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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

Most Of the corn exported from the
popularity seems to be gaining there.
To the United Kingdom, the exports
Of corn in the ten months ending
with October were in 1899, 1888 800
bushels, against 81, 1916 bushels in
1898; to Germany, 35,sO4 1O9 bushels
in the ten months OF 1S99 against S4,-
SSS.3S1 in the ten months of 1898; and
27,472,3SS bushels in the ten months
Of 1897; to France the exports in 1899
were slightly less than those OF 1888
or 1897, by reason of the unusually
large grain crop in that country, while
to other European countries the ex-
ports of the ten months of 1899 were
1885, 43 bushels, against 1921 1885 In
1898, and SO, S66, 1888 in the correspond
ing months of 1897. This steady in
crease in the exports of corn to Eu-
ropean countries, and especially the
increase in 1899 over preceding years,
is the more remarkable because of the
fact that the general supply of bread
stuffs in Europe in the present year Is
vastly In excess Of the preceding year
when the supply was unusually short,
and the fact that the demand for corn
continues in the face of an increased
supply of home grown breadstuffs in
dicates a rapid growth in its popu-
larity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
Secret of True Happiness.

Happiness comes through quiet ac-
ceptance of the talent, temperament
and task that God hath appointed. I'm
able to add one cubit to the stature,
or make one hair white or black, man
is also impotent to alter his birthgifts
Through heredity our fathers chose the
lifework for us, and try as we may, we
cannot alter their choice, though we
can break our hearts. Today one part
of society is making itself miserable
through an overestimate of great deeds
and an agonizing desire to do striking
things. Yet struggling and agoniZing
never did anything worth while. The
first signs of great piece of work is
the ease and swiftness by which it was
done by him appointed for the task.
Another part of society destroys hap
piness by Understanding small deeds
and duties. Gods mountains are not
made out of huge chunks of granite,
but out of minute flakes of mica. Size
has nothing to do with the valued
work, and man cannot be happy until
he surrenders his will and cheerfullv
accepts the one talent, or two, or ten,
counting it honor enough to do his
appointed work more perfectly than
any other can possibly do it. We do
not need great and splendid things.
but that common things shall be lifted
up and Illuminated by a quiet and
beautiful spirit. One of the secrets OF
happiness is found in the habitual en-
phasis of pleasant things, and the per-
sistent casting aside of all malign ele-
ments.-N. d. Hills. in Ladies' Home
Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
Thanks in EverYthinD.

Am | to thank God for everything?
Am | to thank him for bereavement,
for pain, for poverty, for toll? Must |
lift up my hands over my dead and say,
Father, | thank thee that thou hast
taken away my friend?" Is it pleasing
to my father that loss should be pleas
ant to me? Is it good that | should be
told to give thanks for everything? Be
still, my soul, thou hast misread the
message! 1t is not to give thanks for
everything, but to give thanks in
everything. 1t is not to praise God
for the night, but to bless Him that the
night is not deeper. have read OF
the Son of Man that he gave thanks
over the symbol of his broken body.
Not for the pain, but for the mitigation
of pain, did the Son of Man give thanks
not that his body was broken, but
that it was broken for me- In thine
hour of sorrow give thanks like Jesus.
George Matheson, d. d.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

Silver for toilet table articles will
always hold its own, but ivory today
is the most distinguished material OF
which brushes, combs, powder boxes,
hand mirrors and the like can be made
1t is better for a person who is col
lecting the furniture for a dressing
table to put money gradually into fine
pieces of ivory rather than silver Ivory
of the best quality is steadily increas-
ing in value. Every year the num-
Der of elephants decreases. The time
is almost here when the ivory-bearing
elephants of central Africa will be ex-
tinct Collections of ivory now fetch
large prices 1t is not surprising, there
fore, that ivory toilet articles should
be eagerly sought
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
How Je1uS Mrr'kcd.

Jesus did not dream. He gave no III
erary ideal, no social framework or
form, no laws and proposals that men
in later ages might amuse themselves
by discussing. He came, and he willed
to save man, and man was saved. He
said, Know me, and through me know
thy father" and men rose up changed,
new men. The heavens above them
ceased to be vacant, and from out the
stars there looked down the myriad
eyes of father God, who said. BE
brothers" and man ceased to be arti-
Gle of commerce to man, woman ceased
to be object of lust, and humanity in
its great unity stood up and marched
as to a divine order. and took a sig
nificance that it drew from the divine
mind and the divine purpose. He said,
Time is eternity; let eternity fill time
Thou art, Q man. immortal and in
every moment of thy being be immor-
tai man" New ideals took possession
of the individual, new ideals inspired
the. organization OF the race Human
ity had breathed into ii the breath OF
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
He Knows.

He knows the bitter, weary way.
The endless striving day by day,
The souls that weep, the souls that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
Live HODefulIY.

He who has lived in the form of an
experience looks back, while he who
has entered into the substance and
soul of an experience looks forward.
The outward man perishes," as Paul
says, 'but the inward man is renewed
day by day" The perishing Of form
and method in which we have lived
may naturally bring a pensive sadness
like that which always comes to us as
we watch a setting of the sun, but he
who is in the true spirit of the sunset
turns instantly from the westward to
the eastern look. The things the day
has given--its knowledge and its in
spirations, and it's friendships and it's
faith-these the departing sun is pow
erless to carry with it. They claim the
new day in which to show their power
and to do their work. Live deeply and
you must live Observation-Disclosures
Brooks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
Making Him Whole.

1T takes the glorious old west to do
business" said the man with the alli
gator grip, as he boarded the train at
st. Paul. I'VE of the east are not in
it little bit" Anything to relate?'
queried one of the passengers as he
woke up. Just few words. | tray-
eled from New York to Chicago with
staving-looking girl. At Buffalo was
gone on her. At Detroit we were en-
gagged. AS we reached Chicago she had
set the date. | returned home, wrote
her 800 love letters and came out here
to get married. She decided that she
would marry another. She estimated
the value of my time at $500, the worth
of my letters at $500 and my broken
heart at 5000, and drew me check
for 81 900, and here it is. Gave her
receipt in full to date, kissed her good
bye and there you are and here | am.
There's but one way to do business and
the west knows all about it. Yes, check
for a thousand and how many of you
gentlemen will smoke a good cigar at
my expense? "-Chicago News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
HATRED IN BELGIUM.
People Widely Divided by Differeuces of
Race and Creed.


The Belgians, who are commonly
supposed to be so prosperous and paci-
fic, are divided by differences of race.
creed, and social condition more vio-
lent than exist in Ireland, where, at
all events, all alike, with insignificant
exceptions, speak one tongue, says the
London Spectator. The French-speak-
ing Belgians despise the Flemish
speaking Belgians, and the Flemish
speaking Belgians detest the French
speaking Belgians, with the rancor only
concealed by the long habit of living
and acting together-a habit, which,
remember, has not prevented the same
contempts and aversions from continu-
ing to exist in Ireland. The clericals
and the secularists hate each other as
only religious parties can hate; far
more than Catholics and Professionals
in any of the countries where the two
creeds stand side by side. The secu-
larist seems to the clerical a BIAS
phemer against whom almost all de
vices are justifiable, while the clerical
is held by the secularist to be kind
of evil food, from whom nothing is to
be expected except cunningly con-
cealed malignity. The possessors of
property expect that the ugly rush"
which used to be talked of in England
will occur tomorrow, while the wage
receivers declare that they are worked
to death for the benefit of others, who
will not leave them so much as a liv-
ing wage. There is, too, some justice
In these complaints, for the socialists
of Belgium are very fierce, and If they
got their way would not talk much of
compensations, while the mass of the
laborers are badly paid and work an
unreasonable number of hours
grievance not in the least soothed away
by the occurrence of numerous church
festivals. 1t is little relief to a man
who must work fourteen hours a day
for a week to be told that a fortnight
hence there will be festival of St.
Ernulphus. And last, these three
causes of division and hatred constant
ly march together, the French-speak
ing secularist being the impoverished
workman, and the Flemish-speaking
Catholic either peasant or one of the
better paid. All. too, display when
excited noteworthy fierceness of tenn
per, readiness to shed blood, and a
disposition to push every quarrel into
sort of war-tendencies visible
throughout the history of the country.
There is always a possibility of revolt
ton under such conditions and one
does not perceive what change would
permanently remove them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
Cure for LONELINESS.

There is quality in woman's ma
ture that is scarcely conducive to her
happiness when fate or the exigencies
of her life demand that she shall be
much alone. Having cultivated love
of other persons society, she becomes
absolutely helpless when she is forced
to depend upon her own. Without re-
sources of entertainment in herself, she
mopes and grows melancholy, with the
result that her disposition is crossed
and she grows old before her time.
Under these circumstances it is well
for a woman at very early age to
endeavor to secure enjoyment in occu-
patton. Books. sewing, the arrange
ment of her home, music. the care of
pets. all help her to enjoy hours of
solitude rather than fretting for the
unattainable in the matter of human
companionship. Ones own thoughts
can be so trained that they are as sem
tent as the most conversationally in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

The Chippewa outbreak in Mime
sofa in the fall of 1898 is attrib-
uted by the commissioner of Indian
affairs, in his annual report, to the
misconduct of federal officials. Deputy
marshals had been in the habit of
making wholesale arrests of Indians,
either as witnesses or offenders, solely
for the fees which would accrue to
them. The estimators appointed to
appraise the Chippewas' timber had
made heavy charges for their work,
which was worthless and had to be
done over a second time and a third
time. The Indians also had suffered
from timber depredations, and from
the sale of their lands at prices much
below their real value. The distrust
and exasp Grafton occasioned by these
wrongs led them to armed resistance
to the military force sent to arrest
their chief.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

Fancy stockings are not worn on the
street, though there was a decided eff
fort to start the fashion. The stock
ings that are worn in the house and in
the evening are as elaborate as one
pleases or can afford. 1t is rather a
matter of wonder to the woman who
loves pretty, fancy stockings to learn
that Queen Victoria wears, all year
round, finely spun and woven cotton
stocking. But, then, Queen Victoria
has never been looked to to start the
fashions. We all haven't as simple
tastes as her majesty Her example
in the matter of hosiery may be good
and comfortable, but it is not apt to
be followed. While silk stockings. en-
broidered in floral designs, are among
the modish things of the winter. fine
Isle thread stockings are more worn
than silk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
RELIGIOUS READING.
RELIGION AND REFORMS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
Christian Endeavor Topics-The Enour-
ing Things--A Comparison-The Two
Houses-Secret of True Happiness
The Indwelling OF Christ.
A Morning Prayer.

Morning Prayer.
Let me today do something that shall
take
A little sadness from the worlds
vast store,
And may / be so favored as to make
Of Joys too scanty sum little more.
Let me not hurt. by any selfish deed
Or thoughtless word, the heart OF
foe or friend;
Nor would l pass, unseeing, worthy
need,
Or sin by silence where l should de-
fend.
However meager be my worldly
wealth,
Let me give something that shall
aid my kind,
A word of courage, or thought OF
health,
Dropped as pass for troubled hearts
to find.
Let me tonight look back across the
span
'Twixt dawn and dark, and to my
conscience say
Because of some good act to beast or
The world is better that lived to-
day."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

There will be introduced in congress
soon bill TO grant an increase of
pension to the widow of Captain Allyn
Capron, who commanded Capron's bat
terry at Santiago. Many private pen
sion bills are without merit. Not SO
the one to be introduced for Mrs.
Capron. She is receiving now the $40
month which the law gives to the
widows of captains in the regular
army. That is her sole income, and
out of it she has to support as best
she can three children, all under u
years of age Her oldest son, Captain
Allyn Capron, Jr., was the first Amer
lean officer killed in the charge up San
Juan Hill by Roosevelt's Rough
Riders" in which command he served.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

me- Jesus took no man out of society
when founding his church; he left him
as he stood. He changed the man, and
through man all society. He with
drew no father from his family, no
daughter from her mother; he left
them there, but. changing the man. he
changed all. 1t was a divine, a great
achievements creation, you may call
IL. Call it not dream. 1t is a thing
that through the ages has stood, in the
ages has worked. and is today more
living than ever-the church that hath
an eternal foundation built on the rock.
which is Christ.-Rev A. M. Firbank
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
Where Smoking Is Forbidden.

1t is curious to find that there is a.
country in the world in which 1T is
considered a crime to smoke. Abys-
sinia is the region, and the law for
bidding tobacco dates from the year
1912 II was at first merely intended
to prevent priests from smoking in the
churches, but it was taken too liter
ally, and nowadays foreigners have to
smoke sub rosa, as if they were still
Schoolboys
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
AyaainU ne a PrinCeIY Innk

Prince Henry of Orleans has pleas
ant system OF literary work. When
he travels he takes with him corps
OF talented men, including physi
clan, scientist, an editor, historian
and a photographer, each Of whom
makes daily contribution to the book
which is to describe the journey. In
describing his method at Paris salon.
a friend ironically asked: And what
is the hard work which you DO for
your book?" The hardest of all,
sa a the prince, I have the overwhelm-
Ing duty Of making the various ac-
counts agree. Philadelphia Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

NAtS CASSSAJ wal way,
The endless striving day by day,
The souls that weep, the souls that
pray
He knows!
He knows how hard the fight hath
been,
The clouds that came our lives be-
tween,
The wounds the world hath never seen
He knows!
He knows, when faint and worn we
sink,
How deep the pain, how near the brink
OF dark despair we pause and shrink;
He knows
He knows. oh, thought so full of gliss!
For though on earth our joy we miss,
We still can bear it, feeling this
He knows
He knows; 0 heart, take up thy cross.
And know earth's treasures are but
droSS,
And he will prove as gain our loss!
He knows
Marian Longfellow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

clined individual. The day spent In
idle longing for some one to drop in
or in wishing that she might go some
where or do something gives a wom-
an that look of discomfort that is fatal
to beauty, and is futile so far as bene-
fetal results, either mentally or phys
ically. On the other hand, with good
books for friends, woman is in touch
with intellectual kings and queens.
She is storing up treasures of memory
that will be never-failing source OF
pleasure when the twilight Of life
comes and she must depend on her
fund of Renaissance for her daily
comfort. Occupation of the right sort
is the greatest cure for loneliness, and
safeguard as well.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

Scientific men predict that patho-
genie bacteria, or disease-breeding
germs, are destined to be exterminated
in civilized lands, along with man-eat-
ing beasts and venomous serpents. And
why not? Already the progress of
medical science has gone far to elm
mate or cancel the poison of typhoid
and diphtheria; the bacillus of con-
sumption is being hunted to its lair;
and in cities where sanitation is duly
regarded the scourge of cholera and
yellow fever need no longer be feared.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
Black seodIess Grape Wanted.

VIII some one develop a black seed
less grape? We have white seedless
grapes, but suitable only to the climate
OF California, and now we want a good
black grape without seeds. Such
grape would sell at fancy price on
the market. The fear of appendicitis
causes many people to take out the
seeds when eating grapes, and this
greatly detracts from the pleasure OF
grape eating. A grape of the charac-
ter described would bring a good deal
more than the common grape.-Farm-
erS' Review.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
A Home DentifrIce.

The best powder that one could pos
sibly apply to the teeth is pulverized
charcoal; it cleans the mouth mechan-
ically and chemically. But as alone it
is dusty and not easily mixed with
water,it may for this purpose be mixed
with an equal weight of prepared
chalk, and, if requisite, scented with a
drop or two of oil of cloves. Orris root
also makes an excellent dentifrice. 1t
can be obtained in powdered form at
any apothecarys, and an ounce or two
scented with wintergreen will last for
a long time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

The navy has hitherto been COM
monty regarded as the junior branch
OF the nations militant service, subor-
dinate in rank to the army. But now
it becomes the senior branch, because
its head is an admiral, whose rank is
technically two grades higher than
that of major-general, who is now
the highest officer in the army Ihat
is one of the consequences of war in
which the navy had greater opportuni'
ties OF distinction than the army
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

Started originally for the purpose
of paying of the $4,000 Indebtedness
on the widows home at Redlands, Cal,
the Lawton fund has already grown to
twice that amount and is likely to
reach $4,000. There has been a spon-
taneity and promptness about the Civ
ing that is especially characteristic of
this era of good will.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
Newspa pers in France.

The number of French newspapers
and periodicals continues to grow
steadily. For Paris the figures have
now reached 1855. OF which LAP are
dailies. 762 appear weekly. and 1884
monthly Of 154 political papers and
reviews. half are republican. In the
provlnces--or, rather. in the depart
ments--a similar increase is noted. the
number having passed 1000 OF these
S55 are dailies. Republican papers out
number the socialist and radical pa
pers by LOIS to 222.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
He Got His Sleap.

Doctor see what the matter is.
You do not get sleep enough. Take
this prescription to druggists. Mr..
Blinkers-Thank you. presume that's
what's the matter Doctor next day.
All, good morning! You are looking
much better today. Slept last night,
didn't you? Mr.. Blinkers-Slept like
a top. l feel first rate. Doctor--Eow
many doses of that opiate did rou
take? Mr.. Blinkers Tin surprise' Il
didn't take any. l gave it to the kapy!
New York Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Temperance Eggnog.

An excellent eggnog without liquor
of any kind is a nourishing and pala-
table drink, if carefully made. Beat
the yolk of one or two eggs with a de-
sired quantity of powdered sugar, I'M
til it is light and creamy; pour into a
glassful of rich milk or cream; lastly
stir in the white of the eggs beaten
to FOAM This is a good sedative
when taken just before going to bed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

Teacher Now, little girl, l have
told the class about the wicked place
being paved with good intentions. Now
what do you suppose heaven is paved
with?" Little Girl with a delightful
recollection of a fresh-aid picnic)-
Ham sandwiches, bananas, an pie
Harlem Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
The Beacon Light of Love.

When l was but little child
Ihey tucked me, oh, 50 snug and tight
into my trundle-bed, and then
They left me with the Night;
Left me there to sail away
Upon the breast of gentle Sleep
solitary sailor on
The Dream Sea vast and deep.
But though about me blackness reigned,
ne door was never shut quite tight;
ana cross the room there sped to me
a tiny ray of light
Twas like beacon sent to save
Me from the rocks of childish fears.
And the nameless nighttime noises
All so dread to childish ears.
For knew that where the lamp-light
FILTERED through-a threadlike thing
There sat mother, softly knitting,
And knew that / could bring
her swiftly to me on the instant,
Even though whispered low;
80 l felt no harm could reach me,
And l feared not any foe!
Town Topics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

This lifting of the eyebrows is
senseless trick, which is thought to
give expression to the face. 1t is on
a level with many other so-called tricks
of expression, really nothing more
than ccntortions of the facial muscles.
It is rare to find a woman who can car
ry on conversation with an even
countenance and without mods and
wags of the head
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25
Clerical ordinance.

From the New York Advertiser:
Hobbs-I see by the papers that your
friend. the Rev. DR.. Bang. has joined
the artillery OF the church. Dobbs-
What do you mean? Hobbs-Why.
he's been made q canon of the cathe-
dral. Dobbs-H'm; l didn't know that
be was such a big gun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-25

From the Chicago Tribune: Eyes, 3"
admitted Uncle Reuben Throstledyke,
with some reluctance, Il did buy a
gold brick wunst for seven hundred
dollars, but the money wuzn't alto
gether throwed away. My wife uses
that brick fur keepin' her feet warm
these cold winter nights"