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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

Or. Haig is of the opinion that sui
eide may be traced to error in diet, the
error being the eating of meat, the
drinking of beer and of tea, and the
smoking of tobacco. His facts all fall
comfortably into their places in sup
port of his hypothesis. Are there not
more suicides among men than among
women, and do not men consume more
meat, more beer, and more tobacco than
the women? Again, suicide is more
common in England than in Scotland,
not apparently because the Scotch are
English eat more meat and drink more
beer, while the Scotch eat less meat
and drink whisky instead of beer. At
ter maintaining that suicide was less
common among the Scotch, it was per
haps hardly polite, when addressing a
Scotch audience, to go on to say that
suicide increased with civilization. But
the fact was explained on the ground
of more injurious diet, that of civilized
man being more productive of uric
acid and thus of suicide than that
which prevails where civilization IA
less advanced. Uric acid is, in fact at
the bottom of all this, and, according
to DR.. Haig, the incidence of suicides
tallies with the daily, annual, and life
fluctuations of uric acid in the blood,
being cOmm0nest when uric acid 10
most abundant, namely in the morn
ings in spring and summer, and in
childhood, and in the full prime Of
life.
We have no doubt that errors of diet
are responsible for much, among other
things, for a number of suicides; nay,
we would go further and admit that
unsuitable diet arrangement of the
proper relation between nutrition and
waste and the consequent loading of
the tissues and the blood with abnor-
nal products Of metabolism have
much to do with that ill-temper and
discomfort which lead men to lay their
hands violently upon their neighbors
and sometimes on themselves. All
this may be taken for granted, but it
Is at present far from proved that the
peccant material is in all cases the
same, and still further are we from be-
ing agreed that uric acid is the origin
of the eyil.-The Hospital.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Jewelry of Gnn Metal.

Watches and knickknacks made Of
gun metal have quietly and gradually
become very popular among people
who like handsome jewelry that will
not attract attention. Very striking
results have been obtained in this ma
terial, and a watch of the black metal
sprinEled sparingly with tiny bril-.
liants is a trife any woman would ad-
mire.
Up to a short time ago great guam
titles of gun metal were imported from
Europe, but lately our manufacturers
have bought it here. They tried lac
quering, oXidizing and various pro-
cesses, none of which proved success
full. Finally an italian discovered the
process, and he is about the only man
in the United States who produces
good material. He gets the same steel
our government uses in making guns
and shapes it into the forms desired.
The objects are a light-gray color and
are boiled in acid, filed, put into an
other solution and the process repeated
till the metal is satisfactory.
1t is hard to put hinges on gun
metal, and the expert workmen nec-
essary render the finished product ex-
pensiye. Another disadvantage is that
it rusts in spite Of all the care taken
in the making.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

the dead rat savagely in his mouth.
1t was not his first rat, l suspect, for
there was nothing of the novice about
his performance, but, as it happens,
during the year Jock has been with
us he has had no previous opportunity
of distinguishing himself in this diree-
ton. SO the exploit, to some extent.
marked an epoch and revived a pas
sion, the ardor of which disuse had
perhaps blunted, for Jock has never
been quite the same dog since. Be
fore the fatal night he was an amiable
little dog. who liked people to pat him,
and was not above begging when there
were biscuits about But now he bus
ties about the house, shifting in suspi-
cious corners, and disdains hlandish-
ments and biscuits. His attitude
seems to say that things like this are
well enough, but there comes a time
when a dog ought to turn his atten-
ton to more serious things. This is
an estimable and familiar common
place of frivolous youth, and / do not
find fault with it, but / resent the SUI
perior way in which Jock goes about,
as if nobody had ever thought Of it
before.
If | may be allowed to say 50, / con
slider that Jocks tactics, while they
lack nothing in energy, are often clum-
sy and even ridiculous The rats them.
selves, as they scamper about in the
walls and the ceilings, are obviously
amused by them, for | detect a certain
diabolical ingenuity in the way in
which they irritate him. They wait,
peering perhaps through crevices, un-
til he is comfortably asleep, and then
begin what sounds like a game OF foot
ball behind the wainscot close TO his
head. Up leaps Jock and bounds Wild
" about the room. Then he usually
shifts angrily and finally stands in the
attitude of expectation staring at the
wall. Now | know, and / could assure
Jock so. only he would not believe me.
that there is no chance Of the rats
bursting through the WainscOt and
rushing out for Jock to catch them
Sometimes he begins to scratch busilv.
as if he could scratch through the
wood and the cement, whereas all he
does is to damage the paint Again. 4
might very well counsel little more
secrecy in his methods, for he seems
to labor under the delusion that the
rats will be glad of the chance of meet
ing him. 1t is with an air Of appro.I
PIRATE mystery that | beckon to JoekI
to come along the passage and explore
some likely recess, but it is with the
most noisy qualification that he re-
spends to the summons. He numbers
along like any cart horse, or heavy
booted policeman, giving ample notice
of his approach. Naturally by the time
he reaches the spot there is nothing to
be found, and he glares at me r.
proachfully, as though had Willingly
started him upon a fools GRAND.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

Il can't find my cap anywhere is
a sentence more or les familiar in the
household, that being what the boy
says, looking for his cap when he
wants to 90 out to play. Early in the
search he enlists his mother, and thai
may make a serious business of il.
She has to drop her busting, or what
ever household work sha may be en-.
gagged in. and the search may take 4
long time
where did you put it when vor
came in is a question sure to be
asked sooner or later, but all the boy
can answer is:
Il don't know"
And then the search goes on. Ey
erywhere, over and under, in all sorts
of places, all at a great loss Of time.
If not of temper. 1t is found at last.
as most things are, in time. and in
some simple, easy place, which makes
the finding of it all the more exasper
ating.
The boy takes it and goes out to
play and straightway forgets all
about it; but it may take quite little
time to restore the normal calm in the
house.
1t Is 6 mystery how the boy man
ages to lose his cap as often as he
does, but it appears to be a boys way,
and common to almost all.-N. Y. sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
BOY UPSETS TELEPHONES.
THE TROUBLE He CAUSED BY
SHOOTING SPARROWS.
Effect the Small Bullets Had ON the
Telephone Cable and Its
Result on Target
Practice.

A telephone company in an Iowa
town has made an interesting diScov-
cry and at the same time solved a
mystery which has been puzzling it
for weeks. The telephone lines, which
had previously given good service, be-
gan a short time ago to develop all
sorts of queer symptoms, the induc-
ton in some cases being so strong
that person using a receiver could
hear half a dozen different people
talking at once. The linemen had
bad time searching up and down the
wires for the trouble. At length they
found spot where a heavy lead cable
had received a shot from a 22-caliber
rifle. The bullet had twisted and cut
the wires and worked several varieties
Of damage. The injured section of the
cable had to be cut out and sDliced.
Later on other bullet marks of the
same character were discovered. 1t
was evident that some one was in the
habit OF making target of the wires,
and as each shot cost the company
about SO to repair, the superintendent
of the line was a little anxious as to
who should pay the bill.
He was not long in finding out The
son of a prominent resident of the
town was caught proving around an
alley with small rifle, shooting at
birds on the wires, and inasmuch as
one of the cables near his home was
ruined by the shooting, it is assumed
that the boy is responsible for the in
duction that has been bewildering and
eXasperating the telephone subscrib-
ers of the town. The town has deter
mined to put in force a local ordinance
which makes it just as much of a mis-
demeanor to shoot a target rifle with
in the town limits as it would be to fire
off a Calling gun. The town marshal
has given instructions to the patrol
men to arrest any one seen going
about with a target rifle, and mischie-
vous boys are to be taught to let the
telephone lines alone.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
No RIGHT to b. Murdered.

Lord Monck. at one time governor OF
Canada. sat in the house of commons
for an English constituency. An Irish.
man himself. he was very patronizing
to the Irish members. Meeting Vim.
cent Scully, the member for Tipperary.
in the lobby one night, he slapped him
on the shoulder and said Familiarity:
Well Scul. how are you?" The 9th
er, annoyed by this form of address.
reJoined: Il will thank you, my lord,
not to deprive my name Of the last let
ter. Or, If you do pray add it to your
own and call Yourself Monkey" Vim
cent Scully once gave utterance in the
house TO ludicrouS confusion OF
thought, A landlord had been muir
dered in Tipperary, and, during dis
cussion in regard to the crime, an at
tempt was made to prove that it was
agrarian. Mr.. Scully spoke of the muir
dered man in tones of the highest
praise. HE was much beloved" said
he; he distributed food to the starv-
ing people and no man hac less right
to be dered3'-Argonaut
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Strange Crave Marks.

An extraordinary tombstone has just
been erected in the cemetery at Lin
coin, Kan, by an eccentric man named
Henry Jacobs, in memory Of his son.
James Jacobs. who died in 1891. Mr..
Jacobs wanted a tombstone out Of the
common, and, remembering that his
son was of rowing disposition. he had
a stone cut in the shape of an old-fash.
Toned travelling satchel. On the plate
in the center of each side is the name
-. S. Jacobs" Just above the name
is this inscription: Here is Where He
Stopped Last" Underneath the mama
is the date of death and his age. The
stone is white marble, and the base In
n big boulder which the father hauled
from his farm and rolled on the praya
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Injurious Cigarettes.

One of the gravest facts relating to
the harmfulness of cigarette-smoking
to excess is one that has lately come
to light.
In two distinct cases, recently re,
lated, with initials and dates, by DR..
Forbes Winslow, it was necessary to
apply leeches to persistent cigarette
smokers. To the no small surprise of
the doctors respectively in attendance,
both the leeches-they are creatures of
very strong vitality-presently released
their hold and We're observed to drop
dead. So notable was this fact that
the experiment was tried of applying
leeches to other patients who were
then under treatment for excessive Gig
arette-smoking, and in every case the
leeches died almost Immediately.
Distinct traces of the dangerous
empyreumatic oil that is given off by
tobacco under certain conditions were
found in the leeches. The same ex.
pertinent was tried with excessive
pipe-smokers. with no apparent injury
to the leeches.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Estate Of John t. Grifis, deceased.
Notice to Creditors.

State Of Wisconsin Grant County Court,
SSH Probate
In the matter Of the estate ofJohn HGrifis.
deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate OF
John IL. GrlhS, deceased. having been issued
to Era II. Griilis,
Notice is hereby given that the creditors
of said John II. Grifis, deceased are al.
lowed and limited by order of this Court un-
til and including the
SECOND TUESDAY or APRIL, 1900.
being the 10th day of said month. to
present their claims and demands against
said John II. Griits, deceased to the
County Court for examination and allow
ance.
Notice is also hereby given that the claims
and demands so presented will be examined
and adjusted by This Court at the ONCE Of
the County Judge, at the Court House in
the city Of Lancaster in said County on the
thirdTuesday of April 1900.
Dated this 10th day of September, 1899
32w4 BY the Court.
Il. b. GOODSELL. County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
state of JohnJ Kilby deceased.
Notice to Creditors.

State of Wisconsin, Grant County Court
ss.-In Probate
In the matter OF the estate of John ].
Kilby, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate OF
John J. Kilby. deceased. having been
issued TO Isabella Kilby.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors
of said John ]. Kilby, deceased, are allowed
and limited by order Of this court until and
including the
THIRD TUESDAY or MARCH, 1900,
being the goth day Of said month, to present
their CLAIMS and demands against said
John J. Kilby, deceased, to the county court
for examination and allowance
Notice is also hereby given, that the
claims and demands so presented will he
examined and adjusted by this court. at the
Office of the County Judge, at the Court
House, in the city of Lancaster, in said
county, on the Il d Tuesday of March, 1900.
Dated this 18th day of September, 1899.
BY the Court
T.. B. GOODSELL.
5lWi County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Foreclosure Sale
state s II, :. Of Wisconsin, County of Grant.

State of Wisconsin, County of Grant s..
In circuit court
Catherine Marsden and Philippa Fiddick,
PIalntiis 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
FREEZER, John McClain and Ann McCIain. his
wife. Defendants
Notice is hereby given that bv virtue az
and pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure
and order of sale made in the above entitled
action, at the adjourned regular June term
thereof, for the year 1893 held at the Conrt
House in the city of Darlington Lafayette
county, Wisconsin, said term being 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 Both 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 aay al the
front door of the Court House in the city of
Lancaster, Grant County Wisconsin. offer
Tor sale and sell at public yendue to the
highest and best bidder or bidders for cash
the following described mortgaged prem
ises or so much thereof as will be sufficient
toraise the amount due on said Judgment
interest ana costs together with expense Of
sale to-wit
and the north half Of the southwest quarter
OF said section nine 90 i'll town one "a north
OF range one % west of the fourth principal
meridian. also ten acres off the south end of
east half OF the northeast quarter of section
tour 90 IN town two 81 north of range two
10 vest OF the fourth principal meridian in
Grant county. Wisconsin.
Dated Sheritt'S office, Lancaster. Wis this
9th day OF september. A. d.. 1899
JOHN FAWCETT.
Sheriff, Grant county. Wis.
Lowry Ciementson, Plaintiffs Attorneys
r Q. address Lancaster, Wis. S0t-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
A COSTLY OvERCOAT.
Eleven Thousand Dollars Quite Sum
For One Coat.

That statement that the Comte Boni
de Castellane has bought a new over
coat is the more startling when one
learns what kind of overcoat it is.
Just as he dislikes to be called the
young man who married Anna Gould,
so he is pleased to be known as the
best-dressed Of Parisians. In 1897,
when he had his portrait painted by
Lefevre, it was an overcoat lined
through with Russian sable, costing
$1,000. He already had one with
cuffs and collar of sea otter, worth
$500, not to speak of several astra-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Estate Of VIM. Il. Hale. deceased
Notice Of Hearing.

STATE OF WISCONSIN.
GRANT COUNTY COURT, ~ ~ fisoBAIE.
Notice is hereby given. II at at the special
Term OF the County Court to be held in and
for said County, at the Court House in the
city OF Lancaster, in said County, on the
FOURTH TUESDAY or OCTOBER, 1899.
being the 3st day of October. 1899 at the
hour of ten O'Clock in the forenoon. the
following matter wih be heard AMI consid-
cred:
The application Of Pauline Hale for the
admission to probate of an instrument in
writing purporting to be the last will and
testament OF VIM. II. Hale late of the town
OF Wyalusing in Grant county deceased
by order of the court
i. B GOCDSELL
County Judge.
Dated October ,. 1899 3Sw3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
THEY DRESS VERY SIMPLY,
THE NATIONAL FEMALE DRESS
is VERY BECOMING.
The Question of Describing 1t For Eu-
ropean styles Is Very Serious
Subject for the Fair WON
en- OF Japan.

Is the national female dress of Japan
destined to become eXtinctf On
aesthetic grounds, il for no other, it
is to be hoped not, for nothing can be
more picturesque nor becoming, what
ever may be the position of the wearer
in the social scale, whether she be the
wife of a nobleman or the hard-work-
ing helpmate of peasant. "In all its
essentials" we are told, "the female
costume of Japan has remained the
same decade after decade, graceful, ar
tistic. comfortable and wholesome"
A Japanese woman in European attire
becomes hopelessly vulgarized in APP
pearance. European and American
ladies' have more to gain by adopting
the japanese costume than have their
sisters in the Land Of the rising Sun
in resorting to the use Of tight corsets,
high-heeled shoes and other monstros-
tiles Of European fashion.
Yet not a few of the japanese fair
ones are seriously engaged in discuss
ing the, to them, all-important question
as to whether they shall or shall not
abandon their dainty, flowing robes
and adopt the ungraceful styles Gre
ated by London and Partisan mod
istes. "The arguments" says DIR. Nor
man in "The Real Japan" "are very
conflicting. On the one hand, there Is
tho empress own example and her or
der that no lady shall appear at court
in other than foreign dress. Then
there is the natural desire not to ap-
pear old-fashioned before their fell
lows. The desire Of their husbands is
also in many cases on the side Of for
eigns dress, and so are the public ap-
peals Of many influential men, such as
the minister of education. japanese
women, however, have too much taste
not to see that their own dress is far
more beautiful"
Stockings or socks are unknown, be-
ing replaced by the tabl, a shoe OF
thick-woven white cloth, to which is
attached kind Of short stocking Of
white silk. The tabi is mostly worn
indoors, a pair Of wooden clogs, called
geta, being used outside. On festival
occasions the kimono is frequently
adorned with gold and silk embroid-
cry. Much care'is bestowed by Jap
anese women on the dressing of their
hair.
The simplicity Of the japanese wom-
ans costume adds considerably to its
charm First she fastens two little
aprons Gloshimaki and susoyoko)
around her waist so as to form a kind
OF small petticoat, or she will attain
the same result with a rectangular
piece Of light material (yumojD, over
which is placed soft, thin shirt or
chemise fitting close to the body. This
is the jibau. 1t IS generally made Of
lght-colored silk Grape. over this, in
winter, is placed an extra garment, the
shitagi, to promote warmth. Over the
shitagi in winter and over the jibau in
summer, is worn the kimonO, or kimo-
nos, as the outer garment, with the
appearance of which we are so famil-
lar, is designated, the material vary
ing according to the means of the
WearCr
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
4 Youthful Estimate Of Dewey.

A young lady teacher in mission
Sunday school was instructing a
youngster making his first appearance.
She had put him through a half-hour
or more in the rudimentary principles,
and was reviewing her work. Now"
she said. tell me again who made the
world and all that is in itg' God
I'D" replied the boy, with commenda-
BILE promptitude. God can do every
thing. can't He?' she asked again. The
boy hesitated a moment Il don't be-
lieve lie could lick Dewey" he an
swered AT last and his teacher sat 81
lent between her religion and her pa
trintism.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
JOCKS RAT.

A few nights ago Jock killed a rat
But though he did the execution, the
credit of the strategy is mine, says
Jocks owner drove the back stairs
and ran the rat TO ground behind the
kitchen dresser. 1t was / that poked
with stick and made the rat bolt
while Jock waited at the other end
There was a brief scuffle and Jock,
with thorough policy, was shaking
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

The ingenuit. Of the Chinese in de-
vising punishment for offenders sur-
passes that of the most cruel people
of the middle ages. Some weeks ago
a boy was kidnapped from village
about 30 miles from Chin-Kiang and
brought to that city to be sold. The
kidnapers We're arrested and returned
TO the village, where the people dug n
hole in the ground, like a grave. about
three feet deep, covered the bottom
and sides with unslaked lime, placed
the offender, with his hands and feet
tied, upon the lime and covered his
body with the same material. Then
they filed the hole full Of water. and
as the lime Stacked he was roasted
live and his body consumed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Curious Divorce Case

y curl0tis divorce case is about to be
tried in Emporia, Kan. John W. Cor
man Sues his wife, alleging as a cause
that she persists in exhibiting herself
as a freak over the country. Mrs.
German has the most remarkable head
of hair that ever grew on a Kansas
woman 1t is wayy and lustrous and
sweeps the floor. While at the worlds
fair she was considered a wonder. and
the showmen got after her with prop
ositions to exhibit herself. Mr.. Cor
man objects to his wife travelling
about the country for this purpose,
and hence the suit.