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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
NiAuARA,s VOICES.
They Are Not RumbIing or Rapid but
PIangent and SiIyery.


Niagara has many voices, and some
of them are thus described by Mrs.
van Rensselaer, in the Century: And
the noise of Niagara? Alarming
things have been said about 1t, but
they are not true. 1t is q great and
mighty noise, but it is not, as Henne-
pin thought, an outrageous noise 1t
is not roar. 1t does not drown the
voice or stun the ears. Even at the
actual foot Of the falls it is not OPP
pressive. 1t is much less rough than
the sound of heavy surf-steadier,
more homogeneous, less metallic, very
ieep and strong, yet mellow and soft;
soft, mean, in its quality. AS to the
noise of the rapids, there IL none more
musical. 1t is neither rumbling nor
sharp. 1t is clear, plangelt, silvery.
1t is so like the voice of a steep brook
much magnified, but not made coarser
or more harsh-that, after we have
known it, each liquid call from for
est hillside will seem, like the odor of
grapevine, a greeting from Niagara. 1t
is an inspiriting, an exhilarating
sound, like freshness, GOODNESS, vitality
itself made audible. And yet 1t is a
lulling sound. When we have looked
out upon the American rapids for
many days, it is hard to remember con-
tented life amid motionless surround
ings; and so, when we have slept be-
side thi n for many nights, it is hard
to think of happy sleep in an empty
silence. Still another kind of music is
audible at Niagara. 1t must be list
ened for on quiet nights, but then 1t
will be heard 1t is like the voice Of an
orchestra so very far away that its
notes are attenuated to an incredible
delicacy and are internationally per-
ceived, as though waited upon varia-
BILE zephyrs. 1t is the most subtitle, the
most mysterious music in the world.
What is its origin? Why should we
ask? Such fairy-like sounds ought not
to be explained. Their appeal is to the
imagination only. They are so faint,
SO far away, that they almost escape
the ear, as the lunar bow and the fiuted
| tints of the American falls almost
escape the eye. And yet we need not
fear to lose them, for they are as real
as the deep bass of the cataracts."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
BE Attractive.

Everyone cannot be beautiful, but
everyone may be lovable, and the
plainest woman can make herself at
tractive if she likes. She can speak
gently first of all, but she should re-
member that if her voice is to be
sweet and pleasant she must never
forget herself and raise it in anger,
and she must never grumble or speak
peevishly at home. Her manner, too,
must be gentle, attractive and sym
pathetic. To attain a gentle. attrac-
tive manner she must be rood aud
noble, and unselfish in reality. WAat
she really is will shine through her
plain face in time. If her soul within
is beautiful, so will be her expression
and manner as the years pass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
The Life of Christ

The life of the Lord Jesus Christ up
on the earth was the working out and
development of the songs of the an
gels. 1t was GLORY to God" illustrat-
ed in his obedience, in his personal
sacrifice, in his prayers and teachings,
in his conservation and death. 1t was
peace" in all the utterances of his
life, peace beaming from his gentle eye,
peace spoken by his daily acts, peace
in his bearing humbly and patiently
the buffetings, strokes and insults and
injuries that were put upon them. IL
was good will to men," for Every
thought, word and act of that blessed
life was the translation of Gods inf
mite love into forms visible to the NOR
tai eyes that saw him.-John McClin-
took.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
The Great Resolve.

The great resolve of any human be-
ings life-the resolve that is greatest
in importance-is that which deter
mines his attitude toward God. Many
people at some time make it deliber-
ately. Many others never make it de-
liberately, yet make it as truly and as
finally as if they reached formal de-
termination. Its fundamental impor-
lance is not always appreciated, and
multitudes make it adversely to their
highest welfare, supposing that they
are not making it, and failing to real
ize that it never will be made subse-
quently. 1t is often declared that there
is more or less of cant in appeals 70
decide at once to be a Christian, but
only he who fails to understand the
tremendous Importance of the matter
says this seriously.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
The Best Memorial.


He built a house; time laid it in the
dust;
He wrote book; its title now for.
got;
He ruled a city; but his name is not
On any tablet craven, or where rust
Can gather from disuse, or marble
bust,
He took child from out a wretched
cot,
And reared him to the Christians hope
and trust
The boy, to manhood grown, became
light
To many souls, preached for human
need
The wondrous love Of the Omnipo-
tent.
The work has multiplied like stars at
night,
When darkness deepens; every noble
Lasts longer than a granite mona-
ment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
The Woman Who Stoops.

The woman who stoops is rare,
thank goodness, but she does exist as
an eyesore to beholders and discom-
fort to herself. Yes, | am quite con-
WINGED that the STOPPING woman is
quite uncomfortable and would remedy
her defect if she knew how. Weak
ness of system is sometimes response
BILE for STOPPING shoulders, but care
lessness is the great cause. Porting
over books, writing for hours at a time
and neglect to aid defective vision
with glasses are the main causes.
The cure should begin with the pill
low. Use one small, fiat pillow az
night or dispense entirely with the
luxury of head rest. Bear the infirm-
ity in mind and walk crectly and sit
with the shoulders were they should
be- Expand the chest and keep the
eyes on a level with peoples faces.
Practice walking about the room with
a book balanced on the head and hold
the chin up when reading, with the
book placed on level with the face.
Have the eyes tested occasionally, and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Leave Room for wnd Flowers.

If you are lover of the truly beau.
tiful, reserve north, northeast, or
northwest corner Of the yard for ferns,
wild violets, aQuilegiah and cypripe-
diums, etc, which on your visits to
the woods you may bring home with
you. A collection of TINS kind. in
Guiding a good quantity of the dain-
test ferns, such as the maidenhair and
rock ferns, and number Of our pref
test wild flowers, will be a constant
source Of delight. Womans Home
Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
unseen br Telephone.

A business house of Aberdeen, Scot
land, recently engaged as Office boy a
raw country youth. 1t was part OF
his duties to attend to tho telephone
in his masters absence. When FIRST
called upon 10 answer the bell, in re-
ply to the usual query, Are you
there?" he nodded assent. Again the
question came, and still again, and
each time the boy gave an answering
nod. When the question came for the
fourth time, however. the boy losing
his temper. roared through the tele-
phone: Man. a We bin? I've been
noddin' me held aft for t. last Tau:
'oor!"-New York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Loves Aspiration.

Loves aspiration.
What shall / ask for thee.
Beloved, when at the silent eve or golden
morn
seek the Eternal Throne on Bonded knee
And to tn eGod of Love my soul is borne,
Ascending through the angel-guarded
air,
On the swift wings of Prayer?
What shall / ask? the bliss
VI earth's poor votaries? pleasures that
must fade
AS dew from summer blossom? Oh! for
this
Thy fresh young spirit, dear one, was not
made.
Purer and holier must its blessings be-
! ask not this for thee
In thy fresh, budding girlhood, shall my
Go up unceasing, that the witchery
VI earthly tones alluring may not snare
my heart from purer things; but God 5
own hand
Lead to the better land
Ever shall Love for thee
lmplore Heavens best and hottest beni-
Its perfect peace-that peace which can
not be
The gift of Earth; for this when upward
borne
My soul grows earnest, angel-lips Of
flame
May echo thy sweet name
Ay, in their world of light
immortal voices catch a mothers PRAYER
And while l kneel, some waiting seraph
bright
Swift on expanded wing, the boon may
bear,
And. soft as falling dewdrops. kindly
shed
Heavens peace DER thy young head
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

said that the operator fixed a small
glass tube over the spot she indicated,
and applied his lips to the other end
of the tube, simply sucking out the air.
She felt slight drawing of the skin,
that was all, for cocaine had been ap-
piled before the process was begun.
The piece of skin sucked into the tube
was tied with a piece of silk, again
covered with cocaine and the extreme
point cut away with very sharp scis-
sors. 1t left little wound, which was
properly dressed, and a little silver
cone inverted over it to mark the CEN
ter. The result is the dimple Please
let me say that 1 am not advocating
this operation, only describing it as a
subject of curiosity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
DAlNTINEss OF ENGLAND.
Has Singular Look of Newness ana
Good Breeding.


England in fine weather, like it's in
habitants when in happy circumstan.
ces. has singular look of newness
and good breeding, says the Atlantic
Monthly. Everything is swept and
garnished, like the interior of dain-
tily kept house. The hop-poles make a
pale green pattern on the violet plowed
ground. In the streams the long will
low-like weeds are combed out and
starred with Misunderstanding blossoms,
Fish dart like ghosts in the sunlit
bright golden water. And the gardens
of the old cottages-co cottages, some OF
them, of the time of Elizabeth, nay, al
most of the Black Prince, with seal
loped weather-ti'es of delicate peach.
bloom color, and brilliant whitewashed
walls, against which stand out gerani-
ums and pink and white mallows and
even an exquisite japanese lily. What
dainty prosperity!
And Enthusiastically English
through the midst Of it runs the past,
in the shape of an old Roman highway
You can still see slabs of it along the
downs, among immense nut-laden
beeches, past duckponds and the hay
stacks. What a strange mixture of a
very present present with past which
seems scarcely a past at all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

but 1t was this broke me down
he slapped me on the shoulder and said
Jack, we'll make man OF you yet
That slap, like Eva's hand on Top
sy's shoulder, broke down the criminal
because it showed him that a man far
above him, good man, nobleman.
was his friend. The incident helps us
to understand something of the influ-
ence of the Great Teachers touch and
hand, so often referred to in the rec
ords of His life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Another burglar has been routed,
horse, foot and artillery, by Chicago
woman whom he met as he was carry
ing away bag Of hard-earned plum
der. The man must have been a
stranger. Native burglars have long
since learned that the Chicago woman
On her wrath is more terrible than
a ten-acre lot full of policemen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
A Deadly Danger.

its fangs into his very vitals.
Should a man think he has consump-
ton you ask, "just because his appe-
tite is poor and he is losing flesh and he
has little cough and a general feeling
of weakness and incapacity?n
No: that doesn't necessarily mean con-
sumption, but it means that the system
is being steadily undermined it is
losing force and vitality; it is being
tainted with bilious poisons that the liver
hasn't power to throw off and any day
that which is now only probability may
suddenly develop into certainty.
MY wife had hemorrhage Of the lungs. she
had ten hemorrhages and the people all around
here said she would never be well again, said
Mr.. w. A. Sanders, Of Hern, Mason Co, w. Va,
Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y. " But she began to take
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and she
soon began to gain strength and flesh. After
taking ten bottles she was entirety s0eH Should
you think this will do you any good to publish.
Just use it. and If any one disputes the merits
Of this almost omnipotent medicine they may
enclose self addressed envelope with stamp,
and will answer the same as written in this
letter"
But the time to use this medicine is non
while the little weaknesses are slowly
breaking you down. Awaken in time and
throw off the deadly danger before it
strikes you in vital spot This glorious
Discovery will give you appetite and
digestive power, pure blood and solid SUBJ
stantial strength
Write to DR. Pierce about your condition.
He will send you good, professional adj
vice, free of charge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Queen of Italy Leads Fashion.

The queen of Italy. although very
charitable and exceedingly solicitous
for the welfare of her people, is the
most extravagant woman in the king
dom in the matter of dress. The king
thinks she is setting a bad example.
but she says that her doings have no
influence, as the Italian ladies are nat
urally fond of display, and she is but
keeping up her position as TIE head OF
the nation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

American superiority in every art is
becoming recognized the world around.
"A somewhat embarrassing indication
of the high appreciation awarded
American skill is given in dispatch
from Sweden, which states that Swed-
ish banknotes are being extensively
counterfeited and that "the excellence
of the counterfeit seems to prove that
the plates were made in America"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Want Bachelors Taxed.

At meeting of middle-class women
of Athens, held recently, it was de-
cided to ask parliament to impose a
heavy tax on all bachelors over 40
years old. The passage of any such
measure is said to be unlikely, for the
chamber has become the chief resort
of well-to-do bachelors. Consequently
the tax would hit them heavily.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Chicago has at last occupied the po-
5ition London has occupied for so
many years, the distinction of adding
every year a good-sized city to its pop
ulation. The best estimates of the di-
rectory experts show that during the
past year the city has increased in
population 10000. making total
grand population of 2,O19,OOO Pass
ing the 100000 mark and adding a
city Of, say. about the size Of Indiana
polls every year, Chicago will enter
the new century with a prospect of
leading all its records in the matter OF
phenomenal growth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Shaking Commandments.

European railroads have smoking
compartments for men and womens
compartments. They have now to deal
with women passengers who insist on
smoking and will not go into the mems
compartment. Belgium, where the
first cases have arisen. now puts up
the sign, Smoking forbidden" on all
women's compartments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

The agricultural department has k-
sued a bulletin treating Of the probable
success of the efforts OF the depart
ment to establish the Smyrna fig in
dustry in California. 1t appears that
the fruiting of the Smyrna fig is de-
pendent upon the introduction from
the south of Europe and the establish
ment in Ca, .fornia of little insect
which fertilizes the fig. Experimental
introduetions of the insect were there
upon begun, and some of them brought
over in 1898 have succeeded in pene-
trating the closed flowers of the Capri
figs growing at Fresno, making the
first step of the experimental work a
success. The bulletin adds: "Since
the insect has maintained itself for an
entire year there is reason to suppose
that it will continue to breed, and that
California III the near future will be
able to place a fig upon the market
which will possess the same superior
flavor as that which has given the inn
ported Smyrna figs their pre-eminent
commercial rank"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Arc Lights ON church steeple.

An innovation in church work has
been the placing by Emmanuel Bap-
fist Church of two great arc lights up
on the highest point of the steeple.
The tower is 225 feet high. and the
lights can be seen for more than five
miles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

; Spain is not yet barren of colonies.
A glance at the map will show that
she still possesses the penal settle
ments Of Ceuta and Fernando Pc and
a piece of the Sahara desert as big as
Texas. The Dons are probably hold
ing these choice lots to await a rise
In current prices.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
DimDIed Chins.

Have you noticed the increase in
dimpled chins? No? Well, look for
them for while, count them and be
amazed at the number. They are not
natural, oh, dear, no; but are they less
attractive on that account? They are
secured without any pain worth men
tioning and placed wherever the fair
patients desire them. | heard a wom-
an, whose charms have been height
ened by one Of these seductive little
hollows, describe the process. She
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

The people of other states will be
curios to learn how Missouri gets on
with her new statute against depart
ment stores 1t Classics merchandise
under SO separate heads, and imposes a
special tax upon any merchant who
sells goods Of more than one class.
AS the freedom of trade has hitherto
been among the unenumerated rights
of the citizen, the courts have yet to
pass upon the question whether the
legislature can restrict the freedom.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
The Joke on Splints.

"Awfully good joke on young
Splints, isn't it?''
Didn't hear it,"
He sized up man for appendicitis,
and favored him with hasty opera
ton
What's the joke? Man dead?"
Mans dead all right enough. but
that amt the joke. They found out
at the autopsy that he was born with
out any appendix, How's that7'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Machine to Cure stammerIng.

In a Pennsylvania device for the
cure of stammering a pair of slotted
metallic plates are connected by mar
row neck and bent into close proxim-:
ity to be placed on either side of the
tongue, the neck having an adjusting
screw to clamp the plates in place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Such is the tendency to specialism
in these days that Prof. Hadley, the
president-elect of Yale. who is chiefly
known as a political economist, would
doubtless shrink from being examined
in his fathers Greek grammar. But
after all, Of what great use is the Greek
language to Americans? What we want
to know is the truth What kind of
national, state or local legislation will
produce the greatest good to the great
est number? College endowments keep
collegians away from a chance to get
at the truth. Whether Hadley's ideas
are wrong or right they will provoke
discussion in fertile field of reform.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

A man performed heroic act, saw
ing a child's life at the imminent risk
of losing his own. Then while the
populace thronged about him, to APP
plaud and reward him. he turned pale
and fled in abject terror at sight OF a
policeman! The memory of some past
misdemeanor, and the fear that it had
been discovered and would be visited
upon him, made a moral coward OF a
physical hero. Yet the incident none
the less showed that even guilty life
may be capable of good and noble
deeds
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Only once in their history as ma
ton have the Spaniards achieved ma
val victory. That was at the battle OF
Lepanto, in 1871, when, with the aid OF
Venetians and Genoese, they annihilat-
ed the Turkish fleet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Doors of Bank of England.

The public entrance doors of the
great building of the Bank Of Eng
land are so finely balanced that clerk,
by pressing a knob under his desk, can
close them instantly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Those sapient critics whose venom
ous attacks on Hall Game have at
4racted some attention will hardly take
satisfaction in the fact that they sue
ceeded in raising Game in the estima-
ton of the public.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

The Boston police are looking for a
missing girl whose name is given in
full as Mary. Possibly this is the Mary
whom the lamb loved. Her surname
was also withheld.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Carrier Pigeons Speed.

The average speed of carrier pig
con in calm weather is 1900 yards a
minute With strong wind in the
direction of flight some pigeons have
covered 1000 yards minute.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

The St. Louis professor who sug-
gests the name Of Usona for this coun-
try has missed his calling. He should
be writing advertisements for biscuit
makers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Costume sIusicaIes.

Costume musicales are the social fad
of the moment. If the evening is to be
devoted to Russian music, for instance,
all the guests are invited to come in
Russian costumes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Now that the preliminaries in the
Dreyfus case have gone beyond the
hugging point they will soon get down
to real business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17
Largest Dairy.

The largest dairy in the world is
located fourteen miles from Newark.
N. j., the minimum number of cows
kept being 1000. The proprietor runs
ranch in Iowa for the special pur-
pose of supplying his dairy with c:ws.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Tom Reed has demonstrated that 1t
Is just as easy for big man to drop
out OF sight as it is for small man
to leap into temporary prominence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

An average man who has not follow
ed the peculiar names of the Philip
pine tribes might imagine that mod
ern ana Biblical history had grown
oddly mixed on reading the latest Ma
Mia dispatch, which says that Capt.
Byrne OF the Sixteenth infantry was
attacked by a force Of Babylones."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

The man who can honestly say he
doesn't believe in luck has all the
money he needs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

A true friend speaks of your vices to
your face and Of your virtues behind
your back.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

One way to prevent seasickness is to
remain on land.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Money makes the mare 60 but rail-
way officials prefer to run trains on
time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

if you need glasses procure them at
once. Often the trouble is bur terri
porary and the use of glasses for Few
weeks or months will remedy the eye
trouble.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Dewey left Port Said as soon as his
ship was coaled. Enough Said.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

The wicked mosquito is never salts
fed until he lands behind the bars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Do you think it is quite the thing to
go on the stage?' Yes, If it Ia an au-
tomobile."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-08-17

Made of let.-ce-green tucked chif-
fon, with bands of 9rune velvet in
Hertion between the tueks. The sleeves
have no fitness whatever, and are very