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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

The meridian of Greenwich is gener-
ally accepted as the starting-line from
which to reckon longitude and time ali
over the earth. But objections are,
from time to time raised against the
universal adoption of the Greenwich
meridian for such purposes. Recently
Italian savants have emphasized these
objections by pointing out that on the
meridian of Greenwich clouds and bad
weather are frequent, interfering with
astronomical observations. They sug-
Sest that the civilized world should
agree to adopt the meridian of Jerusa-
lem as common reference line, be-
cause there the skies are clearer, and
the possibility of making Palestine
neutral territory would eliminate poll
itical objections.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

Whatever may be between us and
our speaking to men, let us go through
it. If it be hardship, cold, poor food,
scorn, slight, deaf ears-neyer mind,
go a.sad, Christ looks to us to go
ahead. or come ahead for he has gone
through it all Trouble, hardship,
trial, suffering, all will soon pass and
be done. And is there a trouble or
hardship we have yet surmounted for
Christ's sake that does not seem sweet
to look back on? Then, come what
likes, let us face it; or il we be over
whelmed, let US be overwhelmed with
undaunted faces looking in the right
directon.-James Gilmour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Our Good Side and Oar p,,

There is good side and a bad sida
to every man. We see only the goo
side of some man, and we wonder that
he is not esteemed by all as we esteem
him. We see only the bad side of an
other man, and we are surprised that
others prize him as we cannot. We
are right and we are wrong in both
cases. Both men have both sides. and
we ought to recognize this in our
estimate of them. 1t is with ourselves
as with our fellows; we have a good
side and bad side, and those about
us are likely to judge us by the one
side or the other. 1t will be we'll for
us if we gain lesson from the judg-
ment of others as to our two sides. It
ought to help us to make progress in
the right direction, and to repress the
faults and defects for which Others
judge US harshly.- Sunday School
Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
To Wash Brushes and Combs.

To wash brushes, dip in hot water
into which small lump of caustic soda
has been melted. Move the brush up
and down until the bristles are quite
clean, but be careful not to let the
wood come in contact with the water,
as the soda will remove the polish.
Hold under the coldwater faucet, then
shake as free from moisture as posi-
Bile, and stand in an upright position
to dry. 1t is best to dry in the open
air, but not in the sun. To clean a
comb dip a nail brush in hot soda
water, soap it, and scrub the comb
thoroughly. Rinse in cold water, and
dry with a soft towel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
snggestl rs 70 n.anttfy thn nn,nc.

Aotnlng AFFORDS so great an oppor-
tunijy for decoration as a window in
a recess. A low seat running around
1t. the cushions upholstered with some
artistic tapestry. is suggested at once.
After that. growing plants should be
hung from above and curtains ar
ranged to make of the window yer-
itab.e coy corner. OF course this is
simple if the recessed window is built
in the house. But the appearance OF
a recess may be given to any window,
and is advisable often in the case Of
one in a large, bare room. Place a
couple of brass arms so they will jut
out from either side of the window
and connect them in front with brass
pole. over which some curtains are
Graped. Curtains may also be hung.
from the side arms and the inner side
of them partially concealed by tall
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

The true idea of the rest of paradise
is not that Of long, lazy dream. An
old Christian painter once painted a
series of pictures in the life of saint.
ly scholar. One represents him in his
study, hard at work with book and
pen; another shows him old and weak
and i'll, receiving his last communion;
another depicts his death; and then
the artist paints the saint in paradise.
But when you look at it he is back
in his study, going on with his old
work. Only the lines Of age and sor-
ow have gene out of his face, and
with great skill the painter has sug
gested that the difficulty and trouble
of his labor have passed away, that
he toll is no longer painful but pure
10y. This is very beautiful thought.
Gods garden of rest is no place OF
slothful ease and pleasant, useless
dreams. The rest consists in the re-
moval of pain and difficulty of work
not il having nothing to do. 1t may
even be possible, as the painter fan
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Leave the Result.

have learned, hope, the useless
ness of forecasting. | don't mean that
one should be needless and careless
about the future-far from that; but
merely that, having done whatever
seems for the best today, We should
simply and reverently leave the result
in Gods hands. often long to give a
simple recipe to anxious people; let
them write over night what they eX
pect to happen to them the next day
going as mach into detail as they cali:
and then the next evening let then
write out what really did happen.
do not mean that it will necessarily be
either better or worse than their an
ticipations, but only that it will be So
utterly different, nine times out of ten,
as to prove the futility of forecasting
Margaret Vandegrift.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
DifTused Christianity.

1t may seem strange sentiment, bu
the greatest difficulty in the spread o.
Christianity in the Christian world has
been the diffused Christianity, which
like preventive incubation, has
weakened the impact of the original
force. In many respects the goddess OF
today are more godly than the godly
of a generation ago. The man in the
street who never darkens church door
is more pitiful than John Calvin.-Dr.
Horton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

After the unfortunate war in South
Africa is over, a scientific problem Of
much interest will be presented to the
engineers of the Transvaal gold mines.
Some CT the shafts recently opened
on the iland are expected to go down
4,OOO or 5000 feet in search OF gold
bearing veins, but in the future, Mr..
John Yates says, it may be necessary
to descend 10000 feet. That, he thinks
will be about the limit of depth at
which men can work, because the tenn
perature there will be at least 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit. Other engineers
think the shafts could be sunk several
thousand feet lower through the adop-
ton of devices for cooling the air.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Her Growing GLORY.


If you are believer in the old say
ing that a woman's glory is in her
hair, you cannot help being surprised
at the extraordinary want of artistic
taste that many women show in the
arrangement of their tresses, convert
ing them into a Disagreement. instead
of into glory, says the New York
Telegram. But, after all, the matter
to each one of us is not so much how
other people arrange their hair, as how
We arrange our own. Do we do so in q
way becoming TO both face and figure?
Nowadays we have plenty of STYLES
to choose from, and it is less impor
tant to select the very newest than the
one that is most becoming. In choos-
ing style pay heed to the following
rules: For long. thin face the ar
rangement of the hair should be full
and round. and, if possible. the coils
should just show from behind the ears.
The nape of the neck should also be
filled as much as possible. and softly
w2"ing or curling the hair will i'm
prove the appearance. For a sharp
featured face the hair should be ar
ranged loosely and at the back rather
than the top of the head A round,
chubby face looks best with the hair
arranged in narrow style at the back
and well carried down to the nape Of
the neck. Unless the forehead be par
ticularly high. fringe is not desira-
Bile, or. at least, only just so much
as one is obliged to have nowadays for
the sake OF ones milliner. Very tall
women should not dress their hair
high, but leave that style to their
shorter sisters. Young girls in their
teens should wear their hair simply
tied back as long as possible. and on
no account should they turn it UP
until they have arrived at the stage OF
wearing long dresses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Tho Power OF Love.

1t was not through the anger, but
the love of God, that the world was
redeemed; it is mot the wrath OF
man." but the love of man, that most
fully works out in the world the righ-
teousness of God. Meet harshness by
kindness; meet uncleanliness by pur-
ity; meet craft and suspicion by
straightforward honesty; meet intoler-
ance and prejudice by liberation and
forbearance. The contest may seem
unequal at first, but in the end we shall
conquer. Great is truth, great is good
ness, and at the last truth and good
ness will prevail.-Dean Stanley
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Must We Wear the Saucer Bangs?

The reign OF the pompadour is on the
wane. Gradually it is getting smaller.
Now bit of the thickness is left out
Of the bunch on the side; again little
is taken away from its height. Slowly
but surely it is losing its imitation,
surely getting hatter and hatter Thus
far the new mode is excellent, for it
always is delightful when the shape
of a woman's head stands out clearly.
But, alas! Dame Fashion has no wish
to see the hair of her subjects dressed
plainly, so she has begun to suggest
the saucer bang. Paris already has
adopted this ugly fashion, and so have
those American women who always
try the new styles without waiting for
the conservative woman to make them
good FORM" 1t is to be hoped the
latter never will happen. Surely the
good taste of American women will re-
volt against the general adoption of
this hideous method of dressing WON
ans browning glory"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
RELIGIOUS READING.
RELIGION AND REFORMS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
Christian Endesyor Topics Joyous
Service Wedding Garment - Themes
for Thought-Sacrifice- Duty OF
A Psalm OF Life.


(Old Fayorite Series)
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream -
For the soul is dead that slumbers.
And things are not what they seem
Life is real Life is earnest!
And the grave IS not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"
Was not spoken of the soul
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way;
But to act that each tomorrow
Finds US further than today.
Art Is feng, and time IS fleeting.
And oar hearts. though stout and brave
Still, liz muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches TO the grave.
In the wcrld's broad field of battle,
In the 5ivOuac of Life,
Be not IKE dumb driven cattle!
Be hSro in the strife!
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury Its dead!
Act-act IN the living present.
Heart within, and God oerhead
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
Footprints that perhaps another.
Sailing c'cr life's solemn main.
forlOrn End shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, si,all take heart again.
Let US. tren, be up and doing,
With a START for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
II. W. Longfellow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

palms. The decorations should be fin
ished, of course, with a window seat.
To beautify one of those long. narrow.
commonplace halls. hang with some
light paper and paint the woodwork In
ivory and white. Then midway down
the hall or just at the foot OF the
stairs place a brass rod from wall to
wall. Throw curtains of some art ma
terial over it, and from the center
swing a lamp CT wrought iron.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
prerident Angell Of Ann Arhor IN

President Angel Of Ann Arbor uni
Yersity says that when travelling up the
Nile some years ago he was seated on
a donkey approaching the ancient
ruins of Abydos, when he engaged his
Egyptian guide in conversation as well
as his western Arabic would permit.
DO you give names to your donkeys?"
asked the professor. oh. yes" was
the reply This one is called Kalama-
ZOO"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Along the DnstY Road.

1t is a great deal easier to be up to
the occasion in some shining moment
of mans life, when he knows that a
supreme hour has come, than it is 10
keep that high tone when Flooding
over all the dreary plateaus of un-
eventful, monotonous travel and dull
duties. It is easier to run fast for a
minute than to grind along the dusty
road for a day-AleXander Maclaren.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

Cuvier, Michael Angelo, Rousseau, Pas
cal, and Garibaldi were second sons.
The professor further states that the
third son may be an eminent person,
but that a fourth, fifth or sixth child
will never be a shining light. How
ever, for the consolation of the young
est sons in large families, it is further
stated that after the sixth child the
rest may again become men of talent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
His Occupation.

Hello, Gayman! l am sorry to see
you in this fix
Yes, here | am, with a broken Leg
And only few days before | fell and
broke it | drove an agent of a casualty
company out Of my Office for bothering
me about taking out an accident insur-
ance policy"
That's too bad! How do you put in
your time?"
Kicking myself with the other leg"
Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Een!u. ga Families

In the Riyista Moierna Professor
Arenfeld says all the men of genius are
first born or second sons. Luther.
Schopenhauer, Dante. Raphael, Da
Vinci. Heine. Goethe, Shelley. Milton,
Byron, Leopard, Moliere. Carlyle and
Rossini. among many others. were all
first-boTn or only soas. Beethoven.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
More Tmn0rfant.

isn't It strange" remarked the nov
elist, that so many of our rich people
allow their children to grow up to be
so utterly worthless?''
20, | don't know" replied the cynic,
when people get rich they're too busy
looking after their ancestors to bother
much about their posterity. ''-Phila-
delphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

Experiments made by French sa-
wants on Mont Blanc, last summer
showed that the ice of a great glacier
will serve as a support for telegraph
wire without insulation. 4 naked gal
vanized iron wire laid upon the ice
transmitted Geographic signals more
than a mile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
xxnrth a Hundred Virtues.

Thank God every morning when You
get up that you have something to da
that day which must be done whether
YOU like it or not. Being forced to
work and forced to do your best, will
breed in you temperance, self-control,
diligence. strength of will, content, and
q hundred virtues which the idle never
ow.-Kingsley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
To Make Pies Crisp.

To give 4 ueI!cIous crIspneSs to the
outside of your pies, when your pastry
has almost finished baking, draw it
from the oven and brush it quickly
over with the white Of an egg and a
little water mixed together; then
sprinkle with sugar and return to the
oven for few minutes longer. When
making mincemeat, if quarter of a
pound of fresh butter is beaten up with
the sugar and added to every pound of
fruit it will be found great improve
ment upon suet, especially for cold
mince pies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Fricassee.

Cut the beet in rather thin pieces,
stem for thirty minutes in broth or
gravy enough to cover, season with
salt. pepper and. if liked, slice or two
of onion. Just before serving, stir in
the beaten yolk of an egg, then a
spoonful of vinegar Pour over squares
of toast.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

Day by day man has his blessings
from God. Day by day man has his
work to do for God. God gives today
no strength for tomorrows needs. Why
should man worry today over tomor-
rows duties or dangers or lack? Suffi-
cieut unto the day is the evil thereof
and the goods. S. Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
ALL SORTS.

A Liverpool physician has discovered
he bacillus of pinkeye in horses.
In museums the use of formain as a
preservatiye for specimens is increas-
ing.
The world is calling for American
manufactures at the rate OF over ST.
100000 day.
Denmark claims that there Is not
single person in her domain who cam
not read and write.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
no What You Can.

Eternity is crying out to you louder
and louder as you near its brink: Rise,
he going. Count your resources; learn
what you are not fit for, and give up
wishing for it; learn what you can do,
and do it with the energy OF man.
f. w Robertson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

Is 1t possible for jury to be too in
telligent? One writer has recorded an
answer in the affirmative. But if there
may be over-intelligent men in the
panel, are we not in peril also from an
excessively impartial Judge, unduly
truthful witnesses, too much pure air
in the court room breathed by litigants
anxious that their opponents shall win
the suit? 1t may all be when men and
women are really too good to live"
but not until then.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

cied, to go on with the work which in
terested us on earth, but without its
labor and sorrow; to work like Adam
In Eden, with neither sweat of brow
nor WEAKNESS of brain.-Professor
Shuttleworth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Not That Way.

Doctor-Don't you know, madam,
that cycling often has a serious effect
upon the heart?
Lady-0. but it surely could not
have in my case; my husband always
accompanies me.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
In Kentucky.

Rodney Lorenzo. uIunt see suit
of old japanese armor hanging on your
studio wall the other day?"
Lorenzo-"Yes; what about it?"
Lend it to me for few days. I've
got to be the best man at a wedding
down iu Kentucky. Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

The first appeal to arbitration un-
der The Hague conference is to he
made by Bulgaria ana Romania over
the possession of an island in the Dan
ube. 1he island is not worth much to
either country, but it may prove valu-
able as a means of testing not only
the validity but the sincerity OF the
peace conference agreements.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Hfel6 Nnf.

Cling fast to the hand that is lead
ing you, though it be in darkness,
though it be in deep waters; you know
whom you have believed. Yield not for
a single moment to misgivings about
future storms. Alexander.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Cake without Eggs.

One coffee cup of powderedS-
two large tablespoonfuls of butter
robbed into the sugar, one and a half
cups of -four. one-half cup of sweet
cream, one-half teaspoonful of soda.
Bake quickly in small tins. and eat
while fresh and warm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
The Golden Kcy.

Every stroke of sorrow that issues
into light and joy is God putting into
your hand the key of that sorrow, to
unlock it for all the poor souls whom
you may see approaching it through all
your future life. 1t is a noble thing to
take that key and use it.-Phillips
Brooks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

Drs Thebault and Sappet.er, two
Partisan physicians, have discovered
IN anti-alcohol serum. 4 few doses Of
It causes an unconquerable disgust for
all alcoholic stimulants
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
After MARRIAGE

They are going to be together just as
much as before; going to nde the wheel,
take little pleasure jaunts, etc, enjoying
everything together. Ism that what
many a young couple promise each
other? And yet, how very soon the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

My wife always consults me about
every article OF attire she buys
frocks. hats, shoes, gloves-eYery-
thing"
My wife does, too; that Is, she asks
me for the money"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Sport vs. Religion in the south.

The Parson-'I t'ink it d be noah
'propriate eff yo' tended chu'ch on Sun
day Std of gwine shootin'."
The eprobate-"Wal. pahson, de
shootin in dis hyah neighbo'hood an
bettah dan de summons Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
GRANT COUNTY HERALD
G. R. sHoWALTER, Pub.
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN,
LANCASTER, :.
WISCONSIN.

The Brooklyn surgeons have discov-
cred man with folding vermiform.
However, it is net as dangerous as the
folding bed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
When I'm Old.
(old Favorite series.l

(OId FaVOrlte SerleS)
l would ask of you. my darling.
A question soft and low,
That gives me many heartache,
AS the moments come and go.
Your love 1 know is truthful,
But the truest love grows cold;
1t is this that / would ask you:
Will you love me when I'm old?
Down the stream of life together.
We are sailing side by side.
Hoping some bright day to anchor
Safe beyond the surging tide.
To-day cur sky is cloudless.
But the night may clouds unfold,
And its storms may gather round US;
Will you love me when I'm old?
And its storms may gather round US;
Will you love me when I'm old?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

The man who is to construct New
Yolk's rapid transit tunnel has had
his life insured for 100000. 1t is
pretty hard for anyone to do thing
like that without running the risk of
being looked upon as an egotist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Fasi'r Than flaming.

Whatever became Of that gambler
who went to Alaskan"
He struck gold all right"
In the klondyke?"
no: on prospector coming back
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

The children that are taught rever-
ence to old age Invariably become the
state men Of TIE future.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
FOR WOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRONS.

Fouiari with Velvet and Lace-IIouse
Gown-How to Keep Young-Untidy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
When my hair shall shame the snow

And my eyes shall DINNER grow.
| would lean upon some loved one
In the valley as | go.
] would claim of you promise,
Worth to me a world of gold:
1t is only this, my darling,
That you'll love me when I'm old;
1t is only this. my darling,
That you'll love me when I'm oldf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

Bodice of heavy white embroidery
over white cloth, caught on the side
with rosette of yellow chiffon. Skirt
of white cloth, finished at the bottom
with embroidery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

wife begins to say
"No, l don't think
/ care to 60. You
go alone, dear"
Young women don't
reckon on the great
physical ch anges
which follow mar
rage. How can
they when they are
allowed to grow up
in entire ignorance
of vital physiological
facts? They feel
languid, weak and
nervous. sometimes
there is headache
and backache. The
pulse no more leaps
in answer to the
thought Of a spin on
the wheel. Women
who have used DR..
Pierce's Favorit e
Prescription, know
how promptly the
languor, headache,
backache, nervous
ness and weakness
are cured by this
m e dicine. Many
-