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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

The bandeau style of wearing the
nair Is coming in again, and parting
or at least separation of the hair in
the center of the front threatens to
usurp the place of the pompadour puff.
The potent reason some women give
for deserving the pompadour is that
men do not like it. "They like sleek,
shining Madonna bands, as fiat as
their own pates," says one woman.
No, they don't" says another. They
like bangs. curly and ringletty." But
the average man smiles benignly,
and when the happy medium between
the puff and the bandeau appears he
gaZes in deep admiration. Mrs. Ken
dal wears her hair in the way most
men like it; so do Jane Hading and
Maude Adams and sweet Annie Rus
SELL All of these actresses have un-
usually fine hair, heavy, long and
thick. and they also have good fore
heads: but the parting, with ripples
on either side and a big. soft knot
in the back, cannot be called trying
style, as none Of these actresses, with
the exception of Nine. Jane Had
ing. is noted for her beauty.
The chignon, when worn now. Is
placed on the top of the head in the
form of soft loops or fluffy curls. The
nape of the neck Is left uncovered.
Combs are used more than ever. and
the broad shell ones are particularly
pretty. A new and becoming way OF
dressing the hair is to have two ban
deaux descending rather low upon the
forehead, with the hair turned up in
wavy curls at the sides. The Golf
fure is round at the back. On the top
of the head the hair is rolled with
two waved marteaux separated from
the front hair by band of velvet or
satin, on which are fixed two gar
denia blossoms.
When the hair is worn low two tor
toise she'll pins. with diamond-incrust-
ed heads inserted on either side, serve
the double purpose of security and OF
'dornment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Feeding RaCamufflns.

The Rev. c. l.. Dodgson, better
known by readers of alice in Wonder
land" as Lewis Carroll, was a lovable
man, who delighted to do good in a
quiet way. In his Life and Letters"
the following story is told by one Of
his child-friends:
My sister and | were spending a day
of delightful sightseeing in town with
him. We were both children, and were
much interested when he took us into
an American shop where the cakes for
sale were cooked by very rapid proc
ess before your eyes, and handed to
you straight from the cooks hands.
AS the preparation of them could
easily be seen from the outside tho
window, a small crowd of ragamuftins
naturally assembled there, and l we'll
remember Mr. bod sons piling ~ sew
en- of the cakes on one arm. taking
them out and doing them round to
the seven hungry little youngsters.
The simple kindness of the act inn
pressed its charm on his child-friends
inside the shop as much as on his
little stranger friends outside.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
The Mirage of wealth.

1t is pitiable beyond words to see
myriads of young men missing the
well-spring of joyful, simple, natural
life, which rises at the door OF most
men, in their mad rush for their mirage
of wealth. How many have confessed,
within my knowledge, to the mistake
which, in their case, has been irretriey-
ablei Highly strung nerves, the ina
bility to live without stimulus; the ha-
tired of the country for its quiet, and of
children for their noise; the habit Of
securing service by gifts OF money or
high wage; the memory of those who
have been crushed down in the eager
rush, are not the best conditions for
the enjoyment of ease and rest, even if,
as is not at all certain, they are OBJ
tanned. Young men, the ideal life con-
sists not in the abundance of things
you possess, but in what you are. Seek
God. purity, wisdom, a knowledge OF
books, science and nature, and all other
things will be added unto you.-Rey
F. B. Meyer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Novelties in Stationery.

Generally speaking, novelties in sta
tionery are not in good form. They
come and go, while aristocratic women
continue to use either white or a most
delicately tinted gray-blue paper,
which bears their address stamped
from an engraved die in gray or silver,
gold, blue or red, the preference now
being for gray.
Recently, however, Wedgewood de-
sign in stationery has been introduced,
which, unlike most novelties, is so
dainty it has met with considerable
favor from ladies who usually steer
clear" of anything so distinctive in
letter paper. The paper itself is a
Wedgewood blue, bordered narrowly
with white, envelopes matching. OF
course it will have but a short vogue,
and those who use but little stationery
and do not care to use something de-
cidedly passe as soon as the novelty
Of 1t has passed, and cannot afford to
throw away fashions left-overs, will
do well to continue to buy a plain (of
course unruled) linen paper, rough or
smooth as they prefer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
covered with turquoise blue silk and
white lace, put on in squares.
Fancy Belts.

Some extremely smart leather belts,
which threaten the immediate retire
nent of last seasons assortment have
made their appearance. They are not
particularly novel in the materials of
which they are made, nor are the
buckles especially unusual. The novel
ty is in the pretty little woven leather
edge. The belt, of kid, patent leather
or plain grain leather, is made quite
narrow, and very narrow strip Of
the same leather is knotted in a sort
Of crochet stitch all along each edge.
This finish makes variety in the
leather belts. in black, white or brown.
not spelling the severe tailor finish of
the costume, but adding to it a new
touch of character.
For use with ribbon belts there Is a
new style of belt pin with jewels to
match the cuff links and studs. These
are clasp pins. strong enough to hold
skirt and waist together.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
The Personality Of Christ.

If l did not believe this conception OF
the personality Of Jesus Christ could
not preach Him, / should feel that
had no message, no inspiration, that
l was simply a repairer of tumbling
walls and hedges windblown. shoulc
feel that l was simply jobber, going
around to ask people if | might make
a livelihood by repairing the dilapi-
dations of their beliefs, | should fee
degraded and self-insulted and should
know that l was making money by
false pretenses. But if l can take with
me in my own conception and in the
security and strength Of my own love
a living Savior, Christ the Lord, the
image Of God, in whom dwelt all the
fulness of the Godhead bodily, | fee
that have something to say that en-
titles me to stop the noises OF the
world, that l may declare this music
and win human hearts to this trust
and joy.-Rev. Joseph Parker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
"Our Father"

There is one thing more pitiable, al.
most worse than even cold black, mis-
cradle atheism. To kneel down and
say. "Our Father" and then get VI
and live an orphaned life. To stand
and say, Il believe in God the Father
Almighty" and then to go fretting and
fearing, saying with a thousand
tongues. 81 believe in the love of God.
but it is only in heaven. believe IN
the power of God! but it stoppeth short
at the stars. believe in the provi'
dence Of God. but it is limited to the
saints in Scripture. l believe that
1.-THE Lord reigneth with refer
ence to some far-off time with which
we have nothing to do" That is more
insulting to our heavenly Father, more
harmful to the world, more cheating to
ourselves. than to have no God at all
Mark Guy Pearse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

II turns ont that the late Roswell r
Flower left but s60OOO00. The news
paper reporters are always liberal IN
making an inventory of an estate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
The Approach to Religious Thought

The Approach to Religious Thought.
One of the most significant develop
ments of modern thought is the steady
approach of all kinds OF truth-physi-
ologic, psychologist, philosophical re-
ligious truth 1t begins to be apparent
that the religious view OF life, its occu-
pations, duties, spirit, aim, is after all
the inevitable view-the view to which
men must come when they gain a clear
and wide knowledge of their surround
ings The religious conception of
mans place and work in the world was
long held by unreligious people as
something which did not become clear
through noble living and the worship
full spirit, but was arbitrarily superim-
posed from heaven, and by unreligious
men as fine but wholly fictitious idea
which found no warrant or basis in a
study of actual conditions. 1t now be-
comes clear that the religious nature is
part Of the human endowment; that
whenever men rise to a certain eleva-
ton they inevitably see life from the
religious point Of view; that Christ did
not create the religious faculty, but
brought into clear light the reality of
the unforeseen world to which it ad-
dresses itself. A striking illustration
of this reinforcement of religious truth
by the sciences which rest on observa-
ton is furnished by the Importance
which psychology attaches to that
quality of repose which finds its root
in faith. and which, although the in
spiration of many of the noblest car
GERS in history, has so often been re-
garded as a noble kind of illusion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Brass Buttons for Money

While the regiments from all over
the country were gathering at Chick
amauga the brass buttons OF the SOL
diers' uniforms were in great demand.
Every one was trying to buy them or
coax them from the soldiers, but it was
a little girl who struck upon o plan
of getting together a collection that
represented every regiment in camp.
She used to sell lemonade to the SOL
diers, and then when they offered to
pay her she would insist in charming
way for buttons in place of money. She
was very pretty little girl, and there
were a great many soldiers who had
to pin their uniforms together on ac-
count of this clever little lady.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Lightning Anticipated.

NJ Ducretet, the French scientist
has constructed an automatic record
ing receiver to register the intermit.
tent atmospheric disturbances pro-
duced during storms. In one case 81
atmospheric discharges were registered
during a storm lasting one hour ant
ten minutes. The discharges, it is
stated, were registered before the ap
pearance Of the lightning and The
thunder clap.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
The Poet and the Practical Man.

What are the trees saying as they
sigh?" said the poet, as he and the
practical man paused on the banks OF
a river. They are saying" said the
practical man, that a sawmill in this
section would pay big dividends. "
Then the poet said something about
the music in the river that rippled at
their feet. Yes" said the practical
man, Il was just thinking that such a
fine water power could turn enough
mill wheels to grind all the corn in
Georgia to a frst-class article of meal.
Il don't think" said the poet, that
you and 1 can pull together" Il know
it," said the practical man. so I'm
going to dinner. Where are you go
ing?" I'm going to wonder" said the
poet, "just how and where I'll get a
dinner!" Atlanta Constitution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Boy with a Rusiness Head.

If the lad does not make a successful
business man all the signs are wrong.
He was asked to take charge of some
white mice for the summer and to
name his own price for doing it. After
mature deliberation he made his
proposition as follows:
For Is cents a week I will take
charge of those mice and care for them
and be responsible for their safe keep
ing. If l am relieved of the response
bility in the matter and will not be
called upon to replace any that are
lost or hurt l will undertake to look
after them for 10 cents a week. and !
will take equally good care of them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

II you want to make friends with
dog you will find that there is moth
ing that this animal likes better than
to have some one rub his ears. If you
Will take a dogs ears and curl them
up in your hands and squeeze them
gently you will make a canine friend
very soon. If the dog wears a collar
you can add greatly to his comfort by
scratching that part Of his neck where
the collar rests.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
How to Pray and Trust.

Not that we desire from God, bu
what God desires from us, is for oul
good. What this isfi we do not know
but God well knows. Let us therefore
tell God what we want, and ask hin
to do as lie sees to be best, and Their
let us rest trustfully in his decision
This is the way to pray this is the
way to trust. God is God, and we arr
human. We can make known to hin
our desires, and we can rejoice that i
will give or withhold according to hi!
love and wisdom.-Sel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Keats. Greek Urn.

When the young poet wrought so I'M
aware
From the purest Parian, washed by
Grecian seas,
And stained to amber softness by the
breeze
or Attic shores, his Urn, antiquely fair
AND brimmed it at the sacred fountain.
where
The draught he drew were sweet as
Castaly's-
Had he foreseen what souls would there
appease
Their purer thirsts he had not known
despair!
ABOUT II long professions move and wind.
heid by its grace-a chalice choicely fit
FOR Truths and Beauty's perfect inter-
fuse,
Whose effiuence the exhaling years shall
find
Unwasted; for the poets name is writ
flrmer than marble) in Olympian
dews!
Margaret J., Preston.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Motbers, Societies.

These are increasing in numbers and
influence. Wherever church does MOI
already possess a mothers society,
Mothers Christian Endeavor Society
may wisely be formed. Of course Il
is in the closest touch with the Junior
society, which it's members often visit
and whose interests and plans it otter
discusses.
The mothers society meets once
month to talk and pray about the chill
dren and for them. A committee Sc
lects the topic, which are some Of ths
numberless themes in which religion
touches family life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
RELIGIOUS READING.
RELIGION AND REFORMS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
Christian Endeavor Topics-Press Com
mittee Observation-Disclosures Societies
The Approach of Religious Thought
Workers Ideal.

leave with God tomorrow's where and
how,
And do concern myself but with the now,
That little word, though half the futures
length,
Well used, holds twice its meaning and
its strength.
Like one blindfolded, cropping out his way
| will not try to touch beyond today,
Since all the future is concealed from
sight,
| need but strive to make the next step
right.
That done. the next! and so on. till l
find
Perchance. some day l am no longer
blind;
And looking up. behold radiant Friend,
Who says: Rest now, for you have
reached the End"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Truth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
The Christian workers Ideal.

The greatest discovery a young per-
son can make is the presence OF a
Higher than himself, to whom he be-
longs, and into Whom he may grow
1t is a self-awakening a momentous
crisis-in reality, an epoch. The Christ
that is to be is fuller, deeper, richer
than the Christ that is. The forecast
is greater than the retrospect. 1t is
of prime Importance that the young
workers vision should be larger than
his experience; that his desire and ex-
pectation should outrun his attain
ments, and that his hope and faith
should never cease. Self-content is
emptiness. dead level destroys rev.
erence and stunts growth
The Christian workers true ideal is
Jesus Christ. He sums up in himself
all the food that ever will be. All wise
movements have their sources and
goal in Him. The mightiest expan-
sions of the human mind are met in
Him. The deepest yearning of the hui
man spirit centers in Him. All the
strange, mystical, restless passion of
the human soul after being good and
doing good finds rest in Him His mis-
sion is our mission. and His methods
are ours, too. We see light in His
light. If, therefore, we desire to know
His name, to do His work, to enter in
to the glory of His revelation, we must
be friends with Him. Lift up your eyes
on high
Speak to Him thou, for He hears, and
spirit with spirit can meet:
Closer is He than breathing and nearer
than hands and feet"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Christian Endeaxor Topics.

A Friend in Need,-Monday, July 10,
Barzillai, 2 Sam. 17:27-29; 19:31-40;
Tuesday, July II, Widow of Zarephath,
l Kings 17;7-16; Wednesday, July II,
Elisha, Kings 4:18-37; Thursday, Jul
ly 1S, Onesiphorus, 2 Tim. 1:16-1S; Fri
day, July IA, Luke, Tim. 4:9-12 Sat
urday, July Is, Done unto Me-" Matt.
25:91-4O; Sunday, July. 16, topic, "A
Friend in Need" Luke 10:30-37.
The priest might have helped the
wounded man, and yet helped him in
so ugly a way as fairly to have beaten
him again; and the good Samaritan
might not have had beast with which
to succor the traveller, and yet have
succored him by his words of loving
sympathy.
We are held responsible not only for
the cases of need we see and pass by,
but also for the cases of need we do
not see, but might see.
Many of us would help others more
if they would let us help them in the
way we choose; as if the Samaritan
had said, Binding up wounds is not
my forte, but will cheer you up with
merry song. Listen!"
When God sends us to help some one
in need, his sending is often more in
response to our own need OF helping
than to the other mans need of being
helped.
Illustration.-C Christ could help so
many people because he loved to do it.
AS he himself said after helping the
Samaritan woman, it was his meat and
his drink.
Illustration-When the woman that
touched the hem of his garment was
healed, Christ knew that power had
gone forth from him. If you expect
to help people without trouble and
pains, you and they will be disap-
pointed.
Illustration Helping men, like shak-
ing hands, is best done on their level
not reaching up or reaching down.
Illustration-Ho delicate is the
mechanism of watch, and how fool
ish would we think a man that thought
himself capable OF repairing one with
out any training and instruction! Yet
a human life is many times more in
tricate, and there are not lacking men
to give advice offhand.
Illustration.-The least admixture of
certain impurities will spoil the cast
ing of a bell and make it harsh and
tuneless. So the least admixture Of
pride will spoil kindness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

A TTORNEYS-CLAk s TAYLOR
ONCE over the Postof1ce in Clark S block,
Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Unreliable.

Wonderful Imagination that writer
has" remarked one young man.
Think so?"
Il should say SO! l never saw such
inventive resources. Absolutely I'M
limited. Time, space and science have
no teTrors for him. He can reconcile
ali his points so as to make anything
seem probable.
Il don't see where you got that
strange impression of him."
why, from his books"
His books! Oh, you ought to have
seen his inventive resources and what
happened to them one day when he
was trying to tell his wife how he
happened to forget a couple of spools
of pink silk thread"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Handsome Dots on Neckties-

Some girls who like to do things for
themselves and to have style of their
own, to say nothing of economy, are
working French knots upon their
neckwear of different kinds. Long
scarf ends of white have the knots in
black silk-so many straight rows or
rows in points-and on wash scarfs
there are colored knots on those that
are colored and either white or col
ored on those of white. Tiny loops of
black silk worked around the ends of
a white silk bow are most effective.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Imitation Jananese WI,

To initiate Japanese inlaid work get
an ordinary cigar box, or any other
box with smooth wooden surface
Fasten on in pleasing and graceful
forms yariously shaped and colored
leaves which have been subjected to a
heavy pressure until perfectly fiat. and
smooth the whole. After the surface
has been so vanished and polished as
to present a face as hard and smooth
as glass, it will appear as if the whole
were one unbroken surface, which is
the highest perfection of art in Japa-
nese work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Know when rhev,ve Cot Fnonrh

You have a great country" said
an Englishman to an American. Il
admit it. But your climate 1t is
averred that Americans die early"
Die early?"
Yes. sir. and especially your bust
ness men"
And don't you know the reason?
Is 1t TO lie found in the nature OF our
climate? No. sir The reason Ameri-
cans die early is because they know
when they've got enough Public spir-
tied. patriotic and unselfsh, they die
early, sir, TO make room for the rising
generation London Tid-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Tame Butterflies for Pets

Women have had all kinds of pets
from time immemorial, but perhaps
the strangest of all fancies in this di-
rection is the latest news which comes
to us from Paris, that two ladies have
succeeded in tanning dozens of butter
flies.
These little insects eat from their
mistresses' hands, alight on them and
show no fear of any kind. They are
certainly pretty pets, and well become
the airy. fiuttering sweetness of the
typical woman's nature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

has been spoiled by the inartistic ar
rangement of the piano back. A great
aid in overcoming this is mirror,
made the exact width of the piano, and
placed fiat against its back. On each
side narrow curtains may be placed,
and the mirror used either as a re-
Hector or with painting on the frame
and glass. Palms may be prettily ar
ranged at the foot, to be repeated in
the glass surface, or a tiny seat placed
there, with cushions of quaint shape
and material.
With the mirror as a starting point
one may have endless varieties of dec
grafton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29
Dress Packets

The pocket hides in the hem of the
gown these days. 1t is the only place
where the slightest bulge is counte-
nanced; everywhere else the tailor and
dressmaker insist upon absolute
smoothness; nothing must interfere
with the symmetry of the line so can
didly displayed by the eel-skin frock
of the hour
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

ATTORNEYS NEEDHAM & WALKER.
Daniel Needham-Ray d. Walker) win
practice in all State and United States courts.
Settlement of estates a specially. ONCE in
Ziegler block, Lancaster
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

An article in Ell Porvenir. a Cartha-
gena journal on the position of the
Colombian government in relation to
the Panama canal clearly demonstrates
the right of the Colombian republic in
the matter, and claims that tire own
ership, and consequently the direction,
of the canal will revert to Colombia,
and that Colombia will offer the whole
TO the United States. This article mas
created a profound sensation il Cen
trail America. and is likely to be the
subject Of much lively comment in
France.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

The bodice has full front upon
which the lace trimming is repeated
in simple though bewitching fashion.
Small puffs. apparently gathered upon
band of insertion, top the sleeves.
and the stock and belt are made of
pistachio green satin ribbon.
A pistachio green leghorn hat
trimmed with black and white ribbon
and green silk roses forms an import
ant part of the toilet The brim is fin
ished with border of fine immaca-
late white straw.