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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Helpful Lives

Certainly, in our own little sphere it
is not the most active people to whom
we owe the most Among the common
people whom we know, it is not neces-
sarily those who are busiest, not those
who, meteorlike, are ever on the rush
for some visible charge and work. 1t
is the lives, like the stars, which sim
ply pour down on us the calm light of
their bright and faithful beings, up to
which we look and out of which we
gather the deepest calm and courage.
1t seems to me that there is reassur-
ance here for many of us who seem
to have no chance for active useless
ness. We can do nothing for our fell
low men. But still it is good to know
that we can be something for them; to
know (and this we may know surely)
that no man or woman of the humblest
sort can really be strong, gentle, pure
and good, without the world being bet
ter for it, without somebody being
helped and comforted by the very ex-
istence of that goodness. Phillips
Brooks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
ABOUT BOOK EoLk.

Book News mentions the fact that
Richard Henry Stoddard is writing his
"reminiscences. They should make a
volume full of literary interest.
Lord Kitchener of Khartoum is a
great reader, and among the few favor
lite books which he takes with him on
his military travels are the Koran and
Sir Edwin Arnold's Light of Asia"
A member of the Heine family, in
commenting on the unwilling of the
Heine monument in New York in the
Frankfurter Zeitung, declares that
there can be no nephew of the poet in
America, as was alleged to be the case.
Heine had two brothers and one sis
ter. One Of the brothers had no chill
dren. The other had three, of whom
only one survives-Baron Max Heine.
The sister has one son-Baron Emb-
den.
Emile lola has written letter to the
editor of L'Ami des Betes, in which he
declares that during his exile nothing
gave him more pain than the news of
his dog. His wife wrote to him that
the dog searched for him everywhere
became melancholy and died suddenly.
ct seemed to me as If my departure
had killed him." writes lola. "and I
wept like child. Even now cannot
think of him without being moved to
=
my house seemed deserted and lonely.
And of all the sacrifices have had to
bear this was one of the heaviest"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

flesh without membranes and the
young mother looked absolutely help
less when the women refused her cour-
teous appeal to let her have the end
seat gentleman in the seat behind
promptly offered his seat and stood
upon the running board during the re-
mainder of the trip. / wonder why the
generally accepted code of good NOR
ais does not pass on street cars. Won
en- who are polite and obliging enough
In other places seem to grow bristles
Immediately after boarding car. They
seem to think that their nickel entities
them to display all the rudeness they
care to show. II they have packages
their neighbors on both sides must
help them in the carrying, and il they
have newspapers they will spread them
wide open to read with splendid dis
regard for anybody in the vicinity.
Why, some women are every whit as
selfish and annoying as the man who
stretches his feet across the passage
way in closed car and makes us climb
over them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
RAMS HORNS.

knowledge is power for evil as we'll
as good.
Self-denial is the handspring OF
Christian work.
Hearers Of the Word criticise the
truth, not doors.
Gods sitting makes us less in bulk,
but more in value.
The church is Christ's body, and its
mission His business.
If the church is Christ's body, it will
have the nail prints.
If the devil is dead, business is going
on at the same old stand.
Democracy is never safe unless it be
the expression of theocracy.
The lilies have no mirrors in the
grass, and "yet say unto you"
Laziness about doing Christian work
is often mistaken for humility.
He who would learn to work for
men must learn to wait on God.
Christ did not say that the world
would be lighted by preachers, but by
practicers.
Our expression of love to God is only
proven by the practice of the love of
God.
They who jeer at the church as dead
are usually afraid that it will prove too
lively for them at times.
To try to save men by getting them
into church is trying to make apples
of rocks by putting them in fruit boxes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Women Climb Ropes.

would it be possible, do you think"
a reporter asked Miss Daisy NJ. Elliott,
teacher in the Berkeley gymnasium in
New York city, for woman, if she
understands the science Of coming
down rope, to put her foot. around 1t
and then come down without injury
If she had not previously tried it?"
"One of the girls here has told me
that she has made practical trial Of
her ability to go down rope and that
she did descend from third story win
dow without any trouble. She was not
one Of the venturesome athletes,
either, and was very glad to hear that
she had been able to do it. 1t means a
great deal to undertake anything like
that when there is not the necessity
and the consequent excitement. We
learn here to climb the rope before we
go down it, and that is the most diff
cult part. The girls sometimes climb
one rope and reach over to another
and go down that. This comes under
the head of heavy gymnastics, and
every one does not care to take 1T up.
The work is laid out in a regular course
which comes in order. Children some
times are able to climb the ropes at
the end of the first season; older people
seldom or never do. girl under 16
will do best of all. Over 16 the girls
have perhaps been wearing tight
clothes and they seldom or never have
the freedom of motion of the boys. The
older people get TO rope climbing by
the second season, but the seasons for
most OF them are short. Rope climb
ing is an excellent exercise to develop
the muscles of the chest, if 1t is prop
erly done, but there is great differ
ence. You see, some people use the
arms and you will see that they do it
in a way which contracts the chest
and which Is consequently detrimental
Swinging by the rings is on the same
principle and may be done well or bad
ly, as the chest is or is not contracted.
The chest and upper arms are chiefly
developed by these exercises, and of
course the lower arm muscles to some
extent The beginner takes practice
with the bar, first raising and lowering
the body while the feet are on the floor
to help support it. 1t is naturally
easier for light, slender person to
come down rope than for one who is
stout. There is less weight to sup
port. / don't know that it makes any
difference whether a person is tall or
short There are a number of other
things which tend to make rope climb
ing easier, and confidence is one of
them. Women who are timid are not
as successful as those who are not,
though they may overcome that"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
A CHEEKY Word.

We should think of the effect of crit
icism on others. 1t discourages and
Outlines does serious hurt. Life is
not easy for any one, and to many
people it is very hard. They are car
rying every ounce of burden they can
possibly carry. They sometimes al
most totter beneath their heavy load.
Now, suppose that instead of say
ing cheering words to these people,
heartening words which would put
new hope and courage into their spir-
it, We do nothing but criticise them,
find fault with them, speak in harsh,
unloving way of them; what is the eff
feet upon them? 1t can only be hurt
full. 1t makes their load all the heav-
ier Or, rather, it takes out of their
heart the enthusiasm, the hope, the
courage. and makes it harder for them
to go on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Buckwheat Cakes.

To one-third cupful fine stale bread
crumbs add two cups scalded milk and
soak thirty minutes Add one-half tea
spoonful salt, quarter of a yeast cake
dissolved in half a cup Of ltlke-warm
water and one and three-quarter cups
of sifted buckwheat -four. Let rise
over night. In the morning stir well
and add quarter of teaspoon of soda
dissolved in quarter of cup of luke
warm water and one tablespoon mo-
lasses. The soda is AIDED to neutralize
any acidity which has developed over
night. Cook the cakes on a hot grid
die. the same as griddle cakes, salt
pork being the best to grease the grid
die with, as less grease is absorbed.
This is good way to use up the pork
rinds. Serve the cakes hot from the
griddle, not piled one upon the other,
as that way of serving will make them
heavy and indigestible Maple syrup
usually accompanies buckwheat cakes.
The molasses added to the mixture in
the morning will give nice crisp edges
to the cakes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Observation-Disclosures as a Blessing.

What blessing that there is
limit to our range Of vision, physical,
mental, and spiritual! Mountains on
the far horizon are bluer and softer
and less sharp in outline than noun
tains close at hand The curve of the
earth, atmospheric conditions, and our
natural shortsightedness allow US only
a very limited sight of things. The
farther off they are, the more soften
ed or unintelligibe they become to us.
And what blessing is this provision
of an all-wise and ALLOWING Creator!
We could not bear it otherwise. AS
far as we can see is as far as we ought
to see, and it is well that the objects
at the other end Of our vision are not
wholly clear. We may be glad that
the precise joys and sorrows ahead are
not in full view. Our sight is suffi-
cient for what is at hand.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
The Chicken Snake.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: George
Mayford, of Alton, heard commotion
in his hen house recently and investi-
gated. Coiled on the floor near one
of the egg boxes was q snake that
looked to Mayford's astonished eyes as
thick and long as a telegraph pole Be-
ing versed in snake lore Mayford was
not frightened. He recognized the
serpent as a chicken snake, therefore
harmless. But while chicken snake
has no poison fangs it is spunky, and
when the fellow saw Mayford it showed
fight. Mayford got long-handed hoe
and after little sparring got in a
blow that killed the snake. Then he
measured it. 1t was seven feet six
inches long and Is inches In circum-
ference at the thickest part. A snake
of that size would have no trouble in
swallowing a full grown hen. No one
in the Alton neighborhood ever saw a
serpent so large in that vicinity
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
RETURNED AFTER MANY YEARS
New York Man Gets His Reward for
Stalking a Klondike Adventures.

New York Man Gets His Reward for
Stalking Klondike Adventurer.
From the New York Press: If ever
man cast his bread upon the waters.
not even expecting it to return to him,
1t was John F. Reilly, the proprietor OF
the Bon Ton music hall. Reilly grub
staked" a man who worked for him to
go to the Klondike last spring and
today he is richer by $4,000 Arnold
Mcpherson, a relative of Senator Nc
Pherson of New Jersey, was the man
he assisted. Mcpherson died in Daw-
son City several months ago, leaving
all his earnings to his benefactor.
Reilly heard of his good fortune only
recently. Mcpherson was a ne'er do
well, who loafed around the barrooms
of 1898 Reilly took pity on him and put
him to work. Mcpherson did odd joOs,
receiving in return his board, clothing
and little spending money. McPher-
son had the Klondike fever badly. Day
and night he importuned his employer
to fit him out for an expedition. Fin
ally Reilly consented. He grub stalk
ed" Mcpherson with clothing, tools
and food, and then bought him ticket
to Dawson City. Mcpherson started
away, vowing eternal gratitude, and
that was the last Reilly saw of him.
Months rolled by and Reilly thought
Mcpherson was dead. In his morning
mail few days ago Reilly found a
letter bearing the postmark OF Dawson
City. News from Mcpherson at
last" said Reilly. And truly there was
news-of kind that made Reilly's
eyes bulge out. The letter was from
p j. Conway, a Dawson City lawyer.
1t said that Mcpherson had died there
In last May. Before he died he made
a will leaving all his earnings to his
benefactor. The amount was about
$4,000. Mcpherson, Mr.. Conway said,
had located on several good claims on
the Yukon, which had panned out I'M
usually well. Mcpherson saved $4,000
and when he became i'll he thought OF
Reilly and left the money to him.
Reilly's attorney will communicate
with the Dawson City lawyer as to
obtaining the money, as we'll as pos
session of the claims left by Mcpherson
on the Yukon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
street Car Etiquette.

At one of the open parliaments held
by the New England Woman's Press
association the subject of street car
etiquette was brought up. shall wom-
en- move over and allow newcomers to
have the end seats?" was talked up and
down and finally dismissed without
having been satisfactorily settled, and
perhaps no real good would have come
of it if the members had unanimously
agreed to be obliging. 1t is amusing to
note how willing men or women are to
move in when the end seat is bearing
the brunt of the fierce sun or a sharp
storm. At other times one is obliged
to climb over thin people and stout
people of both sexes, and to receive
glares of wrath whenever we may even
touch them. l remember the intensely
disagreeable behavior of a young wom-
an who kept the end seat one morning
when the streets had been freshly
sprinkled one morning. Her black dress
was long and she neglected to pull ii
up out of the way, so my first step into
the ear was plump upon the side
breadth. | apologized, of course, yet
she plainly showed me her displeasure
all the way down town. Had she moved
along she would have kept the fresh
ness OF her skirt as well as her tenn
per. acknowledge the point that the
end seats are more desirable, but
everybody would be more comfortable
in the end if the habit of moving in
were general. 1t is now so uncommon
as to call forth thanks when it occurs.
| felt like shaking selfish fat woman
one day when young woman with an
infant in her arms boarded the car. Ii
was task to pass such mountain of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
A Lesson from the Trees.

One morning in spring | looked from
my window out upon the trees in the
dooryard. 1t was yet cold, and they
stood there leafless. bare and appar-
emily lifeless. Now | look upon them,
and they are in full foliage and bloom,
1t is warm. The elements that ia
vored growth, bloom and coming fruit
age are present.
How much like the soul that is cold
and lifeless; but only let the life-pro-
ducing elements surround it, and what
a promising and attractive growth we
have! The proper appreciation and
assimilation of Gods love will warm
and nourish our souls in spiritual
growth Herald and Presbyter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
spanlsh hullfghting. wlth its danger

Spanish bullfghting, with its danger
and excitement, though without the
romance, the glitter and the gaudy cos
tunes, can be seen almost any pleas
ant day at the Chicago stockyards, as
was shown recently when a long-horn-
ed Texas steer broke loose, killed a
horse, chased the general public to
the nearest fences and was finally laid
low by several policemen. There is
one great difference, however, between
the bullfght OF Madrid and the steer
fight of the stockyards-the Spanish
hull is attacked, tortured and continu-
ally goaded till he dies, while the wild
and woolly stockyards steer does the
attacking on his own hook and appar-
emily enjoys himself until he is either
slain or captured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
How to Buy Poultry,

When marketing, remember that If
poultry is young, the end of the breast
bone is just like gristle; and that the
joints are timber and the legs smooth.
When fresh killed, the eyes are full
and the feet moist. The feet and beak
of a. young goose are yellow, but If the
bird has weathered too many storms,
its feet and beak will be a reddish
color, and bristly. II the feet are
not pliable, it is sign that the goose
has been dead long time. The fat
Of young bird is whittier and softer
than that of an old one. Unless the
weather is very warm, all kinds OF
poultry, turkeys especially, are inn
proved by hanging for day or two.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Christian Endeavor Topics.

Obeying Orders.-M Monday, Oct. 2,
Follow Me; John i: 35-42. Tuesday,
Oct 3, Go Home and Tell; Mark S: 49,
20. Wednesday, Oct. 4, larry at Jeru-
salem; Acts L. 1-5. Thursday, Oct. 5,
Unto the Gentiles; Acts %: 1921. Fri
day, Also at Rome; Acts 20: 10, IL;
2S: 80, 81. Saturday, Oct Z, What Is
That to Thee? John 81: 1922. Sunday,
Oct. s, topic: Work Where Christ
Tells You to, John 81: 1-6.
Those who choose their calling sim
ply that they may be rich will never be
truly rich, nor will those that choose
it merely to get fame ever win true
glory. Those that let Christ choose
their calling for them will lay up
riches where rust does not corrupt, and
will win fame with the great major
ity' in heaven. No one is safe in let
ting his inclinations decide where he
shall work, until he has made Christ's
will his will. Christ will not go with
you to your work; if you want his
companionship, you must go with Him
to His work. The finally successful
lives are those that are lived under
Christ's direction. Without His guild
ance, nets may be filled with fishes,
but the fish escape always before they
are brought to land. If you let Christ
direct you, then He will be responsible
for your life; If not, you take that fear
full responsibility upon yourself.
Think before you refuse the call to
serve on committee, or in a certain
office. The call may be from Christ.
Christ's plans are always the best.
When we make choice that is not His
choice, although 1t may be a good
choice. it is not the best one, and al
though He may overrule it for the
good, He cannot overrule it for the
best.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
HOW TO KEEP FERNS ALIVE:
Rich Soil, Preferably Leaf Mold, is
Needed for Them.

Rich Soil, Preferably Leaf Mold, Is
Needed for Them.
Nothing aus more to the attractive
ne- of a room than pot of ferns.
But how to manage ferns when they
come from the florist Is what few
housewives know. If the intention be
to put them singly they should be re-
ported in size larger only than the
pots they have occupied. II received
by mail, with the soil washed from the
roots, put the plants into as small pots
as will naturally accommodate the size
of their roots. Place bits of charcoal
or broken pottery an inch in depth in
the bottom Of the pot for drainage.
Cover this with thin layer Of moss or
leafy refuse to prevent the soil from
washing through. An ideal soil is
rich, flaky leaf mold, with one-fourth
part coarse, sharp sand well mixed in.
In the absence OF leaf mold well-rotted
sod, rich in decayed roots, is excellent;
or such matter with either of these use
the same proportion OF sand. one
need not always go to the woods for
leafmoid; in many sheltered fence
corner and under the edge Of walks
the leaves from shade and other trees
find Judgment year after year and de-
cay. Manure should not be added to
the soil for ferns; an exception may be
made with very strong-growing varie-
ties-a little may be added with bene-
fetal results IL so thoroughly decayed
that it looks like rich, black earth. A
few bits of charcoal, varying from the
size of pea to that of hazelnut, may
be scattered through the soil; they
keep the soil sweet and fern roots
seem to like the little hooks and cram
mics afforded by them. Bits of broken
brick may be substituted either hold
moisture and you will find when turn
ing the plants out for reporting that
the main mass Of roots have made
their way around these and down into
the drainage matter in the bottom.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Master the Clouds.

Be master of the clouds,
Let them not master thee;
Compel the sunshine to thy soul,
However rough the sea.
Be not as those who own u
Nor hope nor glow of faith!
Beyond the clouds the light remains,
And true life conquers death.
Be thou OF good cheer yet,
Though dark and drear the way;
The longest night wears on to dawn
And dawn to perfect day
Possess thy soul in calm,
Let patience rule thy heart,
And in gray shades of clouded times
Bear thou the hero's part.
There shalt thou know the flush
OF happy, radiant days;
For he who trusts God in the dark
Is taught new songs of praise.
Marianne birmingham.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
A Little Woman.

?erhaps you never knew her? She
was only known to those who love her,
Ana still revere her memory,
Pure as the stars that shine above her.
BY Gods strange providence beret.
or father. sister, friends and brothers,
And homeless. joyless ever left
she freely gave her life for others
II grief she had she did not tell:
We dared not ask-we never knew 1t;
Her heart was like a hidden well,
Deep-sealed : and only God saw
through Il.
On errands sweet with mercy, swift
She moved-her smile of JOY the token;
From many heart, despairing-
en-!
And many life bowed down with shame
Beneath her tender touch grew human;
And lips that prayed not breathed her
name
And said God bless that little wo-
man.
The day she died they came to me
And said: No boon would we deny
her;
Some word above her grave must be,
Now that the Lord has called her high
err"
! wept-but did not weep alone,
Because my grief was theirs in COM
mon;
Said l: place nothing on the stone
Save this: Here Lies a Little Woman! :"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Hold Sorrow.

Hold sorrow till its more selfish as
pect passes, till it turns its religious
side to you, till time and experience
and faith do their work, till you feel
not its gloom, but its glory; not its
cross, but it's crown. Do not, through
any device, lose its sanctifying influ-
ence, the greatest loss the soul can
meet. Do not flee from it or seek to
smother it or yield to it; but hold it till
it blesses.-J. F. w. Ware.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
An Arctic BIu of Fare.

The arctic region is no place for cpl
cures. The men who explored Franz
josef Land under the command OF Mr.
+. G.. Jackson were by no means dainty
in their tastes. but their leader tells us
in his diary, that during the long win
tiers, when the birds had migrated to
the south, monotonous was not the
word to describe the bill of fare. eve
are none of us in love with walrus
meat. 1t is very tough. coarse and
dark in color, and has distinct flavor
of iodine. Every day l am having all
the blood Of the animals killed kept
and frozen. Every day a pound or SC
OF the frozen blood is Clipped out with
an axe and added to our soup. The fat
of the walrus We find peculiarly UNI
pleasant. l should like to place walrus
or bear, cooked L Arctic, before q
London clubman, and be privileged ia
watch his expression and hear his re.
marks"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
The Inherltors Of the Earth.

The meek, the disinterested, the I'M
selfish, those who think little of them
selves and much of others-who think
of the public good and not of their
own-who rejoice in good done, not by
themselves, but by others, by those
whom they dislike as well as by those
whom they love-these shall gain far
more than they lose; they shall Gin
herit the earth" and its fullness.-
Dean Stanley.