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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06


Then, after providing for the removal of
not elect to have them appropriated by its
successor as specified. said section contains
this proviso Provided. however, that not
later than nine months before the expiration
of the period of time so originally limited or
extended, in the event that no contract for
the further use and occupancy of such
streets, alleys and public places has been
entered into under the provisions of this
act between such city and said company,
its successors or assigns, such city, through
its Board of Public Works, shall open 10
free competition the further occupancy for
a period not exceeding thirty years or the
streets, alleys and public places or such city,
for the purpose of operating therein an cleo
trio or other street railroad, and such city,
through its Board of Public Works, shall
prescribe in the form OF contract TO he en-
tered into by the successful bidder. all con-
ditions and limitations for such use Of said
streets alleys and public places as pre-
scribed in Section Of this act; and such
other conditions as shall best promote the
interests of said city and the public and
also a bond or undertaking with sureties 10
be approved by said Board of Public Works
conditioned that the bidder. If successful
Will enter into the prescribed contract in
accordance with the terms and conditions
thereof and of the bid, and in the case of
failing, or refusing. or forfeting as herein
after provided. the right to enter into such
may sustain by reason of such failure. re-
fusal or forfeiture and. as TO bidders other
than the occupying company, that the bid
der, if successful and IN case the occupying
company elects not TO remove its tracks
and other property from the streets, will i'm
medietely institute. as hereinafter provided,
proceedings TO appropriate the property of
said company and pay the assessed value OF
such property TO said company or other
person entitled thereto as hereinafter pro-
vided. In such competition no company now
or hereafter organized for such purpose
shall be excluded
The section then provides that IL the
occupying company Is not the successful
competitor. and elects not TO remove its
tracks at the end OF its term. the success
ful company shall institute court proceed
ings for the appropriation of Its property
akin to that for railway purposes under
the general laws of the State.
PROPERTY IN ADVERTISEMENT
THE section further provides that IL the
occupying company shall possess rights ac-
quired outside OF the former corporate limits
of such city from grants from boards OF
county commissioners and which by the ex-
tension OF the corporate limits are now
within such city, the same at the election OF
| the owner may be embraced in such proceed
| ings for appraisement and appropriation.
1T may be conceded as true that undel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Phxsicinns Favor Corsets.

The corset has found an advocate
In writer in the Physician and Sur
gcon, who says: "The principles un.
derlying the corset are constantly APP
piled in the prophylactlc and curative
measures of medical practice, so that
benefits must inevitably follow its
proper use.
I'm commenting upon the vertical
and unnatural attitude of men, DR.. T..
II. Manley, in the Virginia Medical
Semi Monthly, makes this plain state.
ment: 1T had long been my conviction
that there is no garment in the fe.
male apparel more necessary and com.
Portable than a properly adjusted cor.
set. Along with imparting
grace and symmetry to the figure, it
likewise is a support and protection.
1t takes the superintendent
off the middOrsal spine and conveys ii
to the broad, strong cresta iii, and also
imparts a sense of comfort and secur-
ity.' To meet his requirements of an
ideal corset, it must be light in weight,
strong and durable, so constructed as
to be easily cleaned, and SO adjusted
as to support the the upper dorsal
spine and related parts from the broad
lilac crests. Tight-lacing may be
harmful, but the assumption that this
is synonymous with corset-wearing is
groundless and yet responsible for the
denuncations II has innocently re-
ceived"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Ornamental and usefnl

A pretty bag in which to keep the
buster may be made from two pieces
of ribbon an inch and 6 half wide and
three-eighths of a yard long. Sew a
strip of heavy faille silk, or ribbons.
four inches wide along the sides and
across the bottoms of the strips of rib.
bon, fold over a two-inch hem at the
top, and an inch above the hem put a
second running for a drawing string.
Across the two lower corners of the
bag embroider or paint two spider
webs, and between them paint or en-
broider in outline understanding tie
words as taste dictates--the motto.
'Where cobwebs grow, beaus never
60" If the makers skill will
not compass the webs with either
brush or needle, one of the spider
webs to be purchased at the japanese
stores may be substituted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
LITERARY GOSSIP.

William Blacks will disposes of 1926
600.
Miss Murfree- Charles Egbert Grad
dock"-haS written an interesting tale
dealing with the Cherokee rising of 1850.
The book is called "The Story Of Old
Fort London"
Nine. Seisho, the court poetess of
Japan, whose illness has been much re-
GREETED during the Tokyo season, is now
20 years old. This lady has for about
half n century acted as censor of the
poems sent in for recitation at the poet
zeal concours.
A welI-known American writer at
present residing in England, who has
done some notable work as special CORE
spondent. recently received, according 10
the Bookman, startling offer from 4
well-known New York journal. He was
to proceed at once to Devils island, res
cue Dreyfus, and bring him to New
York The payment was fixed at $4,000.
to be increased to $4,000 if the expedi-
ton were successful and $4,000 eX-
penses The offer was refused.
Literary gossip has it that a popular
novelist in England has just received
$50, 600 "on account" for his next book.
The total takings represented by this
very considerable advance are not cal
culated to make us believe that author
ship is, comparatively, a poorly paid
field of intellectual work. Still less can
any one see in the transaction any proof
that the relation between writer and
publisher is that of spoiler and despoiled.
Barrabas may have been publisher, as
Lord Byron argued, but not every pub
Usher is a Barrabas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
VIII AND HuMOR.

Bill-"She said her face was her for
tune" Jill-"Poor thingp'-Yonkers
Statesman.
''To what church did the deceased be-
long?" asked the coroner. He was an
octogenarian, l believe" said the wit
ness.-Philadelphia Call.
There are persons who regard a book
in the same way they do teapot If
it turns out well, they are entirely salts
fed.-Boston Transcript
Truly Great.-'Is there anything
grander than a man you can trust:'
Yes" "Well, what is it," "Why, a
man that doesn't ask you to trust him"
Detroit Free Press.
Hungry Higgins-"How would you
like to be one Of them swell dudes an,
have your alcohol bath every day.
Weary Watkins-'Inside er outsider
indianapolis Journal
Mrs. Gruber-"I called ON Mr.. Doser
confirmed invalid" Mrs. McSinnex-"I
don't know. She always has topic for
conversation. Boston Transcript.
Its the little things in this earth that
make all the trouble" remarked the
idealist. "Yes," answered the realist.
''The continents get along smoothly and
easily, but the islands are likely to raise
the mischief indianapolis Journal
"Women love to get together and gos-
sip quietly about one another he re-
marked in an irritating way. Eyes, she
answered; 1T is seldom that they take
the trouble to call names in official docu-
ments and the newspapers. Washing
ton Star.
Father" confessed the callow youth,
II have married her. We are two souls
with but a single thought" well,
you've gained something. A single
thought isn't 50 many, but it is one more
than / ever knew you to have before. y
Detroit Free Press.
Willie is an observing little chap. He
enjoyed looking at the pictures of Santa
Claus In the newspapers, and when, a
week later, he discovered picture in
tended for Father Time in paper, he
shouted: 20, papa, look how thin San
ia Claus has got In a week! Yonkers
Statesman.
II did not imagine" sighed the defect
ed suffer, that woman could possibly
be as particular as her mother is. She is
ultra, fanatically, absurdly proper,
"What's the matter now" "She took
pains to inform me that she didn't even
allow the gas to go out without chap
eron." Detroit Free Press.
"Who is thatT asked the schoolboy's
father as he glanced through the text
book. "Why. that's Atlas. He was sup
posed to hold the whole world on his
shoulders" Him. He wasn't up to
date. If he had lived later in history
he would have organized a few corpora
tions and tried to put it in his pocket
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Diamonds, rubies, emeraldS, and sap
phires have all been produced in the
laboratory, and it is now the turn of
the pearl. The chemist. however. is not
himself the maker of the new artificial
pearls; he is only the collaboration. Tt
is true that false pearls are made from
mother-of-pearl, but their luster is not
up to the mark. The Chinese have long
introduced grains of sand and little
knots of wire into the shell OF the pearl
oyster, in order that the animal. to re-
lieve itself from the irritation so caus-
ed. may coat the foreign substance
with pearl. If this matter be inserted
between the she'll and the mantle the
oyster can eject it by contractions Of
his body. To prevent this NJ. Boutan.
French eXperimenter, has trepanned
the shell and introduced small head
Of nacre, which might. however, be
true pearl of small size, through the
hole and fixed it by means of cement
to the shell. This bead was in course
of time covered with nacre by the
oyster, ana nne large pearl was the
result. Dealers cannot distinguish il
from an oriental pearl The question
of making pearls in this way was re-
Gently discussed at a meeting of the
Academic des Sciences at Paris. and
NJ Bethelot, the famous chemist. OBJ
served that such a pearl could only be
considered a true pearl if it had at
least hundred layers of the pearl
nacre; otherwise it would only be a
foreign substance covered with nacre.
OF course, if the foreign matter is
pearl itself this objection disappears
and we have the means Of producing
pearls at will. According to NJ. La.
Gaze Duthier some two years would be
required for haliotide to produce
big pearl. The artificial pearls of the
trade. fabricated from nacre. could
also be coated in the same way. Evil
IDENTIFY the pearl mussel and oyster are
about to be domesticated for the pro-
duction Of pearls, as the spider is for
silk. Pearl divers may become a
legend of the Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Boiling water without rire,

1t is possible to make a pail of water
boil without putting it on the fire and
without applying external heat to il
in any way. In fact, you can make a
pail of water boil by simply stirring
it with paddle
This feat was recently performed in
the physical laboratory of Johns
Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Md.
and any one may do 1t with trouble
and perseverance. All you have to dc
is to place your water in a pail-it may
be ice-water if necessary-and stir il
with a wooden paddle. If you keep
at it long enough it will certainly boil
Five hours of Constant and rapid stir
ring are sufficient to perform the feat
successfully.
The water will, after a time, grow
warm, and then it grows hot-so not
in fact, that you canot hold your hand
in it, and finally it viii boil. Prof
Ames, of Johns Hopkins, annually il
lustrates some of the phenomena OF
heat by having one of his students per
form the trick in front of his class. II
is a tiresome job, but it is perfectly
feasible.
The point which Prof. Ames wishes
to illustrate is what is known as the
mechanical equivalent to heat 1t re-
quires just as many foot-pounds OF
work TO develop a given quantity OF
heat. BY turning the paddle in the
water at regular speed it is possibl
to find out just how much work is re-
quired to raise the temperature OF
water one degree.
Heat is developed in almost any sub
stance which is subject to continuous
or very violent action. Long-contin
ned and violent hammering on two
pieces of wire will heat them to sucl
an extent that they can be welded to
gether. a lead bullet, if shot directly
at a stone wall, will develop heal
enough by the contact to melt and fall
to the ground in molten mass
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
LATE FASHION NOTES. !

Round rosettes Of black velvet baby
ribbon are used as trimming on lace
evening gowns
White cloth. fine and silky III finish,
is one of the fashionable materials for
the bridesmaids gown.
Cherry red taffeta is the latest thing
for petticoats, and If you would be
quite up to date have corsets to match.
"Cracquile" lace, so much used last
summer, is spotted with small tufts Of
chenille and brought out as one Of the
seasons novelties.
Ii you want to use some real lace
which has been slowed away in the
treasure box for years edge it with d
tiny ruche of white mousseline de s9le,
and arrange it in a bertha on your
evening gown.
A novelty in waists to wear with
your Eton coat is made of white vel
vet. and simply finished with ruches
or shirrings Of yellow chiffon, and liss
a rhinestone clasp at the center of the
cravat bow also of yellow.
Black satin cords made-not covered
las a trimming to be used like braid are
very effective patterns or sewn on IN
straight rows quite close together.
White satin cords are especially pref
ty sewn on white tulle and net for
yokes, collars and vests.
Something novel in a bridesmaids
costume is a white taffeta silk coat
with round tails and elbow sleeves,
worn with a white net skirt trimmed
with chiffon ruches. The edges of the
coat are finished with rows of stitch
ing, and the reverse are covered with
handsome lace.
Last seasons fur capes are made
very smart by sloping off the front
edges to give the round shape so mucn
sought after, and sewing frill of chit
fon or real lace ON the inside edge. Err
mine capes are especially pretty fin
ished in this way, and cream lace with
sable is always effective.
One of the special novelties in silks
is taffeta in various pretty bright col
Ors, embroidered in white silk, with
golf sticks and balls, horseshoes or
footballs. It is a foregone conclusion
that these are especially designed for
shirt waists to be worn in the young
girls kingdom at the various sports.
Elton jackets falling in short rounded
tabs below the waist line or belted
across the back and sides with the
round tab ends only in front are ex-
tremely smart this season. They are
covered with applique embroidery or
decorated in various cut-out designs
showing white silk or cloth through
the spaces.
Fancy muffs of velvet to match the
hat are displayed very temptingly
among the extravagant novelties. They
are fat in effect and made with dou-
bic ruffle at each end, but large in size.
stylish sable muff in similar style
has wide circular frill at each end,
is lined with white satin, and is fin
ished on the edges with tiny short tails
set on two or three inches apart all
around
One of the most conspicuous gowns
worn at the recent New York Horse
Show was a cream white cloth, with
many jotted swallows In varying sizes
and spread wings scattered over the
skirt The birds were of solid bead en-
broidery on black silk or satin foun-
dalton, so the effect was a decided
black and white altogether unusual.
The gown was beautifully fitted and
very modern in ut, or it might have
been dubbed a freak.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
POINTS ABOUT PORTO RICO.

There are very few minerals in Porto
Rico Gold is found in small quantities.
The average rainfall at San Juan is d
inches and fifteen miles to the east it is
153 inches, the trade winds accounting
for this surprising difference.
Porto Rico is a rich and fertile land.
The climate is temperate, the thermome-
ter seldom failing to range between 60
and so degrees. Trade winds make the
hot days endurabe.
There are about 100000 people on the
isand and nearly half of them are of
negro blood. From the sea the island
seems mountainous from the interior it
looks rugged yet pleasant.
In the central part of Porto Rico large
fields of tobacco are cultivated. Sugar
cane grows twelve feet high and is as
thick as ones arm. Coffee grows on the
mountains, ogetables of all kinds are
plentiful = the flowers we raise in
greenhou grow wild. There are no
wild animals. Over 21,000 small farm
ers own land.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

but can be made extremely elaborate
by trimming with silk and lace. At
much less cost an equally pretty eff
feet may be obtained by lining and
covering the crib with light-blue sa-
teen. On the inside shirr White-dotted
Swiss over the saten.
Edge with inexpensive white lace a
wide flounce of dotted Swiss and sew
around the entire crib. over the
flOunce is second strip of dotted
Swiss, edged with lace and festooned
about the crib. 1t is held in place with
large bows Of blue satin ribbon.
The canopy is Of blue sateen, COW
cred and lined with dotted Swiss 1t
is edged with a ruffle Of lace and tied
back with two large bows of ribbon.
The pillow is Of the same materials
as the crib trimmings. Nothing could
be more serviceable for a child's bed
than the dotted Swiss, as it is easily
washed and always looks fresh and
clean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
WOULD YOU BE BEAUTIFUL /?
Then Carefully study the Expression of
Your Face.


In case you have been told that your
face is very oppressive, don't consider
that you have been given license to ex.
aggerate the expressive features. The
face that speaks volumes is always at
tractlve, but that constitutes no eX'
cuse for the style of dancing faces
conveyed by row of feminine faces
that each woman is endeavoring to at
tract especial attention to her feat
ures.
The best advice to be given such
women is: Don't roll your eyes up in
to your head as if they were marbles.
A fine pair of eyes will be utterly
ruined by this operation. The girl witt
a pretty mouth will purse 1t up into
the prettiest bouton and continue the
habit until many minute lines form
about the lips, and the lovely mouth
has to be put into the hands of a
beauty doctor.
Nearly every woman bites or sucks
her lips. Others contract the brows
and produce burrows between the
eyes. Others wrinkle the forehead
with frowns. Others perpetually
wear a tip-tilted nose.
The true expressive face doesn't con.
sist of a set of features hung on
strings or wires.
DO cultivate placid features. II
the first place, the opposite sort are
not well bred, and in the second case
they create an unpleasant impression
on every person and are not lovely
Philadelphia Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
COSTLY TRIPLES.

Brooches for the cOrsage are worn
enormously large, the diamonds general
ly being set in floral sprays.
A new jewel, which is the rage abroad,
is a short chain having pendants set
with different stones at each end. This
is drawn through long knOtted scarf
and swings loose.
There seems to be growing a state for
the old wide bracelet, which was so
hideous. Plain gold necklets are also
coming into favor and a double-headed
serpent in flexible dull gold, with an inn
mense pearl for pendant, is worn in
stead Of the usual riviere of diamonds
Trust Paris for originating costly
things. a little gem for the writing
desk Just put on the market is a glass
barrel banded with gold and gems. 1t
is filled with small shot, in which stand
four pens, the handles of gold, silver and
lapis-lazuli, each thickly incrusted with
precious stones.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Was a Fashion Feast.

One of the most interesting features
of the Ardsley golf tournament in the
east was the costuming of the players
and of those who looked on. There
was a general impression before the
event that the tournament would set
the fashion in outing gowns for the
remainder of the autumn and winter.
as the gowns worn by the best dressed
women at the horse show are sup
posed to set the fashions for the fol-
lowing winter season. Many milli-
ners and dressmakers, not only from
New York but other cities, iourneyed
to Ardsley on one or more days of the
tournament to study the gowns worn
by the players and spectators. AS
rule, the gowns worn by the players
were composed of clOse-fitting, tailor
made cloth skirts, which, with their
sweeping flares, gave willowy figure
TO every woman who had any claims to
such, and the red golf jackets. now so
fashionable, with here and there one
of emerald green, trimmed in white
and silver and with silver buttons.
The spectators were almost all CO.'S
tuned in simply made. close-fitting.
quiet tailor gowns, and the only adorn-
ments were here and there a white
lace or muslin tie and a figured waist
coat.
win Abolish War.
This was the man who j0unced the
reading world out Of its usual apathy
several days ago by declaring that
war would be abolished-the means
being an invention of his. by which
torpedo or boat could be controlled
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Foreclosure Sale
State OF Wisconsin, County Of Grant, IS

state of Wisconsin, County of Grant, SIS
In circuit court.
Catherine Marsden and Philippa Fiddck.
Plaintiffs VS.. Henry A. Huske and Catherine
Huske, his wife, Henry Busch as executor
of the last viii and testament of Mary Fran
ces Huske, deceased, Mary Busch, Catherine
Pfeiler, John McClain and Ann McClain. his
wife. Defendants
Notice is hereby given that bv virtue Of
and pursuant to judgment of foreclosure
and order of sale made in the above entitled
action, at the adjourned regular June term
thereof for the year 1898 held at the Court
House in the city of Darlington Lafayette
county, Wisconsin, said term being a special
term of the Circuit Court of Grant county
Wisconsin, and commencing on the 30th
day of August, 1898, said judgment and or
der bearing date the 30th day of August A.
D.. 1898, and the time allowed by law for
redemption having expired, and no redemp-
ton having been made therein, will on the
9th day of October A. D., 1899, at one
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day at the
front door of the Court House in the city of
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin, offer
for sale and sell at public vendue to the
highest and best bidder or bidders, for cash
the following described mortgaged prem
Uses or SO much thereof as will be sufficient
to raise the amount due on said judgment
interest and costs together with expense of
sale to-Wit:
The southeast quarter of section nine (9l
and the north half of the southwest quarter
of said section nine (D i'll town one % north
of range one CD west of the fourth principal
meridian. also ten acres off the south end of
east half OF the northeast quarter of section
four 90 in town two (2) north of range two
~ west of the fourth principal meridian in
Grant county, Wisconsin.
Dated Sheriif'S office, Lancaster. Wis this
9th day of September A. d.. 1889
JOHN FAWCETT.
Sheriff. Grant county Wis
Lowry s. Clementson. Plaintiffs Attorneys
f. Q, address Lancaster, Wis. BOT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
DON'T.

Don't look upon the wine list that
can't be read.
Don't think a fancy umbrella handle
turns the rain.
Don't worry yourself and others with
what can't be remedied.
Don't think a standing army isn't made
to lay down occasionally
Don't attempt TO stack the cards on
man who is hard TO deal with
Don't think because breyity is the soul
of wit that curtness embodies it.
Don't attempt to play Hamlet unless
you have at least ghost Of a show
Don't think the woman who poses as 4
manhater can't be induced to change her
name.
Don't be too sure it's a compliment IL
told you sing like bird. The screech
owl is a bird.