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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
The Modern Bow.

The probability is that the origin Of
the custom Of bowling can only be
found by going far back into the ages
of antiquity, when prostration was the
attitude of the slave before his mas
ter. What we now call politeness be-
gan in servility. There can hardly be
any doubt but that the practice of
bowling the head originated in expos
ing the neck to the stroke of the
sword. From its earliest literal
meaning it took figurative one,
meaning first submission, then defer
ence, then mere politeness. Herbert
Spencer says 'the nod or bow of mod
ern politeness is the last relic Of the
prostration Of ancient servility." In
the same way we shake hands with
the right hand instead of the left be.
cause the right was the sword hand,
and the giving of it into the hand of
an enemy was sign of peace and good
faith. Taking off the hat, toe, is a
relic of doffing the helmet and so
leaving the most vulnerable portion OF
the body undefended as masx OF
confidence on entering the dwelling
of an ally or friend.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

stated upon good authority to be a
mistake. The fact, however, that the
widow of the president of the Confed-
eracy has spent so little of her time
in the South is admittedly an obstacle
in the way of obtaining contributions
in the South to the monument which
is to be erected in Richmond to the
president of the Confederacy. Mrs.
Davis friends there insist that her
stay in Vermont is only temporary,
and that she has lived in the North
because it afforded herself and Miss
Winnie Davis a better opportunity to
supervise the publications in which
they were interested. Mrs. Davis, it
is insisted by her Richmond friends,
has never failed to manifest her 10y
atty for the South. The death of her
daughter, Miss Winnie, is believed to
be largely due to the visit OF that
young lady to the Confederate reunion
at atlanta two years ago.-Baltlmore
Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

stages of plumpness or thinness, and
each stage requires different arrange
ment of the corset. The laces should
be loosened every day and the corset
put on so that it is loose for the body
After it is hooked, then the laces
should be frightened until the corset fits
snugly. Then the straining and twist
ing of the body is avoided. In putting
the corset on, the body should be kept
in perfect position. with the chest high,
abdomen in and hips back. This is a
fundamental fact which almost every
corset wearer forgets. The corset
should be hooked from the top down,
and then the laces should be frightened.
In doing this it will be seen how easily
a good carriage is maintained and you
will realize that the corset was made
to fit beautiful body and not that
the body was made to fit a corset.
There is quite an art in handling the
laces of a corset SO that they make the
most of the body's good points and
cover up the defects. A corset should
have three laces. The first is at the
top and extends down five or six holes
This lace should be left rather loose
in order to give full play to the mus
cles of the chest and to allow good
lung movement. Thus a fine broad
chest will be effected. The second lace
goes down to about the waist line and
this is the one that can be frightened
if its wearer considers it necessary, for
this is the lace that does all the lac
ing" The last and lowest lace should
be left loose in order that the muscles
of the lower part of the abdomen and
pelvic region are not pushed down and
squeezed together in the way that is
so injurious. If these few simple di-
rections were carried out there would
be fewer complaints against the in
juriousness of the corset.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

No moustache is worthy of the name,
in the opinion of the New York Her.
aid, that has not to be curled. The
ends must be arranged just so, says
the Herald, and each man has his own
individual style which he affects.
There are few who do not require arti-
fetal means, and the proper instru-
ments for the moustache toilets are
now arranged in sets in suitable leath-
er cases to match the larger cases,
which contain brushes, combs, etc.
This moustache set includes a folding
curling iron, miniature alcohor lamp,
a cut glass bottle for alcohol, tiny
pair of scissors, small comb of real
she'll and a mirror. All Of these are
of the smallest possible size compatible
with the use for which they are. in
tended, and the case rolls up about
them, like the old-fashioned house
wives" for sewing materials, as closely
as possible. 1t is so small that it may
be carried in the coat pocket.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

According to the old Greek standard
the perfect body should measure eight
heads in height the head should di-
vide into three equal parts. The three
measurements are taken from the chin
to the lower part Of the nose, from the
nose to the forehead and from the fore
head to the crown. The nose should be
equal in Length to the chin,
A woman's extended arms should
equal her height if she is symmst-
rically formed according to artistic
standards and the circumference of her
closed hand should exactly equal the
length OF her foot. She should be able
TO encircle her neck with her thumbs
and third fingers. There is no reason
why a woman should not keep herself
at the proper weight for her height,
and as a result make Of herself, very
nearly at least, a perfectly formed
woman. There is an old rule OF artistic
proportions which says that the width
~ tho shoulder should equal the width
~ two heads, and the length of one
head and two noses should make the
breadth of the hips. The length OF the
nose should make the breadth OF the
wrist while tho breadth oi the lower
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
They wouldn't Stand It.

1t is rather singular that, considering
the acute stage the Transvaal crisis
has reached, the papers have taken 1T
tie or no notice of the demonstration
which occurred in the Lyric theater on
Monday evening says the London cor
respondent of the Dundee Advertiser.
The house was very full, especially the
popular parts, and up till the middle
of the third and last act the opera and
the company were we'll received. The
aspects of affairs completely changed
when in what is known as an "up-to-
date" song, verse was introduced re-
fiecting on President Kruger and the
Beers. Kisses and boos Immediately
broke out, and came in special force
from the crowded gallery. Mr.. De
Wolf Hopper, the head of the COM
pany, when he appeared before the
curtain little later, was received with
a perfect volley of boos, and these were
rather directed against his intermed-
ding with politics than the opera it.
self.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
THEY KISSED VICTORIA.
Last One of the Once Many School Girls
Is Dead.


Mrs. Eleanor Jeffreys, English, from
Raleigh, Essex, died in this city yester-
day, aged SO, says Paris correspond
ent. With her disappeared the Society
of the Kiss Royal, of which she was the
only surviving member. The society
was composed originally of forty-five
Joung women who had kissed Queen
Victoria at the cost of shilling each.
That happened when her gracious ma
jesty was an infant in the cradle. One
pony cart for an airing in Richmond
park. The tiny princess was recog-
nized by the students of one of the
most aristocratic girls schools in Lon
don. They surrounded the little car
riage and one of the girls offered to
give the nurse shilling if she would
let her kiss the pretty baby. The nurse
accepted Then all the other students,
amid great laughter and endearments
to the child, in turn paid the toll and
kissed the princess, and the servant
made quite a little sum. When Vic
toria had succeeded to the throne of
England the girls who had kissed the
queen formed a friendly association,
the Society of the Kiss Royal, which
Victoria honored shortly afterward
with very gracious, good-humored
autograph letter, that finally passed in
to the possession of Mrs. Jeffreys, the
last member
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
AIDED AND ABETTED A THEFT.
How the President Became Coparcener
in Purloining MackereL.

In Purioining Mackerel.
From the New York Herald: How
Mr.. Mckinley aided and abetted in the
stealing of one mackerel is story that
has come out since the presidents COM
ing has been talked of. AS Mr.. Nc
Kinley was an accessory before and
after the fact, Mr.. Joseph v. Jordan
never breathed word of this until the
other day. Then he told it to friend
in confidence, as he thought, but now
it is going the rounds. 1t was the
year Mr. Mckinley was nominated for
the presidency. He and Mrs. McKin
ley were at the Elberon. Mr.. McKin-
ley is good whip He and his brother
Abner and Mr. Jordan were trying a
fast team of the latter. Mr.. Mckinley
remarked that he would like to take
fresh mackerel home to Mrs. McKin-
ley, who is fond of that fish. Their
drive brought them past the Elberon.
fish pond but no mackerel were to
be had there. They visited half
dozen different places without
success and were finally d.
rected to small fish store
kept by Capt John Jefferies, in Pearl
street, South Elberon. The store was
closed, for it was lunch hour. Jefferies'
house was some distance away. They
had been assured that Jefferies had
what they wanted. 1t was a broiling
day, they were hot and in despair.
They ratified doors and windows.
Boost me, !" said Mr.. Jordan Brothers
William and Abner gave him a Shout
der. He was soon perched on lofty
window casing and prying the putty
from glass. The glass was lifted.
Mr.. Jordan wriggled through. He re-
appeared with fine big fish. He had
squeezed half way through the window
when there was cry of Police! Po-
lice!" A boy clerk had come on the
scene. 1T is all right" gasped Mr..
Jordan. That's Mr.. Mckinley" wav-
ing the fish in the direction of the nom
inee for president. mo, faint all
right" replied the boy. They lifted
Mr.. Jordan out of the window frame,
gave the boy the money for the fish
and a deposit for repairs to the win
dow, and Mrs. Mckinley had her mack
erel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

Every woman wears a corset. but
few know how to put it on. The ma
jority of women begin to hook it at
the bottom, naturally throwing for
ward the hips and abdomen to hold
the corset in place. Then. with much
squeezing in of the waist, the second
hook is fastened, and by the time the
whole corset is on, the chest is low
and hollow and the abdomen and hips
are forward.
Perhaps the fault is more funda-
mental than merely putting the corset
on. and goes back to the lacing of it.
Nearly all women lace their corsets
when they first get them, and that
one lacing does through all physical
changes until the corset is thrown
aside. This is a mistake. for in few
days the body can go through many
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

mutual love, burning brightly in all
the colors of the rainbow. 1t is the
gift of lover to sweetheart, the SYM
boil of an eternal devotion, and of so
devoted character as to show itself
in constant and fiery flashes of beau
tiful color. To emphasize this roman
tic idea the opal is now cut in the
form of heart, and the sentiment of
a heart on fire with love is one which
appeals to all lovers. This heart,
when small ugh, is set in ring,
but Australian opals have recently
been imported of sufficient size to per-
nit of their being used in simple
gold frame as pendant for the lorg-
nette chain. These opal hearts are
also used for the centers of brooches.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
Vessels Named After Animals.

The British navy draws upon the an
imal world for many of its names, and
the following list is compiled from the
last navy list issued by the admiralty:
Barracuda, Buzzard, Cockatrice, Bash
lisk, Dragon, Fox, Goldfinch, Chiffon,
Lapwing, Linnet, Maggie, Mosquito.
Peacock, Penguin, Pheasant, Phoenix,
Pigeon, Plover, Porpoise, Quail, Rae
coon, Rattlesnake, Redbreast, Redpole.
Ringdove, Salamander, Sparrow, Spar
rowhawk, Sphinx, Stork, Swallow,
Thrush, Whiting, Widgeon, Albacore,
Eagle, Jackal, Lion, Raven, Seahorse,
Sheldrake, Triton, Unicorn, Beagle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
ALI BEY IN TROUBLE.

Ali Ferrough Bey, who represents the
sultan of Turkey at Washington. is the
central figure in scandal which may
lead to his recall by the sublime porte.
1t has been known for some time that
several young attaches of several le-
cations were in the habit of going to
the house Of the Turkish minister
nightly and playing baccarat. For two
evenings of the week the stakes were
quite unlimited. A dinner was always
served, including Turkish dishes, fin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

While he was minister to Spain, to
which post he was appointed by Presi-
dent Harrison, he entertained on
magnificent scale. He was born in
Burlington, N. j., in 1S41, and has al
ways claimed Burlington county as his
home. He enlisted in the Third New
Jersey regiment at the outbreak of the
civil war and served with distinction.
He was brevetted brigadier general for
bravery on the field. He was for many
years the commander of the famous
City Troop of Philadelphia. When the
war with Spain was declared Gen.
Grub recruited regiment in New
Jersey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is tenfold to the good you
can possibly derive from thenl Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by +. J. Cheney & Co,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure youget the genuine.
1t is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by f. j. Cheney 4 Co Testimonials free. Sold
by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
woMEN.s SHAKESPEARE CLUB.
Has Celebrated Its 25th Birthday-In-
tenigent Perseverance,

Has celebrated It's ~Oth Dhthuay IL
tenigent Perseverance,
Woman lovers Of Shakespeare Will
be interested in the Shakespeare club
of Manchester, N. H., which celebrated
its twenty-fifth birthday recently, says
Harper's Bazaar. It's founding dates
from 1873, when class of six Man
chester women was formed for the
study of the works of this immortal
poet. Their work, under the leader
ship Of Mrs. Irene Hughes, was thor
pugh and helpful and when a few
years later another circle of six wom-
en- of kindred aims met to form the
Manchester Shakespeare club, the or
ganization became at once an influence
that was entirely disproportionate to
its small list of members. The mem
bership has increased slowly: it stands
today at only twenty-five. OF the or
iginal six members five are still con-
nected with the club, one having died
in 1887. The club is perhaps unusual
in these days of varied and conglom-
crate club motives in its resolute ad-
herence to its cause of being. 1t or
ganized for the study of Shakespeare
and this has been pursued with dis
eliminating industry and intelligent
perseverance for a generation. The
year book of the club for the coming
season of 1S99-1900 shows the same
rigid adherence to the subject. The
club meets weekly and through No
vember king John" will be studied,
divided into four meetings, the topics
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
CUBAN WOMEN
Grow Old Quickly, but Keep Their Glo-
rious Eyes to the Last.

rlous Eyes to the Last.
As rule, the Cuban woman is round
in figure and pretty in feature. Her
face is seldom vivacious looks in
vain for the beauty of expression. Her
hair is often glory" to her, and is
sometimes of that black-blue shade
only possible with the daughters of
southern Europe and their descend
ants, though occasionally the Cuban
girl varies the programme by being
blonde, and, to be plain, rather fat.
This lady is often woman at IL, and
the mother of large family at 10 or
20. So pretty in her youth, in age she
becomes either lean and dried or fat
and unwieldy. She fades early, and,
for want of strength of character, is
apt to lose control of her husband,
who, nevertheless, still continues to
need such control as badly as any man
of his times. But, whatever she may
grow to seem, her eyes never fade. To
the last, through all vicissitudes, they
are big and black.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
GRUB rs In TROUBLE
NOTED WARRIOR IN THE BANK
RUPT COURTS.
Believed That He Cannot Regain His
Shattered Fortunes-The Public May
Aid Him-His Career as q Soldier,
Citizen and Politician.

Great surprise was expressed in New
York city the other day by the an
nouncement that the sheriff had been
ordered to sell the handsome residence
of Gen. E. Burd Grub of Edgewater
Park, near Trenton, N. j., to satisfy a
mortgage for $4,000. 1t had been
generally supposed the former minister
to Spain was in good circumstances,
and none of his friends had even an
intimation that he was on the verge of
losing his home. The greatest SYM
pathy has been expressed for Gen.
Grubb, and it is more than likely that
some kind of plan will be set afoot
for the purpose of trying to save him
from the modification and pain that
must necessarily follow the action
threatened. Gen. Grubb has been a
prominent figure in New Jersey poll
tics for many years. His fight at the
Republican convention in September,
1889, for nomination for governor is
memorable in the annals of New Jer-
sey politics. Backed by the entire
Grand Army of the Republic element of
the state he went before the conven-
ton. On the first ballot he lacked
only few votes of the nomination. On
the second ballot he swept the conven-
ton and was nominated by acclama-
ton. In the bitter campaign which
followed Gen. Grub was defeated and
Leon Abbott was elected. Gen. Grub
has been considered wealthy and his
entertainments at his residence at
Edgewater Park have been on grand
scale. He has given dinners at one
time or another to nearly all the for
elgn representatives sent to this coun-
try. and his home has always been
open for the entertainment of soldiers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

In Paris a photographer has intro
duced new style of work, which he
calls mummy photography" His
clients are swathed in mummy dra-
perry, laid out in a real sarcophagus
imported from Egypt for the purpose,
placed in an upright position and then
photographed. A smiling face with
the bloom of health looking out from
the burial shroud has marked effect.
No salon of French actress is COM
plete without a counterfeit mummy Of
herself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

of which are as follows: 1, acts / and
2; 2. acts 8, and 5; 8, analysis of the
play; 4, magma charta. December is
devoted to the same careful analysis
of "As You Like IT." January, "Rich-
ard ILL.," with supplementary lee
ture. In February, March and April.
"Othello," Twelfth Night" and "Ju-
Illus Caesar" are taken up respec-
lively.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

cording to this enterprising woman.
indexing affords a field for women
workers that is as yet unoccupied. 1t
is her belief that the feminine intel
ligence is particularly successful in
this line, and that she has found her
pupils patient, enduring, accurate and
conscientious. Moreover, women's
well-known tendency to jump at con-
illusions here becomes legitimate ex-
ercise, as quick intuition has great
value in successful index making.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

The toy maiden is a creature of the
past. The athletic girl reigns supreme.
This same athletic girl however, is in
danger Of going to extremes and makes
a mistake when she loses sight of the
line that separates charming, strong
1.-THE and physically fit young woman
from the would be mannish young
sport in petticoats, who displays her
freckled face. weather-beaten neck,
lumpy arms, badly stretched hands, all
achieved in out-of-door diversions, as
decorations of merit, emitting the pos
jessor to special fayors from the
men"
No man worth speaking of really
owes or admires an unsexed woman.
We may smile at the Alterations of
he little girl who is trying to be
sporty, as she may say, to borrow her
college brothers pet expression, be-
cause after all she is but a harmless
imitation and we know what all her
cluster means, We are quite certain
Ehe would faint at a mouse, or trem-
ole with fear at the recital Of a ghost
story. But we dislike her when in an
older sister, the mannish ways are
1xed We love the eternal faminine.
1t is an error to suppose that the ath-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
One Way.

One of our citizens has adopted a
unique way of getting rid of company
at night. He gets quilt and brings
it out on the veranda and proceeds %
spread it down on the floor, and re-
marks to the visitors: IF you are go
ing to stay all night, just bring out a
quilt and make yourselves comfort
able" -Eufaula (Ala.) Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

Martha-"Do you really believe those
are real diamonds that Mrs. Karett
wears?" Minna-"I hardly know wha,
to think. They look genuine; but she
talks enough about them for rhine
stones. Boston Transcript
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

A young woman in London has for
some years carried on the business of
index making. During that period she
has trained in her Office forty women
index makers, and she has indexed
such works as Nansen's "Farthest
North" Science of International
Law" 4S5 volumes of history, and nu-
merous papers and periodicals. Ac-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
ANN. where it is the largest. should

arm, where it is the largest, should
make one and a half noses.
Summer girls who have time and in
clinations can derive much amusement
and some information from trying these
measurements, working them out upon
their own figures. Curiously enough
they will be found fairly accurate,
which would seem to prove that we
have not so far refrigerated from the
old standards as to be hopeless. The
measurement which fails usually is in
the case of the arms. We are shorter
armed than the Greeks, and it is found
that only about 60 per cent of women
generally are exactly the height of
their extended arms.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07
Rear Escaped.

Steve" big Russian ground bear,
celebrated his introduction to Lincoln
park by escaping from the pit and
running several blocks through crowd
ed streets, greatly to the terror of Pc
destrians, cyclists and others. He was
finally captured by his former owner,
Steve Johns, a gypsy, and returned to
the park.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-07

impertinent even in such high off,
cial. This continued for some months,
his friends estranging one by one I'M
til came the gambling episode. Anoth-
er incident which made its way into
the papers and was largely commented
upon was the bestowal of royal sui
tanic order upon an American lady-a
decoration which he led her to believe
was conferred by the sultan himself,
and for which the minister was called
upon by the minister of foreign affairs
in Turkey for explanations.