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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27

the smaller circle bore three holes
through which the legs may pass, eacI
one inch from the edge. equi-distant
from each other
Lay the shelf ON the under side of the
top, and mark the places for the upper
ends of the legs. The broomsticks
should fit tightly in the holes, and the
shelf secured in place, thirteen inches
from the floor, with ore and one-half
inch finish nails. Tho upper ends of
the legs must be placed ON the marks
and the top secured with one and one
half inch screws, the ends of which are
sunlSen in the wood and the holes filed
with putty After it has been smooth
ly finished with sandpaper it may be
stained or painted AM finished with
lambrequin or fringe put ON with brass
headed nails.
Another way TO finish 1t is to cover it
smoothly with denim. o. any preferred
material, tackled on with an embroid-
cred valance. The legs should be
stained cherry or oak, and finished
with brass clawfoot sockets
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
The Family Account Book

At this season of the year, when the
stores for winter are laid in, the house.
keeper is likely to look over her ac-
counts with peculiar interest. For
many reasons, 1t would be better to
count what might be called fiscal or
financial year of the household from
the first of December, rather than the
first of January. The housekeeper
would be- ready 10 meet the expenses of
Christmas with somewhat tighter
heart entering on new year, and
would not be so busy as she usually is
the first of January. In business hous-
es there is precedent for this. Meth
er do the States end their fnancisl year
the first Of January, but at different
times, according to their own rules.
An account kept carefully and cor
rectlY is one of the most powerful aids
to economy and orderly expenditure.
A neat ledger with the proper lines is
the best handbook. 1t need not be
over six or seven inches bv four in size,
and Will not cost over so cents. Ii
will take very little time 10 put down
oil the expenditures and balance them
with The amount in The book each day
at night. Many DAYS will pass when
the expenditures will be slight. Other
days they may be excessive. When
ever me book IS begun, keep an ac-
count and keep it faithfully. and it will
be satisfaction ~. Y Tribanc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
now 10 Prepare Frozen coffee.

Measure four heaping tablespoonfuls
of pulverized coffee Put into farina
boiler and pour over it one quart Of
fresh boiled water, cover the boiler and
stand it over the fire for ZEN minutes.
Then strain through two thicknesses Of
cheese cloth, add half pound of sugar,
stir until the sugar is dissolved, and
when cold drop in the white Of one
egg unheaten, half pint of cream and
turn 1t at once into the freezer. Freeze
as you would a sherbet, stirring care
fully but continuously Serve in glasses
as quickly as frozen. Household News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
FOOD FOR fNvALlps.
How 20 Cook Things So as to Tempt the
Delicate Appetite.

How co Cook Things So as TO Tempt the
Delicate Appetite.
Eggs for the sick should be coddled
instead Of boiled. Boiled renders the
white Of the egg tough and indigesti-
BILE, even In those which are termed
soft boiled To eoddle an egg, put
1t in quart cup and fiji nearly to the
brim with boiling water Let il stand
on the back part Of the stove where it
cannot even simmer) for five minutes.
The white viii be found delicate
jelly. aud the whole perfectly whole
some and delicious
Milk IS now given in all forms of ill
ness aud especially those in which
solid food is prohibited The old fall
lacy that it raises the temperature. and
thus proves injurious in inflammatory
disease, has long been dissipated Hot
milk is n valuable stimulant. and proves
a most excellent tonic II should not
be permitted to boil but simply raised
TO a temperature as hot as proves com
Portable in drinking; it should be drank
from a spoon, as this slow method in
surcs better digestion. When pure
milk disagrees with the patient, Ia
blespoonful Of lime water added to a
60 half pint, ovcrcomes thi,
OF
A potato baked with the skin un.
broken is rich in nutrition, and agree
able to the palate The addition of a
little salt and tablespoonful of rich
sweet cream, renders ii truly delicious
Ingalls, Home Magazine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27

In The treasury room of the Mabara.
ain " Baroda is stored = carpet which
cost 81. 000.0 600 Il is only l0x6 feet in
SIZE. but is woven from strings of pure
pearls. with center and corner circle
at diamonds. Ii took thiee years to
makeit aud was intended as gilt TO =
certain N3hsmmedal beauty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27

THE LITTLE ENGLISH PRINCE IN HIS COT.
lineage. Even the swinging cradle in
which the wee boy takes his long baby
sleeps has held the infant forEas of
many of his royal grand uncles and
aunts. II is the one the queen had in
the royal nursery for her own children,
and it is deemed proper and suitable
that this important successor In the
line should have 3 resting place digni-
fled with heredity.
The cradle swings from graceful
frame of rich old mahogany inlaid with
gold. Draperies of handsome brocade
of delicate pearl tint are attached
and used TO shut off intrusive draughts.
The sheets for this downy nest are of
fine Irish lawn, lace trimmed; the
blankets are softest embroidered Pyre-
mean wool, and the coverlid matches
the pearl brocade. The crown and
three feathers which surmount the
framework are further typical Of the
rovale estate Of the small occupant.
whose baby eyes look out on many
such suggestive emblems.
The layette of the little prince IS
peculiarly delicate and dainty. Irish
linen and Spitalhelds silk were used
whenever it was possible and some Of
the lace comes from Northampton The
work IS exquisitely fine, the robes
given by the queen being peculiarly
lovely. One robe is of rich Irish lawn.
northumberland and as fine In text
ure as the famous woven wind" Of
India, and the other a rich cloak and
hood Of pure white zibelline. a beauti-
full silken material The tiny hood is
adorned with the Prince of Wales
feathers in pure white ostrich tips,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
NEAT PIAZZA TABLE.
Directions for Making This Indispensable
Article at Home.

Article at Home.
Where the piazza is used as sum
mer sitting-room, "a table is necessary,
as in a dining-room. A shelf hinged to
the house and so arranged that it can
be raised and lowered is quite service
able, but it is not exactly an ornament
to the house, and the difficulty of ex-
actly matching the paint makes 1t even
less so. Our illustrations show one
that can be quite readily made by any
one who can drive a nail or fasten a
screw.
The top is of pine wood, three-quar-
tiers of an inch in thickness and twenty
four inches across. As it is difficult to
find board of sufficient width, two
pieces will have TO be glued together
and secured with dowel pins. There
must be two of them, driven into the
edge of each piece two and one-half
inches, after the edges have been care
fully squared and Strengthened by
planning The holes must be bored with
a quarter-inch bit, and an equal dis
lance apart. Make the pegs of oak to
fit the holes, and after dipping them
into hot liquid glue, drive them into
one piece; then glue the edges, and be-
fore it has time to cool, insert the pegs
in the opposite piece and drive them
tight together.
The lower round or shelf of the table
will probably have TO be made in the
same way. IL measures twenty inches
across. Set them away TO dry till next
day; meantime select three hardwood,
straight-grained broomsticks of equal
thickness, and saw them twenty-seven
inches long. Prepare them by scrap
ing off the paint and varnish and sand
paper them down smooth. The follow
ing day the work may be continued.
Smoothly plane both sides of the
boards. Ifyou have not large pair Of
compasses the circles may be described
with pencil, string and tack in the way
that every schoolboy knows. Saw
along the line carefully with COM
pass saw, holding 1t vertically Through
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
PRINTING.

All sizes and qualities Of
Envelopes and Paper furn-
ished and printed in neat style
at reasonable prices.
Bill Heads, Statements, or
any style of Notice printed
promptly.
Wedding Invitations, Ball
Programs, Tickets, with or
without coupons.
Sale Bills, Posters, in any
Color, at sizes and prices to
suit.
We can furnish anything
desired in the printing line at
short notice.
Give us a call,
TIE HERALD.
Lancaster Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
IT is BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO
RECEIVE"
A II HUMMEL, THE NOTED CRIMINAL
LAWYER

LAWYER
When We apply 10 it the Scriptursl
ibjunclion"It Is better to give than to
receive" Christmas offers usan oppor.
tunIty to show those we love tina. we
have not forgotten them. 1t is a pretty
custom to have day fixed when we
may give this outward vent TO our
feelings. When annoyed We NAV. nav
often do say cruel things during a wear.
but we are all too apt to hi our f1nder
sentiments except during courtship.
The custom per Sc is beautiful; but it
is carried to such exces at times that it
becomes burden. Every mans pre-
sents should be regulated by both his
pockets and his heart II is nothing
less than absurd 10 feel an obligation to
incur expenses that one cannot afford.
This is unjust to the recipient. and
nothing short of criminal on the part of
the giver'
1t is not the present alone that is valued
but the feeling that prompted it. No
BODY can make gifts to every csusal &C
quaintance. The line must be drawn
somewhere, and my idea is that it
should be drawn as close 10 the family
heartbstone as possible. Some intimate
friends must be remembered. but never
at the expense of the best loved ones at
home, or, for the matter, the loved ones
that may be ever so far away. do not
think that any sensible person feels
hurt because he has not received pre-
SCENTS from friends, or because presents
that we're sent cost comparatively little
Those who weigh the value of gift are
mercenarv beings whose hearts do not
resound with sincerity.
enjoy being able to celebrate Christ
mas asDickens liked tohave itand il with
such enjoyment others are made CORES
pondinglV happy, then indeed is my
cup of bliss overlooking. From 1.-THE
Common Sense of Christmas Gifts" in
Demorests Magazine for December.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27

Cornmeal, the yellow Indian meal of
our pantries, is said to / ne of the best
Of cosmetics A jar Of it S uld be kept
ON the toilet stand, and er the face
has been washed in really hot water
with pure, unsoented soap, the meal
should be rubbed all over 1t, well and
gently. Then it should be busted out
Of the hair and eyebrows, the IA e
wiped lightly over with bit Of soft
old linen. and the result promised by
those who have tried il IS IA delightful
ly smooth and satiny skin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
CHRISTMAS TIMES IN GEORGIA

The corn aint bringin' nuthin', an cottou's goin'
low;
There amt enough a-comin' to pay the .aebts We
owe:
But the world is snilin brightly on the valley an
the hill;
So light ~ the Christmas FIRE. an we'll ali be
happy stilll
The years been rough an tumble, an the cotton
didn't pay
Fer the plantin' an the pieEan,' we're mighty
short on hay:
But IN spite o all misfortunes we're alvin with
So light up the Christmas fire; an VEN all be
happy still.
TIN happy Christmas with the oId-time songs
and jokes;
An there'iI be lot o. presents fer the children an
the folks;
Here's mother kuittin' stockin's fer Tom, an
Dick, an, Bill.
SO light up he Christmas fire, an wen all be
happy si.
Atlanta Constitution
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
French salad prcs.lng

One tablespoonful OF vinegar. one
half teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth
teaspoonful Of black pepper A
dash Of cayenne three tablcspoonfuls
of olive oil. Put the salt and pepper in
a bowl and add gradually the oil Mix
in slowly the vinegar, stirring rapidly
all the while. As soon rs you have q
perfect emulsion, that is. the dressing
Is well blended tthe oil and vine
gar, it is ready 70 use, and should bC
used al once
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
NO CRUMBS WASTED.
EVERY BIT OF BREAD MAY BE UTILIz-
ED IN SOME WAY.

ED IN SOME WAY.
There is no necessity for wasting a
single crumb of bread. for no matter
how dry it may be it can be used In
stead OF buying cracker dust for culinary
use, save your bread crumbs, drying
them in the oven and putting away in
alright glass jars and save all slices Of
bread left over from one meal to another
for tosst
Now there are three ways of making
toast aud each one is palatable Ii the
bread is quite fresh it may be served
dry after being lightly Drowned, but if
IL Is rather stale, toast it in the oven un-
til il is \ deep brown. Have on the stove
i deep dish with two heaping table
spoons full of butter 10 a cub of boiling
water and little salt Dip the toast
quickly IN aud out OF this and serve ON
- hot dish For auO her kind of dip toast
boil apint OF milk, season it with table.
spoonful of butter. salt and very little
pepper, and thicken slightly with -four
let boil up at once. dip the toast in a dish
of plain hot milk put in deep hot dish
and pour the thIckened milk over it.
/ Ii scraps of bread sire left, cut them
into inch squares put them into an oven
and toast very brown, then put away in
glass jar. ltin dry place the cubes
will keep an indefinite time. They are
delicious in thin soups, and nothing mic.
er can be found TO serve with small
roast than toasted cubes softened with
r ch gravy. The crumbs left from the
,utting of the cubes should be dried
aoroug then put on the bread board
aud rolled TO powder or pounded in 8
pestle. Put the crumbs iu = jar to use
for Dreaded chops oysters, meat stufiins
and any Of the hundred little economic:
into which bread enters quite as pals
table rs cracker crumbs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
eNeLAND's BABY PRINCE.

His Pretty Little Ancestral Cradle and
Dainty Layette.
The royal baby whose recent coming
has created such pleasurable stir in
England finds his small hands filled
with the accumulated burdens of his
august inheritance. Fortunately the
tiny bra : does not have to reason it
all out. but his young mother must
wish sometimes that fewer cares OF
state intruded upon her delighted en-
ioyment of this, her first-born.
All his environment is ancestral and
In close touch with his distinguished
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27

new dress fabric made Of peat
Fiber" IS in contemplation, and the pos
sibility IL using aluminium for making
drapery goods is thought to he very
practical, since it can be drawn into
wires finer than hair, and yet 50 fine
ana supple that they can be v9tep
with silk. Il has all eady been used for
silk bows
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
Sensational Reading and nerves.

The doctor who was conducting a
class in physiology lately took occasion
10 plead with her girl hearers TO leave
the sensations Of the press severely
alone. Nothing is 50 had for the
nerves, She said, Sas to read Of muir
ders and Of other Cruelties / beg "
Ndu not to do it.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-25
Your Best Young Man.

you can t always just tell what your
best young man is going to develop in
to, said the girl in the blue jacket.
Now, l know young man, and when
| first met Elm | said to myself: At
last! Here he is! A real live man
without fad. And l was happy in
the thought that he wouldn' t talk foot
ball or theosophy to me. But it didn t
take me long to find out my mistake
OF all the fads l ever heard of that
man fad is the very worst.
He does tricks with cards and can
juggle things" continued the girl in
the blue jacket. as her eyes grew bright
and her cheeks pinkish. AT luncheons
he fishes his handkerchief out of my
mutf and finds his gloves in my jacket
pocket. IT, you hand him glass of water,
he'll turn 1t upside down and ask you
blandly why the water doesn't run out.
At home he makes life miserable for me.
and when he goes away call in the
girl and have her sweep up the rem
nants of the teacups that he breaks.
He balances parasols, guitars, vases
in fact, everything that he can find-on
the end of his nose. l can't do any
thing with him. l am trying very hard
10 make him angry SO he'll quit CALL
ing, but he is so absurdly good natured
that fear shall never succeed. st.
Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-25
A Pigeon with a Memory.

1t seems really impossible to extin.
quish the homing instinct in good
pigeon. \ wonderful story is told by
pigeon fancyng journal of French
carrier pigeon which was captured by
the German soldiers during the siege of
Paris in 1870.
The bird was being carried in bal
loon from Paris to some point in the
country whence it was expected to re-
turn to Paris with a message. 1t was
taken to the German headquarters and
presented to the commander, Prince
Frederick Charles, who sent it to his
mother in Germany. Here it wasplaced
in splendid roomy aviarv and care
fully fed and nourished; but although
it was kept here, living in the lap of
royal luxury for four years, the French
pigeon did not forget its fatherland.
At the end of that time the aviary was
left open one day. The pigeon flew out,
mounted high in the air, flew about for
"A moment, as if to find the points of the
compass, and started in straight line
for Paris.
Two days afterward it beat its wings
against the entrance to its oil loft in the
Boulevard de Clichy. There it WAS
recognized, and its case being brought
to public attention it WAS honored rs Il
patriot returned from foreign cap
tivily. 1t re,nlined AT Tire Paris ,Jardin
ii Accliuiation until it died in 1873
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-25
Treating

1 The outbreak of public opinion against
the "trcatiug" habit directs attention to
The fact that this absurd and pcrilouS
custom is becoming more general in the
United states. \ New York paper, in
commenting on the absurdity of coniin-
ing treating To cigars and drinks. SAYS.
"rhcrc would be Just IL much good
fellow ship in asking one 10 have cake
of soap. pound of crackers or sugar, u
gallon of oil OF a clean shirt rs there j.
In inviting him To turn himself into "A
tank or a smo 1c house 1T your expense
When Il group of hale fellows get 10
gcther they not uncOmmunlN line up
before bar and in turn stand treat
until each has set EN- up aud then
they separate. uneomforlahlY full of
soda. sarsaparilld and ginger ale. or
something stronger.
"'rhe ends of eumpanion-liP would
have been served "a we'll if they had
visited mems furnishing store and
loaded up with collar buttons, eulf but
tons. neck scart>, hosiery aud like az
cessorics to the toilet of gentleman.
At first it might sound a little strange
to hear 'What'll You have answered
by a pair of socks, thank You, but the
the novelty would soon wear oil, and
mankind Wonli be the gamer, by the
- I, Bigef1Hce fpitse.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-25

Women will be interested in a decision
of the Courts that no formal statement
by either parry is necessary to establish
an engagement of marriage. \ man and
woman may be engaged to BE- married
without either of them making d, iinate
and exact proposal to the other. If II
man Is constant in his general attentions
to woman, calls on her two or three
times week. takes her to the theatre
and il seen with her to the exclusion of
other women, or if his conduct with her
leads to the general suppostion that
the two will one day br made one, that
is in law an engagement to be married
The English Courts decided recently
that if two people who were engaged
break off their engagement to marry,
each one has a legal claim upon the
presents he or she had handed over to
the other These presents, including the
engagement ring, were all part and par
eel of the contract of marriage, and if
the contract were dissolved it was lust
that everything pertaining to il should
revert to its original owner.-Ne,c
York Sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-25
Condensed Wisdom

III i'll prosperity you do no good. in
misfortune you must suffer.
Common sense is the gift of heaven ::
enough of it is genius.
A book is the best companion with
which to spend your time.
lie who asks from ii friend more than
he can do deserves refusal
One kind act done with simplicity is
worth thousand fine speeches.
Temperance is "A tree that has con-
tenlmcnt for its root and peace for its
fruit.
One often loses the spirit of humility
by being excessive in the outward act
Even genius needs common sense at
times in order not to be mistaken for IA
fool.
Invariably speak the truth even when
you are aware of its being disagrceable.
Learning is only so far valuable rs it
serves to enlarge and enlighten the
bounds of conscience.
1t seems strange we have never give
up longing and wishing while we are
thoroughly alive. There are certain
things we feel to be beautiful aud good,
and we must hunger after them.
How unaccountably cvanescent are
our frames of miud--as various as the
forms and hues of the summer clouds.
A single word is sometimes enough to
give an entirely new mould to our
thoughts.
In learning what others have thought,
it is we'll to keep in practice the power
IF thinking for oneself. When an author
has added to your knowledge. pause and
consider il you can add nothing to his.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-01-25
For the Reporter.
To Our Godfather Grover.


Almighty Grover; we come to thee,
Who lives at Washington.
We come to thee II render thanks,
For what thou hast not done.
We thank thee for these troublous times;
On farm. in shop. in mill
Our wives and children are clothed in rags,
And yet we love thee still.
We thank thee for our busted banks,
For failures far and wide;
For we as democrats, will stand
BY thee, whate er betde.
We are democrats dyed in the wool
And always mean to be.
We would not ask better fate
Than TO live and vote for thee.
Thou hast the manhood OF US all,
And we have got no sense.
Ask what thou wilt, we obey the call,
And seek no recompense.
1t needs no sense to follow thee,
We will SILVER. starve and freeze,
And when thou tax st pinch OF snuff,
We bow our heads and sneeZe.
We thank thee, because we have no food,
Because our children feet are bare;
We thank thee, because our starving wives,
Have no clothing fit to wear.
We said we would not vote for thee
Unless thou didst our will,
But we lied, for thou hast scorned us,
And yet we love thee still.
Spit on us, kick u.s. do thy worst
Turn us from thy door,
And tho our backs with burdens break;
Yet we will love thee mbre.
Ship off our gold, issue more bonds,
Make silver coinage free;
Create state banks, our incomes tax,
And yet we II cling to thee.
In alteration we will bow
At mention ofthy name.
For stiffness of thy neck, thou wilt
Win everlasting fame.
1t is thy foreign policy.
To take the greatest care
To wink when England winks at thee
Her burdens help to share.
What matter il our laborers starye,
In cottage, hamlet, town.
The tariff is "Chinese wall,
And thou wilt pull it down.
Once more, Oh Sage, receive our thanks,
For what thou hast not done.
I'VE think what thou wilt do for us,
Has only just begun.)
When furnace fires have died out,
In every shop and mill,
Well fold our arms and close our eyes,
And swear to love still.
B. A. f.