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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
WOOD MOSAIC OF sAwDus7.
Highly Ornamental Process for Mold
Ing Door and Elnor aFntertnI

/ mighty Ornamental Process for Mold
ing Doors and Floor Material.
IL the reports OF the Industrial tnion
mention IS made OF new process of
floor mosaic, says the Yale Scientific
Monthly. Small particles Of wood. az
sawdust- wood -four and fine sbavinrs
are treated first with a mixture Of shell
lac and alcohol. and then with a cement
;nade OF curd and Stacked lime. While
this mixture is still damp. it is put into
hot molds of the desired shape and size
and placed under pressure. The Joint
action OF the heat and pressure unite
the wood most thoroughly with both
the shellac and the cement. After a few
minutes the compound is taken out of
the molds when it is thoroughly coolel
and hardened Great care is necessary
that no foreign substances. especiallv
OF an oily nature, be present, as it would
prevent the cement from being alb
sorDed into the pores Of the wood. In
making different colored mosaic the
natural color of the woods used is taken
INTO consideration, then the wood itself
IS dyed, and lastly dyes dissolved in
alcohol are mixed with the sheIlac. The
process is then performed as before.
In spite of its hardness this compound
possesses all the perfection of wood, so
that 1t is particularly well adapted for
use as a floor covering in living rooms
and private dwellings. An important
advantage over all other processes of
mosaic floors is that it
is not affected by any change of tenn
perature,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
WHY Paw Rent .

Better own a farm Start now.
Send to w. B. Kniskern, - fifth Ave.
Chicago, H.. for free copy OF The
Northwestern Home-Seeker, which
gives practical information TO those
interested in the pursuits Of agricul-
ture, dairying and cattle raising.
CORES poudenee solicited from intend
inc settlers. I9July 8. II, 81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
noe Tobncco Henrt

'9The doctor says l have tobacco
heart"
4fNonsense!"
Don't you believe there is such a
thing@'
',Oh, of course there is such thing,
but II any doctor tells you that you
have it you can put it down as a dead
certainty that he doesn't know what you
smoke. If he'd said cabbage heart, it
would have been different" -Chicago
Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
Yours Respectfully. P. H. MARBrRY.
Home Amenities.

Mr.. Jason-The woman's page in this
here paper says that women is begin
ming TO learn how to think for their
selves. Where on earth win you be at
when that comes into fashion?
Mrs. jason s'pose III go on in the
old way; thinkin' for you.-Indianapolis
Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01

~There are in the histories of all ma
tons" said the earnest man. ''crises
when some few men must step forward
and save their country from utter
ruin"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum.
'athat's very true. II happens once
every four years with us, the next occa-
sion OF that kind being scheduled for
1900. r-Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
Trouble in the museum.

The Fat Lady-What is the Two
Headed Freak talking to herself about?
The Dog-Faced Boy-Why, you see,
each one of her criticised the other
ones bonnet, and now they're having
an awful fuss.-Town Topics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01

He asked her to sing, for his heart was astir
For all the sweet solace that song might
confer;
He asked her TO sing. then he wrtthed In
fit,
For how could he guess that she never
would quit?
Chicago Record
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
A Man of Attachments,

''He is highly accomplished young
man." said the professor.
Something of nnguist, believe"
returned his wife.
'Yes. He knows five modern Ian
guages."
(Which ."
English. French, German. Spanish
and baseball lk."-Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01

High-What's the matter with you
this morning? You look as though you
were on your last legs.
Lowe-Oh. I'm not myself at all
High-Well. that's nothing to feel so
bad about.-Brooklvn Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
Ana So IL Mns.

The Colonel-So poor old Mike has
committed suicide, has he? Well, 1
should have thought that would have
been the last thing he'd have done.
Tenant-Which it were. sor-Tit-
Bits
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01

Cholly-That valet of mine is entirely
too facetious.
Regy-What has he been doing?
Cholly-I told him to go out and buy
me supply of current literature, and
he returned with a dozen journals on
ectricity.-Up-to-Date
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01

What's become of the idia-rubber
man?" asked the Circassian beauty in
the side show.
Il don't know for sure" replied the
snake charmer, but guess he got
bounced. '-Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
tnnnucrpatea r1eusurr.

She-Now, dearest, you know that
when we are married you have promised
TO go right 70 housekeeping.
BE (doubtfullyl-But, my angel. you
cannot cook at all.
She Cbrightlyl-That's all right, love;
but mother can.--Boston Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01

Honest.
o'Doolan If yez found million dol
lars, wud yez give it back2
O'Hoolan-Oi wud, if the owner wuz
: poor mo1 -Up-to-Date
Drinking on Ills Friends.
Brown-Smith drinks like fish.
Jones-That's so; a fish never has to
pay for his drinks.-N. Y World.
Up TO snuff.
He-3 cure a bird. deari
She-Yes. but I'm live one; don't
try to stuff me.-Yonkers Statesman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01

Halls Hair Remover is pronounced
the best preparation made for thick
ening the growth of the hair and re-
storing that which is gray to its
original color.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
BegIne to Have sense.

"Your baby is getting so clever"
Yes; this time last year she didn't
know moth balls from marshmallows."
Chicago Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
weeping and Crying.

Don't cry" he entreated.
Then he perceived that her handker-
chief was edged with the most exquisite
lace.
Don't weep" he said. correcting him
self.-Detroit Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
Hnd No Time for rrine..

"When I married him l honestly be-
leved should learn to love him"
And you didn't?"
mo, a married woman has so little
time 10 devote TO the acquisition of mere
accomplishments. Town Topics
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01

only nervous" is a sure indication
that the blood j. not pure. Hoods
Sarsapariila puri6eS the blood and
cures nervousness
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01
Cured by Baco-Curo and GainedaThIrtv
/


From hundreds of testimonials. the
originals OF which are on file and open
to inspection, the following is pre-
scented:
Clayton, Nevada Co, Ark, Jan -, 1885
Eureka Chemical & Mfg. Co.. La Crosse.
WIS -Gentlemen: For forty years / used
tobacco in all its forms For TWENTY-FIVE
years of that time / was a great sufferer
from general debility and heart disease
For fifteen years l tried to quit but l could
not. took various remedies among others
No-To-Bac, the Indian Tobacco Antidote"
Double Chloride of Gold etc. etc. but none
OF them did me the least bit of good. Fin
ally. however, / purchased box of your
'Baco-Curo' and il has entirely cured me
OF the habit in all its forms. and ! have in
creased thirty pounds in weight and am re-
leaved from all the numerous aches and
pains Of body and mind. could write
qulre OF paper upon my changed feelings
and condition.
Yours respectfully. p. Fl. MARBURY.
Pastor c. p Church. Clayton. Ark.
Sold by all druggists at 81 90 per
box; three boxes (thirty days treat
msnD $3.50 with iron-clad written
guarantee or sent direct upon receipt
of price. Write for booklet and
proofs. Eureka Chemical & Mfg. Co.
Lacrosse, Wis and Boston, Mass,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-01

BUIrERICK PArrERNs XII the
latest STYLES always on naaa
Yours 10 please { II. Is 4 60.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
WOMAN AND HOME.
PAID BRIDESMAIDS.
A European Custom which IL I'll

"A European Custom which IL Find
ing Favor in New York.
That weddings are fast losing their
simplicity and sentimentality is an nc
knowledged fact, but of late they have
done more than that-they have de-
scended to the level of the funerals
where paid mourners used to weep.
The custom has been inaugurated of
hiring pretty bridesmaids and the
whole affair is reduced to business
level. This has been done in this coun-
try and the idea is being taken up in
Paris and London. Paid bridesmaids is
a term calculated tn shock the aesthet-
ically minded, but some who assist at
the altar have an eye to the main
chance, }Soodly sums being paid to
beautiful girls for their services at
fashionable marriages. There is one
belle who has earned sufficient to pro-
vide for herself an elegant trousseau
by thus ministering to the wants of
ultra-fashionable brides. This girls
figure is perfection and shows off the
beauties of expensive gowns in the fin
est style, while her complexion is sur
passingly lovely and her features fault
1essly regular So run after is she that
she can afford to turn up the nose of
disdain at any but really frst-class af-
fairs, and it is becoming quite an honor
to have her name figure in the wedding
report of really influential brides.
There is ANOTHER fashionable brides
maid in London-really a New York
Tpniflep-yho enrpc puita n cn,n fort /, hi n
sum by posing as bridesmaid. Her
beauty is Incompatible and her figure
so fine that she always causes sensa-
tion wherever she appears in the robes
of honor. 1t is no unusual thing for
her to have dozen invitations within
a week. OF course the majority of the
applicants are perfect strangers, and
frequently it is her painful duty to de-
cline to- appear at second-rate we'd
dings, though the price offered is often
exceptional. A recent New York we'd
ding witnessed the satin-robed bride
attended by 13 exquisitely lovely
bridesmaids. ten of whom were paid
over $50 to appear, the costumes
works of art-being provided for the
occasion by the brides father. One
favored beauty, who prides herself on
having appeared at 200 weddings, issues
dainty circulars, and directly a fash
ionable engagement is publicly an
nounced forwards her prospectus to the
bride-to-be, with a goodly assortment
of press opinions. letters of reference.
ETC.. being almost certain of securing
an order to attend.-Chicago News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
HINTS FOR SToCkMEN.

All young animals need pleaty of ex-
ercise TO develop the muscles.
Never have the sleeping apartments
and feeding floor for hogs the same.
The neglect to begin to train the
colt until it is horse, has ended in the
death of more than one good man. Be-
gin to train the first week.
A chronic baker is like chronic
kicking COW, nuisance. Several rem
cdies are prescribed, but the best one
is to get rid of the animal.
1t is not well to keep all kinds of
stock in the same apartments, what
ever anybody may say. 1t might do
if the ventilation is perfect, but there
is the rub.
There is less waste in feeding baled
hay, opinions to the contrary notwith-
standing. Where the feeding is ex-
tensive the saving will pretty nearly
pay for the press in one year.
The doctors say that there is more
typhoid fever in the country than in
the city, owing to the contamination of
wells. If that is true, how much sick
ress is caused among the animals by i'm
pure water no one can tell.-Wcstern
Plowman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
Keep Household Accounts.

Keeping household accounts is an af.
fair, if not necessity, still of the great
est wisdom, says ~ exchange In com.
parison with the small amount of time
and labor which the doing so employs
the satisfaction of knowing at the end
of each year how the family funds have
gone is the amplest compensation. One
especial satisfaction gained from the
keeping of household accounts is the
ability when, or if the necessity arises,
to reduce expenditures on the outlay
for luXuries and unnecessaries. The
money spent for food, for medicines
or for fuel is capable of far less reduc.
tion than that used for amusements, for
wages or for clothing, and a system OF
accounts which will show at, once where
expenses can be lessened is entitled to
respectful consideration.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
Corn Soun.

Use one can of corn, one quart and
two gills of milk, three tablespoonfuls
of butter, two of flour, one generous
teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth of tea
spoonful of pepper, one tablespoonful
of minced onion and the yolks of two
eggs. Put the corn into wooden bowl
andAqash it as fine as possible. Now put
in the double boiler with one quart of
milk and cook for Is minutes. Put the
butter and onion in small frying pan
and cook slowly for ten minutes. Add
the flour and cook until frothy, being
careful not to brown. Stir this into the
corn and milk. Now add the salt and
pepper and cook for ten minutes
longer. AT the end of this time rub the
soup through strainer and return
TO the fire. Beat the yolks of the eggs
well and add to them the half pint of
cold milk. Stir this mixture into the
soup and cook for one minute, stirring
all the while.-Woman's Work.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
EARLY pigs Are the Best.

Wherever a farmer has warm base
ment stables it is easy TO make hog
pen in one corner and use it for the
breeding sows. Every one admits that
pigs dropped early in March will prove
much more valuable than those born
u month or two later. 1t is some extra
trouble to keep them warm, and they
will also need extra feeding for both
sows and pigs while the cold weather
continues. But when the warm days
come the early pigs that have a run in
pasture and plenty of milk will be far
better fitted for heavy corn feeding
than will the late spring pigs. There
is often difference of so TO rs pounds
in hogs fed just the same, and whose
only difference is that the heavier were
born four to six weeks earlier than the
others.-American Cultivator.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
Testing the Seed Corn.

Testing seed corn is far too often neg.
lected. Corn which has been thorough
ly dried and then properly stored will
lay in the ground for few weeks with
out rotting should long, wet season oc-
cur Corn which was well dried, but
was repeatedly frozen when moist and
its vitality injured, will very soon rot if
the soil is So wet and cold as to retard
termination. The person accust omed
to testing seed corn can determine
whether Il given sample comes with
strong or weak vitality and whether or
not it would lay long in the soil before
rotting. A little nice care in drying and
preserving seed corn materially in
creases the chances for crop of corn.
Western Plowman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
THE FARMING WORLD.
THE HORSES FEET.
Why They should Receive Constant
and Careful Attention.

unu CnretuI Attention.
From the birth to the death of the
horse, says n fellow of the Royal Col
lege of Veterinary Surgeons, the hoof
requires attention, il it is to be kept in
healthy condition. 1t is before the
hoof is shed that the feet are generally
neglected, and the animals suffer ac-
cordingly. because they are young and
immature, and the bones and other tis-
sues are soft, and could be easily dis
torted to suit the conditions under
which they are kept. The feet of foals
and growing horses should therefore
have attention given them, since neglect
ut that period often sows the seeds of
continuous trouble. The hoofs should
he kept clean by being "picked out"
as often as possible to prevent any sort
of hard substance being buried in the
iissures of the feet. They should be
examined from time to time (say every
six or eight weeks), to detect any de-
fects of shape that might be taking
place. If the feet are not growing level
and symmetrical, they should be made
so by rasping away the horn which is
not naturally worn down. If this is neg
lected the animal will SOON have the
fetlock joint bending over towards
the outside. On no pretense whatever
should the front of the wall be inter-
fered with, for the glazed coating of its
surface protects the horn beneath it;
it should therefore be left untouched.
1t would be as well to disahuse peo-
rle's minds of a very popular fallncy
1,pt
manure yards. are the best places to
keep young horses-and some would
even have the frogs and soles pared
thin to allow the moisture to penetrate
more easily. No greater mistake is
made than this, for the preservation OF
the hoof depends 10 great extent upon
the soil the animal was reared on. The
best footed horses are bred on dry
soils, and that is undoubtedly the kind
of ground best adapted to the healthy
growth of horn. Young horses re-
quire plenty of exercise, and unless
they are allowed it, the growth of the
horn, ETC., is sure to be defective. Then
the question arises: "When ought
horse to be first shod?" The answer is.
when the work required of the animal
wears the horn away faster than it is
formed or grown, or in other words,
so long as the horn of the foot can
stand the wear required, it will not
need protecting (shoeing). Moreover.
if the young horses are not shod so
early, they will not be worked so hard,
and fewer would be ruined in their
youth, as is too often the case at the
present time.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
INTENSIVE FARMING.
Less Acreage More to he Desired
Than 1. Burden of Debt.

Less Acreage More to he Desired
Than Burden of Debt.
Farmers are beginning to see that
less acreage of land, free from the OPP
pressive mortgage, is more to be desired
tlan a burden of debt. 4 n In
tensive farming is the basis of argu-
ment upon which our learned and sci
entific agriculturists build their esti-
mates of rapid development and future
permanent wealth. The increasing
number of small farms, with better
cultivation and better improvements,
is certain to be followed by an increased
production, an increased number of
manufacturing industries, an increased
population and greatly increased wealth
OF the states resources.
Economy on the farm may be made to
mean more than the saving of the little
things. The reducing of the mortgage
debt by reducing ;he acreage of the
farm to the actual capacity TO till and
make productive will be in the line of
economy. The changing of conditions
whereby 100 bushels of grain is made
to grow where formerly so grew is
economy; the building of better homes
and the enjoyment of better home COM
fcrts by the family on the farm is econ
omy; the independence of actual owner
ship in business which recognizes no
rival in its self-sustaining attributes
is economy TO mind and body.-World
Herald
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
Hcd Loaf mis- ro,,b IN rbem.

A theatrical manager told story against
himself the other day. An actor came to
him and applied for an engagement. There
did not seem to be much need OF him, but
his demands in the way of salary were very
modest, and the manager said to him:
well, you may consider yourself engaged
| fancy l can find something for you to do.
Come round on Tuesday and I'll try you"
The newly-engaged man looked at the
manager questioningly.
'How about contract?" he asked.
"Oh, never mind contract. Wen have a
verbal contract"
There was look of mild reproach in the
eyes of the man, as he answered, sorrow.
fully:
"Sir, the last time I made verbal con.
tract l drew verbal salary."-Spare Mo-
ments.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
New Distribution Centers.

The big shipping points or produc-
tion districts are now the big distribut-
ing points of the country, and not the
large cities, as heretofore. Whether
this will work to the advantage of the
producer or not is an interesting SUBJ
ject for debate. The prices for car are
tclegraphed broadcast to every town
large enough TO consume II car of po-
tatoes, melons, tomatoes or any other
product raised for distant markets.
The greatest losses to the distributors
come from the class that orders the
goods and then refuses to accept them
on some pretext when the market fails
TO reveal margin on arrival of goods.
Fruit Trade journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04

Forty-tive tests have been made at
the experiment stations to determine
the relative value of deep and shallow
cultivation. Shallow cultivation gave
best results in 27 tests, deep cultivation
gave best results in IL tests, and seven
tests were inconclusive. In estimating
the value of those tests it should be re-
membered that three inches was called
deep tillage. Chasing all under three
inches as shallow tillagc, changes mate.
rally the complexion of the results.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
FEEDING PEN FOR PIGS.

ed. Build feeding floor several inches
above the surface of the ground and
inclose with tight board fence sur
mounted with piciets foot or more
long. Make one or more openings near
the ground for the hogs and hang a
door, a, from the top so that it will
swing pretty freely either way. Leath-
er straps or hinges that work easily
VIII answer. The hogs will soon learn
not enter. If there are two sizes OF
hogs, make partition and in it con-
struct small swinging door just large
enough to admit the smaller pigs.-Or.
snge Judd Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-04
SASHES ARE IN VOGUE.
They Indicate Return to n Fashion
of Our Grnndmothers.


of Our Grnndmothers.
Sashes are in vogue, and are to be
worn of varying widths and textures,
knotted. looped or left plain and fall
ing to the hem of the skirt.
A pretty model is of rich, heavy black
moire, edged across the ends with a
full quilted ruffiing of black lace. About
foot from the bottom is a border of
cream-colored applique lace put on
bias. Another sash is also of moire
edged all around with scant ruching
of black chiffon. Both of these are IS
inches wide, and have only bunch OF
loops where the plated belt fastens at
the waist.
A handsome sash for evening wear is
of Roman striped silk, bordered and
edged with plaitings of black Brussels
net. Another of heliotrope satin and
black thread lace is knotted and looped
at intervals of a foot as it falls on the
skirt, the wide, soft folds of the satin
giving an artistic effect.
The blouse bodice, in varying forms,
has given rise to these sashes, and they
threaten to supersede belts, even for
everyday house or street wear. The
waist line is very much in evidence this
season, and modistes predict that it
will not be long before the old-fash-
ion of skirts sewed visibly to the cor
sage will come in style again. Already
the new ted gowns and house gowns
are mato in this manner, although the
line of joining is concealed, and it is just
n step between that and the honest, old
fashioned body" with the skirt gath
cred simply on to it and strengthened
with cord, that our grandmothers
wore-N. Y. Sun.