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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
NO CASH TIPS" FOR WOMEN,
They Get only smiles and smirks from
Men at Restaurants.

In restaurants where women are en-
ployed as walters the average man
seems TO be of the opinion that smiles
or smirks are tantamount to tips.
although they cost the giver nothing
and have no cash value anywhere, eX-
cept, perhaps, as elements to be con-
sidered in estimating damages in
breach of promise suits. says the New
York Herald Why a man should con-
slider it more or less obligatory on him
to give gratuity to the man who waits
upon him. be he white or colored. while
his conscience relieves him of all such
obligations when a woman performs a
similar service for him, is one of those
mysteries which the feminine mind is
incapable of solving. 1 have conversed
with several Mattresses" on the sub
ject. and they have always told me
that they would infinitely prefer dimes
to smiles, more especially as their pay
is so small that the problem of making
both ends meet is for them particu-
larly hard one 1t may be said in de-
Tense of masculine custom in this mat
ter that the conduct of the recipients
of these amatory demonstrations
would justify the opinion that they pre-
fer them to small pecuniary emolu-
employed in a restaurant who doesn't
act more or less as fiirt stands no
chance of retaining her position. A
complaint of a customers familiarity.
instead of causing him to be rebuked
would more likely result in her own
dismissal. 1t isn't alone for waiting
that she is paid. She is expected to
make herself attractive" There are
many men of an economical turn of
mind whose patronage of restaurants
where women are employed is largely
due to the fact that at such places they
can refrain from tipping" without be-
ing suspected of meanness. And a
dime saved is 20 cents earned. But, all
the same, a woman who waits on table
in restaurant is just as much entitled
TO "tip" as a man, and the fact that
she doesn't get ii is only another link
in the chain of evidence which shows
that the average man will always take
advantage of a woman in pecuniary
matters if he gets half a chance. That
is to say. for doing the same thing he
will always pay woman less than he
will man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
ABOUT ICEM AkING.
The Plate Process Said to Render Ice
Free from Microbes.

A very novel combination of interests
is now being consummated in some of
the western cities in the union of plants
built for the production of light with
plants for the manufacture of ice, the
same companies intending to operate
the two plants as a joint enterprise.
This idea has also taken root near at
home, and the plans for a gas and ice
plant in a nearby city are already in an
advanced state of preparation, This
new development of the artificial ice
business has been brought about large
ly by the improvements made in the
process of its manufacture, which have
not only materially improved the quail
ty of the product. but reduced it's cost
to point which seems to assure very
large profit even at a price much below
that possible to those who get their sup
ply from natures stock. 1t is claimed
that the"plate' process enables the prod
uct to be made entirely free from i'm
purity of any sort, freezing from a plate
outward, tending to expel all the i'm
purities which by the can" process of
freezing from the four sides of the cake
are lodged in the center Of the block.
The plate process obviates also all Of
the necessity for raising the tempera-
ture of the water before it is frozen and
the best results so far gained by the
plate" process indicate a product Of
ten and five-eights tons of ice from a
single on of coal where artificial heat
is demanded in supplying power for the
manufacture. In the can" process the
results are said to have never exceeded
seven tons of ice to a ton Of coal and the
average product has been much less
than this proportion. The plate" proc
ess necessitates a heavier investment
in the original plant. but gives higher
percentage Of return upon its cost when
once in operation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
AMERICAN REcKLEssNEss.
Frenchmar SAYS We Arc All Rich
Who Knows Dentists.

Who Knows Dentists.
A Frenchman who has been travel
ing in this country SAYS that what
struck him most in the United States
was the American habit of filing the
teeth with gold. About $500, 600 worth
of gold is thus used every year, he
says, all of which. of course, is buried.
So he figures that at the end of three
centuries the cemeteries of America
will contain gold to the value of $780,
600, 900. Il am afraid" he adds,
that this will prove too tempting to
the practical mind of the future
American, and we shall see the day
when companies will be organized
to mine the cemeteries and recover
the gold secreted in the jaws of deal
ancestors" The writer then goes on
and figures up the average amount of
gold in the teeth of each dead person.
He has evidently been consulting the
record of vital statistics, for he says
that SIS, 600 people died in the United
States in $50. This would bring the
value of gold in each dead persons
teeth to an average of about sixty
five and three-fourth cents, and he
thinks that in we'll crowded ceme-
teries the mining of this gold could
be carried on profitably despite the
small average value
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
TOLD OF WARD M'ALLIsTER.
Story of the Separation of His Wife
and His Oldest Son.

aud His Oldest Son.
The story, according to an old society
woman, is this: Soon after the mar
riage of Ward McAllister he and his
bride went abroad and took up a years
residence in Paris. Here they enter
tanned and lived very magnificently.
They We're extremely popular. and when
the little Ward appeared on the scene
he was made the recipient of numerous
gifts and was treated like a baby of
royalty. His mother was passionately
devoted to him, giving up society for
him, and not even allowing the nurses
to touch him when her own care could
take the nurses place. But the Young
wife was not strong. Soon her health
began to weaken under the strain of
tn care of the boy, and. after CONSUL
talon, the Partisan doctors said that
the two must be separated and the
mother travel in Italy for her health or
she would die. Immediately Ward Nc
Allister began making preparations for
the trip. But to his surprise his wife
refused to be separated from the child
Poor mothers took care of their chill
dren. why could not she? And she
knew that prepared French food would
kill him-that was the secret of it all
/
through with. And the wife was car
ried off forcibly to Italy. while the baby
returned on the steamer with his nurse
to make visit to an uncle and aunt on
the Pacific coast. But before the sepa-
ration Mrs. McAllister made this vow:
If you take the child away now l will
never look upon him again" And she
has kept that vow to this day-now
forty years That is the story as the
clubmen and older society women tell
t, says a correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun. Possibly there is but little foun-
dation for it to rest upon. Fear
ing for the future of the son, the gos
sips SO on to say, he had saved money
for him and used all his enormous So
cial influences for him. Once he dined
a certain western railroad magnate on
consideration that he would give Ward,
Jr., the counsel work for his western
roads. The son occasionally visits New
York
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
Help put It out.

o ye who love the portals Of home
more than the lintels of the saloon, the
laughter of children more than the hic-
cough of the drunkard, the desk of the
schoolhouse more than the vat Of the
brewery, the church Of God more than
the synagogue of satan, the chime Of
Sabbath bells more than the clink of
whisky glasses. the stripes upon your
country's flag more than the coil of the
still, look about you at this leering
monster whose drink is the blood of men
and the tears of women, and then, like
st. George with the dragon. strike hc .le
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
rhe car and tile students.

/ have heard from several sources,
and believe it to be true. that sixteen
students refused to TAXI the oath of
allegiance, expecting naturally to be
sent to Siberia forthwith. The car.
hearing of this. said: IF they refuse
to be my loyal subjects. let them
leave Russia within twenty four
hours, aDd live elsewhere until they
have acquired another nationality.
Then they ay return if they please
and finish their education" The stu
dents were so astonished that they
immediately took the oath.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
CAN'T Buy rHE BARGAINS.
Saleswomen Not Allowed to Take Adj
vantage of Bargain sales.

Saleswomen Not Allowed to Take Adj
vantage of Bargain Sales.
/ asked young saleswoman who
served me in large shop the other
day whether the employees of the es-
tablishment were allowed to take adj
vantage Of the bargain sales in
buying goods.
Il can't speak for any other places, !"
was her reply, but know that we're
not.
why, what chance would the pub
lie have after we'd had a whack at
the counter?
There are over coo women and
girls employed here, and the cream
of the bargains would be gone before
the customers had fought their way
through the front door.
''Of course, if we're smart we can
send people here to buy for us.
Zone girl did this some time ago,
but her friend got lost in the shuffi :
and couldn't crowd her way to the
counter.
$50 Mary Ann-she worked next to
me-got so wild that she gathered up
the things that she wanted and waved
'em at the woman as much as to say:
Come on, why don't you?
but the fioorwalker saw the whole
business, and it was 'good-by Mary
Ann"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
THE OLD LOG sHANTY.
1t Is Giving Way to the Tenement In
the Coal Region.

1t Is Giving Way to the Tenement in
the Coal Region.
One charm of the anthracite coal re-
gion of Pennsylvania has almost dis
appeared, and that is the comforta BILE
and even picturesque log shanty of
the Irish miner. The best of these
were well chinked from the weather
and within their flattened logs were
whitewashed and spotless. The floor
was scrubbed until it was nearly as
white as the walls. On one side was
a great fireplace, with large CRATE
piled high with perhaps loo pounds of
glowing anthracite. Wrinlxled old
Irish women, in the whltest of
starched caps, sat in front of the CRATE
knitting stout blue wooden stockings.
To the tiny breaker boys coming
home on winter nights after a
hard days work these shan
ties, with their cheerful fires,
were welcome resting places,
where they might stand in front of
the fire unrebuked while black
streams ran from their grimy boots
over the shining floor. The shanties
have given place to formal tenements,
and the Irish miners are retreating
before thousands of even poorer Ia
borers from continental Europe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
EPWORTH LEAGUE.
lesson For the Week Beginning Mach 81.
Comment by Rev. Walter j. Yates.
Topic. The Nazarite.

SCRIPTURE READISGs.-Num. vi. Is: Acts
xviii, Is; Gal v, -
The term Nazarite comes from a word
meaning to separate. TWAS applied to
those who, separating themselves in GER
tain respects from other persons or de-
nying themselves certain things, had
made special conservation TO God.
They were to be holy unto Jehovah, :"
in peculiar sense higher than even the
priesthood. That separation and holt
ness came from bodily descent, but the
Nazarlte' 5 was by personal conservation.
Three items were marked in this sep
aratlon. First was total abstinence from
all wine and every product of the vine;
second, he was not TO touch or come
near any dead body, even of the nearest
relative; thirdly, the hair was to be
allowed to grow during the period of
the vow. There were perpetual or life
long Nazarites as well as those for a
limited period. Such were Samson,
Samuel and John the Baptist
At the expiration of the vow the head
was shaved and the hair brought TO the
temple to be burned in the fire which
cooked the flesh of the peace offering.
Sacrifices were to be offered for burnt
offering, d sin offering and peace offer
ings.
The custom of vowing fell into gross
abuse among the Israelites before the
time OF Christ and drew from some
severe rebukes.
The spirit of Christ is that of abso-
Lutte conservation of all powers and pos
sessions for Gods. service and the con-
tinual repression Il all evil tendencies
of mind, spirit and body and cultiva-
ton of all virtues. Christians are to be
perpetual Na2arites in very deep and
broad sense, separated from the world
in its spirit and lusts and devoted who'll
ly to God,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
The saloon.

DIR. Gilbert Of Cleveland we'll says:
Against it is nature with her inviola-
BILE laws. Against it is society with all
its prophecies of future progress.
Against it is humanity with its vast
destinies. Against it is man with his
physical, mental and moral constitution.
Against it is woman with all her love
aud tenderness. Against it is home with
all its sanctities. Against it is the ma
tion with all it's grand traditions and
hopes for coming years. Against it is
heaven with its Righteousness. Against
it is God with all his holiness. The sa.
loon must goi"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
A New Literature.

John Wesley found the common peo-
pie destitute of books in all departments
of literature. He wrote, translated,
printed, published and circulated good
books and created new literature. He
originated the modern cheap book move
ment The needs Of the young people
are awakening attention, and a new lit
erature is springing up which gives
promise Of golden fruitage No one need
now be ignorant or read trash. Let the
literary department be enthused with
new life, and it will aid all others.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
OUR NEW GRIST MILL

At the depot is filled with
machinery of the very latest
and best make. Fine flour
and feed always on hand.
Grist work promptly done.
Our Perfection brand of -four
cannot be surpassed in quality
or for baking purposes. Pat
ronize home industries. Try
our PERFECTION and be
happy.
LANCASTER MILLING COMPANY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11

tile talents, deep and genuine devotion
to God and abundant energy, he has
won for himself high place in the af-
lection and confidence of the church and
League. He has travelled extensively
through the country and spoken at many
conventions, keeping in touch with the
work of the society as we'll as directing
affairs from the Office
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11

Be so good as not to say coal bod
any morel The vulgar useful coal
hod is henceforth to be known as a
coal vase-that is, when it appears in
elegant society. Some of the new
devices for that once noisy utensil
are so handsome they will decorate
any drawing room where they may
find themselves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
The Law OF Compensation.

The muscles of the hand reach their
highest perfection in man; no other
animal has true hand; the muscles
of the eyes, ears, and nose show that
several groups. which in the lower
animals are very highly developed in
man are in an almost rudimentary
condition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
The General secretary.

DR.. E. A. Schell, the general secreta-
~ Of the Epworth League, was elected
to che office in November. 1892. A
young man of fine presence, with versa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
Not Men Of MARX.

Unvaccinated persons ara rot per-
mitted T. vote in Norway.
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Dli5wintsr Fair San Fraasiseo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-18
LEGAL.
Executors Notice.

Executors Notice.
Estate Of johanna Bakersfield. deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed eIceu
tor Of the last will and testament OF Joh-ii ua
Bakersfield. late of the county of Rock Isiaic.
sIaie OF Illinois. deceased. hereby givee MOTTO.
that he will appear before the county court 81
Rocs Island county. at the Office Of the clerk Of
said court, IT. the city Of Rock Island. at The
July tenn. on the nr-: Monday in July mex.
q; waich time all pereone having clsims again.,
as,d estate are notified and requested to atte I'D
for the purpose Of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted To said estate are re-
qrestcd 10 maze immediate payment TO the uE-
ders;xned.
Dated this ed dav OF April, A. d. 1895
EDWARD BAU 6RSFELD, Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-18

NAPOLEON as FIRST CONSUL. BY eros.
the France that now arose was q new
France, unlike the old. But it was the
policy of the Consulate to revive as
much as was valuable out of the former
estate. The people were terminated and
inspired. A new life f!ourished on every
hand. The vigor of the First Consul diff
fused itself through all the elements Of
society.
The First Consul was most anxious
to effect q settlement with Great Brit
ain. That done, peace might be univer-
sal. The summer of 1901 was consumed
with oyertures freely made by Napoleon
and sullenly considered by Pitt. On tho
lst of October the preliminaries Of a
peace were signed at London. Every
thing seemed to be about to subside into
calm. Such, however, was the political
condition of Europe that the hopedfor
pacification Jagged; and it was not until
the 27th of March, 1902, that the
TREATY OF ANIENs was concluded.
The parties to this famous compact,
SO spectacular and go specious, We're
Great Britain ON the one side, and
France, Spain and the Bstav;an Repub-
lie on tho other. OF the last-named pow
er Napoleon had been made vice-presi-
deut two months previously-a fact in
dicative Of his growing power south Of
the Alps. BY the terms of the treaty.
England agreed to restore all the con-
quests recently made by her, except
Ceylon and Trinidad. These she was to
retain. Malta she was to restore to the
Knights of st. John. The French fer
their part were to relinquish Egypt,
and to evacuate Naples and Rome. The
Ionian Republic was to DO acknowl-
edged, and a general peace declared.
For the moment it appeared that all
Europe was about to emerge from the
shadows of horrid war into sunshine
and new era Of progress and happi-
ness. Never was q historical situation
more hopeful and hollow. more hatter-
ing and fallaciouS
Napoleon showed the greatest genius
in reforming the civil and military in
situations. On the 10th of May, 1902,
the Legion of Honor was authorized.
and on the succeeding anniversary of
the demolition of the Bastile, that IA
nous order Of soldiers was instituted
Such was the precision. the virtue, the
energy, the skill and force of the ad-
ministration that none might doubt or
oppose it. The popularity Of the First
Consul became as unreasonable as the
confidence in him was boundless. The
industries Of France hourished like q
new spring spreading over May, and the
funds Of the Republic suddenly rose q
hundred per cent!
The ambitions Of any other than Bona
parte might here have made pause.
The lust for more might here have been
appeased- He was really at the summit
Il human usefulness-and therefore a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-18

Sealed proposals will re received by the build
ing conmittse Of the board Of supervisors OF
Rock Island county. Illinois. until June 10. 1sa',
al IL o clock, noon, At the ONCE of the county
clerk of Rock Island county. in care OF +. A.
johnson oh .irman Of the building mnfee,
TO- .xcavafing, furnishirg all matters 8. and Tor
the construction and erecting OF the Rock Island
county court house. 10 be eituafed IN tn tou
House square In the city Of Rock Island. Illinois,
in accordance with the plane and rptcincsn ne
and detail drawings To be on DE at the ONCE OF
fine county clerk Of Rock leland cerrty. llinor.
after Nav 81 1875 All bidders will be required
10 ACCOMPANY their bid with certified check q
Ss(oc 90 Ia, able to the order OF tn County
Urea surer of Rock Island county, illinois. Which
"a d check viii be forfeited to the county 81 ho
Island ia the event of a failure OF the nidce- 20
enter into a contrsc with said board OF super
v sors, .bou'd his bid be accep'ed: The part, u
whom the contract Is av rted shall enter in o
bonds for the farhtul discharge OF his dIfy n
the sum Of CITY thousand collars ($So.NO APP
proved by the Building committee. Said BIDS sha ]
be openc, by the boilGirg COMMITTEES OF the boa q
Of -upervis ~ on Monday. June 10, isss, az u
O'Clock noon soon Il ere fter AZ eHd oue'-
ne-s NAV be resshsd. The right 10 rtse,v-d 90
r-iec. any snd all bids or /, waive sny deceit or
int,rmsl,v in sny bid should II be decided TO TIE
b. Sc Interests of The County 20 d, 90.
A JOHNSON Chstrm7n n
Attest: JAMES G. RRTrroN. SECRETARY.
:. j. MAXWELL, !AHEr H's>oS.
NEIs srCRcx W. I. QuAvL',
I'm SINSEr. w. X. CARkN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-18
The MARKETS
New York Financial.


NEW YORK, May Il.
Money on call easy ~ !9iia poe cent.
Prime meIc-snti,e paper ga pfts per cent
Ster.iIg exchange duh and heavy. with actual
bushes, in bankers bills at Is. Is o sssI4 for
demand and 4s6 i.4ssis for sixty days; posted
rates x6lsIiSs and ISS; commercial bills;
ts5A.
silver certificates 6.Gs.H: no sales; bar
silver. 6.5s- Mexican dollars 81
United States government bonds steady:
new IS reg. i-sSs; do coupons. s1f: IS reg.
llJ4; Sc COUPONS. ujsi; As reg. u2sa; As
coupons llS; rs reg, %. Pacific IS VI 81
1oO lid.
CHICAGO, May II.
following were the quotations on the
Board Of Trade today: Wheat - May,
opened ss,xc, closed 6s14c; July, opened 6Jlsc.
closed, 7O4c: September. opened 69sc. closed
sUl4c. Corn-May. opened sligo. closed 5lI4c:
July, opened &c. closed 5ilac; September.
opened osisc. closed 5.Iac. Oats May, opened
g &c, closed .s14c; June. opened sstsc, closed
2slac: July, opened 2s,8c. closed Sc. Pork
May. nominal, closed nomina July. opened
SEA closed $I.40. Lard-May, nominal,
closei $d5'la.
Produce: Buttcr-Creamery. Ice per ID;
extra dairy, l5c; fresh packing stock,
sG.1c. Eggs--tresh stock. Loss on. 1llS per
dozen. Live neutrality-suspicious.. 9s5del0c per ID;
turkeys, 7et9c: ducks. S.tac, geese, sa010
6.Uo per dozen. Observation-Disclosures. fair to
choice. 5oG53c per bushel: Hebrons. 4s15sc;
Peerless. 4bI5oc: mixed. 45359c. Apples
Fair to choice. Sl.j0Di.5J per bbl honey
White clover, Lib sections. new stock, 1875
Glac; broken comb. lcGsi.c; dark comb, poor
packsges SC; strained California. 5a6c.
Chicago Lave stock.
CHICAGO May i.
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follows: Hogs-Es:i.
mated receipts for the day 2,lNJ: sales ranged
1t S12tspl.45 pigs. s+.a5lti.5' light. SL2j1435
rough packing, SL3tl4.65 mixed, and SA401
40 heavy packing and shipping Lots
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the day
400; quotations ranged at $l6)16.D choice
to extra shipping steers. S,5Lt.o5 good to
choice do, $4.6O1 rs fair to good sLOJlni6j
common to medium do, Si.9olst.3i butchers
steers. $s.5O6E3.70 stockers. Si6,346J feeders,
Sl15G3O COWS, S3.5oGGs0 heifers, S.UJ1&.4O
bulls, SSW15.lO Texas ste,rs, AMI 81 5Jab5si
veal calves
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the day
Gun; sales ranged at $aUJ9LD westerns,
G250AI5 Texas. ss25 eaO natives. ami $a5j
06Uu lnmbs.
The Local Markets.
u,, - CRAM ETC.
Corn 46RtSc.
O.ee-- 30 l32c.
Wild. s1oasii; slcngh sSass; baled. ssnsis
PRUrr AND VEGETABLES.
Potatoss-70c.
UDtons-3Oc per or.
PRODUCE
BuIer- Fair to choice. 15r; fresh cream
cry 80.
Egge-Freeh, lie.
Po1ltry-Chickens, &c.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Rutchcrs ray for corn fed steer
415;; cows and heiiers, 3G4h calves
| Sshc.
Hogs 4Ac
Sheep-4hc
| Spring LAMB S3cS3 heal.
! FUEL.
Coal Soft, Toe.
Wood-S3 50 Ter cord.