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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
SIT ON THE FLOOR.
Famous English Physician Declares
This Position TO Be Natural
and Restful One.

An eminent English physician, Sir
James Crichton Browne who has won
derful aptitude for making medical
subjects interesting to the public at
large, announces that men and women
would derive great benefit from sitting
on the floor instead of chairs. Women
would benefit even more than men by
the practice.
The position of sitting on the floor
or the ground is more natural than
that of sitting on a chair. 1t was once
general with the entire human race.
1t is both healthy and natural.
The exercise of getting up from and
down to the floor is beneficial.
Through the general adoption of the
sitting position among the civilized
races many muscles have become stiff
or obsolete. Persons who sit on the
floor have strong back and thigh mus
Giles. Turks, tailors and shoemakers
are examples of this fact.
If you sit on the floor you can
change your attitude as often as YOU
please, and can enjoy an endless va
riety of pose, and however often you
alter it and however you may place
yourself, there is never any chance of
your falling off. If you sit on the floor
you can achieve all kinds of comfort
able positions which it is impossible
to obtain even with the easiest of easy
chairs. The influx of visitors need
never cause anxiety to the well-con-
stituted mind on the subject of chairs.
All he has to provide is quantity OF
cushions-cushions of every size and
shape. Let guests select any they
please, and it will be their own fault
If they are not comfortable ard happy.
1t is, of course, only desirable to sit
on clean fioor.-St. Louis Republic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
FINE INDIAN POTTERY.
Really artistic Specimens Are Pro-
duced by the Men and Women
of the Pueblo Tribes.

Although blanket and textile weav-
ing is the art product which has made
the Pueblo Indians most widely known,
the allied or antecedent arts of asket-
ry and pottery have equally developed
The conditions under which these peo-
pie live are so simple and their meth
obs so primitive that the connection be-
tween the three industries is still ap-
parent, even to the casual investigator,
says the Scientific American. The elab-
crate blankets are a development from
the simple baskets. and the fine pot
terry, easily the best made by any tribe
i'll the United States, are little more
than baskets of clay.
There is an abundance of fine clay
throughout the Pueblo country, and
practically every village makes its own
pottery. The work is usually done by
the old women, who break up and work
the clay, mixing it with small per-
centage of fine sand and proportion
Of pulverized potsherds, obtained pref
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
SMALL PHOTOGRAPH FRAME.

roses do not look well in solid en-
broidery, especially if they be small.
The single wild rose, therefore, is uni
versally preferred But with ribbon
work the case is different, for it repre-
sents very charmingly small double
rose.
Crinkled ribbon is the greatest nov
city for this style of fancy work, and it
gives better results for double flowers
than the straight ribbons. When en-
ployed, it is hard for the inexperienced
eye to detect that ribbon has been
used at all, for the blossoms appear as
though they were embossed in solid
fine silk embroidery.
The material for the foundation
should be preferably of satin of good
quality, although linen is sometimes
used.
The design fcl a small photograph
frame is quite simple, but it is also
very effective. The ribbons are put in
with solid embroidery, using a single
strand Of flo floss, and the wreaths
are worked with ribbon in any pre-
ferred color contrasting harmoniouslg
with the bowknots. The berries may
be represented by French knots or in
satin stitch raised by working first in
one direction and Their in the other.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
PUEBLO POTTERY MAKING.

erably from some ruin in the vicinity,
where bushels of pottery fragments
can be picked up. When the clay has
been put in good condition, it is rolled
out into fillets and coiled upon itself
like a rope. The base or commence
ment of the coil is placed in one of the
fiat baskets and the pot remains in this
basket until it is dry enough to handle.
In some antique specimens of pottery
obtained from ruins which were eXhib-
tied at the time of Coronado's expedi-
ton, and which are the finest speci-
mems of aboriginal pottery so far found,
the print of the basket in which the
jars were nodded can still be seen upon
their bottom.
Ordinarily no such marks are to be
four d. AS the coils of clay are laid on
they are pinched together with the
finger and thumb and the surfaces, in
terror and exterior, are rubbed smooth.
Wonderful uniformity of thickness,
seldom exceeding an eighth of an inch,
even in a large piece, is obtained in this
very primitive way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
EASY FANCY WORK.
Expeditions Methods and Simply De-
liEhtful Results i'm Ribbon
Embroidery.

Fancy work to hold its devotee at
this season must assume a decidedly
light ano facile character, and nothing
apparently fits in better than the ire
vived" ribbon work. This ribbon work
of to-day would hardly be recognized
by our t-grandmothers as such.
In place of the laborious processes
with which they secured rather stilt-
ed results we have installed an eX-
peditious method, of which the Delin-
Gator has the following to say:
Now, a far more realistic aud ar
tistic effect is gained by threading the
very narrow ribbons made for the pur-
pose in a needle with a long eye suf-
ficiently large to carry the ribbon
through the material easily. The work
is proceeded with exactly as in en-
broidery with silk in the usual way,
with the difference, however, that the
ribbon fills a given space with re-
markable rapidity, imparting raised
appearance that adds greatly to the
richness of the finished work
1t is well known that except in the
hands of a very skilled worker double
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10

set cover and silk skirt are the last
garments to put on, so that the neck
and arms can have full benefit Of the
treatment. After this is done put on
the skirt and waist Of your gown, and
after all is ready brush the powder
from your face until there is just
enough to keep away the shine which
is so tormenting to the complexion.
The powder should be left upon the
neck and arms for comforts sake and
for the $ Ike Of tie gown, as it absorbs
pcrspiration. and thus the dress ma
terial is kept dry and fresh.
This is the only method used by pro-
fessional beauties, and is the one which
will be prescribed by any masseuse
beauty artist If the treatment is left
until your whole toilette is complete it
never lasts as long, and your gown is
apt 10 be spoiled.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
TITLED LADIES AS FARMERS.
The sisters of English Peers Who
Arc Engaged in Raising
Ponies and Cattle.

Lady Dorothea and Lady Estella Hope
are demonstrating that a peers sisters
can be successful in the practical bust
ness Of pony and cattle breeding. Their
farm is at Edenbridge, near London,
where they work away regardless of the
fact that they have 10 chaperon to
guard them, says an exchange.
We started with one pony" said
Lady Dorothea Hope, land showed him
successfully. and so we went on. of
course. we bought largely from Lord
Londonderry's stud farms in the north:
although our first pony did not come
from him, as a matter Of fact. We only
go in for Shelties, not at all for Gallo
ways, and we only breed show ponies,
and not-as does Lord Londonderry
pit ponies, although, of course, we sell
TO all buyers. We are very successful
with our ponies. and we take the great
est possible pleasure in breeding ana
showing them. 1t is very nice, il one is
fond of the country, being able TO live
the greater part of the year there, al
though | like being in town, too.
AT Edenbridge we have also small
herd of Jersey cows, which we have
shown rather successfully. Atone time
we went in fer fox terriers. But the
fashion in these dogs changes so rapid
~ that we found we could not quite
keep up with it. So, as we only like to
have the very best, we gave the dogs up.
We take great pleasure in our farming
and are very proud of it. and glad that
people should know how successfully
we have proved that, ladies can make
this sort of thing pay-if they have a
taste for it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
MEN CHEAPER THAN HORSES.
Animal Hire in Some Paris of Russia
Exceeds That Paid for HUI
man Labor.

In Russia the wages of a harsc are
higher than those of man, and hence,
of course, very much higher than the
wages of women. Thus, says Gunton' s
Magazine, in the Nishni-Volga section,
we find the average pay of man and
horse to be about 70 cents per day; of
man alone, "a cents; thatis is, So cents for
horse and "a cents for man. The wom-
en- receive from 10 to 20 cents. In the
central agricultural region the average
is: Horse, % cents; man, 20 cents;
woman, ID cents. In the southern
steppe: Horse, SO cents; man, 25 cents;
woman, 10 cents.
This is an interesting commentary on
the standard of living of Russian agri-
cultural laborers. Its meaning is, sim
ply, that human beings are cheaper
there than draft animals. In other
W DIS, it costs less to keep them alive.
In the southern steppe five women can
be employed more cheaply than two
horses. Is it difficult to imagine the
condition of home life, the dearth of re-
filming influences, the sodden, hopeless
stagnation that such state of affairs
reflects? Is it any wonder that the
products of such q wage status as this
are individual degradation, social bar
renness, meager education, political
despotism, religious intolerance, and,
generally, a type of civilization scarcely
above barbariS1n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
BRAINS OF CHILDREN.
Scientific Experiments Made to See
How Much They May BE EN-
ercised Safely.

How much happier the lives of the
thousands of children entering school
would be if only women-mothers and
teachers-better understood the ma
ture and limitation of their brain cells,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Such
knowledge is 10 be had, as very inn
portant experiments and deductions
have recently been made by scientific
Investigators; but it always takes an
unreasonable length of time for such
knowledge to become general.
After $4,000 tests by he best educa-
tors in America. il has been absolutely
demonstrated. for instance. that the
length OF time that child six years Of
age can concentrate its mind does not
exceed seven minutes; and that all eff
forts o confine its attention upon one
subject beyond this limit are worse
than useless. This power of concen-
tration increases slowly; at the age of
eight a child's attention may be easily
held ten minutes. AT the age of IL his
mind should not be riveted upon one
subject longer than II minutes. 1t is.
therefore, a great mistake TO keep a
more than Is minutes; after a change
of occupation. another quarter of an
hours practice viii be Of intellectually
more benefit than the attempt TO con-
tinue work after brain and nerves have
become fatgued.
Indeed. most of the inattention and
resflessness of children NAV be ex-
planned upon the physical basis. A
boys brain. for example, undergoes
certain shrinSage at The age Of Il or
IS. II actually weighs less than at the
age of y and 10. This fact explains the
carelessness, laziness and general un-
reasonableness of boys Of this age.
Statistics show that large proper
ton of boys leave school a about this
time. 1t is altogether probable that
if parents and teachers realized that
the proverbial lawlessness of boys of
IA merely evidenced a temporary con-
dition of brain cells, more of them
would be patiently guided through the
period, to take up their studies year
or two later with renewed interest.
The same tests have conclusively
proved that the brain Of a child is all
ways most active between csou anu
1870 in the morning. All lessons,
therefore, requiring the exercise Of
their reasoning poweF-such as arith-
metic and grammar, should be at this
hour II has been further deduced
that the average child. unhampered by
grades and systems. may have easily
mastered his arithmetic by the time
he is 70 wears old
Scientists have also discovered that
If the brain centers governing the
motor nerves remain undeveloped un-
til the age of 16, there is no chance
whatever Of any later Developments;
which fact is powerful argument in
favor of manual training in the public
schools. The majority Of children are
so active that they develop their own
brains and nerves TO certain extent
along these lines. Where they fail to
do so, we get the tramp and the sloven-
II is a physical impossibility 70 ac-
quire skill and dexterity in any art un-
less the foundation has been laid in the
formation Of brain cells and the train
ing Of the motor nerves before the age
Of is.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
Flowers on the Table.

In the English country houses great
attention is paid to the arrangement
of the flowers on the dining-table. For
even an ordinary family dinner, five
vases are always used and sometimes
nine. 4 set piece occupies the center
Of the table, while the other four or
eight are placed on either side. Some
times tall vases alternate with little
ones, each holding a single rose, and
on other occasions finger glasses set
in old-fashione6 silver wine holders are
used. A favorite bouquet for the
library is made of the beautiful red
peoples mixed with tall grasses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
woRsTED SOFA COVERS.
Revival of an OId-Fashioned Idea
which Years Ago Delighted
Our GrandmOthers.

A brand~new idea in sofa pillow COW
ers is the old-fashioned worsted-worked
canvas cover. The design varies. The
SWEETEST is considered to be ones fam
lily coat of arms or crest. if fortunate
enough to possess one. This may be
sketched by an artist in the proper
colors and done over with worsteds in
simple stitches with which our grand
mothers used to work their samplers,
combined with newer and more elab-
crate combinations to obtain the de-
sired shadings or accentuate the lines
of the design.
Those who have no right to use a
coat of arms or crest, and very few
there are who cannot scare up some
thing to which he may manage to lay
a claim in forty-second cousin sort of
way, may use his monogram. Or if
the pillow is for the college boy, his col
lege colors, pennant or yell may be por-
trayed in dashing design and appro-
pirate colors in the same manner. OF
course, the college yell has rather been
lost sight of nowadays for the war
whoops of the recent unpleasantness
discovered us and wishes it hadn't.
The flags of all countries. or the
flags Of our navy, or a combination Of
the stars and stripes with the cross of
st. George or Cuban flag, or any and
all of them, are worked out in the
same cross stitches on canvas and
adorned about the edges with immense
heavy ropes or cords made to order
and containing threads of every color
in the body Of the design.
The easiest pillow cover, however, and
the most popular at the present mo
ment, is the simple fag-each side a
complete flag. and instead Of the shape
being square the pillow is made the
shape of the flag, SO that "0ld Glory
need not be changed or mutilated by
the new use to which ii is put.
The Leap Year Girl.
81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
TEE FINISHING TOUCH.
a word About Beanty's Tinting and
the Application OF Powder
to the skin.

There are hardly two women OUT of
len who properly apply the different To-
tions and cosmetics 10 their skins. As
a rule the finishing touches are left en-
tirely 10 the last, when they should be
begun with the dfsssing.
The proper time TO commence 10 APP
ply the powder and little touch OF color
TO the skin is just after the hair has
been dressed. The Uniting should be
done first and then the powder should
be put on with lavish hand. The cor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
WY So Chilled.

1t was while they were waiting for
the bridal procession tc enter.
Il wonder why il IS" said one, that
they call the groom's attendant the
best man.
did you ever 90 through church
wedding?" inquired the other.
NO. Why?"
We'll, if there ever is an occasion
when a man feels that he needs the best
friend he can get il is when he is going.
through The ceremony Of a church we'd
ding. "-Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
Ou1-Sn1e11ing
Catarrh.

Catarrh is one of the most obstinate
diseases, and hence the most difficult
to get rid of.
There is but one way to cure it.
The disease is in the blood. and all the
sprays, washes and inhaling mixtures
in the world can have no permanent
effect whatever upon it. Swift's Spe-
cific cures Catarrh permanently, for it is
the only remedy which can reach the
disease and force it from the blood.
Mr.. B. p. McAllister, Of Harrodsburg,
KY, had Catarrh for years He writes
II could see no improvement whatever,
though was constantlY TREATED with snrava
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
wen Provided with riction.

1t happened in book store.
What can | show you. madam" he
asked. Something in the line of fic-
tion?"
NO" she answered, slowly. 81
think III try history for a change. l
get enough fiction when my husband
gets home late from the club. ''-Chica-
so Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10

S. s S.. and after a few bottles were used, no
ticed perceptible improvement. Continuing
the remedy. the disease was forced out of my
system. and complete cure was the result.
advise all who have this dreadful disease to
abandon their local treatment. which has never
done them any good. and take S. s. s.. REM
edy that can reach the disease and cure it,"
To continue the wrong treatment for
Catarrh is to continue to suffer. Swift's
Specific is a real blood remedy, and
cures obstinate, deep-seated diseases,
which other remedies have nc effect
whatever upon. 1t promptly reaches
Catarrh, and never fails to cure even the
most aggravated cases.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10

disease. Mrs. T.. A. Johnston, 1O3
Pilham and Ripley SITS, Montgomery,
Ala, tells her experience with catarrh
of the stomach and how she was
9ured:
81 will state to you that have
taken eight bottles of your Pe-ru-na
and two of Man-a-lin and re joice to say,
God bless DIR. Hartman and Pe-ru-na. ;
And L earnestly assure you that it
has done me more good than any medi-
cine l have ever taken in my life. 1
prescribe it to every one meet who
is suffering, as the best medicine in
the world, and have made many con-
verts who are now rejoicing in the
great good which they have derived
from the same. l can tell you that 1
am almost entirely relieved of indiges-
ton, that great foe which has tortured
me so many years, and can now eat
anything desire without it is fruits or
something acid"
To understand the scientific action
of Pe-ru-na it is best to have DR.. Hart
mans special book for women or his
book on chronic cafarrh. These books
are mailed free by the Pe-ru-na Medi-
cine Company, Columbus, o. All
druggists sell Pe-ru-na.
Ask any druggist for a free Pe-ru-na
Almanac for the year 1899.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10

" ~ u ~ " III 2 ~ a y .
and washes. and differ
ent inhaling remedies
in fact, | could feel that
each winter ! was worse
than the year previous.
Fin ally It was
brought to my n otto e
that Catarrh was q blood
disease. and after think
ing over the matter, /
saw II was un reasonable
70 expect TO be cured by
remedies viii c b only
reached the surface. /
than fiaof raaa 20 80
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10
me Leap Year Gil.

Any year is leap year to the girl
who jumps az a chance TO wed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-10

Ask any druggist for free Pe-ru-na
Almanac for the year 1899
Morris tribune., 1898-05-18
HOW WILD ANIMALS DIE.
Hunger Gets Them Even If They Escape
the Hunters Gun.

the Hunters Gun.
What becomes of all the dead
birds and animals9
Some of them, FASTENED in their
exits by villainous saltpeter, go into
cooking pots or yield up their blood
dabbled feathers for woman's adorn-
ment. But how about those who
die natural death3
It is the raresr thing to find the
bodies of wild animals, except such
as have plainly died in conflict or
by accident. AT salt ticks the ground
is often covered with the bones of
animals who have been killed in
fights with each other.
In tropical countries the bodies of
dead animals rapidly decay, and
their smaller bones are devoured
by greedy beasts of the pig and
hyena types. But the same scarcity
Of animal remains is noted in the
arctic regions, where decay is al
most unknown. Here big beasts
like the Siberian mammoth have
been "cold storaged" for many CEN
turtles and actually eaten at the last.
But each succeeding spring does,
as might be expected, disclose the
skeletons of birds or animals who
have died during the year and been
buried by the snow. Yet birds
swarm by the millions in summer
on the arctic tundra, and seals, rein
deer, foxes, walruses and other land
and water animals are there. Nor
denskiold notes this strange absence
of 'self dead" polar animals. Not
one did he see, though there were
plenty of traces of mans wanton
waste of life in creatures dead of
gunshot wounds. 1.-The polar bear
and the reindeer. " he writes. "are
found in hundreds, the seal, walrus
and white whale in thousands and
birds in millions. These birds must
die natural death in untold num-
bers. What becomes of their bod
ies2"
It is strange that on Spitzbergen
it is easier to find the vertebra of
gigantic lizard of the trias than the
bones of a SEAL walrus Or bird which
has met natural death.
It is probable that animals most
universally hide themselves when
they feel the pangs Of approaching
death. Their chief foe is hunger,
coupled with old age. Distemper
kills foxes and wolves as we'll as do
nestle dogs and cats. Chills and
heart disease count animal as we'll
as human victims. Old animals die
of indigestion, especially when their
teeth become too poor to permit of
chewing their food.
Tumors, diphtheria and consump-
ton are frequent animal complaints,
and anthrax, influenza, CHAMBERS and
cholera claim their share. Rabies
comes in epidemics among wild ami
mails as we'll as tame ones. 1t was
so common among foxes in 1880 to
1888 in France and Switzerland that
fox hunts we're organized for the
protection of domestic animals.
All this, however, doesn't explain
what becomes of the dead animals.
Perhaps that will cease to be mys-
terv when we find out where all the
pins and shoe buttons gO.-New
York World.
Morris tribune., 1898-05-18
HERE'S A NEW COUNTRY.

lew Hopes, Few OppOrtunities-Iand Of Sunshine ant
Plenty-Mild Climate, Fertile Soil and CheAp Lands.
Where You can Make More Honey to the Acre than ID
Any other Farming District in the Country
Morris tribune., 1898-05-18
g "A - TN o R ia
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature "a &rzH2Azz<s
Mar People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep.
You can drink Grain-O when you
please and sleep like a top. For
Grain 0 does not stimulate; it nour-
ishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For
nervous people and children Grain-O
is the perfect drink. Made from
pure grains. Get a package from your
grocer today, Try it in place of cof-
fee. ID and 25c.
Morris tribune., 1898-05-18
Eternity.

Here is schoolboy g definition Of
eternity: when our ships all come
in; when the sea gives up her dead /;
when Father Time hangs up his
scythe; when the heavens are rolled
up like scroll; when Gabriel blows
the rams horn when the solar sys-
tenn collapses; when we find the lost
Charlie Ross and the man who struck
Billy Patterson; when Johnny gets
his gun; when society becomes pure,
and after the ball is over then
will be eternity. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.