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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
WOman's Independence.

The increase in the number of self
able in our large middle class, is Great
ing new problem, the economic as
well as moral significance of which is
interesting, says Sara Y. Stevenson in
July I4ippincott's. If women become
mems intellectual equals whilst re-
tanning their moral superiority, Sc
rious competition must be established,
in which the non-smoking, non-drink-
ing and generally more orderly en-
ploye must survive as the fittest in
the struggle for existence. On the
whole, however, the close contact in
which men and women are brought
through education and co-exertion is
beneficial to both. 1t adds to woman's
strength, clearness of judgment and
business capacity, whilst by increasing
his respect for woman's understanding
1t tends to raise mans moral stand
ards to level nearer to her own.
Pessimists have claimed that the new
woman" in exchange for her recently
acquired fields must lose the chivalrous
attentions granted to her grandmoth
ers. But SO long as men and women
depend upon each other for love and
happiness there need be no fear of
that. Indeed, such a fear would imply
that modern man has stood still when
woman has progressed. Such
thought cannot be entertained. Man is
not likely to refuse the dignified we'll
Informed woman who sympathizes
with his highest aims and who strives
with him to attain them the physical
protection and the courtesy which he
has so lavishly bestowed upon the
woman described by Mr.. Kipling as
the woman who never could know
and did not understand"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
RELIGIOUS READING.
RELIGION AND REFORMS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
Christian Endeavor Topics Blessed Are
the Pure in Heart-The Children of
Light - Being Suspicious - A Broken
and Contrite Heart.

Blessed Are the Pure In Heart.
They who have kept their spirits vir-
gin whiteness
Undimmed by folly, and unstained by
sin,
And made their foreheads radiant with
the brightness
OF the pure truth whose temple is
within
They shall see God.
Freed from the thraIl Of every sinful
passion,
Around their pathway beams celea-
tial light:
They drink with joy the waters of sal
walton,
And in his love, whose love is in
finite,
They shall see God.
Though clouds may darken into storms
around them,
The promise pours through all its
steady ray;
Nor hate can daunt nor obloquy con-
Nor earths temptations lure them
from the way
That leads to God.
They shall see God! o glor:ss fruition
Of all their hopes and lorgings here
below
They shall see God in beatific vision,
And evermore into his likeness
grow
Children OF God.
So when the measure of their faith is
meted,
And angels beckon from the courts
on high,
Filled with all grace, the work divine
completed,
They shall put on their immortality,
And dwell with God.
William H. Burleigh.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
HINTS FOR THE HOUSE.

Then, too, icebox should be left alb
solutely empty and clean, and with the
doors open.
Charcoal is a useful article about The
house and can be used to great sanitary
benefit. A piece of it should always be
left in the icebox, and in the pantry,
as it will absorb all Objectionable
odors.
To protect carpets and rugs dusing
the summer, sprinkle with black pep
per and scatter bits of gum camphor
over the room.
Stains can often be removed from
mattresses by making a thick paste Of
starch and water. Lay the mattress in
the sun and then apply. Remove in
about an hour If the stain has not
then disappeared, apply once more.
Green cucumber parings strewn
around the kitchen and cupboards will
put an end to reaches.
Camphor balls are not the only
things that should be packed away
with winter clothing. Bits of char
coal scattered through will keep away
the unpleasant odor that sometimes is
noticeable after they have been packed
away.
Camphor, if applied thoroughly, will
kill moths in carpets. The safest way
to do is to take out the lacks, turn
back and wash the Dashboard in strong
camphor water. Replace, saturate a
towel with the solution, lay on the
edge of the carpet and press with a
very hot iron.
Again, to prevent moths from get
ting into carpets, sprinkle with equal
parts of salt and borax.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Decline and Fall of cornbread.

From the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch:
1t seems to us that our own people are
not the great cornbread eaters they
used to be. Batter or eggbread and
certain cakes are still in vogue, but
the honest and homely corn pone, the
corn dodger, and the hoecake are not
as popular as they used to be. AS for
the ash-cake, the cooking Of it has be-
come a lost art, almost. We charge
this change, in part at least, to the in
PRODUCTION even in most country homes
of the modern cooking stove and
range. 1t takes great big open fire.
place and southern negress, with a
red bandanna on her head, to make
prime cornbread. Nor will any meal
but underground meal serve the best
purpose. Steam power meal is ia
booed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
NAVIGATING LIONS.
Tricks OF the Savage Beasts In 1heA
Native JungIes.


Native JungIes.
When lions become man-eaters these
inert and treacherous brutes take no
unnecessary trouble to catch men, and
while human beings are plentiful, none
OF them undertake perilous enterprises
or proceed on any haphazard expedi-
tions. They know what to do and
where to go that prey may be procured
with the least amount of risk or exer-
ton. Such a lion is we'll aware OF
who tills this cornfield or that mealie
patch. He has informed himself OF
how many men accompany the village
herds, where any outlying camps are
situated, and how they are guarded.
There is no route by which travellers
proceed or traffic is carried on that
such animals have not studied with ref
erence to the facilities for attack they
afford and their own bodily powers. II
otherwise good strategic positions pre-
sent natural difficulties the lion not
only considers how these can be over
come, but perhaps practices his part
beforehand. At all events, he has
been watched while engaged in exer-
cises that can only be explained in
this way. So puny creature as man
is when unprovided with effective i'm
plements for offense stands little
chance against such foe-an assailant
having forty times his strength, backed
by marvellous activity and an intense
passion for carnage. Under these cir
cumstances savages can only shut
themselves up or assault their enemy
in large masses On the other hand,
those precautions taken by murder
GUS lion might not seem to comport
with that bold and often reckless tenn
per attributed to this species. But such
discrepancy has no real existence; it
only appears when judgment is made
without taking all the facts into con-
sideration. This animals intelligence,
developed in man-eaters to its .-.snest
point together with an organic stealth
mess of nature and strategems, fully
accounts for everything lion does in
the way Of guarding against failure.
Outing,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Sometimes it is a pleasure to answer
questions, even if the questioner may
put them in an unpleasant way. What
do you do for a living?" asked a law
yer, frowning horribly at a hatchet-
faced young man who was undergoing
cross-examination Il. sir" answered
the witness, hastily diving into his side
pocket, IAN the agent for Doctor Kor-
ker'S Celebrated Corn and Bunion De-
stroyer. Greatest remedy of the age;
used by all the crowned heads OF Eu-
rope; never known to fail to remove
the most obstinate corn in less than
twenty-four hours or money cheerfuIly
refund" Here the court interfered.
indianapolis Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

once day until the growth is suffi-
GENTLY stimulated; then less often. In
applying to the eyelash use fine cam
els hair brush and be very careful not
to let it come in contact with the eye,
as it will inhame.
Here is an excellent sunburn ONT
ment which should be applied at night
and washed away with a pure hygienic
soap and warm water in the morning
1t is excellent for tan and sunburn,
but one must not forget that exposure
to the sun and wind will produce the
same results. The permanent cure for
sunburn is veil. The ointment: Car
Donate OF lead. one drachm; powdered
arrow root, one drachm; ointment of
rose water, one ounce; olive oil, two
drachms. Apply very lightly to the
surface. Do not rub it in.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Rooms We Live In Day by Day.

1T is nice to have house all books
and flowers and sunshine, but one of
the most charming features of home
is its open fireplace" says Maud
Ames, in the. current number Of What
TO Eat. Il should like to tell you of
a very original and delightfully."- gotten
up mantel and overmantel. To begin
with, there was simply the square iron
crate set in the opening, then
wooden shelf was placed above on two
strong iron brackets, which had gath
cred valance across the top, and a cur
tain to the floor at each end. of a soft,
silky, old-rose material Above this
again were placed two strongly made
shelves filled with books and brass
rod at the top with two odd Turkish
squares for curtains drawn back at
either end. With branching brass can
delabra screwed in the ends OF the
shelves and few odd and inexpensive
has very beautiful and inexpensive
mantel very pretty decoration for
a mantel is a black Irvine tennis net
A double net is so long there is plenty
of it with which to make an artistic
arrangement. On a tinted wall it is
very effective. Catch it below and on
the picture molding straight across the
face of the mantel and let fall to the
floor at one side, then up and along the
wall, say to a corner where there could
be a divan, with this caught about over
small iron rods for canopy. With
the addition of black iron lantern
hung some place near, either from an
iron bracket or the ceiling, the effect
is most pleasing. The pictures can
be hung beneath it or on it, or the net
caught on the top so they show, or in
any way that suits what one has best.
Instead of having a house a perfectly
bewildering assortment of bric-a-brac
and furniture, it is better to have few
good bronzes, bit of porcelain, a lam
tern, some candelabra, a teak-wood
chair corner with cushions where
one can drink tea and eat little cakes
with ones friends, and not be afraid
of walking about for fear of knocking
over table or a fragile chair"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Although pearls cannot yet be made
IN the laboratory, they can be slowly
built IN by natural process at the bot
tom OF an aquarium. Signor Comba.
who has been experimenting for ser.
eral years in the artificial production
of this much-prlzed stone, is laying
down a large quantity of pearl oysters
on the shores of the Mediterranean.
with a view to extended operations.
Xhe objection has been raised that the
mother-of-pearl she'll will not Give"
in temperature of less than 6S to 20
degrees Fahrenheit, and that the nor
NAL temperature of the Mediterranean
is too low to give any hope of the sue
cess OF the enterprise. The same ex
pertinent has been carried on in
Queensland and western Australia
with great success, but those countries
are at prohibitive distance from the
chief markets for mother-of-pearl,
which are London, Hamburg and
Trieste, the expense of conveying the
pearls thither being too great. 1t is,
nevertheless, admitted that there are
great possibilities in the artificial pro-
duction of pearls, which, under skillful
management, could be made a profit
able industry if carried on concur
rently with systematic pearl-shell cul-
tivatiOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

To all readers who remember the
earlier traditions OF the leading Amer
lean magazines there is something very
suggestive in the announcement that
the price Of one Of the old-established
monthlies is to be reduced from 80
cents to 25 cents copy. The change
of price, Of course, follows a revolu-
ton in methods of publication. The
magazine of today with it's fine typog-
raphy, delicate engravings and excel
lent mechanical execution, can be pro-
duced with profit at lower cost than
che magazine of twenty-five years ago,
with it's rough paper and coarse wood
cuts. The universal cheapening in the
cost of production of all publications
has not been without its effect on pub
lie taste Readers expect now for few
pennies a more ingeniously varied ia
BILE Of contents and finer style Of ex-
ecution than they would have dreamed
1t possible to get two decades ago for
80 or so cents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
The Life Plant of Jamaica.

Jamaica possesses natural curiosity
in the shape of the life plant" which
is so called because it is almost inn
possible to kill it. When a leaf is cut
off and suspended in the air by a mere
string, it sends out white thread-like
roots, and, nourishei by the moisture
in the air, begins to grow new leaves.
Even when pressed within the leaves Of
a book to be treasured as a botanical
specimen it has been known to grow.
In fact the only way to make sure of
destroying the life of the plant is to
burn or boil it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Blue and Gray.

Whenever the Stonewall Jackson
Camp Of Confederate veterans, at
Staunton, Va, turns out to bury a
comrade, as il did recently, veteran
of the civil war who fought on the uni
on side falls in with the procession and
participates in the ceremonies. The
Grand Army man on such occasions
wears his uniform and badges, and he
is always treated by the Confederates
as a brother.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

1--WE will never surrender" said the
Filipino subordinate.
Il don't know" said Aguinaldo as
he pensively drummed on the table
with his fingers. The rainy season is
upon us"
What has that to do with our pa
triotic intentions?"
well, I have learned a great deal
by judging these Americans. l have
been wondering if we wouldn't make
more money by giving up this cam
paign and starting an umbrella trust
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Probably the most colossal mistake
in recent criminal annals was made
by New York burglar the other day.
He went into dressmaking establish
ment in broad daylight, where twenty
women were working, and tried to
plumber the premises AS a simple
matter of course and a natural con-
sequence the women fell upon him
with hat-pins, jabbed him till he close
ly resembled a porous plaster and
handed him over to a policeman. The
records in even a city like Chicago TEEN
with captures of foolish burglars by
women single-handed. What fate
could be expected for the man who de-
liberately invaded a house filled with
twenty women, every one of the twenty
having her hat-pin handy?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
A Broken and Contrite Heart.

Though other things may be worse
for breaking, yet heart is never at
the best till it be broken: for till it be
broken we cannot see what is il it; till
it be broken it cannot send forth its
sweetest odor And, therefore, though
God loves q whole heart in affection,
yet He loves a broken heart in sacri-
flee. And ITO marvel, since it is He
himself that breaks it. Therefore ac-
cept, 0 God, my broken heart, which
/ offer Thee with a whole heart, seeing
Thou canst neither except against that
for being whole which Thou hast
broken, nor except against that for be-
ing broken which is whole in aftec-
tion.-Sir Richard Baker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Atheism,

What ca IN be more foolish than to
think that all this rare fabric of hcav-
en- and earth could come BY chance,
when all tie skill of art is not able to
make an oyster? TIC see rare effects,
and no cause; motion, without a
mover; Il circle, without a center, a
time, with out an eternity; a second,
without first; are things so against
philosophy and natural reason, that he
must need: be a beast in his under
standing who does not assent to thcm
The thing formed says, that nothing
formed i; that that which is made Is,
and that which made it. is not. Tlis
folly Is Infinite. Jeremy Taylor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Passing of the Umbrella.

From the Boston Herald: Have they
gone out of fashion? 1t is possible, for
the women at Newport disdain carry
ing umbrellas in the heaviest down
pour. The latest kink there are Ions
rubber coats, short heavy skirts anG
golf rubber hats, in which guiSe the
bellies defy the rain that falls on tho
SWEETEST and the commonest alike
Evidently it is the society girls ides.
to appear Indifferent to anything Sd
vulgar as rain, and it must be admitted
she shows some sense in dressing in
accordance with her umbrellaless state
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Hot Chocolate Cream Pudding.

Boil together until they thicken half
a teacupful of rich milk, the yolk of one
egg and one-fourth of cake of choco-
late. grated. Set aside and when cold
add teacupful of sugar, one table
spoonful of butter and half teacupful
OF milk. Add two cupfuls of sifted
-four, two scant teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and one teaspoonful OF vanilla
Bake in a small loaf tin about thirty
minutes. Serve covered with rich, hot
chocolate icing poured over the cake
and over that layer of whipped
cream.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

A new busting brush, just placed
upon the market, can be used both as
short brush and as floor brush. The
back has tubular opening through it,
with a hole in the center of the back
communicating with the tube. A long
handle is thrust through the length
and projects at each end, thus permit
ting of the even wear Of the brush at
both ends, while the same handle, fixed
in the central opening, enables the
housewife to use it as floor brush.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Heading Her OFF.

did you ever notice. he asked,
that it is always the homely woman
who wants pug dog? The pug is so
hideous that it makes her seem good
looking by comparison. Still, the ruse
is so well known now that the possess
sion of pug is sufficient"
Who's going to buy pug?' she
asked. who ever thought of getting
one?'
Why, no one, of course, my dear. =
he answered, for he was too wise a
man to admit that he had heard her
telling a neighbor that she thought
she'd get one.-Stray Stories.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

New York Tribune: In the course.
of a speech in the House of Commons
about week ago Mr.. Augustine Birrell
told the members that if they looked
into Russell on Crimes" they would
not find "a single crime, however out
rageous; single felony, however
shameful; single misdemeanor, how
ever discreditable and disgusting, that
had not at one time or another been
committed by member of that
House."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

The most northern newspaper in the
world is published at Hammerstein,
Russia. The editorial work is done in
a small wooden house rooted with turf.
The paper is called the Nordkap, and is
published weekly. The news is fire.
quently fortnight old before it gets
to the subscribers. Most subscriptions
are paid in fish.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
GIVES FREELY TO CHARITY.
Portugars Queen Devotes Her Time
and Money to Doing Good.

Portugais Queen Devotes Her Time
and Money to Doing Good.
From Harper's Weekly: We hear
less about Portugal than about Spain
at any time, and Of late have heard
less than usual. The queen of Portu-
gal is a sovereign deserving a long
mark for her interest in hospitals and
hygiene, and also in the welfare OF the
children of poverty. At Alcantara she
founded, in 1898, diSpensary peculiar
ly for meeting the demands of childish
invalids, as pleasantly situated as pos
sible, and spaciously planned, combin
ing a diet kitchen, consultation rooms,
surgical halls, and much Of the depart
mental work of hospital. Almost
every day the queen herself goes to the
establishment and takes a personal
share in the labors of the charity, now
waiting in the kitchen distributions,
and again assisting in the surgery. Sew
eral well-known women of her court
are equally practical The general
charge of it is committed to a religious
order favorite of the queens, but
the eminent Portuguese physician, DR..
Silva Carvalho, heads the staff Of med
ical workers. In one year (1S95) there
were given to the building $3.50 con-
situations. 63,704 rations from the diet
kitchen, 1881 bandages, 76,4SO pre-
scriptions and 470 vaccinations. The
milk and vegetables are furnished
gratis by the queen. and the medical
supplies are also betrayed by her Fiji
teen hundred babies were treav.s in
one twelvemonth. 1t is said that there
is not any royal charity of the sort in
Europe so efficiently managed, with the
additional active cooperation of the
founder
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Conservation is not the act of our
feelings. but Of our will. Do not try
to feel anything. Do not try to make
yourself fit, or good, or earnest enougl
for Christ God is working in you to
will, whether you fee; it or not. He Ii
giving you power at this moment 10
will and do His good pleasure. Believe
this, and act upon it st once, and say.
Lord Jesus, am willing to be Thipa.'
or if yo!l cannot say as much as trst,
say, Lord Jesus, am willing to r,p
made willing to be Thine forever
more = Meyer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Talk of the inferiority OF the brute
creation to man! Why, the horse is
wiser than the average man. When a
horse does not understand a thing, he
is afraid of it. man, on the con-
trary, is usually not afraid of a thing
until he finds. too late, that he ought
to have been.-Bcston Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Spanish Cnstard.

Mix half pint of cream, half a pint
of milk, three ounces of ground rice,
and two tablespoonfuls of orange flow
er water. Sweeten to taste and boil un-
til fairly stiff, stirring steadily all the
time. Pour into shape, and turn oft
when cold. Serve with cream poured
round, and garnish with few petals
from red and yellow roses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Reports received by the department
of agriculture show that very poor
grain crops were harvested in Algeria.
IN Egypt wheat and barley were about
equal to last years crops, and beans
promised to yield abundantly. In In
dla the wheat crop is less than Of 1898
by about 16,66O,OOO bushels, Very fav-
orable rains in South Australia have
caused hopeful feeling as % the agri-
cultural outlook in that colony.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14
Raspberry Mousse.

Add a teaspoonful of lemon juice to
three-quarters of cup of preserved
raspberry juice, and add gradually to
one pint of whipped cream. Beat thor
oughly and transfer by the spoonful to
chilled mold. Put on the cover, bind
with strip Of buttered muslin and bury
in ice and salt for three hours.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Telegraphic advices from Pekin an
nounce that the empress dowager, in
fluenced by the representatives of Ger
many and other great powers, has con-
sented to accord her foster-son. the
titular emperor. a larger degree OF
freedom and better treatment. In or
der to set at rest the always-current
fumors that the emperor has been pois-
oned ut her instigation the dowager
will hereafter have Kuang H'su sit at
her own table.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-14

Boil nice center cut of cod or hall
but. and when cold remove all skin and
bone, and fake the remainder careful
ly. Dip each flake in very stiff may
onnaise sauce; pile them up pyramid
ically on dish; pour the rest of the
sauce all round: sprinkle a wee pinch
of minced parsley over the sauce. and