall decora-
most to the floor on each story and the cheer e
fnness with which private services. out Of
their regular T ar routine are rendered by domes-
point of view. consist In inevitable draughts
from the handsome door-like plate glass win
apparatus Of the, open crate. in tho perfume
toriness OF the bathrooms. and in the en-
~ Kin Of wine table waters
silver plated ice. pitcher. In spite OF the new
aaueduct from the river Arve, everybody has
The Rsnsion, claims to boil and filter it but no
highest fashion. is not priced in France rance u The
apartment houses, built ten years ago. have
that q little metal coffin. into which tho water
must be thrown from a bucket. Illuminating
burning French petroleum smells and smokes.
~ Is n,ga IN prize: being taxed on coming into
With an extra oGroi or mupieipal tar On eom
ing into Paris after 1t is refined, The STANDARD
on Company. which has established itself at
give sood o But fSss snVe s tho
RUSSIAN oil to com pete with. a bad thing in
Wn and nsh sTe
accustomed Americans in this pension coughs
ana colds- inc lnslncerlty OF the open crate
is cause Of rheumatism in many; and the
polished wood floor, with its handsome rugs.
is often cold But the Paris winter is 80 com
paratively mild that these unpleasantnesses
have never been remedied by the French, and
lik ely never will be.
Lastly thanks to Paris, being Paris all these
which are not counterbalanced BY
manifest advantages are swallowed up In the
excitements and pleasures Of the town, The
lady. as che fits from shop to shop.
VIII not think much Of the kerosene lamp
likely enough to be at some theatre or opera.
When she is being fitted for new gowns
the dearness and low quality Of the pensions
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over the ground faster than an ordinary b.
cycle could be propelled.
He had read Of the screw propeller's being
used on air as on steamships and thought
that II 1t were properly fitted to the rear Of q
bicycle and connected with driving wheel by
some light continuance for transmitting power
the benefit derived would moro than COM
pensate for tho power expended in driving it.
His first apparatus consisted Of a single
screw set In q steel frame and driven by a
leather belt which passed round large
drum at tho axle of the rear wheel.
This arrangement worked fairly WELL
, and. he SAYS. helped him materially. 10
to OF the Sfhae Rs found t haa
I he aid not pay careful ATTENTION to his w YORK
road ffRs h sasS Gt Of iFs ss
they were used on steamships with considera. era.
sIs success; ,5.t The dfsulty presented how.
having the different parts made Of aluminium.
M1 hellsr u sss LIGHT
considerable extent IN lifting Il to WORK a ths
screws screw Fastened to the frame that holds the
saddle SH pa aso IL fss his sE
t fsel shafts hats that have the propslsrs axsd to
rods The power dervsd rom leather t bsits
tnat pass around drums at the axle. The pro-
pellers used are made OF brass. and are SINH
lar to those used as electric fans They are
driven at q high rate Of speed. as the wheel
on the shaft Is not more than on eighth the
size OF the drum, and they look like balls OF
gold when the cyclist whirls along tho street.
Mr.. Heller Is not Il crack rider. and he has
only recently perfected his invention. but he
saws that within the past week lie has beaten
most OF the local riders and some pretty good
hoTses lie has made an application for a
patent on his scheme. and sGys he would not
sell 1t for big money.
Mr.. Heller took his machine out Monday and
gave Bun reporter an exhi.i OF Rpeed
through the prlncipa streets Of Caldwell The
road was muddy and the rain poured down
steadily. and the cyclist claim ed he could not
down the street. however. at fattline rate.
t sans WIND storm. They reyolyed SO fast in
8 e Sli be seen shooting out from behind. and
mat. mixed with the mud that the back wheel
threw up, m AIDE the rider look like a comet. for
q trail OF mud and water extended for some
distance In the air behind him as he whizzsd
along. TWO people In q carriage who were
driving In the same direction as the bicyclist.
appreciated the fact that something unusual
was attached 70 the wheel. for a shower OF the
muddy water flew up in their faces as he
dashed past. and 1t frightened their horse so
that IL locke for q time as II q runaway would |
occur. Heller says he has invited Champion |
zimmerman to try his wheel and believes that |
ne viii decide In it's favor.
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Il zWIN-sCREw BIcFoLE.
How . Jerseyman Has Applied the Propsl.
Ier RrincIpls TO the Tandem Wheels.

Frederick Heller. plumber living In Cald-
we'll N. j.. who is prominent cyclist in that
place. has devised a scheme for the auxiliary
propelling Of bicycles. which. he thinks. will.
with good man above the pedals. revolu-
tionize all existing records. In addition to
the plumbing business Mr.. Heller Is engaged
In the putting up Of gas fixtures. and has to
ride from house to house through the town.
Realizing the necessity for speed. he set about
to devise some scheme that would get him
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III.

The servants in this pension are Jewels. Tho
ladies are never tired Of praising them. Like
ful. with great capacity for enthusiasm. by
little tipping the lady can have the parlor
maid transform herself into her private femme
will find the cook sending up surreptitious
dainties to your room. and a third gratifca-
tea. and cigarettes
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Americans. and y easy to tolerate each dther,
Prstentious people. who would like to srush
enthu siaem and Innocence. End no leverage OF,
which 10 use their strength. Madame the wife
OF the proprietor. 10 woman OF fine presence,
with an air OF dignity tempered with good
Will when some experienced old maid. the
begins her haranRue against the breezy WAYS
Of some OF these American girls in their frat
days OF Continental living. madame has her
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This pension lies in the heart OF that new
and rich quarter of Paris which has come to
be called American. In Paris all the houses
some and regular. about six stories high. They
are built Of a creamy white stone. so soft when
penknife, Exposure to the weather hardens
and darRens 1t. and the biue,grey haze Of Paris
yet more soner hue. u There is great re e
In height. construction. and decoration. which
conduees to the dignity of the streets, One Of
present iron and stone balcony around the
windows Of the first floor tour second or third
i is the asphalt ,sidewaiR and the asphalt
and high portes-tocheres yawn throughout
Entering this great common doorway for
case viii be seen upon the right. handsome to
Rret ;n and taking up deal Of space.
whose only purpose is to give light. Upon the
lett you have the concierge's lodge. When
W 11 fa roo H1 s anSS he Is
wife APPEARS only to eat and sleep and answer
1oom The sSp live in this one
door Their bed is visible throngho out the day lay.
covered with a decent blue silk edredon and
stead q some ancient King. Beside the the bed Led.
ease Of the ps Of Se
riably stand outside and ring at first. You
continue ~ ringing until the concierge wakes
pushes the button. and the compressed air
does the rest, The big door swings open you
shut 1t behind you. and then. walk ing past the
concierge's door. you call out loudly your
name. Jackson" "Smithers" "Vasseur!'
or whatever 1t may be.
1t is the .concarge's business to know the
voices and names OF all the people in the
house The name. age. nationality. and pre-
vous last residence OF each newcomer is re-
ported to the concierge by the locaidires Of the
different apartments. who transmit them on
regulation printed forms to the police. Apart
all letters and packages and mount" them to
their destination three times each day: must
answer the questions Of callers. rs Nine
<; chez elle2" and keep the stairway and the
has an elevator. There Is no elevator boy; you |
work the thing yourself 1t can only take two |
people going up and you are forbidden to use |
IT at all going down-it wastes the power. An |
i'm m ense iron rod. as thick around as a girls |
waist and AZ long as a liberty pole, supports |
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CONVERSATION.

the car, for safety. and its ponderous weight
dragged UP and down. after a fashion that
seems 70 us AMERICANS SO useless. forbds any
thing like speed. The elevator orawls-
ters" all servants. laundresse shop runners
and the like must take the stairs These come
to our pension In inconceivable numbers. with
poxes: bundles. bags. and packages; From the
the choicer smaller shops especially OF the
hue de Ia Paix and Rue de Rivoii. the uniform
ed delivery men come daily to this tourist
camping ground: and this in spite OF the aa-
that nothing is cheap in Paris. except gloves.
The pension has four floors OF the apartment
house: The pei 5h0e 1.-THE premier above tho
H. a wide hallway where gentlemen m ay smoke
after lunch and dinner for a half hour or 40
but at no other time: two dining rooms not
TOO handsome and often crowded. and one
ished and laid out In patterns. Its furniture
Is handsome. II formal in 100000 style, with
layish gliding and pale silk
tion OF this salon is not always OF the arts and
sciences. An American corporation has re-
Gently established itself In France. The wife
OF one official living in this pension. was won't
official should arrive to bear her company
They had never met before. but on the second
dny they were as thick as capitalists. until
my dear. would buy that hat"
can't afford it,"
.. " ~ W. ySur husband has good salary. He
Cashier"
treasurer
He is cashierl And my husband is Vice.
PRESIDENT! And my husband can send yours
1lNow they DO not speak. but their husbands
grin mutually as they pass each other in the
corridor: and neither In their official inter-
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INAPARIS BOARDING HOUSE.
PERsohhL, SCENIC, AND SOCIAL As
PECTg or TIE FRENCH PENSION

II IL n fusiness Enterp-isc Pure and sirpie
where Boarding Tn Private Fsuiiies -
Unknowr-what % Gives the ausst to
Eat s.a Drink-Msanne. the Csieuistine
and BentG.snt-Hsppy Girls sad Experi-
esesa old Me,as-Bnd Fires s,d Lsehts.
Chilly Drnushts, and Admirable Service
An Minor Discor,forts obiiternted By
the Fecuiiar Charm OF Paris.
PARIS. Oct 2o.-For foreigners to find board
in desirable French private families is prao-
tically next to impossible. Frenchmen. who
actually have no word for home" have the
fercest kind Of jealousy for the thing itself.
And 1t 10 by reason OF this fact that mutual
mistakes are 30 often made by English-speak-
ing people and Frenchmen when they sit in
judgment on each other.
The American or Ehglishman in Paris.
stunned at first by the beer Rardeu-like life OF
the streets ana parks and public resorts,
thinks: Really. these people have no homes!'
Then he remembers the old saying that the
French LANGUAGE has no word for home"
Poor Frenchmenl He does not reflect that IL
ts partly because French home life is 30
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answer ready: =" ind tho Young girls charm
Ing They are unaffected and think no evil. I
prefer them to difficult women"
In this pension there Is one fine big blonde
from out some Western capital Each night
celebrates her triumphs OF tho day. whether
they be OF the Louvre. Of the Sainte- Cha pelle.
by singing After the Ball" to her own ac-
companiment at the piano IN rich contralto
voice. The salon rings with song. Our old
maid shifts and walks away. and then the
blonde sits placdly beside rickety but high
~ ornamental brazen lamp stand and begins
that dear old creature out" she says " She
was Just about to begin her lecture on the
art treasures OF Paris and how we should
strive to utilize our time"
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HVVfDTN" HUbHANIT
course nor In their little jaunts about the town.
picking up conversational French. has any
lack OF harmony been brought about
The vile OF the proprietor OF the pension Is
such charming lady. with mouth SO full Of
80 good -natured and SO sympathetic. that a
lonely American widow with, disposition to
enaonie sadness and theological questioninRs
short weeks. Contrary TO European practice.
she made friend OF madame. 1t was sum-
ner time, and the two small children OF the
pension were home on their school vacation.
ld Liz neariy Al French people who have any
lie. The American widow. having been
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-01
Strawberry Plants.

| have for 10 fine lot of Strawberry
Plants, grown on newly-ceared land.
My price is 81 per hundred. Varieties,
Warfeld No, 2, Haverland, Jessie and
Micheps Early. The first two are pis-
tillates and the last two perfect bios
SONS. 100 may be assorted in lots of
25 each.
Gladioli.--I have fine collection of
bulbs that | offer Is for SOC or 35 for
81. At these prices deliver both
plants and bulbs.
WILL l.. TAYLOR,
Mount Hope, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-01
Preston and Vicinity.

Ora Dixon and family have returned
from the Worlds Fair but cannot find
language to describe its gigantic gran
deur.
Supt. Nye stopped with us for dinner
one day last week. having been looking
10 the welfare Of his school ma ANS.
Mrs, Eva Thomas has taken possess
sion of her farm in the Ebenezer settle
ment.
Bertha Monteith gave a picnic for her
school in the Smith district in the grove
near by the school house on Decoration
Day.
Miss Bessie Z. Garside went home to
Lancaster to spend Decoration day.
She teaches at the white"
James II. Marks started this week to
take in" tho great fair of all creation.
Tha: young man has returned from
college and is helping his old dad in the
field. He plows aud harrows with his
gold-rim glasses on, and wears kid
gloves. "a wise son makes a glad
father.
We are glad to note by an item in the
HERALD that the Christian Onion is
read by many families in Lancaster.
We think it is paper that keeps
abreast of the times-far ahead of Tai
magian theology.
Farmers should be careful in the fall
in selecting their seed corn, and see
that it is ripe and bright, and keep it so
until the planting season, as many are
now replanting their whole fields.
STENo.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-01
CENTURY.
STENo.

An article by Walter Camp, OF cur.
rent interest 10 college men and the
athletic world, will be published in the
Century for June. The writer deals
with varlons phases O. college Ath-
letics" in which the utility of this branch
of school work is very strongly insisted
upon, and makes suggestions looking
toward q better understanding among
the colleges. The topics include train
ing. tho growth of the system of rules,
professionalism, the attitude of college
faculties toward sport, etc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-01
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Town and County News.

Mr.. Peter Gasner of Brodtville has
moved to Bagley, Wis.
Chas. Harvey and wife returned from
a two weeks visit to the Worlds Fair,
Wednesday.
Cassville and Bloomington high
school graduating exercises will be held
Friday June 2
Mrs. Bachelor of Ellenboro, has been
selling lot of very nice, pure maple
syrup in Lancaster.
Chas. Niehaus and lady, and Mr..
Hawley, of Fennimore, were visitors in
the city Decoration Day.
Mrs. Sam Clifford and Miss Mollie
Clifford of Woodman, made Lancaster
friends short visit Monday.
Miss Rosa Smith was caller in the
city Tuesday. She was accompanied
by her nephew, Clarence Smith.
Chas. Burr and wife returned from
Madison Tuesday where they spent a
few pleasant days visiting relatives.
Jimmie Coolie of the HERALD office,
has been off duty the past week with the
sore throat variation of La Grippe.
DR.. o. P. Sala and family of Bloom
ington, were among the large number
who were present on Decoration Day.
Owing to severe attack of Grippe,
Will McGonigal vas unable to be
around as usual to lend a hand in the
services.
Edward Parks, who supplies nearly
hundred patrons with good milk, suf-
fers the loss of valuable horse, which
died last Monday.
Mr.. John Dolph is visiting friends in
Lancaster, having just returned from
the Worlds Fair. lie is enthusiastic in
his reports of the great exhibition.
Miss Lou Kaltenbach, of Potosi, is
visiting her relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Barnett. Mrs. Barnett has been
quite i'll lately but is now convalescent.
Jos. 7. Bennett, our popular drug
gist, has been absent a few days, visit
ing Madison and Milwaukee. Mrs.
Bennett has also spent few days with
relatives at Madison.
DR.. aad Mrs. CHASER, Of Bloomington,
left Tuesday for Chicago to spend
two weeks at the Worlds Fair. Their
large circle of friends join Us in wish
ing them a pleasant and profitable
visit.
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Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
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GREAT South AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" This new remedy is great
surprise on account of its exceeding
promptness in relieving pain IN the
bladder, kidneys, back and every part
Of tho urinary passages in male or
female. IL relieves retention of water
and pain in passing it almost immedi-
ately. Ii you want quick relief and
cure this is your remedy. Sold BY
Stone Il HasselI, Druggist, Lancaster,
Wis.