davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14


The Beers are acting within the provi-
sions of the Transvaal constitution in
Communicating British subjects to
bear arms In the present war. The law
Of the republic makes every resident
white man liable to military service be-
tween the ages of 16 and so. In 1894 the
British government admitted that. as a
matter of international law, aliens who
had settled in the country could be called
on to assist in Its defense and in the
maintenance of order, though, in conse-
quence of urgent representations. the
Transyaai government agreed to make
jects. But it is entirely contrary to In
ternational law-and no municipal law
can alter the fact-to call on British SUBJ
jects to fight against their own sovereign
and Sir Alfred Miner is amply justified
in declaring by proclamation that this
form of communicating Is null and void
and should not be obeyed. Even as re-
CARDS private property the commander
ing which has been practiced by the
Beers since the commencement of this
war, though warranted by former prece-
dents, is not altogether in accordance
with the practice observed by civilized
states in modern times. unless it is to
be governed by the rules as to requisi-
tions--a point on which we shall be bet
ter able to form an opinion when the
war is over. But the communicating of
British subjects has no international vail
idity. and is stroke of very poor policy
into the bargain.--London Post.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14

1t must be understood that there is no
where people more capable of self-gov-
ernment than the better element of the
South African white colonists, nor any
more determined to secure the ends of
freedom, justice and equality for all the
white races They would be as intolerant
of oppression under one national domin-
ion as under another. and sheer force of
numbers and moral power would even
tualIy overthrow any tyranny or any in
fluence obstructive to the best govern
mental ideals and administration. Mr.
Hammond declines to discuss the political
aspects of the present situation, but COM
petent authorities agree that the future
points to an African federation of self
governing states, .mperlally connected.
probably, with the British throne, but
with the largest measure of freedom. Any
attempt at coercion from without would
be more quickly and more vigorously re-
scented than even the oppression of a do
nestle chy.-Engineering Maya
zine
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-14
Mr.. Quay,s Chances.

Vancouver, Wash, Independent.
The Republican majority Is very small.
and the old-timers especially are great
sticklers for precedent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
The Age OF "Siatterns :

Did YOU ever stop to think, asks an
English magazine, what luxury good,
pure complexion soap is? 1t is one
Of the blessings of modern advance
ment, and one of the privileges, and.
we may say, attainments of civiliza-
ton. Even in the last century a great
step has been taken in regard to clean
illness, and women have found out that
pure soap and water, and the free en-
ployment of them, have proved the
greatest aids to beauty. In the days
when powdered hair and the accom-
paniment of patches and powder, ii
can only be imagined what strenuous
efforts our greatgreat-gr andmothers
must have made in order to obtain
absolute cleanliness in the face of
fashion. A writer with whom We are
all familiar once termed the beauties
of his time 'slatterns. This we be-
lieve 10 be libel. and we are inclined
to pronounce that gentleman unwor
thy the name Of gentleman, since
probably out Of spite because he was
nv uSIu VI ~ dO4Oi uLicH W luOSC 80
"slatterns." who We're, of course, the
bellies, as he thought he deserved. But
truth to tell the athletic, we'll
groomed, wholesome-looking woman
of today is far and away ahead of
her great-great- grandmother because
of her healthful exercise. her out-of
door life. and-her free use of, not
cosmetics, but good complexion soap
and water
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

The immense development of the ex-
port trade of the United States and
the almost limitless possibilities for
its further extention are intimated in
figures given out recently by the
statistical bureau at Washington
From this it appears that, in so far off
country as Russia, American manu-
facturers are competing successfully
with their German and English rivals
and that American bicycles, agricul-
tural machinery, steam engines and
tools in general are extensively sold
among the Black Sea provinces. The
figures given show that our sales in
Russia in 1898 amounted to less than
two and one-half million dollars and
that in the year 1899 they exceeded
ten million.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
WISE OR OTHERWISE,

Experience never teasnes fools any.
thing.
A good aim in life is Of litGle benefit
unless you can shoot.
No man is considered smart after
aople discover how he did it.
The more delusion some people have
tn more happiness they enjoy.
When man knows he is in the right
it matters not what others think.
Unless man is Influenced by a
woman he is neither very bad nor very
god.
All men are anxious for fame, but
many are willing to accept money as
substitute.
A man is a hopeless fool who is
fooled twice by the same woman in the
same way.
The fire Of genius is frequently ex-
tinguished by having cold water
poured on It.
a student of human nature who
knows his business never wastes lnuch
tine in society.
Father Time acts as referee in the
bankruptcy cases of men whose faces
are their fortunes.
No matter how homely a man may
be he thinks there is something at
tractive about him.
There is something wrong with the
appetite for a small boy who can wait
patiently for his dinner.
Some men talk on subjects they
know nothing about just to find out
how ignorant the other fellow is.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

we catch some thrill of emotion which
we feel ought to pervade the universe
and WILL when things come right
that we are conscious Of a fellowship
with the great and good of all ages.
The Bible is not only an appeal for the
best things, but an appeal on the high
est grounds, and the confidence with
which it assumes that such considera-
tions are ever present with Him
whose word the Bible is. AS we try
TO think of the motives which infiu-
ence the divine mind, we see at once
that any consideration lower than the
highest must have for such mind
some suggestion of degradation, which
would make them forever impossible.
When devout people in old times spoke
of the prophet as man of God" they
recognized in Him a personality in
fused with divine motives and concep-
tons, and as such they accepted His
word for reproof or for guiding. Times
have changed in some matters of cos
tune and other externalities, but in es-
sentials there can be no change. Man
is still man. and God is his maker, who
has made man in His own image, and
the preacher must lift man to his best
by bringing him nearer to God, away
from all thoughts unworthy of his di-
vine origin, and into all those thoughts
which, in world dark and misty with
sin. form the aurora of divine center
of light and love-Treasury.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
WHAT WASHINGTON SAID.

Let us erect a standard to which
the good and honest may repair"
THE name American must always
eXalt the just pride of patriotism"
ITO the efficacy and permanency OF
our union government for the whole
is indispensable"
lis substantially true that virtue
or morality is necessary spring OF
popular government"
1T is our true policy to steer clear OF
permanent alliances with any portion
of the foreign world"
There can be no greater error than
to expect or calculate upon real favors
from nation to nation"
Let us impart all the blessings we
possess, or ask for ourselves, to the
whole family Of mankind"
Every attempt to ALLEVIATE any por-
ton Of our country from the rest
should be Indignantly frowned upon"
Against the insdious wiles OF for
eign influence the jealousy Of a free
people ought to be constantly awake"
"Tho great rule of conduct for us in
regard to foreign nations is to have
with them as little political connection
as possible"
why, By Intervening our destiny
with that of any part of Europe, en-
tangle our peace and prosperity in the
tolls of European ambition, rivalship,
interest, humor. or caprice?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

Light and sunshine are good medi-
cines. They not only help to cure, but
they assist in preventing. 1t is strange,
therefore, that SO many in the world
should be content to do without either
We have windows and doors in our
houses, but there are many of us who
Keep both closed as much as possible
The sunshine fades the carpets and the
open windows let in dust which spoiis
the furniture. That is what some
careful housewives say. There may
be something in this, but not much
A faded carpet is much more desirable
than faded cheek, and dust is not the
worst thing that comes to u.s. Why,
the preachers tell us we are made of
dust, and to that condition we are sure
to return. So why be afraid of it? 1t
can be swept out and brushed out But
there is only one way to get air into
the house and that is by not being
afraid of the dust or OF the sun. We
pity with all our hearts, the tenement
house dwelling whose rooms open into
sunless shafts. And yet there are
many of us who make our homes as
nearly like those ill-ventilated tene-
ments as possible. We have open
spaces on each side. The sun can
touch our windows in the morning
and in the evening, but we shut it out
so as to look fresh and keep clean. No
greater mistake in domestic economy
was ever made.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Worth Remembering.

A good rule TO remember when one
has costly rings and the habit of TAX
ing them off when the hands are
washed. which, by the way, should al
ways be done If one wishes to take the
proper care of the stones, is always
to place them between the lips, says
a writer in the Criterion. If the habit
Is once formed it becomes second ma
ture, and prevents adding another
item to the column of loss, relating to
rings left in hotels. strange dressing
rooms and other places. Said woman
who has a magnificent collection of
rings, and who has wisely exercised
this habit since its inception: Il
have never lost one or mislaid it, and.
what is just as important, | have never
been through all the worrying anxiety
of believing | had lost some one or
all of them" The woman whose fin
gers are clothed with flashy briliants
up to the joint may demonstrate that
she had no room between her ruby
lips, in which case there are two REM
edies. one to enlarge the mouth, the
other, TO reduce the number of rings
to that proportion which marks the
woman Of taste.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Men and lheir Wives.

Men soon forget what they have said
themselves, but their memories are
singularly retentive of what their
wives have said of them. Only wom-
an Of ignoble nature fosters her hus-
bands weaknesses; a true wife al
ways holds him up to his best:
without f1atter she makes him feel
that she is his fOndest admirer. Men
are grateful for forbearance in their
wives. for often, while asserting most
loudly that they are right, they are
frequently conscious that they are
wrong. Given a little time and lit
tie silence they will often show in
actions-rarely in words-that they
have been mistaken. A man expects
his wife to be better than he. No mat
ter how little religion man may have
himself, his ideal wife is always
woman with the purity of soul that
only a Christian can have: and to
good man it is usually part of his re-
ligion to believe that his wife is NOR
ally higher and nobler than himself.
Altogether too few wives realize that
novelty and variety is as attractive 70
man after marriage as before. The
same gown evening after evening
perhaps the same couture year in and
year out. may not exactly pail upon
the taste of devoted husband. but he
soon ceases to look at his wife with
the same interest as heretofore. After
while she will miss the fond little
compliments that are so pleasant to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
An Essential OF Health.

OF all forms Of exercise, walking IS
the best, because it acts on the whole
body, and acts evenly. 1t is the best
Of doctors, for its sanitary influence is
moral, as well as physical, says the St
Louis Globe-Democrat erybody
should be in the open air at least two
hours daily, and if in ordinary health,
should walk at least two miles daily
not a dull. rigid. constitutional walk,
but brisk, joyous, eXhilarating walk,
and if possible, walk with an object.
Be it understood that shopping" q
not walking. nor is "saunterng" You
must use activity enough to send the
blood faster through the veins, to bring
a glow to the cheek but you must
stop short of actual fatigue, To real
ize the best results from walking, do
not carry parcels, as crooking the arm
impedes perfect circulation. If you
must bear something divide your bur
dens equally. and hold half in each
hand, allowing the hands to fall at the
sides, rather than be bent This aids
the beauty of the arm-of which
we shall have more anon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
For the Complexion.

One hears of SO many girls who COM
plain of thick or spotty compilations,
and in nine cases ont of ten the trouble
is quite easily removed. The VERY
latest cure, and quite the simplest one
to follow. is to wash the face with
parsley water, says recent authority.
1t is done in this way: Take half a
pint of rain water and soak in it a
large bunch of parsley, letting it re-
main in the water all night. In the
morning rub the face well with dry
towel, then dip your sponge in the
parsley water, and pass it over your
face, allowing 1t to dry on. Do this
three times daily, and at the end OF
two weeks if you have persevered in
the simple treatment, you will be re-
warded to see that there are no more
spots or roughness on your face. Many
of the high-priced complexion nos
trums contain this simple remedy,
which is as inexpensive as it is effect
ual.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
The Kingdom Coming.

The kingdom of God in a sense is al
ways here. Heavens proclamation o.
suzerainty over earth has already been
issued. The heralds Of redemption
have long since appeared in the will
derness of this world crying out that
the kingdom of God is at hand. We
have even had the Son of God with us
upon earth, wearing the robes of our
humanity, and though living as a pea
SAINT, claiming the honor of King di-
vine. And yet the wilderness is here
the Herods still seek to throttle the
better life of the world, the Pharisees
broaden their phylacterios, the Sad
ducees cavil at the resurrection, the
Levite passes the wounded man on the
Jericho road, and PLATE washes his
hands of the whole affair of Christian
ity. What is the explanation? Has
the kingdom persisted with the cruel
fixion of Him of whom His contempt
raries asserted that he said" that He
was King of the Jews, and so presum~
ably of the whole earth? The world,
with whom the wish is father to the
thought, would fain reply in the af-
firmative. 1t believes when it can, and
SC far as it can, that the Galilean has
not conquered, though the dying Juii-
an confessed that he had. What is
the truth of the whole matter? The
truth is that the kingdom of God has
come, and is yet coming. 1t is here,
but not in full force A beginning has
been made, out the end is not yet.
The hosts of the Lord are making
Roadway against evil, but the war can
not be concluded by single skirmish
or even by a reconnaissance in force
The King himself is here on tire
ground in spiritual presence, but we
do not see yet all the things put under
Him. The kingdom has come, and
still it is-the kingdom coming. Fer
these yet larger things OF spiritual
blessing the Christian believer to be
confidently hopeful. He is taught 20
pray, THY kingdom come" And If
he prays for it, he must believe in It
Certainly we cannot suppose that the
Almighty would demand prayer for
something which was a mere myth
or a delusive dream of excited relig
ionists. Christianity is ideal, but not
Utopian; there is basis for its beliefs.
a reason for its hopes. Behind il
claims, supportive Of its pleas, is a
kingdom, invisible indeed, but founded
unshakably in objective fact. For this
kingdom every believer is called upon
to work as well as pray, although in
deed prayer is one way of working.
The kingdom comes through individu-
al lives, and in proportion to the in
creased zeal and fidelity of each striv-
ing soul it comes the quicker A limp
lifeless type of Christianity will not
assist it, for it requires for its solid
extension that holy violence" that
sacred strenuousness, which our Lord
commended as a necessary condition of
spiritual success-New York Observer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

a woman VINO has improved a nat
urally ungraceful figure says that it
has been accomplished by remember
ing every time she is required to stand
to lift herself upon her toes and let
herself down gently, leaving her
weight upon the balls of her feet, in
stead of upon the heels. When this
is done" she says, 1T is not necessary
to think of chin or shoulders" She
has learned to walk in this way. and
says that he feet grow less tired than
formerly, because the portion of her
foot which was intended to bear the
weight is in proper use. A glance at
the position Of the arch of the instep
will prove that the body's weight was
never intended to rest upon the heels.
and the habit of throwing it there &C
counts for weak backs and kindred
ills.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

1t is said that there are several So
cietes in this country that are organ
lied for the purpose of importing Eu
ropean birds. The announcement is
somewhat indefinite, but if the purpose
is as stated, to introduce various kinds
of birds, the sooner the government
puts a stop to such enterprises the
better. We have suffered enough
though sometimes, as in the case of the
English sparrow, the damage is mag
mary we think-from such enthusiasm.
Massachusetts, has spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars to rid itself of
moth which a scientist imported for
use as a silk worm. The English spar
row has defied liberal and perhaps mis-
guided governments, states and towns,
to eXterminate it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

Two years after the destruction Of
the battleship Maine in Havana har-
Dor a new battleship bearing the same
name was ready to launch. This fact
may give an idea of the rapidly of
construction of the ships of our new
navy. Yet the launching of ship
and especially of a ship-cf-war-is far
from being the completion of it. Two
years may elapse before the new Maine
goes into commissioner is to say,
before the flag is run up at her stern,
and her officers and crew go aboard OF
her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
ChrtstIan EndeaYnr TanIcs

Giving Gods Due Monday, April
%, We are stewards, l Cor
4:1-6; Tuesday, April "a, Graft
tude to be manifest Prov. 3:9, 10;
Wednesday, April %, Remembering
the needy, Job. 20: 11-16; Thursday
April 26, What is my own? Ps. PAL;
l Cor. 6:19, 20; Friday, April q, A
plan in giving, Nal. 3;S-12; l Cor. 49,:
!. 2; Saturday, April %, How little
shall l keep? Prov. 1913; l Tim 5:S;
Sunday, April 30, Topic-What S
Gods due? Luke 20:19-26.
Pay What Thou Owest-You saw
you owe God nothing? You did not
ask Him for your life? But l notice
that you keep it! Pay God in graft
tude for all His kindness. When you
give anything, you expect at least a
Thank YOU" May not God? Paw
with an acknowledgment. Never call
yourself self-made man. A praise
God" to men is sometimes better than
a Thank you" to God. Pay God in
work. How many days work" have
you put in solid for Him? Pay God
in interest. Make His plans yours.
Pay Him in money, which is your life
in concrete form.
Questions About Tithe-Giving.-Can
the average Christian afford to give
less than the Jew? Does giving the
1.-THE prevent giving more? Are pro-
portionate giving, which may be a
cent for every ten dollars income, or
systematic giving, which may be a
nickel month, enough, without gen
erous giving? Would it not be easier
to give from Gods purse than yours?
Would it not be delightful always to
have money on hand from which to
give?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

The state of Besjukovschtschina, in
Russia, is probably the only place in
the world that is run entirely by wom-
en-, says Tit Bits. This state is made
up of seven villages, each presided over
by a mayoress, the whole under the
superintendent of a lady named
Saschka, who acts as president. There
are women magistrates, women preach
ers, women policemen-in fact, every
capacity In the state is filled by wom-
en-. The roads are made by women,
and women sell milk and deliver let
ters. If you want to bring an action
against your neighbor in this state, you
go to woman lawyer; and if there is
anything in your house to be stolen,
then burglar of the weaker sex steals
it. No place of any Importance is filled
by a man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
The Unknown Future.

When things get beyond your con
troll, when you face an unknown future
and when trying conditions confront
you. remember that it is His to bring
light out of darkness, joy out of sor-
row and hope out of despair. Be pa
tient and acquiescent. Let the ruler
of the universe and the Lord of the in
dividual manage affairs in His own
way and at His own time. Neither
grow weary or become too anticipa
tive Roll upon a covenant keeping
God your cares, taking Ills dispense
lions as they come, and multiplying
sorrow neither BY distrust nor by fore
boding. God unraves the future day
by day. hour by hour, and moment by
moment, accompanying the distribu-
ton with His supporting and sancti-
tying grace Presbyterian.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
A Costly Decision.

God keeps costly school; many OF
its best lessons are spelled out through
tears. Old Richard Baxter said, 20
God, thank thee for a bodily disci-
pine of eight and fifty years; and he
is not the only man who has turned
a trouble into triumph This school
of our heavenly Father will soon close
for us; the term time is shortening
every day. Let us not shirk a hard
lesson or vince under any rod of chas-
tisement. The richer will be the crown
and the sweeter will be the heaven ii
we endure cheerfully to the end and
graduate into glory-Rev. r. l.. Guy.
Ter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

The senate committee on commerce
has reported a bill for the establish
ment of department of commerce and
industries. While the multiplication of
offices ordinarily is not an unmixed
blessing, there is sometimes a necessi-
ty for it, and at other times conditions
are such as to indicate the wisdom of
making an experiment in that direc-
ton, though it must be admitted that
there is little hope of abolishing an
Office, however useless it may prove,
once it is created. The closer the gov
eminent can be brought in contact
with industrial activity, and the more
nearly it can be made a business enter
prise, as distinguished from a political
machine, the better it will be as a gov
eminent.