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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
Married women.s carele.sn..,.

Philadelphia Times: A man would
Infinitely prefer to be disappointed in
his wife's intellect than in her personal
appearance,if he has to be disillusioned
on either one point or the other after
marriage, and yet how many women
take chances with their marital hap
piness by drifting into slovenly or
careless ways, which are sure to dis
gust a man, no matter how much lin
love he may be. Do we not all of us
know some such instance in our own
circle of acquaintance where a pretty,
attractive girl has degenerated into an
unattractive, untidy woman within
few short years OF the time when she
stood at the altar, radiant in the fresh
ness of her youthful beauty, the delight
OF her husbands eye and the Joy of
his heart? The first step downward
generally takes the form of curl papers.
All, how many divorces can be traced
directly to the baleful influences OF
these unsightly knobs to which wom-
an so soon endeavors to accustom her
husband, but when, IL she only knew,
are the thin edge of the wedge that
opens the gap between them. Then
she acquires the wrapper habit and
thinks nothing of wearing this same
nondescript and unbecoming garment
from morning until night Little by
little she neglects to take her hair out
of papers, reserving this process for
specially important occasions, until her
husband hardly recognizes her in her
holiday hair. minus the disfiguring pa
per wads that ave produced the waves
and curls, which he. poor, deluded NOR
tai, once thought we're natural. Her
footwear resolves itself into chronic
slippers, as a rule badly run down at
the heel, and before she is aware of the
fact herself. she has become absolutely
unsightly rather than the attractive
woman little care would make her.
Do not think that men fail to appre-
ciate all the little personal graces or
the toilet as much after marriage as
before it. The money that is expended
on delicate sachet powder. pretty shoes
and dainty stockings. fetching little
house costume or for the services of
manicure or hair-dresser may be con-
demned as awful extravagances, but
they are condoned much more quickly
than the neglect OF personal appear
ance that may save expenditure of both
time and money, but which wastes that
best possession of a married woman
the sincere admiration of her own hus-
band.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
A Houssuifs.s Soft Hands.

A certain little housekeeper who
does all her own work and yet has the
lily-white hand that one reads about,
tells thus how she keeps her hands in
such good condition: Tomatoes will
take off any stain. You know pairing
apples makes your hands frightfully
black. / discovered that the tomato
can be used } take off this stain, and
since have found it out | keep one
on my kitchen table and apply it al
ways after pairing fruit. In winter
use canned tomatoes. Rather queer
cosmetic, isn't it? Then l am careful
to wear gloves whenever it is possible
the rubber kind when l am washing
dishes, and loose old kid gloves when
| sweep. | think, with proper care,
any woman can keep her hands soft
and white, even if she does house
work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
Searehlicht of Life.

The reason which Admiral Cervera
gave for not trying to escape from
Santiago harbor at night was that the
powerful searchlights from Admiral
SIMPSONS ships shone in the eyes of
the men, and made it impossible to
escape unseen, or even to guide their
own ships Alright when blinded by
these lights. If those lights had been
put out single hour, the Spanish adj
miral might have been able to escape.
And it would not have been surprising
if, in that long, wearisome waiting,
some one had grown negligent of his
duty, and some night. thinking that
there was no use of keeping up such
vigilance forever, the light had been
allowed to go out. Human search
lights must rest, as well as their keep
ers. But there is a searchlight turned
full upon the life OF every one of us
that never pa!es or falters, night or
day, thr ough all the ages. Not single
word, action, or thought of our hearts
escapes the scrutiny of that unceasing
eye, and everything ii sees is photo
graphed, to be revealed in the last day.
Christian Endeavor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30

Fritz Prizes, a Nebraska farmer, who
lives six miles out of Omaha, has late
ly furnished some lively gossip for his
neighborhood He is an atheist, and
among other peculiar views regards
the dead human body as worthy of no
more consideration than so much rub
bish. However, he found he had to
yield to public opinion sufficiently to
have a funeral over the remains of his
sister, Mrs. Nelson, who died few
weeks ago. The grave was duly dug
next to that of long deceased broth
er, and then came up the question OF
a coffin. Collins were expensive, and,
in Prizes esteem, wholly useless lux
uries. Prizes remembered that at the
time of his brothers death, some ten
years before. an unusually fine casket
was used. He deliberately disinterred
the body OF his brother and removed
the coffin from the ten-year-old grave,
lifted the skeleton from the coffin,
wrapped ii in quilt, placed it back
in the grave and covered it from view.
Then he took the old coffin to the barn,
repainted it and put the body Of his
sister in it. The coffin was then placed
in the new grave and covered up. The
facts were laid before the coroner, but
that functionary saw no reason to in
terfere. 1t was purely personal
matter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30

hind which the outer world lies in
darkness. / have entered into His
church. the temple Of the universe.
and remain therein, blessed, devout,
pious, even If the temple should be-
come dark, or cold. or undermined by
graves. What I do, or suffer, is no
sacrifice for Him, it counts as little
as one made to myself; | love Him
whether | suffer or not. The flame
from heaven falls on the altar of saeri-
fee and consumes the beast, but the
flame and the priest remain. If my
great Friend demand something from
me the heaven and the earth seem
glorious to me, and / am happy as He
IS; II He deny me anything, it is a
storm on the ocean, but it is spanned
by rainbows, and recognize above
u the kindly sun which has no tenn
pestuous sides, but only sunshiny
ones.-J. P. r. Richter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
RELIGIOUS READING.
RELIGION AND REFORMS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
Christian Endeavor Topics: Our Royal
Brother = Greater Things Yet-The
Joy of Religion-settlns Things Right
"A well-spent Life.
The Golden side.


There is many rest in the road of life
If We only would stop to take it:
And many tone from the better land
II the querulous heart would make
it.
To the soul that is fun Of hope.
And whose beautiful trust ne'er
faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers are
bright,
Though the winters storm pre-
yaileth.
Better hope. though the clouds hang
low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted,
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep
through
When the ominous clouds are rifted.
There was never a night without a day,
Or an evening without morning,
And the darkest hour, as the proverb
goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
ASAC - Ahdho ECLl Al tic pdAn VA
life,
Which We pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled
crown
Or the miser's boarded treasure.
It may be the love of little child,
Or mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For a cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life
A bright and golden filing,
And to do Gods will with a cheerful
heart,
And hands that are ready and will
ing,
Than to snap the delicate, minute
thread
OF our curious lives asunder,
And then blame heaven for tangled
ends,
And sit and grieve and wonder.
Charles Mackay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30

Law works both ways, if it's good
Law that works only one way is had
The Utah court of last resort has de-
cided that miner who worked 70
hours day could not recover pay for
the four hours more than eight. be-
cause 1t is unlawful in Utah to REQUIRE
men to work at ore mining or smelling
more than eight hours a day, and just
as unlawful for men to SO work. The
court points out that the law is based
on the assumption that to permit more
than eight hours work a day at these
occupations are against public policy,
and work injury to the community.
that therefore employed and employee
are alike law-breakers when they ar
range to and do so work, and that no
court will assist one wrongdoer to re-
ceive from his fellow wrongdoer a
share of the fruit of such wrongdoing.
This may seem harsh, and the decision
has been severely criticised. But I
think criticism is unfounded. 1t would
be difficult to find a stronger incen-
tive for strictly observing a short-day
law than the knowledge that no pay
could be legally claimed for the extra
hours one might work. According to
the reasoning underlying this decision,
a union in Utah can convict of mis-
deameanor and make to pay penalty,
any man, unionist or non-unionist,
who works in a mine or smelter more
than eight hours day. 1t lends the
whole power of the state to its en-
forcement, upon the complaint of one
person that it is being violated. 1t
would appear that in Utah the ore
miners and smelters who wanted an
eight-hour day, have got exactly what
they wanted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
prape Your Mirror.

II woman wishes to see herself in
the deceptive mirror as others see her
with the eye, or as nearly SO as posi-
BILE, she should keep the surface of her
glass highly polished and have
plentiful supply Of white-not cream
gauze or fine India lawn, gather the
material at the center of the top and
let it fall on either side, framing the
glass with soft folds of pure white.
When this is done TO artistic satisfac-
ton, peep in and see what an improve
ment it makes to the general appear
ance. A draped mirror always gives
more becoming reflection than one
with a hard frame, and besides, the
white draped mirror and the lace-cov-
cred toilet table makes dainty spot
in lady's room at all times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
white Tigers.

A white tiger is not often heard of,
and in these days of skepticism the
existence of such would be denied by
many. or accounts of its discovery
would at least he received with ex-
IRENE caution. That there have been
we'll authenticated cases of complete
or partial albinoism in tigers admits
of no doubt. There is Major D. Rob-
inson's specimen (eleyen feet nine and
one-hale ;nches). shot at Poona, and
the skin of one was exhibited some ten
years ago in London. Now we have
another instance in the tiger recently
shot in the Dibrugarh district, Ossam,
BY Mr.. Greenish. Of Wohorkutia. This
is probably the most perfect specimen
of the white tiger ever obtained. The
hair is perfectly white, the black stripes
being in the skin, and only visible
when the hair is wet. like the body
markings on fox terrier. The skin
measures about nine feet six inches
from tip to tip, and evidently belonged
to a fine young tiger in good condition.
Golden Penny.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
EVER so SINCE ADAM.
Women Have Been Called Upon 4
Shoulder Mems Sins.


Shoulder Mems Sins.
There is nothing on earth that
makes one more provoked than the
tendency of some persons to lay the
blame for every misfortune that oc-
ours to man on the shoulders OF his
poor wife, who has no possible means
of retaliation, but must just simply
bear the odium that does not rightfully
rest upon her, says the Philadelphia
Times. There is another phase of this
question equally prone to rouse my in
dignation, and that is when persons
assert no man would dare to speak TO
woman on the street unless he re-
ceiyed some encouragement from her.
That is all nonsense. know at least
a dozen pretty, modest young women,
who have never even so much as
looked at man they did not know,
who have been addressed in the most
familiar fashion by some well-dressed
loafer who thought his personal charm
so great that he could with ease break
down the barriers Of conyentionality
and good breeding and be forgiven by
the feminine object of his admiration.
That many such have received the
punishment they deserve goes without
saying, but many more are merely
ignored. The girl is too refined to
create scene, and thus when he has
received only the silent snub, hardly
noticeable to the passers-by, he goes
on his way to tackle another one who
has not encouraged him a whit more
than the first, despite all masculine
assertions to the contrary. Men can
fail-men do fail-in business with
out having their failure caused by
their wives extragance. Men do drink
without being driven to it by the CO.
quetries of their wives with other men
or an absence of congeniality in their
homes, and men do speak to women
on the street without being in the least
bit encouraged to do so. They take a
chance, and it is a pity that they are
let down so easily when that chance
is not in their favor. But even if they
were caught in the very commission
of their act of effrontery they would
probably brazen it out and lay the
blame on the innocent woman. Ever
since the day when Adam, the coward,
wriggled out of the responsibility for
his misdoing by saying, "The woman
tempted me and l did eat" men have
been inventing lame excuses for their
failings, and are glad enough to saddle
the blame on the opposite sex, though
they know in their hearts they are
taking refuge in the most palpable
subterfuges that deceive very few
women at least. whatever they may
make men believe on the subject.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
Setting Things RIGHT.

Tell a man he is wrong; if he Is a
man, he will right it by the help OF
God Show a man that he Is wrong,
and IL he begins to reason about it,
give excuses for it, procrastinate and
promise amendment by and by, that
man is morally unsound to the center
of his soul. When captain of ship
has been out at sea in a fog for a week,
and has been going God only knows
where, and suddenly the cloud lifts and
the sun streams upon him, and he finds
out that he is hundreds and hundreds
of miles away from his true course,
what does he do? He thanks God for
deliverance, for the great rebuke, for
the sweet discovery of the light, heads
the ship the other way, and begins to
beat back with singing heart to his
true course. And so when you find an
honest man, and show him that he is
not on the right path, that he has de-
parted from his true course, gratitude
leaps like spring set free in his heart,
and there is new song in his soul, and
he begins to beat back to righteous
ness.-G A. Gordon. D. d.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30

How many there are today pretend
ing to be loving both God and the
world, men and women trying to touch
the things that they should hate, and
yet pretending to be living in the clos
est friendship of Jesus Christ! 1t is
easy to put on the garments, but it is
easier to see through the thin, mock
ing gauze of them the impossibility OF
such living. Just as truly as God and
the world are at war, so the moment
our lives are laid down in uncom-
promising obedience to Him they are
laid down in utter and uncomprom-
ising contrariety with the things
He has told Us we are not to love. We
must choose between the evil of love
of the world and the overlooking love
of God.-R. E. Speer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
SHORT SERMONS.
ATLANTA, GA.
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Christ is the beginning and the end
OF the Christian religion. Rev.
Charles NJ. Jacobs.
Jesus is character in human nature.
Jesus is religious in human expert
ence.-Rev. DR.. G.. S. Burroughs.
When Jesus came He said, call God
Our Father" and made it possible
for us to enter into the full relation
ship of children. Rev. R. l.. Gerhart
Sin everywhere letters and enslaves,
degrades and brutalizes, and there is
no deliyerance from its thraldom ex-
cept Jesus Christ.-Rev. George Ad-
ans.
A deal of talk about leaving the
temple Of men for Gods first temples
in quest of truer worship is as shall
low as the men who make it.--Rev. II.
Z. Foss.
There is no escape from duty, either
to ones self or to ones fellow man.
One may evade duty for a while. but
that is only to make the performance
VI ~ ndt dSl -. ~ ID w AtoOu.
Belief in a soul made logical the be-
lief in Immortality, for the belief in
immortality is essentially founded up
on faith in the integrity of human ma
ture.-Rev. Samuel R. Calthrop.
At the founding of Christianity tho
obstacles seemed utterly insurmount-
able and they have been great in every
century of its history, and they are
great today-Rev. T.. A. Woods
John Wesley was the personiication
of Methodism. He was a child OF
providence, as was Methodism. He be-
came the most aggressive, Independent
preacher of his day.-Rev. J. 0. Knott.
Only New Things" can avail unto
the advancement of religion in Amer
lea. The world has advanced, and the
institutions of the middle ages can
have no place in our era.-Rev. L. +.
Kearney.
Gods work is not dependent upon
human power or money, but is wrought
by His spirit. Let us pray for more
of His spirit, SO that we, as Christians,
can do more of His work.-Mr. John
Wanamaker.
Use your culture, use your educa-
ton and all your powers for the help
and advancement Of others; for not
until then will you realize life in all
its fullness, its beauty and its grand
possibilities.-Rey J. S. Penman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
The JOY of Religion.

Religion is, in the beginning, the
beginning of God-hence the great
name Divine, one learned about
God-truly religion is the blessed
ness arising from a knowledge of
God. Without God we are lone
ly throughout eternity; but if we
have God we are more warmly, more
intimately, more steadfastly united
than by friendship and love. l am
then no longer alone with my spirit
It's great first Friend. the Everlasting,
whom it recognizes, the Unborn Friend
of its innermost soul will abandon it
as little as it can abandon itself, and
in the midst of the impure or empty
whirl Of trifies and OF sins, on the mar
ket-place and the battlefield, / stand
with closed breast in which the Al
mighty and All-holy speaks to me, and
reposes before me like near sun, be-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30

Common salt rubbed into the roots
Of the hair at night will remove dan
druff and prevent the hair from COM
ing out. A pouitice of salt moistened
with vinegar will quickly alleviate
the pain caused by the sting of wasp
or bee. A cup of hot water to which
a teaspoonful of salt has been added,
if taken regularly every morning be-
fore breakfast will be found to
strengthen the digestive organs.
Bathing in strong salt water will be
found comforting to aching and blis-
tered feet. Fine table salt makes an
excellent tooth powder. Bathing the
eyes frequently with salt and water
will be found very beneficial when
they are weak and tired
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
Universal federation.

liberation is often regarded as a
virtue. When there mas been no lib
erty of opinion and action, it is sign
of progress if tolerance is accepted as
a rule of action. But, after time, men
begin to object to the word ttolera-
ton" They say: Il will not tolerate
or be tolerated. To tolerate anothers
opinions is to assume superiority to
them" But on further reflection, it
appears that mutual liberation does
not imply superiority on either side,
but equality and liberty. But now,
having come so far ON the way, the
idea of liberation is expanded to cover
something more than opinions which
are not our own. We bear with one
another's infirmities and faults. and
when we are tolerant enough, we begin
to bear one another's burdens. Uni
versal liberation means mutual help
fulness and good will. There is dan
ger that, when we decline to tolerate
the opinions of others because we will
not assume an attitude of superiority,
we may go further, and end in a SUI
percilious Indifference to the thoughts
and conduct of others which is even
worse than toleration.-Chr Reg
lister.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
Color schemes.

The study Of colors and their effects
in combination is very curious one,
which many women would do well to
give some heed to. especially when the
house is being thoroughly renovated.
There are some colors that are cheer
full. refreshing, that give an expansive
effect. others are depressing and give
a cramped-up appearance to a room.
If a room be large and it is desired to
make it appear smaller and more coy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30

is also an impossibility. 1t Is doubtful
il many petticoats, beyond short,
thin underskirt, are worn now, but
with the autumn, thicker underskirts
will be necessity. At place on the
rue de la Paix, they are making these
of satin, as close as possible to the
figure, and trimmed with one shaped
ruffle, narrow in front and quite deep
in the back. Over these the skirts hang
beautifully and, as 1t is not the fashion
to lift the dress now, the plainness of a
petticoat makes no difference. At this
shop they also show "knickers" OF
satin, made dainty with silk rufiies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30

Cats are not great travellers, as a
rule, nor are they very much at home
in strange hotels, but one of which
Christian Work tells a story was an
exception. A lady walked into the
coffee-room Of a hotel, dressed in trav-
cling costume, and carrying a cape
of plaid cloth, which she hung over
the chair next to her, disposing of it
with some care. When she had or
dered breakfast and was waiting to be
served, she heard a succession of ex-
carnations: "Oh, OH what beauty!"
The lady turned hasty glance to-
ward the chair at her side. There sat
q big white Angora cat, gracefully
viewing the situation. 20 Bismarck,
you silly cat!" she exclaimed, as the
head-waiter appeared with a look on
his face that BODIED no good to the cat.
Il must put him out, madam" he said,
with the assurance that belongs to
head-waiters. But the lady clicked her
fingers, and the cat disappeared. Every
eye had been upon him, but nobody
had seen him 60 The waiter looked
on the chair and under it, but the cat
had vanished. 1t was not until the
lady had finished her breakfast, and
was leaving the table with her travel
ing cloak thrown over her arm, that
the mystery of the animals presence
was explained, and pussy's head was
allowed to peep from a capacious in
side pocket of the cape. "He has trav-
eled in that pocket for hundreds of
miles, and this is the first time he has
shown himself" said his mistress.
"He will not purr for fear of being
found. But he is nearing his journeys
end now, and is getting tired. This
cape is his exclusive property, and the
pocket his private travelling carriage"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-30
When He Smoked.

Several ladies sat in their club a
few evenings ago discussing the vir-
tues of their husbands.
Mr.. Bingleton,' said one OF them,
referring to her life partner, never
drinks, never swears; indeed, he has
no bad habits"
Does he ever smoker" some one
asked.
Eyes; he always lights cigar Just
after he has eaten good meal. But 1
suppose that, on an average. he doesn't
smoke more than once month"
Some of her friends laughed, but
she DIDN'T seem to understand why.