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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
The Longest Day.

June 81 is the longest day of the
year, the day when the sun reaches
its northern limit. the tropic of Can
GER. At points on the line of the arc
tic circle there is the wonder of the
midnight sun, and many tourists go
long distances to witness the sight.
1t is singular how accurately the
semibarbarous nations were able to
observe and reckon. On Salisbury
plain in England may be seen a
cromlech erected by the Druids. 1t
is circle of huge stones which once
formed a temple, but the most in
teresting part of the structure is the
sacrificial stone, which is a broad,
fat slab so placed that the rays of
the rising sun strike full upon it
only on the 21st of June The old
guide who shows the place to visit
ors tells the story that young girl
once said to him. Il suppose you
have seen it hundreds of times,
haven t YOU" Brooklyn Times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Mrs. Harmon.

Mrs. Harmon, the wife of the new at
torney general, is said to lie an unusual
ly fine conversationist and woman Of
rare intellectual powers. She has three
daughters, one of whom, Miss Eliza
beth. who made her debut last winter,
will be among the few young women in
cabinet circles, as most of the children
of the other officers are still in their
teens. Mrs. Larmon met her husband at
her home in the town of Hamilton, O.. !,
where the attorney general, then young
law student, had gone to visit her broth
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
3 story Neatly AppIied.

This little story is going the rounds
to point the moral when an orator
claims that women have until now been
kept shielded from business cares and
from the hard side of life When the
orator struck an attitude and exclaimed
Would that You would let us so protect
you now and forever, clever little
woman resPcnding tells the story of
Obadiah ana his spouse The farmer S
wife was about to be gathered in by the
grim harvester. death, and she said: :
Obadiah, you have been kind hus-
band to me. You have done all you
could to make my life comfortable and
happy. We have been married SO years,
and ever since we have been married
you have eaten all the bread crusts so
that / would not have to eat them.
Hain't you, Obadiah Eyes, Lucindy.
/ have. " Obadiah. it was very kind
of you. and now you won't mind my
telling you o. one thing, will your"
No, Lucindy. What is it?'' "Oba-
diah ''-and there was a world of self
abnegation in her voice. Obadiah, l
always was very fond of bread crusts. +"
And now that we are just passing from
the old life into a new era you won t
mind our telling you one thing, will
you? You don't mind our telling you
that we have, many of us, been really
fond of the bread crusts of life which
you have so generously taken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
pYsPepsIA CURED wlIH Nus.
One Mans Experience With This HonleIy
Dish which May Interest Others.

One Mans Experience with This Hor,eIy
Dish which May Interest Others.
do you like that" inquired one
man of his companion at the noon
day lunch. The second man had be-
fore him bowl in which there was
an island, yellow and mountainous,
wholly surrounded by mimic sea
of milk.
well. can t say do. hereplied
after a moments thoughtful rumi-
nation, at the same time making
deep sea sounding with his spoon.
But it agrees with me. You notice
how much better / look?" His COM
panion nodded. II weigh 90 pounds
more than did six months ago, and
| believe it is all ON account of eat
ing mush and milk had terrible
time with myself for awhile-gas
on the stomach, dull, heavy feeling
over the eyes, taste on the back
part of my tongue in the morning
as if / had had copper cent in my
mouth and had been inhaling coal
smoke all night and all the rest Of
it. / WAS almost untitled for bust
ness half the time, and the worst of
it was / didn t seem to care. If there
is anything that will take the Chi
cago right out of man and make
him utterly Indifferent as to wheth
er school keeps or not, it is this feel
ing of general cussedness which the
doctors call dyspepsia.
went to the physician who has
always looked after my family and
told him how / felt. / told him
what ate, when l ate it and how
ate it. He looked at my tongue and
said ! was in d pretty bad shape. /
supposed he would give me pre-
scription with lot of marks on it
like the bill of Chinese laundry
man, but he didn't. He simply said
Eat mush. If you will eat mush
right along for six months, not too
much of it, because the dyspeptio
has his spells when he wants to take
on load just as a drlnker does, but
in moderation. you will not have
any more trouble.
THE doctor weighs 230 pounds,
and he told me he had two brothers,
each of whom tipped the beam at
about the same figure. They came
of Pennsylvania Dutch stock, and
he told me were principally raised
on smearcase, or what is served here
under the more elegant name of cot
tage cheese. / told my wife what
the doctor said, and l have had mush
and milk nearly every evening
for supper and every morning for
breakfast since AS / say, don t
like it, but my dislike for dyspepsia,
on the other hand, is positive. -
Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Generous Colorado.

In Colorado the new woman has re-
ceived more public recognition in the
way Of election to important offices than
in any other state. In Kansas women
have been elected to minor offices for 15
years, but with the exception of Mrs.
Lease none of them has been called to
higher than village on township offices.
A Mrs. Mace King has Just been nomi-
mated however, for register of deeds in
Dickinson county, of which Abilene is
the seat. In Colorado the state superin-
tendent of public instruction is Mrs. A.
J. Peavey. The state commissioner of
dairy inspection is Mrs Clemmer The
secretary of the state board of horticul
ture is Mrs. Martha A. Shute. She is an
expert i'll her profession. In the new
state of Wyoming most of the counties
have had women as school superintend-
ents for years, but Mrs. Estella Reed,
state superintendent of schools, elected
last fall, was the first woman to hold a
state Office North Dakota has a state
superintendent of schools in Mrs. DIR.
Mary Barker Bates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
The Girl In yellow.

An American girl who is passing the
season in London is called 1.-THE girl in
yellow, because she wears nothing but
gold color i'll the evening. A gown re-
Gently worn by her is thus described
1t had a very full plain skirt of yellow
corded silk, while the bodice was fash
Toned of accordion plated chiffon, with
a slight fullness to the front 1t was
trimmed with bands of gold galloon,
three of them being drawn down over
the front of the corsage. while one band
was placed down the sleeve, reaching to
the elbow. Two rows of this same
adornment were used in the back, and
the entire effect of the glistening gold
against the soft yellow chiffon was
charming. 1t was finished around the
shoulders with a narrow band Of mar
about, and this was used also around the
sleeves at the elbow. Yellow satin stock
ings and slippers, with "A tiny gold
buckle, and d great fan of yellow game
completed the toilet. New Y ork World
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
The Northwest Passage.

Through all the centuries since the
nations of Europe because masters of
the worlds commerce, up TO the iif-
teenth century. the trade with the
rich countries of the Orient had been
conducted chiefly by long, tedious,
and often dangerous journeys over
land. Navigators conceived the idea
that by sailing west from European
shores, India would be reached by an
all-sea route. This was the motive OF
Columbus voyage in 1862, when he
found his path blocked by the new
world. Foiled in this hope, the geo.
graphers calculated, from what they
thought they knew, that North
west Passage by the arctic regions.
existed, which would be practicable
for commerce. In the attempt to
find this passage. the most celebrated
(and unfortunate) expedition was that
Of Sir John Franklin, in 1915. in
which every man persisted The
passage was finally discovered in
1856, by Capt. Mcclure, who sailed
from Boring Sea to Baffin's Bay, but
is totally impraticable as com
mercial route. The true .North
west Passage to the Orient now, is
by the great railroads Of Northwestern
America. which bring The most
ancient and the newest peoples to-
gether in close relations. Among
these is prominent the Burlington
Route. which may be said to occupy
the whole Central West and North
west, and is the quickest and best
means Of communication. which it's
people have. Your home agent can
sell YOU tickets by this route. and
give information or you can address
w. j. q. Kenyon. Gen. Pass Agent,
ST. Paul, Mimi, who will give prompt
attention to correspondence,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
Antwerp schooIboxs.

The sclioolboys of Antwerp would de-
light you. So far as legs go, they are
clad as any American boys Gight be
clad-in knickerbockers or long trou-
sers-but around their shoulders they
wear dark blue capes with hoods. and
on their le: DIS such jolly capsl
Rubens, the great painter, lived in
Antwerp. He died there $50 years ago,
but the boys of Antwerp know as much
about him as you do about Christopher
Columbus or George Washington-may-
be more-and they keep his memory
green by the caps they wear. These are
of the same style as those worn by
Rubens, and for that reason they are
much worn by art students generally,
and therefore in towns where Rubens is
not so well known as he is i'll Antwerp
they are described as painters caps. :"
They are much larger in circumference
shan the Tam O'Shanter. and instead
of being knitted or crocheted they are
made of dark blue or black cloth and
have a cunning little pigtail ON the top,
not more than an inch IN length and
smaller around than a lead pencil The
boys wear these caps in all sorts of
ways-palled down over the eyes to
keep the sun out, pulled entirely back
from the forehead, as is the fashion of
Neapolitan fishermen. or worn rakishly
on one side or the other and hanging
well down on the shoulder.
Hot one straw hat or one derby did /
see on the head of an Antwerp school
boy. The effect of these caps and the
short cane was very picturesque, and
telt as if was looking at so many lit
tie Rubenses when saw them romping
through the streets on their way to and
from school St. Nicholas
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
women Monument Makers,

The proprietor Of Cincinnati marble
yard employed three women year ago
to handle and saw the great blocks, pol
ish the marble slabs and do the same
work that men had for years monopo-
hzed Today he has IL women i'll his
employ. earning from 81 to $12 per
week, and is so well satisfied with them
that all the men employed will be grad
ually supplanted, except few laborers,
who will operate the derricks and do
the really heavy work about the yard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28

It's just as easy to try One Minute
Cough Cure as any thing else. It's
easier to cure severe cough or cold
with it. Let your next purchase for
a cough be One Minute Cough Cure.
Better medicine, better results. better
try it. j. T. BENNETT.
The Kickapoo Valley Creamery
Company of Crawford county will be
Incorporated with a capital of $4,000.
There is no excuse for any man to
appear in society with grizzly beard
since the introduction of Bucking-
hams dye. which colors natural
brown or black
Thomas Bracket Reed narrowly es-
capped becoming a clergyman when
yonng man.
Speer's old port grape wine from
his Oporto grape vineyards at Passaic.
n. j., his Socialite Claret, vim. 1881
and his luscious Burgundy stand un-
rivalled by any wines in the world es-
pecially for invalids.
George Baker, former Baraboo
man was killed at Fort Morgan. Col.
~ the accidental discharge of a gun.
Acts at once, never fails, One Min
ute Cough Cure. A remedy for asth-
ma and that feverish condition. which
accompanies a severe cold. The only
harmless remedy that produces inn
mediate results. j. L. BENNETT.
/
The new Methodist church at Ash
land was dedicated with imposing
ceremonies. The cost of the struct-
ure was 81, 900
Say, why don't you try De Wits
Little Early Risersp These little pills
cure headache, indigestion and con-
stipation. They're small but do the
work. j. T. BENNETT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Dr. Jacob ON the BALLOT.

DIR. Mary Putnam jacob. that able
and ardent advocate of political equality
for women, says: 1.-The ballot does not
always secure at elections the measure
it desires, but it gives to the voter Ger
tain dignity. Women who ask for the
ballot are trying to free themselves from
the legal inequality that exists and that
affects every phase of their daily life.
Responsibility and equality are symbol
lied in the ballot. Public affairs, de-
spite the opposition to suffrage, are be-
ginning to demand the interference of
women for the sake of their higher in
huence. A moral squint perverts the
moral vision of the public When class
barriers are supposed to be thrown
down, the way is opened for women. So
we look forward to the day when the sex
class barrier will be obliterated, Women
demand fair field and no favor We
feel able win our way along the broad
lines of justice. We ask nothing because
we are women, but everything because
we are human !"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28

Fichus are to be greatly worn next
winter, and very stylish and dressy they
are too. The pretty pelerines. made of
lace and ribbons. with the long ends
crossed under the bust, carried round
the waist and tied in bow in the back,
also promise 10 be fashionable. Lots Of
our elderly female relatives have real
lace fichus hidden away among their
treasures. Now is the time TO coax them
out-the fichns and the elderly female
relatives as well. Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Diving From a Height.

In diving from height, say, of six
feet. throw the heels well up, keep the
legs straight and close together, and
bring the hands forward in front of and
above the head. The position required
is one every boy takes naturally in first
attempting TO swim. The hands act as
the Prov Of ship, for they cut the wa
ter. They should therefore always be
turned inst as you strike the surface
This will prevent you going deep and
will also give an impetus to carry you
through the water. A good diver can
dive from a height of 40 to so feet and
not go a yard below the surface, where
as the frequent accidents along our
coast show that carelessness in springing
from pier into shallow water frequent
ly results in broken neck
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
An EIktown Custom.

In Elktown, a country town in
Maryland, all leases fall due and all
removals take place on the 25th oil
March, instead of the LIST of Janu-
airy, or on May day. This custom
dates back to the years before the
calendar was changed, when New
Years day was celebrated on the
18th of March.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Forfeit Rum

Everybody knows about blind man S
buff, 7" but there is another buff of
quite different kind. 1t can be played
as a game, and it is also often used as a
forfeit buff. 1t is very useful when there
are several children wanting to get back
their forfeited handkerchiefs, ribbons,
knives, pencils, etc. These young folks
stand up in a ring, hand in hand, but
facing outward, and the biggest hold
ing small hearth broom, pointing its
handle at the next player, says rapidly
and solemnly;
''Buf says Buff to all his men,
And they say Buff to him again.
Buff neither laughs smiles
But carries his face
with very good grace
And passes his broom
To the very next place.
Hal Hoi Hal Hol
To my very next neighbor
Go, Broomie, go. :"
If Buff makes any mistake, laughs or
even smiles during thus saying, he must
begin it all ever again. If he keeps
quite solemn and serious, he hands the
broom to the neighbor and retires from
the circle to receive back his forfeit,
while the next player. holding its han
die toward her neighbor, repeats the
rhyme ard so on till the broom is land
ed with the last child, who hands it in in
return for her own forfeit, or if buff is
being played merely as game the
ring is reformed and the next tallest
player begins it again with
sBufT saws BUR to all his men,
-Kennebec Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Like q sucker.

Cut common radish in two, hollow
the interior slightly, then rub it gently
upon dinner plate. In moment you
can lift up the radish by the tail and
the plate with it. for the plate will adj
here as tightly as if the two objects We're
pasted together. This is known as the
Hercules radish" trick
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Official DIRECTORY.

4
NJ ErHopIsT EPISCOPAL church. cor
sSs ner Monroe and Cherry; Rev. H. D.
mlth, pastor. Services 1920 a. m. and 7:30
;; M, sabbath school at9:l5. prayer meeting
s'So sunday evening
- MMaNUEL church, DR.. E. E. Edwards.
w rector Sunday services at 1880 a. N.
ana 1880 p NJ; Sunday school at p. M
NoNGaEGATloNAL church, Rev. P. H.
~ Mason. pastor. Sunday services at 1880
prayer meeting Thursday evening at $50;
! Christian Endeayor at Gas p m, Sunday.
. OMAN CATHOLIC church Rev. Albers.
~ pastor. Services at 10 a. m. and every
morning during the week att O'Clock.
NERMAN PRESENTER AN church, Rev.
~ j. A Ringold, pastor. Services every
other Sunday; Sunday school every Sunday
at II o'clock
HERMAN EVANGELICAL church, Madison
- street Sunday school at a. m; ser
vices at 1920 a, M; singing school at p. M
k~first and third Saturdays In each month
IN the Showalter building.
GEssMT cHaPTsa RoyAL ARcs MsssoNss
! Tuesdays of each month at p. m. in their
! hall in the Showalter building.
MINERVA CHAPTER order Of the
/ Tvs Eastern Star meets in the Masonic
rooms the first and third Mondays of each
month at p m.
ssts every ySsssg Sage at S 81 n in
Odd Fellows hall.
NAMP OF J. o. o. f. meets LIST and Sd
~ Mondays of each month at $50 P. IN. in
Odd Fellows han.
fox ve Pps Second no and s fS5urfh sstuF
/ day nights of each month in Muesse-Brook-
/ er block.
row cox CORPS w. r. : meets ev-
cry second and fourth Saturdays of
each month at p. m. in G. A. r. hall.
EIDELiTY LODGE a. o. u. w. meets
first and third Mondays of each month
in Muesse- BROKER block at 1880 p M.
GAYLvAN CAMP NJ. w. OF a meets
- second and fourth Thursdays of each
month in Wenzell block, Maple street.
HOuNclL NO. So. a. p. a. meets sec
~ ond Friday evening of each month in
Muesse-Brooker block.
A lancaster COUNSEL NO So. Meets
4na every second and fourth Friday each
month in Muesse-BroOker Building.
n ANcaSTER LODGE No.-t17 x. OF p.
No. meets every Tuesday at p. IN. in Goble
block east of Court house.
NALANrHE TEMPLE No. 2 meets every
~ wednesday evening at 7;3O in X. +. Cas-
! tie, Goble block.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Herman Buchner,
ATTORNEY

Practices in all state courts. Loans
collections and settlement of estates.
Court commissioner for U. S. courts
and for circuit court of Grant county.
Pendleton block.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Cleary & Cleary,
ATTnRNEvG

Will practice in all courts. Special
les: Collections, Loans and Settle
ment of Estates. PLATrEvILLE, WIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Brown & Goodsell,
ATTORNEYS

Will practice in all courts in the
county and state. Real estate bought
and sold. Probate business special
ty. Collections promptly attended to.
Office over State bank.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
w E. Howe.

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Practices in all courts Collections
a speciality. BosCoBEL. WIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
Lawyers
Clark & Taylor,
ATTORNEYS

Office over Postoffice in Clark 5
clock, Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
w. J. Brennan,
ATTORNEY

VIII practice in all courts. Special
ties: Collections, loans and settle
ment of estates. Office in Baxter
block
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-30
THEY ALL USE IT.
Residents Of chautauqua Co. use Dr. David
Kennedy's Fayorile Remedy.

FREwsBURGH, CHAUTAUoUA Co., \. Y.-The
people of this village have great reason to
feel grateful to DR.. David Kennedy, the dis
coyerer Of DR.. David Kennedy S Favorite Penn
edy. Mrs. r. c. Dingley, OF this place. in
speaking of Favorite Remedy recently, said:
~ consider it my duty to advise sick people
to use Favorite Remedy. In one case particu-
larly, that of young married woman who
was suffering from the troubles many OF our
sex are afflicted with. For weeks she has
been free from those excruciating pains that
almost kill women and DR.. Kennedy's Fav-
orite Remedy has about cured her. S. S. Whit
man was SO sick from combination of dis
eases that he thought he could live but little
longer, but DIR. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
has done so much for him that be pas worked
on his farm all summer. In fact, he has not
been so well in ten years. There are score
of people here who have been cured by its use"
Fayorite Kennedy restores the disordered
liver to healthy condition, corrects eonstipa-
ton and is certain cure for the diseases and
sicknesses of women. 1t cures scrofuia, salt
rheum and erysipelas. For nervousness, loss
of sleep or that worn ont feeling it has no
equal. In cases OF rheumatism, dyspepsia,
gravel, Bright's disease. diabetes and bladder
troubles. it has cured where ali else failed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-30
SILVER TABLES.
So Named From tho Articles In Precious
Metal Displayed Upon Them.

Metal Displayed Upon Them.
Silver tables take their name not from
the material of which they are made, but
from the pretty toys in silver that arc
temptingly displayed upon Them These
tables are, as q rule, comparatively mex
pensive affairs, generally small and low,
sometimes made of inlaid mahogany or
oak and often constructed of common pine
with plush or tapestry covering.
The first important acquisition toward a
handsome table is n silver lamp, which
should be antique in form. This lamp,
with a colorcd shade, throws glow over
the curios beneath it which adds greatly
to their beauty. Candlcsticks, except when
very little, are excluded from companion
ship with the small and dainty bits. Photo
graph frames in rich rcpousse or elaborate
ly carved silver are, however, admissible,
but they must not be large, and the pic
lures incloscd must be very beautiful.
Next in importance to the lamps and
the frames are spoons of every conceivable
shape and ornamcntcd in n thousand diff
ferent ways, which may be collected in
foreign travel or even on tour in one 5
cwn country.
AS for tho other articles that go to make
up lady's collection of this fin dc steele
fad their name is legion.
Richly carved and embossed boxes,
sometimes large enough to hold cigarettes
and sometimes only big enough for bon
.bons or crystallizcd leaves of yiolets, have
a corner of their own, says a contributor
to Vogue
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-30

The one in No. is taught by Miss Ida
Quigg.-Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lowell of
Boston. are i'll town on visit.-Walter
|. Neal of Pittsfeld, is in town on bust
ness Tho ice has gone out of Georg, S
lake and all are expecting to catch sal
mon.-The frost is out of the ground.
Several farmers have sowed peas and
planted potatoes for early use.-Rev. Mr.
Abbott of South Hope, preached here
Sunday, and it is understood he will dc
liver an address here On Memorial day
A. j. Skidmore has bought one half of
the meat business of W. A. Lord and
now it is Lord 81 Skidmorc. The mail
route from here to Belfast has been sold
again. 1t is now owned and carried by
Wilson Wipr