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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
What Money Cannot Buy.

He who is literally educated is all
ready rich. He has what money it.
self will not buy. 1t in itself is a
capital invested securely and yielding
interest that puts its possessor in the
enjoyment of the best things from day
to day. It's money value may vary
but there are some things whose
prices and values cannot be fixed in
the daily markets. AS one grows older
this is form of riches that does not
depreciate. but yields its larger re-
turns as the days go by. 1t does not
decrease with using, for the more it is
called into use. the more does it make
increase of itself The literally edu-
Gated Christian, rich in mind and
peaceful in heart. is living his life on
a high plane. The Herald and Pres
byter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
there is a matron Of honor, and, in one

there is matron of honor, and, in one
case, the entire set of bridesmaids
was replaced by half-dozen very re-
cent brides. The matron of honor is
the more common evidence of the new
convention, or whatever it may be
called. however and she bids fair to
hold her popularity for some time to
come. She undoubtedly had her
origin in the sentimental pledge so
often made between two girls that
whoever married first should have the
other for maid of honor, in some one
case it having evidently been deter
mined to carry out the vow one de-
gree farther, and to serve each other,
whether married or not. History fails
to tell us anything about this first
original case; all that we know is that
the precedent of matron of honor is
now established There are those to
whom this is a cause for regret. The
real old-fashioned wedulng, such as
our grandmothers knew, offered such
fine opportunity for future weddings.
the bridesmaids and ushers being in
variably young men and young wom-
en- of susceptible age and condition
and heartily alive to the possibilities
of being throw together in this way.
In very SUBURBAN instances, the at
tendants, when the ceremony was
over, used to pair off, every Jack with
his Jill. and follow after the newly
welded couple right down the aisle
in way that could but suggest that
they follow their example as well.
Married ushers and matron of honor
have changed all that. In it's second
airy capacity of promoting other we'd
dings, the wedding is not what 1t used
to be, say those who know the old way.
Not so. say we all of US. The new"
wedding may look less obviously like
matrimonial market. but the chances
are, and, in fact, all evidence goes to
prove, that young people may be de-
pended upon to be young people under
any condition of circumstances.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
No self-Conauest in vice.

Vice pays, unconsciously, its tribute
to virtue. 1t is human nature to feel
sense of satisfaction in having made
conquest of one kind or another
The man whose moral character is
deteriorating never feels that, in TAX
self-conqueSt. He never feels the
stronger for rolling down hill. He
may make a loud boasting of his vic
iousness, but he has no sense of salts
faction or joy as self-conqueror or
oyercomer. AS Prof. James finely says,
He who under the surgeons knife re-
presses cries OF pain, or he who ex
poses himself to social obloquy for
duty's sake, feels as if he were follow
ing the line of greatest temporary re-
sistance. He speaks of conquering
and overcoming his impulses and
temptations. But the sluggard, the
drunkard the coward, never talk
of their conduct in that way, or
say they resist their energy, over
come their sobriety, conquer their
courage, and so forth" They, like all
others, are sensitive to the joy of self
conquest, and know the noble delight
of overcoming. But the fact that they
never speak in these charmed terms
of their viciousness is their tribute to
those virtues on which they have
turned their backs. to their own dam
age and misery's. S. Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
A Learned Yerrar.

English cathedrals have an official
called verger, whose ordinary BUSH
ness is to take care of the inside of
the edifice. show it to visitors and
assign seats to worshipers. 1t some
times happens that the verger, through
long service about the cathedral. be-
comes an important functionary espe-
cially in his own eyes, as did the old
verger at st. Rudolph's, to whom. ac-
cording TO London paper, new dean
came. Who, my good friend" asked
the dean. takes the lead in Sunday
school matters here?" We'll, | do.
sir" was the reply. You see, there
aren't no other scholards but me and
Sir John in the parish. | larns the
children on Sunday afternoons" And
what routine do you follow?" "Oh, |
fust reads 'em substracts from the gos-
pels. then / gives EN- a little cata-
plasm, and l generally winds up with
a few interesting antidotes, just to
keep 'em from getting too restless
But. of course, sir. | always tells EN-
in bibulous language
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
Lighting the Drawing Room

There is no room in the house the
lighting of which demands more care
and attention than the drawing-room.
The novelist delights to write of the
"brilliantly-lighted drawing room"
but this is a mere figure of speech
every woman who studies the comfort
OF her guests knows that a somewhat
subdued light is preferable for an
apartment in which very little reading
or writing is done and where CONVEX
sation, music, and perhaps little mild
Irritation, are the principal occupa-
ton Whether gas or oil lamps are bet
ter for the purpose is a mooted ques-
ton. If the former is used. the globes
should certainly be tinted or covered
with colored shades. The light of oil
lamps is softer. and the combustion
is not nearly so harmful to walls. cell
ing, etc. as that of gas; but where
lamps are used, excessive care must
be taken in cleaning, filling and trim
ming; for a smoky lamp does more
damage in an hour than half-a-dozen
aaring gas jets would do in week.
Now. as to the position of your lights.
Do. pray. avoid that institution of
suburban dwellings. center gasalier
dependent from the ceiling. Not only
does this ruin the ceiling. but it spoils.
Tor the time being the appearance Of
any woman who stands or passes be-
meath IT. Try the experiment Stand
'eneath such light with hand mir
or and see how prominent are the
heck bones; what haggard lines ap
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

Charles G. Dawes, comptroller of the
currency, has made public the results
OF the investigation into the number
OF loans and deposit accounts, rates
of interest and resources Of the COM
bined banks of the United States In
the years 1889, 1894 and 1899. The
general deductions from the investiga-
ton covering the last ten years Is
given by the comptroller as follows
That the number Of individual de-
positors in the banks Of the United
States is constantly increasing, as in
dictated by the regular increase in the
number of deposit accounts OF the
combined banking systems; that there
is a demand from borrowers for the
use OF the greater proportion OF the de-
posits of banks. and while the num-
Der of individual borrowers is increas-
ing the depositors greatly outnumber
the borrowers, and the increase in the
number OF borrowers is much less than
the increase in the number Of deposit
ors; that the growth of the banking
systems is being characterized by a
gradually lessening rate OF interest
charged on loans; that, considering the
large clientage of national and savings
banks, the average deposit of the in
dividual or corporation is slowly in
creasing; that the average size OF the
loans, all classes of banks considered,
has not varied much in the last de-
cade.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
oval FIvine Machine.

Not a little attention seems to have
been aroused among Vienna aeronauts,
both military and otherwise in regard
to the merits of Stencils novel flying
machine, recently invented at Ham
burg. The apparatus resembles a stock
in the form of its construction. The
expanded wings, measuring 10 feet in
length and in breadth, are made OF
hollow steel ribs, covered with very
light linen. The propelling power is
supplied by an unusually powerful cleo
trio motor the machine being steered
by a bird-like tail, consisting of two
adjustable spades; the motor, the
propelling power of which is CALCULATED
to last three hours, weighs eight
pounds, while the whole machine does
not exceed IL pounds in weight. The
wings will sustain man weighing $50
pounds. The whole apparatus is stated
to be easy to handle, and to secure not
only a rapid ascent, but safe descent.
The availability of this machine hav-
ing been proved in several successful
trials, the inventor is now perfecting
flying machine, which consists of an
aluminium raven. covered with silk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

For the purpose of sounding Chica-
go business men on the feasibility of
holding an exhibition of Mexican prod
ucts in Chicago to stimulate the trade
relations between the United States and
Mexico two ENJOYS of the Mexican gov
eminent are in the city. They say
that modern machinery is greatly need
ed in Mexico for farming as well as
manufacturing establishments, and
that only from the United States it can
be obtained eheaply. On the other
hand, they declare there are numerous
products in Mexico which are not han
died in the United States at present
merely because Of lack of prop or
trade relations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
nrerworksd .verr.r

Writers should save the time OF
readers By abandoning very" and Civ
ing an overworked word a rest of a
few years. 1t has earned that rest
That word, as an adverb. is found less
than twenty times in the King James
translation of the Bible. The rarity
of its use makes it count for all the
more when utilized When it is said
that the man Moses was very meek,
one understands that he was meek be-
yond the custom of the Israelites oil
his day. When ST. James says "the
Lord is very pitiful'' the very is foil
of significance. But if the good ard
the bad deeds, the cruel and the heroic
acts recorded in the Bible were to he
described by most writer's of the dag
there would be very" in almos.
every ne.-Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

Congressman Curtis of Kansas has
introduced a bill authorizing the sec
rotary of agriculture to establish two
branch stations of his department, one
at Topeka and another at Springfield,
III. The object of these stations is
stated to be for the manufacture of
such remedies for hog cholera and
black leg in young cattle as he may
think proper, such remedies to be fur
nished to farmers and stock growers
at actual cost. There is said to be a
general demand for such institutions
in Illinois and Kansas, and it is said
their naturalization will mean much
to the farmers, particularly those who
devote their time to the raising of fine
cattle and hogs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
Nature's Message.

1t was a hot August afternoon, and
the clouds had long withheld their
shadow and their rain, and little
flower lay dying. As it lay there look
ing piteously up into the heavens and
longing for refreshment, drop fell
down, and then another, and another,
and another, all about it, and fed its
roots, and the flower. refreshed and re-
vived, and brought back to life, lifted
up its face and said, Drop, | thank
yois; you have saved my life" And
the drop said. Thank us not; the
clouds sent u.s. And the flower lifted
up its face towards the heavens and
said. .Oh, cloud, in thy summer glory,
thank thee; thou has saved my life. :"
And the cloud said, Thank not me;
the sun drew me from the ocean, and
the wind waited me here; thank sun.
thank wind" And the flower, per-
picked and puzzled. turned its face
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

This country is not the only one
which is troubled with unwelcome
immigrants. Here we have the winged
gipsy-moth in addition to the Hitter
ate bipeds from Europe. The rabbit
plague of Australia is an old story.
Now the hamster has invaded north
ern France and Belgium. The hamster
is a rodent animal, resembling rat
but somewhat larger, which multiplies
enormously and ravages grain-fields.
1t came originally from Tartary, but
now has foothold in Europe. Let us
hope it will never reach the American
prairies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
wrong OF Doing No EviI.-

A life, empty, swept and garnished
seems to be the hope and aspiration
of many people who profess to be and
call themselves Christians. But the
Lord asks full life. In the forecast
of the judgment. the unworthy are
condemned, not for the evil they have
done, but for the good they forebore
to do. They may have lived very
proper and faultless lives, and counted
their negative goodness the keeping of
the law, but he has no use for aimless.
fruitless lives. however faultless. He
wants positive, living and active serv-
ants, who fill up life with doing good
and serving others, as he himself did
S. S. Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
IT'S FOE is WOMAN, NOT MAN.
Universal Suffrage Movement Not
nrenacad nv nY.I. c.


Menaced by Male Sex.
Man is not the chief enemy to the
PRONUNCIATION of the woman's suffrage
movement, as a delegate to a conven-
ton in the east recently affirmed to
the meeting of her sister association.
In the course of her talk she related
her experiences with clipping bureau
and how a great light broke in on her
comprehension, upsetting some the
cries she had nursed for years. Fall
ing in her reading of newspapers to
discover any attacks on the right of
her sex to enjoy the privilege of the
ballot she contracted with press bu-
reau to furnish her the class of matter
she was unable to find for herself Sew
eral weeks passed and not a single
clipping of the kind she wanted
reached her. A number favorable to
the comforting of the ballot on women
was, however, forwarded. She protest
ed and received an answer that among
the hundreds of newspapers that
reached their office daily none opposed
the idea of women voting. Assuming
that favorable notices would be accept
able the bureau had made the extracts
they forwarded. They were sorry, but
1t was the best they could do, and no
charge would be made for the work
performed. 1t was then, according to
this delegates confession, that light
RI ntrfrn. al L.
sterner and more privileged sex OPP
posing her in her fight for the use of
the ballot she found, as she confessed,
to her chagrin, the monster man, ii
not openly favorable to her ambitions,
at least passively Indifferent. Dis
armed. she knew not in what direction
TO turn, and, as she admitted, she has
since not been quite so active in urg-
ing equal rights in suffrage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
If Thou wit Ease Thlne Heart.

If Thou wilt Ease Thine Heart.
Dirge)
IL thou wilt east thine heart
OF love. and all its smart
Then sleep. dear, sleepl
And not a sorrow
Hang any tear on your eyelashes
Lie still and deep,
Sad soul, until the sea-wave washes
The rim o. the sun tomorrow,
In eastern sky.
But wilt thou cure thine heart
OF love, and its smart
Then die. dear, die.
lis deeF'r. sweeter.
Than on a rose bank to lie dreaming
With folded eye;
And then alone. amid the beaming
OF loves stars. thoult meet her
In eastern sky.
Thomas Lowell Beddoes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
Beyond the Reach OF the sabbath Rel

beyond the Reach of the Sabbath Bell
AS the clear tones of the Sabbath
bell ring out over us these matchless
Sunday mornings, how few of us pause
to consider what life beyond the reach
of them is like. Many sojourner on
the western prairie has found the I'M
broken silence stretching over the
weeks and months and even the years.
well nigh unbearable in it's dull mo-
notony, and has been surprised to
note how, only with the utmost care,
could he keep his Christian life flour
fishing when it was taken up and lived
without the support of the privileges
of the sanctuary We do not think of
these things until suddenly we find
our situation in life changed, and the
circumstances surrounding us less
favorable; then, mayhap, we look
back to the time when our feet turned
with the reluctance in answer to the
call of the Sabbath bell, as from our
lips was waited the half-spoken
thought. 1t is my duty l suppose!"
and we wonder at the benighted blind
ness of those needless days. 1t is not
until the green glades are passed, and
we come out upon the unprotected
highway, that we realize how luxuri-
ant was the rich growth of privileges
extended to us further back.-Sel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
The New Theology.

The church has subscribed more to
theories of the atonement than to the
atonement; more to traditions of the
Trinity than to the Persons composing
it; more to theories of Scriptural in
spiration than to either the Scriptures
or inspiration; more about open and
close communion than the precious
sacrament itself. The new theology is
after the thing itself-the fact. not
what Calvin, Luther or Augustine or
any pious man of old thought about
the fact.-Rev. Robert Mcdonald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
Doing the Impossible

Doing the best thing possible is a
fair measure of performance. Many
are satisfied with that as an attain
ment or as an effort. But doing the
impossible when it ought to be done is
a performance that sometimes appeals
to a true-hearted child of God as his
absolute duty, and then he who re-
spends to this call is doing better than
his best. From the day when Jesus
directed his disciples to do the i'm
possible, in giving the multitude food
beyond the utmost ability of the dis
ciples, 10 has many times been dis
ciple's duty to do the impossible, and
in Gods strength he has risen up and
done it. Go and do thou likewise"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

Mlchlgan university authorities have
determined that the employment of
naoituai drunkards as teachers, lectur-
ers OF In any capacity will not be toll
Grated hereafter. 1t is somewhat
Startling that any university should
De compelled to announce such a de-
cision. It has heretofore been taken
Tor granted by the general public that
no drunkards were ever permitted to
De employed in any college or uni
verslty. Has Ann Arbor been an ex-
ception?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
beginning of the World.

Christ is the beginning of the world
because He is the source. He is the
medium through whom the Father has
always done His work. There is no
act of the Fathers will that is not per-
formed by the Son. The plan of crea-
ton was carried into effect by the
same word who was made flesh and
dwelt among us."-Rev. G.. NJ Jacobs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
Enduring Character.

Christ spared not Himself BY His
stripes are we healed. He never gives
Gethsemane but what He goes
through it first. Jesus Christ on His
fight of mercy often went over noun
tain, vale and lake in the chill of a
Judean winter. But out of this storm
He builds a character more enduring
than winters chilling blast.-Rev. 5.
NorthrOD
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

One of the numerous New York
promoters, who operated gilt
edged swindle among the good people
Oh manhattan, was sent to the peni-
Tertiary the other day, and others, it
is expected, will soon follow on the
same road. The greatest and most
successful swindler of the whole tribe,
however-the handspring of 1.-The
Franklin syndicate" -seems to have
found the hidden tent where Dan
Coughlin, the Chicago defaulters, and
W. A. S. Graham dwell in calm seclu-
sion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

Charlois, the French astronomer,
says he has discovered new planet Of
the tenth magnitude. If the distin-
guished scientist could only run up
against a Chicago alderman in the
dark he would imagine he had en-
countered nothing less brilliant than
a comet of the first class.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
The Church.

The church does not grow through
the power of organization SO much as
through the life and testimony of the
individual members. Andrew had a
brother. Simon, whom he brought to
Jesus, and then there were three men,
bers. The next day the same thing
was repeated-Rev. NJ l.. Haines.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
worL for Salvation.

/ believe that it is the duty of every
one to work for salvation. In order
that we may obtain what Christ has
promised to His faithful children our
efforts must be proportionate to that
remark. 1t is absurd to think that a
life of indifference will bring us sal
walton. Rev Joseph A. Vance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
Married Rrldesmaids.

Married best men and ushers have
for some time been feature of fash
ionable weddings; within the last year
there have been several instances
where the brides attendants have been
married, says the New York Evening
Sun. Instead of maid Of honor,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

1t has been often said that "tailors
make the man. but in the case OF
Herr Most. who was recently shaved
and Is now unacceptable to his clos
est friends. it would seem as if whisk-
eys made the anarchist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
Christian Endearor ronIcs.

The Personal in Missions.-Monday.
Jan. Is, THE field" Matt. "a: 3-14;
Tuesday, Jan. 16, Gods kingdom to
come" Ps las: 1913: Wednesday,
Jan. II, Ways and means" Rom. 10:
1917; Thursday, Jan. Is, Need of
haste" Joel 8: 1917; Friday, Jan. ~,
1.-THE conservation of the purse" Prov.
IL: "a, %; Feel. IL: 1-6; Saturday,
Jan. 20, Heroes of the frontier" Heb.
IL: 1928; Sunday, Jan. 81. topic, Send
me-" lisa. s. 40. Quarterly mission
airy meeting.)
Isaiah-and We.-Do not expect to
help others to get rid of their sins
until thine own iniquity is taken
away" Fire is good, if it burn out
sin; floods are good, if they drown it,;
trouble, if it drive sin away. No one
can do Gods work well who is very
sure he can do it well. Modesty and
efficiency go together. If you are not
moved by your own sin and the sin
of the world, it is because you have
not had a vision of the sinless God.
The closer you come to Gods altar,
the more likely are you to be God s
missionary. When God calls for mis-
sionaries, our reply too often is, Here
am /; send some one else"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

A youthful millionaire in Virginia,
not being allowed to wed by his guard
iau. had one appointed who was will
ing. Cupid understands all court and
corrting methods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

Unless a girl is very much in love
with the amateur photographer she is
never satisfied with the pictures he
psakes Of her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11
The Straight Front.

A sketch showing the straight front.
sans Dusk, French corset, and the very
necessary hook to keep the skirts down
in front, to preserve the long-waisted
effect. No one should neglect to have
this hook, which is large one, sold
especially for that purpose, and If the
person is stout, there should be two
also at the back. The long straight
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-01-11

Satan offers you what he cannot
give; he is a liar and has been from
the foundation of the world. / pity
the man who lives on the 5eyfl's
promises.