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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
CaIve as a Gardener.

Singing in the opera and cultivating
a farm are about as widely different
from each other as two occupations can
well be. Perhaps this is the very rea-
son why Mademoiselle Calve, the great
prima donna, retires eveery summer
to spend her vacation on farm among
the Cevennes, chain OF mountains in
southern France The famous singer,
says the Philadelphia Post. was very
i'll and nervous when she went to the
Cevennes, but this free, open air life
and vigorous exercise soon restored her
to the most robust health, and when
friends asked her the secret OF her
cure, she answers, Spades and pota-
toes" Last summer she went into her
kitchen garden and cared for her own
vegetables. No one was allowed to
touch them, and the results were far
better than when her gardener cared
for the things Mademoiselle Calve
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
NOT BY DEPUTY.
Queen Victoria Is Said to De Her Own
Housekeeper.

Housekeeper.
am sure very many of my readers,
writes E. M. Jessop in the August Pail
Mall Magazine, will be glad to hear
that, notwithstanding the enormous
amount Of business with which she
has to deal, the queen is to large ex-
tent her own housekeeper. The first
thing every morning paper of sugges-
tions from the clerk of the kitchen is
placed before her, from which in her
own hand she orders the menus of the
day, both for herself and such of her
grandchildren as may be with her.
These menus are at once sent to the
kitchens, gardens and other depart
ments concerned, to obtain the viands
required, and their contents duly en-
tered, together with the quantities of
materials used, in the books which are
kept in the royal kitchen. The queens
chef receives a salary of 500 pounds per
annum, and has as satellites four mas
ter cooks, two roasting cooks, six ap-
prentices and six kitchen maids besides
pantry men and other lesser lights. In
addition to the great kitchen at Wind
sor there are the greenroom for veget-
ables, and the confectionery and pas
try kitchen. This last is most impor-
tant department, controlled by a con-
fectioner with six assistants and fitted
up in the most complete manner. All
her majesty's favorite cakes, biscuits,
pastry, etc, are made here and sent by
special messengers several times a
week to whichever of her residences
the court may be staying at. All
stores at Windsor are under proper SUI
pervision, no materials being served
out without proper requisition signed
by the head of the department con-
cerned. Not bag of dog biscuits can
even be ordered for the kennels unless
on the proper printed form. In fact
the whole vast establishment is practi-
cally as methodically conducted as any
great London business. This method,
which was evolved by her majesty and
the late prince consort out of the chaos
which descended from the days of
George w, entirely does away with
waste, extravaganza and the abomina-
The New York Evening Post re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

discovery, which he considers the
browning event of his wonderful
career, and which is embodied in a
new article of commerce, known as
Red Cross Starch Cred Cross trade
mark.) He is planning to distribute
millions of packages of this starch to
the housewives of America, at a merely
nominal price to the consumer, in order
to make its merits known without de-
lay. Thus, for but 5 cents two large
10c packages Of Red Cross Starch may
be had, together with two magnificent
Shakespearean views printed in 12
beautiful colors, or Twentieth Gen.
fury Girl Calendar; or for only 20
cents 10 packages OF the starch and
the entire series of eli ght Shakespearean
views and one Twentieth Century Girl
Calendar-views alone easily worth
$1.OO. Watch this paper for future
premium announcements, of which
every lady will certainly want to take
advantage.
While Mr.. Hubinger will devote his
best energies to the manufacture OF
this new and wonderful starch, he viii
not retire from the various financial
enterprises in which he is interested
street railways, electric lighting plants
and the Mississippi Valley Telephone
Co., with 10000 telephone subscribers
in Minneapolis and st. paul-nor will
his augmented activity interfere with
his social obligations and exercise of
the splendid. hospitality which he dis
penses at his palatial Keokuk home.
Mr.. Hubinger's family, consisting of
himself, wife and four children, is the
pivot around which his activity re-
wolves, and while fond of promoting
great enterprises, he is still fonder of
his home circle, where he spends every
moment of time not taken up by bust
ness or public cares.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
YES" she replied. with a nod of he

Yes" she replied. with nod Of her
pretty head, l would say that"
And suppose by that confession l
lowered myself in the eyes Of the per-
son whom before all others in the
world desired to stand well with?"
Il think" she answered shyly. Won
dering at the strange intensity with
which he questioned her-"I think you
would have to bear that as penance
for your fault"
His strange eyes looked down at her
sweet, ingenious face with a gaze she
could not understand.
IL shall think over your advice" he
said earnestly, "and try to follow 1t.
VIII you give me your best wishes?"
YES" she replied her face suddenly
flushing. He moved away from her
he felt that his self-control was de-
serting him; be must go-and in
stantly.
"Goodby," he said hastily. unable to
raise his eyes to her face. Il must
apologize for-for staying so long"
lie lett the room abruptly. before
she had time to reply. Actuated by an
indescribable impulse, she went to the
window to see him pass. He glanced
up. saw her. and raised his hat with a
sudden smile of pleasure, indicating
with one hand the marguerites in his
button-hole. She drew back as he dis
appeared. holding her hands to her
head.
What did that remind me Off" she
said slowly. "Oh, what did 1t remind
me Of? feel as though | had gone
through a similar experience before.
1t seemed quite natural to be looking
out OF the window and waving my
hand to him." She broke into a little
laugh. Il think must be losing my
senses, but for the moment the impress
sion was wonderfully strong"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

it's the child herself, and not her nm
Gle, | says. So, my dear, l kept the
address OF the letter l see, thinking
one day it'll come in useful And
sure enough it did, But it was very
strange. Here was | never been ont
OF Torquay this twenty year, and just
fixed in my mind to come up by the
'cursion, when l see this in the ma
pers. She laid a slip of paper before
Marguerite. copy of Demands adj
Vertlsement Il allus guessed il had
been done at st. Boniface," she said
in triumph; so when see that adj
yertisement, l says, There's trouble
and | must speak up and tell what 7
know. | won't deny that | always
liked Mr.. Phillips" she added naren-
thetically; "and chiefly because YOU al
ways chee@ed up SO when he come So
when see the advertisement | lust
ran up to ST. Boniface; and the clerk
and me, We searched the register. And
here's the copy of it. miss, as brought
with me to make sure"
-iNA S"SiAtV ldlSeu neT eyes to the
paper and looked.
There were the two signatures. one
under the other-"Arthur Phillips"
Marguerite Lilbourne.
Her heart sank; she did not remem-
Der the name in the least. II touched
no chord of memory. Till now she
had cherished vague idea that with
the name Of the man she had married
would come flood of recollection. But
no!
Arthur Phillips-Arthur Phillips.
she repeated hopelessly; Il am certain
l never knew any one OF that name"
She leaned her chin on her hand
The effort to remember was painfully
intense.
There was somebody" she said
slowly, who used to-used to-at
least, used to look out Of the window
for him. called him some name
not Arthur, A short name-something
like Phil; but it wasn't Phil. | should
know it II heard it, think. Oh.
don't you remember it?" she asked
piteously Of Mrs. Acland.
The woman shook her head.
Il don't" she answered; "but do re-
member you was so took up with him.
But, bless you. Arthur Phillips worn't
his real namel I seen that plain
enough all the time"
Not his real name?"
"No. my dear. He never married you
for no good-of that I'm sure, | ought
never to a let you "a gone off with
him. He come and said your uncle
was i'll, and ne was to take you to
him; but, when he put you in the car
riage and drove off. my heart misgave
me. for see there was another man
with him; and I'm morally pursuaded
my dear. that that other was Mr.. Bran
don hisself all the me-disguised. You
know. l never seen you again, my
dear till this minute But that after
noon. when Mr.. Brandon came raging
and shouting and wanting to know
where you was. thought directly that
he was only putting it on. and knowed
fast enough where you was all the
time. Well. my dear. s'pose IL I'll
a done my dlty I'd a gone to the per-
lice; but | am poor woman. with my
living to get. and don't want no scan
| dals about my house: and then. you
see, hadn't nothing to say-no evil
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

| "Torquay. my dear. to be sure. You
mean to say you've been and forgot
that. too?"
I've forgotten everything" replied
Marguerite. trembling with eagerness.
I've been very Ill and forgotten all
sorts of things; but l do believe you're
the very person I've been wanting so
long. Tell me-who are you?"
THE landiady of 5, Ponsdon Cres-
cent. my dear. where your uncle
brought you, four years ago come
November All, my dear, | remember
1t all SO WE'LL A poor, nervous thing
you were. starting at every sound; and
your uncle seemed so hard on you, 1t
went to my heart. 1t did"
Marguerite sank into a chair. her
face turning so deadly pale that Mrs.
Acland thought she was going to faint.
Hurrying to The sideboard the woman
seized the earafe OF water and sprin-
killed. some on the soft dark hair and
cold forehead.
"Thanks-thanks; / am better,
said Marguerite. rallying-"much bet
ter, thank you. can listen. 1t was
too much for me, just for a moment
the thought that | was to hear what
have longed and prayed to hear for
so many months. Co on-tell met
"You mean to say you have forgot
it all?"
"All-all! l had brain fever"
The woman glanced down at the
girls elasped hands.
$50 he didn't marry you. after all!
she said. with some show OF surprise
"Oh. begin at the beginning!" said
Marguerite. blushing. Tell me al!
about it, please"
First, you must know" began the
good woman. that | always thought 1t
wasn't all right. for this reason-that,
though The young man used to come
counting on the sly. when your uncle
was out. he used to write letters to
him, for ! seen one myself. | did. /
always misdoubted that young man,
though you did set such store by him;
and says to my cook, as | remember
very well, If any ones being deceived,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
ovERExERCIsE.

Interference with digestion is by
no means uncommon effect of excess
sive exercise, and so far as training is
concerned it is one of the most destruc-
tive. The blood cannot flow in full
stream to every part at once. As DR..
Brunton says: Every one knows that
while moderate exercise tends to pro-
duce appetite, a long and exhaustive
exertion tends to destroy the appetite,
and even to produce actual sickness,
as one finds in Notwithstanding"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

dence. nor nothing Of thai kind So
! just KEEP quiet; but it's bin on my
mind ever since"
Mrs. Acland." said Marguerite. SOL
EMMY. her hands clasped under her
chin. "ycu say was in your house six
weeks. and that you saw me every
day"
Yes. my dear"
Did it ever strike you that there
was anything odd about me? Did 1t
ever occur to you that was out Of my
mind?"
The woman's look Of CONSERVATION
was evidently genuine No. she had
never thought Of that "A poor little
nervous thing" had been her idea,
much cowed. subdued, and bullied by
an overbearing uncle
ITO be continued)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
God Bless Our Home.

I'm home in the country, not far
from town." says the Catlettsburg
(Ky) Independent. there may be seen
quite a pile of sewing lying on the
floor. nearly in the middle of the room.
that has been undisturbed for more
than six months. At that time the
head o. the house wanted chair, and,
seeing but one handy, he dumped to
the floor the sewing which lay upon
it. His wife asked him to pick it up
He said he wouldn't do it. She told
him. as he threw 1t there, it could re-
main until he got ready to pick it up.
She would never touch it. And there
it remains. a memorial to an ineom-
patibiiity of disposition"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
candor of a Dublin surgeon.

d.. Coles, an eminent surgeon Of
Dublin. who died in 1S4S, was remark
able for his plain dealing with himself.
In his fee book lie had many such
candid entries as the following: For
giving Intellectual advice for deafness,
l guinea" For telling him he was
no more i'll than was. / guinea" For
nothing that know of except that he
probably thought he did not pay me
enough last time. guinea"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
ART AND MORALS.
A Simple Verdict In the Much Dis
cussed Case.

cussed Case.
A work of art cannot in itself lie i'm
moral. If book is well written it is
good. If it is badly written it is bad.
That is the final test in writing. A
book is immoral only in the sense that
the saddle which delivered the prince
imperial to death when his life depenu-
ed on its strength may be called i'm
moral because it was badly made. AS
there is no evil in healthy physical
organism, no evil in any organ of
healthy body, though there may be evil
in its use, so there is no evil in a book.
A man who has clear finished style
Of workmanship, who writes well, dis
plays a moral as we'll as an aesthetic
beauty in his work, no matter what his
subject; for to overcome the difficulties
of language and to make of it his SER
want, his stool, his weapon, requires
manifestation of will power which is
itself moral, and the cry of 'art for
arts sake" is not so empty a shIDDo-
leth as the Philistines declare it.
To those who attribute to a book
qualities belonging to the reader, who
condemn the object for the weakness
of the subject, the following fable,
which has for its highest virtue its
truth, may bear no moral, but to me it
meant much.
woman with passionate love for
the beautiful in all forms, love which
expresses itself in her surroundings,
was asked by friend to whom "auld
lang syne" had granted the privilege
of impertinence, why have you so
many pictures of the nude?" Be
cause" was her response, ''to me pic
lures of the human figure speak so
clearly of the divine in man that l
sometimes forget there are those who
have not yet risen above the animal"
Self Culture.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

toms which would have been very use
full when our war vessels were on
blockade off the Cuban coast, acquiring
coating of barnac,es and seaweeds.
1t consists in enveloping the hull in
sert of case of canvas, which is drawn
tight by means Of ropes passing
through eye-holes. OF course, as the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
A Knotty Problem.
"Biscome is a peculiar fellow"
Il don't know him."

Blscome Is a peculiar fell0w.'
Il don't know him."
"You would find him amusing. He
moved out on the lake shore for the
summer and bought Jersey COW. Then
he hired small boy to drive her UP
from the pasture every afternoon. One
day the boy fell sick and Biscome
didn't know what to do about the cow.
He said to himself when he looked at
her in the morning. She'll certainly
forget to come home if the boy isn't
there to call her attention to the fact
that she has a home Then he looked
at the cow some more and pretty soon
he stumbled on what seemed to him a
brilliant idea
Was it?''
you must judge for yourself. He
tied knot in the cows tail to remind
her that there was something she
mustn't forget" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

inventor says, such a case can be made
to correspond accurately in size and
shape to the ship it is meant to fit The
canvas, furthermore, is impregnated
with chemicals hostile to animal and
vegetable life When the vessel is
ready to start on voyage the protec-
ton is slipped off, hauled on board and
packed away in the hold.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

The earnings of the Chicago Great
Western Ry. Maple Leaf Route" for
the fourth week of August, 1899, were
$228,373.64, being an increase as COM
pared with the same week last year
Of 39,721.47. Total earnings for month
of August were s57S,652.62, being an
increase for the month of August OF
$55,607.57. Total earnings since be-
ginning of fiscal year are 81 ,065, 152.75,
being an increase of $3.50, 98I.54.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
A RARE DOLLAR.

A Big Lawsuit Over Its Ownership
$1,000 offered For 1t.
ports a curiously complex situation at
Racine. Wis. over the ownership of a
silver dollar Of the coinage date of
1904. 1t is said that only one of four
of these dollars ever left the mint. and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

wore short skirt of blue jeans. sabots,
and linen shirtwaist. She spaded and
hoed and watered her vegetables day
after day. and proudly sent gifts Of the
finest fruits of her labors to friends in
Paris.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
Not His Kind.

From the Philadelphia Record: ABB
ner Haycede-Ye say this is a combi-
nation bed an sofa.
Clerk-It is. sir.
Abner Haycede-W Wal let me look at
one that ain't made by comb nation.
I'm opposed ter encouraging them air
trusts by purchasin' their goods.
b'gosh.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
AGENTS WANTED,

To sell THE Economy" the only
perfect gasoline gas-lamp; 100 CANDLE
power; rs cents a month. Absolutely
SAFE Has stood the test of time; $4,000
in use. Patented. 0xidized or nickel
finish. Get the best. Attractive terms.
Economy Gas Lamp Co., 157 LaSalle
Street. Chicago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
NOVELTIES i! il! WARP ARE

bic perquisite system, and moreover it
enables her majesty to exercise that
wise control over her finances which
enables her to keep the grandest es-
adjustment on relatively the smallest
royal income in Europe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

A pound of raw cotton is worth five
cents; when made into fabrics that
pound is worth from Is cents to 81.
Massachusetts, has 100000 spindles,
and spins 1,259,OO0 bales Of southern
cotton to sell back to the south.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

To restore lace that has become yell
low, and yet should not be as white as
it must surely become by washing,
make suds in glass jar, drop the lace
in and stand jar in the sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
women as Sailors.

Women sailors are employed in Den
mark, Norway and Finland. and they
are often found to be most excellent
and delightful mariners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05
PolIteness of ThIbet.

A sign of politeness in Thibet on
meeting person is to hold up the
clasped hands and stick out the tongue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

zle-loading ones, which make q lot Of
smoke and a lot of noise. which amuses
the FiIipinos. This picture was taken
by British correspondent, who has
ready access to the Filipino lines. How
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

gunneTs fire off some old-fashioned 15-
centermeter mortars which were cap
tured by the Tagas from the Span
iards. They are not the modern breech-
loading nortars. but the old-styIe muz-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

does it happen that British newspaper
reporters enjoy such a stand-in with
our armed adversaries in the Philip
pines? American reporters would be
shot instantly they entered the lines
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

The willing heart, however, taking
at each beat wider sweep, and driv-
ing into the vessels a larger quantity
of blood, SO meets the call that the
athlete can struggle on, perhaps to win
his race. But the strained heart suf-
fers, the stretched muscle does not
quite come back, the dilated cavity
does not quite close at each contrac-
ton, and permanent mischief is set up
Thus it is, that exertion, driven to the
limit imposed by the heart, is oyerex-
ercise in the most serious sense of the
word. If it is the heart that stops it,,
the chances are that it has already
gone too far.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

People differ greatly in this respect.
but in some-great, ponderous men, as
they man semitic digestion is so
easily upset by muscular exercise that,
although they may be giants for a
momentary exertion, anything like
sustained effort disturbs digestion and
cuts at the very root of their nutrition
Interference with digestion SO lowers
nutrition, while accumulation of waste
products so poisons the system that
in either case further exertion becomes
impossible-the very will to make it
passes away. But it is different in re-
gard to the heart. The heart, although
strained, may yet be driven on to its
own destruction. Every muscular eff
fort not only demands from the heart
an Increased flow of blood but also
drives an Increased quantity toward it,
So long as the heart can pass this for
ward all is well, but when it fails not
merely is the circulation of the blood
rendered imperfect, but serious dam
age is done to the heart itself. II
when the heart was overdriven it
merely struck, the enfeebled circula-
ton would soon put stop to further
effort.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

At the Filipino headquarters at Tar
lac the courage Of the followers of
Aguinaldo is kept up by the firing Of
fusilades- The whole populacs as
sembles once day. while the Filipino
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-05

Weare very anxious about the future
until we have trouble in the present.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-22
+ BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
R.AI IN MOE -. - =.

BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
7, p p, l: Aug. 21.-Flour-
steady; unchanged
!, Wheat-Weak and lower; spot ana
m metoha,, ' 1sst September, 72Am.a ;
octoper. .3A Oh; December, 76a. ask
cd. Southern, by sample. 65m1o
Corn-F'irm: spot and month. 3sM j.
septemher ard October, 36A az; No
N .a1 and December. 3S01s; January.
"oMA southern white, 4O6p41. =
uats-firmer; No. 2 white. 2sh@27.
Rye-Easier: No. 2 near by 80
Sugar-Strong; coarse and fine gran
ulated, $50 8 "a
14hsetese-Steady; medium. 1925
Butter-Firm; unchanged =
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-22
WANT TO INVEST?

We have a large list OF improved and
.ln'lnproved real estate for sale, inc;ud-
ing properties which yield from ten to
twenty per cent. net on the purchase
price. We especially recommend TO in
Nestors and SPECTATORS several tracts
Of land which we have for sale between
Newport News and Hampton, which
can be cut into lots and sold to good ad-
vantage.
IRWIN TUCKER & CO.,
Washington avenue and Twenty-eighth