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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

1t should be borne in mind that by
business women / do not mean that
numerous class of females now earning
money in subordinate positions in
offices and shops. The performance OF
routine work at so much week can
hardly be called doing business. To
be sure the presence of women in Of
fees and shops, no matter how subor-
dinate are their positions, has an i'm
portant bearing upon business life
but a bearing that is the result of
passive rather than active influence.
Only during the past five years, be-
Eeve, have women become the heads
of firms and the owners Of trading es-
tablshments-that is, TO any great ex-
tent. And their appearance in this
new role has brought up in another
form the problem that presented itself
when young girls first entered count
ing rooms.
Then it was declared that the girls
were driving ont the boys. A deft
young miss, quick at figures, neat and
active, was content with much less
salary than a man and in many re-
spects she proved far more competent
Thus it has come about that many a
clever youth can find nothing to do,
while his sisters readily procure cleri-
ical situations. The result is no end
of arguments to prove that the girls
should stay at home and give the boys
a chance Now, as I said, the bust
ness woman finds that many of the
qualities peculiar to her sex give her
an advantage against which male COM
petitors have no way of contending.
An agreeable, obliging, refined lady
can secure more patrons than any dull,
prosaic, matter-of-fact man.
Wen, along comes a social eoono-
mist. This viii never do" says he,
''for the men have wives and children
to support, and woman's sphere is at
home" Then he sits down and writes
an article--and leaves things exactly
as he found them.
Now, at the risk of being dull and of
seeming to wander from the point, l
will point out what seems to me a
curious oversight in this Women must
live, must they not? If yes, may they
not live well. provided they do so in a
proper way? And if business affords
women the means of living no one
should forbid them to employ that
means without providing a substitute
equally good. Marriage is not to be
considered in this connection for very
obvious reasons. So, as 1 stated in the
beginning, there is nothing left but to
quarrel with the social system. 1t is
absurd to find fault with the women;
when an innocent man charged with
murder dies on the scaffold it is not
the hangman who is to blame.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

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men Ao W. u 1niliss %oouO p'lr'el anu
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-uany business I,s ll9I "o'liu ooiA r.
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ies 5' IN i''eV o1iiiiN "olieii -. IN
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value u tiIle 'ilal inen' III 'iie ~
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INNS Ni'-'o'0e SIC In "a ~
women 90 ma 80 u'sldIi' ~ ii'i =
successfully tilah q Aidh.
Have found business life destruct re
of the feminine qualities? ! was once
asked suppose this means do.- Ia +
ness make women harsh scr Ia and
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
Notice to Banks for Proposals
tn Receive County Funds,

@TATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF GRANT,
- SIS Pursuant to the provisions of chapter
259 laws of 1898, notice is hereby given that seal
ed proposals from the banks of Grant County TO
receive the county funds of said county, depos-
il for one year from the first day of January, A.
d. 1894 will be received at the county clerks
Office Lancaster, Wisconsin, until Saturday,
November II, 1898
Proposals shall be directed to the county board
of Supervisors of Grant County, and shall state
the rate of interest the bidder will pay on daily
balances the interest to be computed and credit
ed to the county at the end of each month, and on
condition that such deposits and accrued interest
shall be held subject to draft and payment at all
times on demand.
After opening any bids that may be received the
county board may designate in its discretion,
county depository. Such county depository
before it shall be entitled to receive
any public funds shall file with the county
clerk a good and sufficient bond conditioned for
the payment upon demand to the county treasurer
or to his order, all moneys deposited with it and
of interest thereon at the rate agreed upon, with
not less than three suretes, residence and free
holders of this state who shall be worth together
IN property within the state not exempt from
execution, over and above their debts and liabil-
tiles double the amount of the penalty of said
bond and who shall justify such responsibilities by
their several afidavits, which said bond and
sureties shall before such filing have been ap-
proved by the county board.
The county board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Dated at Lancaster Wisconsin, November 1st,
1898 JOHN EPLETT,
County Clerk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
Legal Notices.
EsTATE-cuAs. HAMILTON, Deceased.

ESTATE-CHAs. HAMILTON, Deceased.
state of Wisconsin, County Court Of Grant
County-In Probate.
Notice il hereby given, that at the special
term Of the County Court, 10 be held in n Jr
said County. at the Court House in the City OF
Lancaster, in said County, on the 3rd Tuesday
Of December A. ID. 1893 being the 18th day OF
December 1893 at the hoGr OF one O'Clock in the
afternoon, the following matter will be heard
and considered:
The application Of r. b. Showalter for the con-
veyence TO him by John Hamilton, ancillary ad-
ministrator Of the estate of Charles Hamilton. de-
ceased OF the following described lands in
Grant County, Wisconsin, to wit. The south
west quarter of the northwest quarter, less ten
acres described as follows. to wit: the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter OF IT, north
west quarter of said tract; also thirty acres OFF
the west end OF the southeast quarter OF the
northwest quarter, all in section fourteen, Cl4l
township six 90 north, OF range two. % west.
pursuant to a land contract executed by the
said deceased, to one John E. johnson. bearing
date September nth, 1888, which Is assigned TO
petitioner.
37-42 GEO. B. CARTER.
Dated Nov /, '93. County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

dealing with the humble employees and,
better than all, less vulgarity in the
business atmosphere. Indeed, if wom-
an did nothing but bring more refine
ment into the counting-room, she
would have performed a lasting serv-
ice
This brings me to what, as a woman.
l consider a very curious phase of
business life, namely getting ahead
of competitors" There is a degree of
subtfety, it seems, in the process.
Merchants viii say nothing disparag-
ing of competitors. Nor will they,
openly at least. profess to be aware Of
their existence. But if they can Sc
cure any sort Of public notice OF them
selves to the discontinue of rivals,
there is no hesitation in taking adj
vantage of the opportunity. have in
mind the case Of large concern which
deliberately placed the price Of Il
certain commodity below the profit
point for the sole purpose Of destroy
inc a rivals business. When one
questions the propriety Of such con
duct, there is the inevitable fetch:
Business is business. am quite
sure that the man who invented this
expression was too ignorant ever to
have heard the fate of the philosopher
who first defined concept by itself
To get back to business (in very
literal sense)! feel certain that
women are making barter and sale
less mercenary and more elevating. If
anyone doubts it, let him see for
himself In my own brief ex-
perience, | have found that where
women are connected with The com
mercial process, it is more
honest. more satisfactory and, if the
suggestion of such thing be not too
great departure from tradition, abso-
lutely refining. For it is as true in
business as in other phases of human
life that II you isolate a lot of men they
are sure to deteriorate; u you seclude
lot OF woman they become most sorry
creatures; but bring them al together
ana they viii begin to improve at
once
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
A W0MAN'S PLACE.
Mrs Field On the Money Making
Mission OF Her Sex.
A Problem of the Future-Some Present
Tendencies May Yet Effect Social
observation-disclosures and So
cial Life with Women.
IooPYRIeHT. Isgs.l

fCOP1RlGHT. l6S3.
1t is with difidence that I comply
with a request for my views Of woman's
sphere in business The whole matter
is so new to me that my opinions can
hardly possess the weight of expert
ence. shall therefore consider the
topic in connection with those more
practical aspects of money making
with which ] have already become
familiar.
A thoughtful business woman must
be both amused and vexed upon read
ing such utterances as those with which
distinguished English social econo-
mist begins a profound chapter head
ed: THE Problem of Woman" Are
women made less refined" asked this
learned gentleman. ARE their sensi-
bilities blunted, do they become less
womanly when their capacities are ex-
ercised in barter and sale? What eth
ical and intellectual effects are pro-
duced by the counting-room and the
officer" Mr.. Philosopher seems to be
unaware that countless women have
no refinement to lose-that thousands
of others carry their own goodness
with them everywhere, TO permeate
and improve whatever they come in
contact with.
have heard that business life is sur
prisingly like social life. Much de-
ponds upon keeping up appearances.
Not very brilliant discovery, perhaps,
but from woman's point of view it
means much. 1t shows that just as
great general once made a wilderness
and called it peace, modern men have
constructed a gigantic juggernaut and
called it business. If were obliged to
decide wherein woman's influence in
business could be made potent for
good, should say: Let her introduce
little more genuineness into it.
For instance, we are all familiar with
the aged merchants dictum, that the
clever trader is he who sells not what
people want but what they don't want.
! know of one immense concern, deal
ing in articles I have occasion to buy,
but in the sale of which there is an alb
surd amount of expensive sham. If
women managed that establishment it
would not be so. There would be
more directness, greater generosity in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
Tomato MarmnInde.

One who has never tasted this de-
licious preserve has a treat in store.
Mrs. Rorer's directions for preparing
are as follows: Scald and skin half
peck of tomatoes, large or small, put
them in porcelain kettle, cook thirty
minutes, then add an equal quantity
of grated pineapple. Weigh or meas
ure and to each pound allow one pound
of graduated sugar. Cook slowly one
hour, put into tumhlers or jars and
when cold tie up in two thicknesses of
tissue paper. The small yellow varie-
ty are the best for this purpose.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
EsTAsE-1Anrs A. CURTIS, Deceased.

INsTAsE-JAMEs A. CURTIS, Deceased.
state of Wisconsin, County Court of Grant
County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given. that at the special term
of county court. to be held in and for said county
at the court House in the ity of Lancaster, in
said county, on the 3rd Tuesday of December. A.
D 1898, being the 10Th day of December, 1898, at
the hour of one O'Clock in the afternoon the fol
lowing matter will be heard and considered
The application Of Jane II. curtis for the ap-
pointment of an administrator for the Estate Of
James A. curtis, late OF the town Of Patch Grove in
said Grant county, deceased.
By order of the court.
40-42 GEO. b, CARTER.
Dated Nov 20, '93. county Judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

and Sheraton's cabinet work, and it
was quite noticeable that the Gothic
Woodworking so much admired dec
ade ago had gone off in the ever-fckle
public estimation, as there seemed alb
solutely no sale for the many beautiful
specimens which were shown. As a
guide as to what is fashionable In
chairs nowadays, we give sketch Of
three-an Empire, Chippendale and a
Sheraton all perfect specimens of
their Kind
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
The Rlrht 10 Live single.

It has hitherto been the law in Japan
that is woman was not married by a
certain age the authorities picked or
a man and compelled him 70 marry
her. The mikado has just abandoned
this usage. In future japanese women
viii be allowed 70 live and die maids,
as in European countries
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
For Sale.

offer for sale. the late Dr. Chas. Ayers pro-
perry, being acres OF good improved hllable
land with fairly good House and Barn. situated
in South West corner of S. E. Il of n. E. "a Of
Section II in township Of Little Grant, Grant
County, Wisconsin. -
Parties holding claims against the Estate OF
said Chas Ayers decd. whose claims have been
allowed will call and get their pay.
JOHN CARTHEW.
39-42, Public Administrator.
Lancaster Wis., Nov. 18th 1893.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

"Woman's superiority to man lies in
her greater intellectually" said Mrs.
Suffrage Progress with an emphatic
nod.
Eyes" said her husband. humbly; ~
always thought it was in her mind. -
Detroit Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cleauses,
purifies and heals. Il was made for
that purpose. Use it for burns, cuts.
bruises, chapped hands, sores Of all
descrip ons and if yon have piles use it
for them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
FASHIONABLE CHAIRS.

ChippendaIe and Sheraton Styles Are the
Most Popular.
At a recent sale of old furniture the
most eagerly sought-for specimens
We're noticeably the rather gaudy EN-
pire styles, gilt chairs, onyx tables and
"whatnots," ormolu cabinets, mirrors,
etc. Next in public estimation evil
IDENTIFY came specimens Of Chippendales
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
Cashier
for then.

VIM. E. Durgin, of the Boston Loan Co.
275 Washington Street, says: recon-
mend Sulphur Bitters as the very best
medicine | have ever used. There is
nothing like them 10 give al appetite,
tore up the system, and do away with
that languid feeling which is so frequent
among those confined indoors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
The Inaaenoe Of Woman

No man ever lived right lie who
has not been chastened by q WON
ans love, strengthened by her courage
and guided by her discretion. John
Ruskin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
Forclre and l.nrret.

II al day you have nourished deep anger and
GRIEF,
wrong,
70 have suffered enough and yoa merit relief
Why then your own torture prolongs
For resentment and anger viii aar1eu nfe'a
path;
And 10 save you regret
just forgiS ana forget
Never let the sun set on your wrath
Ella Martin, Ii Farm and Home
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

KARL'S CLOVER ROOT will purify
YOUR blood, clear your complexion,
regulcts y1ur Bowels and make your
Head clear as bell. 25c. and SOC
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
l MMONS
Circuit Court, Grant County.

SUMMONS
Circuit Court Grant County
MARY KEY,
Plaintiff
VS..
WILLIAM A. KEY.
Defendant.
The State OF Wisconsin to the said Defendant ::
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service of this summons, ex-
elusive of the day of service, and defend the
above entitled action in the Court aforesaid and
in case of your failure so to do. judgment will be
rendered against you according to the demand
of the complaint.
ED. NJ. LOWRY,
3S-43 Plaintiffs Attorney.
P. o. Address, Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30
~ Nantncket.

Wnbur-Are those great white things
whales teeth?
Nurse-Yes Wilbur. those Great
things arc whales teeth
Nnbw-Hy, but mustn't the Whale
l4vc awfnl big tooshachss
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

In view OF what Hoods Sar>apsrllla
has done tor o'htrs i il not reasonable
to believe that it will also be of benefit
TO you?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-30

sold Interest paid
tickets the Cunard nman and Red
Lines
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-16
A Shred Of Silk.

In the church of Alverstoke, down
by the Hampshire Icoast, there is
hanging a stained and tattered piece
OF silk, the sight of which can scarcely
fail to rouse sense of pride in the
breast OF even the most phleg-
matte of Englishmen. 1t Is all that
war and the seasons have spared of
an old regimental color Ut the Forty
fourth Foot, but it is a record OF inn
perishable heroism.
1t has waved through the battle
smoke around the Burmese forts; it
has travelled the Indian plains; it has
climbed the mountain wall that lifts
upward from the Indus shore; it has
witnessed struggle between a hand
full OF Enxiishmen and a whole ma
tiOn in arms; it is the very flag that
fioated over the bayonets on that IA
tai morning in the year AS, as the
battalion filed through the breach in
the cantonment wall at Cabul, out
into the winding sheet of snow
stretching from the city to the grim
deflle of the Jugdulluck.
The men who guarded the banner
are sleeping by the Cabul road Its
blackened shreds, perhaps the only
vestige that is left of the whole
doomed column, rest there in the
quiet Hampshire church in case of
glass and oak. -TempleB Bar.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-16

and we offer few memorandas for
the benefit Of those who are apt to
overlook useful or important jobs in
season: Peach stocks which continue
to grow freely may be buddcd as long
as thu, park pecls freely for the inser-
tion uf buds. New strawberry beds
must be kept entirely free from
weeds, and manure finely and evenly
scattered between the plants and
rows unless ground is already ri h
enough. Keep the runners continu-
ally cut.
Prune out al! useless shoots in
young fruit trees. the growth of
which now Icing completed no injuri-
GUS check will be given the trees.
Orchards which need more fertility
may he now, and on till winter,
treated with an even top dressing of
well broken manure. Young trees
may be now transplanted IL they have
ceased growing. See that they are
provided with ample roots on each
side, and are so firmly set as not to
need the imperfect support of stalking
against winter winds This will be
assisted by properly heading them
back. BEFORE the advent of winter
and snow do not omit the cOnical
mounds OF earth around the stems,
where mice are feared. Watch for
the work of destructive insects
Country Gentleman.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-16
The Vision of Birds.

Birds have very acute vision, per-
hapS the most acute of any creature,
and the sense is also more widely
diffused over the retina than is the
case with man; consequently q bird
can see sideways as we'll as objects
in front OF it. A bird sees-showing
great uneasiness in consequences
hawk long before it is visible to man.
So. too. fowls and pigeons find minute
scraps OF food, distinguishing them
from what appear to us exactly SINH
lar pieces of earth or gravel
Young chickens are also able to
find their own food-knOwing its po-
sition and how distant it is-as they
are Matched, whereas a child only
very gradually learns either to see or
to understand the distance of objects.
Several birds-apparently the young
of all those that nest on the ground
can see quite we'll directly they
come out Of the shell, but the young
Of birds that nest in trees or on rocks
are born blind and have to be fed. -
Chambers Journal.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-16
Marketing Green Tomatoes.

Every year just when frost comes
to stop further fruitage of tomatoes
there Is an active demand among
housekeepers for green tomatoes to
be used for pickles The price is
often better late In the season for
this green fruit, which is then scarce,
than for the ripe tomatoes during the
time when the market is glutted.
why DO not tomato growers take a
hint from this fact, and market a
part of their crop green while they
can pick it without the bother OF
sorting out frosted or rotted fruit?
If dealers offered the green tomatoes
with the explanation that they are
cheaper than they can be sold later,
good many could be disposed of and
the glut Of ripened fruit be lessened.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-16
Is Scarlet Fever Dying Out?

A singular fact has been revealed
by the carefully kept death records in
England. This is a steady diminu-
ton in the number of death from
scarlet fever, which fell from ii, 275
In 1881, to 4, 956 in 1891. No ade.
quate explanation has been offered.
AS contributing causes, however. DR..
William Ogle finds u) that the pro.
portion of children to the population
materially declined in the decade; (2)
that the isolation Of the sick and
other sanitary practices became more
general; and (3) that in some un-
known way scarlet fever has been
gradually assuming a milder form.
The last conclusion is justified by am.
pie evidence. The part played by
sanitation has, doubtless been of
some Importance, as may be inferred
from the fact that typhoid fever
deaths have also been diminishing.
DR. Ogle feels assured that epidemics
of scarlet fever will not soon, il ever,
again be the scourge to in FAINT life
they have been.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-16
At THE SODA FOUNTAIN
How Business Has Increased There Dur
ing Recent Years.

How Business Has Increased There Dur
Ing Recent Years.
The proprietor OF Broadway soda
fountain states some facts to show
the f1ourishing state of the mineral
and soda water business in this city,
when opened my fountain
twelve years ago." he said, 1.-THE sale
OF these waters was very small part
Of my business as druggist Most
of my custOme were men. and at
that time had little or no cali for
the sweet decoctions that have since
become SO popular. also sold as
much Congress and other natural
waters as 1 did the manufactured
ones. Now the consumption OF the
latter far exceeds them"
"DO you mean that the profits de.
rived from the fountain are greater
than your profits from the sale Of
drugs?
THAT Is the fact"
''ls the percentage of such profits
higher than that in the case OF drugs
and prescriptions?
1.-THE profit on prescriptions is from
20 to so per cent, although there are
some medicines from which we can
make as high as 80 per cent, and
even more. The percentage on min
eral waters is larger. What call the
five cent waters are those, too from
which the seller gets his principal
revenue in the line of mineral
drinks
''Of all these cheap waters which
Is the favorite?"
''Vichy leads the list probably
sell two glasses Of IL to one OF any
other kind"
'You speak of sweet decoctions.
Do they find better sale than the
mineral waters?"
''They are to-day the best part Of
the business. Ice cream soda, with
the different flavOrings, Is the most
popular drink, and there is more
money in it, for l make my own
cream"
Compared with the sales at good
stand twelve years ago, how is the
business today"
II should say that it is from six to
eight times better. New York
News