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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Higher Sense OF Prayer.

There is no way of making one 5
prayers real and strenuous save as GOD
is made real and present in ones
thoughts. 1t is impossible to speak
with any sense Of reality to an absent
deity, or to put soul and passion, faith
and love, into words that are spoken
into empty space; and we can never
know what Jesus meant by prayer, nor
what prayer meant 10 Him, until we
have bathed cur spirits in His rich and
satisfying thought of God. Once let
that thought take possession of ours
and prayer is lifted forever above the
mere realm of petition. and all doubt
and misgiving as to its answer is lost
in the higher wish. not that our par
ticular requests shall be granted, but
the will of God may be known and
done. Rev. +. w. Baldwin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

The general movement for the purif
cation OF our city from the vipers that
have infested it under what ever
names they are known should be en-
couraged and upheld by all the people.
In fact it might be suggested that mass
meetings should be called for the pur-
pose of strengthening the backbone of
the officers whose evident duty it is to
take the initiative in the matter of
proceeding with all the machinery of
law against all institutions of evil.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
A PRAYER.

o God, who seest all our weaknesses
and the troubles we labor under, have
regard unto the prayers of thy servant
who stands in need of thy comfort. thy
direction and thy help. Thou alone
knowest what is best for us; let me
never dispute thy wisdom or thy good
ness. Lord, SO. prepare my heart that
no afillction may ever so surprise as to
overbear me. Dispose me at all times
to a readiness to suffer what thy prov
ldence shall order or permit. Grant
that may never murmur at thy APP
polntments, nor be exasperated at the
ministers of thy providence. Amen
Thomas Wilson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Doing Good In Secret.

The angel of little sacrifices has re-
ceived from heaven the mission of
those angels of whom the prophet
speaks, who removed the stones from
the road lest they should bruise the
feet of travellers. There is some work
to be done, and she presents herself for
it, simply with the joyous manner OF
one who finds happiness in SO doing.
How many oversights repaired by this
unknown handl How many neglected
things put in their places without our
seeing how they came there. How
many little joys procured for another
without his ever having mentioned to
any one the happiness which they
would give him. Who has known thus
how to do good in secret? Who has
known how to divine the secrets of the
heart Golden Sands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

The most amusing feature of the
present violent crusade being conduct
ed by the press of New York against
immortality in plays, to those familiar
with such extravagant campaigns, is
the probability that the newspapers
are acting from anything but earnest
motives in SO DANGEROUSLY demanding
the suppression of "Sapho." "Zaza" and
other plays of like nature. 1t is
mock campaign, seemingly conducted
solely for the notoriety and advertis-
ing which the individual papers can
squeeze out of the affair.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Things which No Money Can Buy.

Beware lest thou, in any sense, in
any respect, despise the poor man be-
cause of his poverty. Ever since Jesus
Christ lived in poor mans home and
worked at the carpenters trade, the
poor mans house has been a sacred
place and the laborng mans vocation
a sacred thing. The earthly life of the
Son of man has illuminated and glor-
flied the plain and homely things of
human life. A mans house may be a
very humble one; there may be no car
pet on the floor; the furniture may be
plain; the fare may be simple and
scanty. But there may dwell a glory
there which shall cause the plainest
and poorest things to shine with ra-
dance as from heaven. Things may
be there more precious than any that
can be purchased at the furniture deal
er's or at the clothier's. Peace, CON
tentment, kindness, affection may be
there-things which no money can
9uy.-Christian Inteligencer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

The too free use of perfumes about
the person has been avoided for many
years. and held inadmissible in good
society. the merest hint of faint odor
being all that was possibly allowed.
Recently this edict of good taste has
not been so strictly regarded and such
perfumes as violet and sandal-wood,
both of them expensive ones, when
pure, together with heliotrope, are
somewhat in favor again. 1t is quite
likely that the very general wearing of
a large bunch of violets has led the
way to this.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
,ris said THAT Absence Conquer. Love.


(Old Favorite Series)
[Fredeiick William Thomas, the auth
of this song was born in Providence.
l., in 1905. He moved to the South, whe
he was in turn lawyer, editor. professC
Methodist minister and lecturer. He W
a prolific writer of verse. lie died in IS
The song we give was written about 1873
IT'S said that absence conquers love:
But. oh. believe it not!
I've tried, alas! its powers to prove
But thou art not forgot!
Lady, though fate has bid us part;
Yet still thou art as dear,
AS fixed in this devoted heart
As when ! clasped thee here.
plunge into the busy crowd,
And smile to hear thy name;
And yet. as If | thought aloud,
They know me still the same.
And when the wine-cup passes round.
l toast some other fair:
But when | ask my heart the sound,
Thy name is echoed there
And when some other name learn.
And try to whisper love,
Still will my heart to thee return,
Like the returning dove.
In vain; | never can forget,
And would not be forgot:
For ! must bear the same regret
Whate'eI may be my lot.
Zen as the wounded bird will seek
Its faVorite bower TO die,
So lady, ! would hear thee speak
And yield my parting sigh.
IT'S said that absence conQuerS love;
But, OH believe ii not:
I've tried. alas! its power. to prove
But thou art not forgot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Doing Little Things We'll.

Ii We would walk perfectly befor,
God we must endeaYor TO do common
things, such as are of every day occur
renee, and of but small account in the
eyes of the world, in perfect manner
Some persons are SO mentally consti-
tuted that they could more easily I'M
dergo the sufferings of martyrdom
than properly regulate and control
their feelings in their families during
twenty-four hours. How dreadful is
that delusion. which excuses itself in
its imperfections, because, in the prov
idence of God, it is not permitted to dc
or suffer some great thing. Happy is
he who can do Gods will in the sOli'
tary place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

rub their faces well with this cream:
also before making up for the stage.
The Princess of Wales, whose COM
plexion is still exquisite, believes in
massage for the face, and has distilled
water sent every day for her toilet.
The Empress Frederick puts faith in
eau-de-cologne, of which a bottle is
poured every morning into her bath.
Another woman has another recipe for
a good complexion that is the simplest
of all: Wash your face with hot wa
ter and very mild soap just before
going to bed, and wash it with cold
rain water and no soap when you
rise"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

If one teaches that which is known
by some to be error, he necessarily
arouses opposition and eXcites to dis
cussion. in which the truth will be
taught in spite of the error of the
teacher; but when the truth is sup
pressed, intellects are not aroused by
the suppression and finally the truth
itself is lost to view.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Rocked in the Cradle OF the Deep.
Old Favorite Series

(Old Favorite Series.)
Mrs. Emma Willard, the writer of this
noble song. was born In Berlin. Conn,
in 1857. her maiden name being Hart, and
died In Troy, n. Y, in 1870. She wrote
much in prose and verse, but Rocked
In the Cradle of the Deep" alone survives.
This she wrote on shipboard. in 1882, while
returning from Europe
Rocked In the cradle of the deep,
/ lay me down in peace to sleep;
Secure l rest upon the wave.
For Thou, o Lord hath power to save.
/ know Thou wilt not slight my call
For Thou didst mark the sparrow's fall
And calm and peaceful is my sleep,
Rocked in the cradle of the deep.
And such the trust that still were mine.
Tho stormy winds swept Ger the brine.
Reused me from sleep TO wreck and
death!
In ocean save still safe with Thee,
The germ of immortality:
And calm and peaceful is my sleep,
locked in the cradle of the deep.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

Let us believe neither half of the
good people tell US of ourselves, nor
half the evil they say of others.
Pettit-Senn.
There are 10000 more bachelors
than spinsters in New York state.
The hold-up man is given to stup-
ming habits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

The famine in India is appalling.
rive million persons are employed on
me government works, and still
starvation exists among 10000 900
more. The real white mans burden"
doesn't seem to be in South Africa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

At the request of the general land
Office, Mr.. Lester f. Ward recently ex-
plored the fossil forests of Arizona
The richest deposit of silicified trees
covers an area of about eight miles
square, in Apache county. In some
parts of this area the petrified logs lie
much more thickly than they could
Lave stood while living, and Mr. Ward
thinks they must have been transport
cd by swift currents of water in the
Mesozoic era. Microscopic inspection
of the texture of the agatized wood
proved that it resembled the arauca-
rian pine of the southern hemisphere
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Patience.

Let us only be patient, patient, and
let God our Father teach His own les
son His own way. Let us try to learn
it well, and learn it quickly; but do not
let us fancy that He will ring the sec
ond bell, and send us to play before
our lesson is learned.-Charles King
slew
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
The Cool on the Dark Side.

With a quickened eyesight go on dis
covering much good on the worst side,
remembering that the same process
should p1oportionately magnify and
demonstrate to you the much more
good on the better side.-Robert
Browning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Curiosity Satisfied.

Curly Tramp-Wot's tn good Of a
little dog like that?
Mrs. Rural-To keep off tramps."
"Hee. he! Wot kin that little crit
ter do?"
He can bark, that will wake up the
big dogs under the porch"
Yes, mum. Goodday, num-"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
A Reminder

What did the minister do when you
inadvertently dropped the buckshot
into the platter" asked one Ken
tuckian.
"He was very much annoyed" said
the other; che looked at me severely,
and said that this was church col
lection, not campaign contribution.
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

How New Jersey Got Out OF the Union
The state of New Jersey has the dis
tinctiOn of occasionally being referred
to as "out of the Union,' as if it had
set itself up to be an independent state.
The expression is one of such long
standing that many who use it do not
know its origin. Tradition has it that
after the fall of the French emperor
Napoleon, his brother, Joseph, former
~ king Of Spain, came to America, but,
owing to then existing state laws pro-
hibiting a foreigner from owning real
estate. many states refused to let the
refugees purchase land. At last appli-
cation was made to the New Jersey
legislature, which passed an act enabl-
ing Joseph Bonaparte, and Prince Mu-
rat to buy land in the state. The sur
rounding states poked fun at little
Jersey" for doing what they had re-
fused to, and claimed that New Jersey
was "Out of the union" because it had
king who was its social and perhaps
political leader, for the former king of
Spain was for many years one of the
leading residents of the state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

1t is often said that Nine. Patti does
not use water to wash her face. This
is entirely a mistake. The day never
passes that the diva does not use wa
ter literally. Both she aE3 Nine. AL
bini have a firm belief in rose cold
cream. After washing they always
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
HOOdOo Removed.

This won't do" exclaimed Mrs
Box excitedly, there's thirteen al
table"
Never mind, ma" shouted little
Johnnie, Il kin eat fur two" -Stray
Stories
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Nome hui the Hiehest.

1t is when we look out from the loft
fest heights. taking in the largest and
most comprehensive view, that we
know we are rising most into the like
ness of that divine thought which is
the form of our creation. 1t is when
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
RELIGIOUS READING.
RELIGION AND REFORMS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.

Christian EndeavOr Topics-Giving Gods
Due-Pay What Thou Owest - Cues
lions About 1.-THE Giving The King
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Too Serious.

In case of an assault by husband
on his wife the injured woman was re-
luctant to prosecute and give her evil
dence. III Fave him to God, me
lord" she cried. ooh. dear, no." said
the judge. Its far too serious mat
ter for that. Green Bag.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
WEDDING SUPERSTlTIONS.

The bride who dreams OF fairies the
night before her marriage will be thrice
blessed
The bride who finds spider on her
wedding dress may consider herself
blessed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
Remarkably Reserved.

"Shrinkshy is very reserved man"
Yes, indeed. OF course l don't
know, but l honestly believe he could
have a toothache without anyone
knowing it''-Harper's Bazaar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

You are not yourself today" said
the friend.
NO" replied the amateur theoso-
phist To-day feel like the DEVIL
Philadelphia North American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

The effective church does not de-
stroy the family. but lifts it to a high
sr plane. 1t does not antagonize the
state, but aims for better laws and
pure government
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

receive, and one Of the most potent OF
her womanly weapons grows rusty
from disuse. A wife's position in the
estimation of her husband is always
what she is not what she claims to be.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
GRANT COUNTY HERALD
C. R. sHoWALTER, Pub.
LANCASTER, wrscoNs,N

1t will be observed that Chicago is
Dewey day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

II the sugar trust does moi 81 mho+
It wants It Will please ask for it and
not be bashful.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

The Hon. David Bennett Hill is said
70 De negotiating for an Albany news
paper Possibly he intends to show
how Satan would do it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

Lord Roberts refers to him as "Mr.
steyn, late president of the Orange
Free State" Later on it will be late
orange Free State"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19
FOR HOME AND WOMEN
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRONS.

Spring Foul.rd with Velvet and Lace
Dinner Gown-Men and Their Wives
The Age OF "SIatterns"-Let There BE
Light-Grace Culture.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19

There is nothing either good or bad
but thinking makes it so.-"Hamlet"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-19


ct had been troubled
with bronze hits and
catarrh of the head for
eight years; had severe
cough, and at times great
difficulty in breathing"
writes ]. w. Howerton,
Esq, of Bigfail, Hancock
Co., Tenn. IA portion
of the time my appetite
was poor and part1f the
timeI was unable to do
ANYTHING, / had been
Evening journal., 1900-03-15
The nosr as a Shot.

For nearly three centuries the Boer
has been depicting South Africa of its
Wild animals. He has been killing
savage beasts and yet more savage
men, and the skeletons Of the tents OF
thousands of these strew the veldt
from Cape Hope TO far north of the
Transvaal This has been the practice
that makes the Boer of today-through
inheritance and training-a sharp.
shooter.
When the Boer entered the Transvaal
Il was known as the paradise of hunt
ers" 1t was full Of game-and such
game There were the elephant, leop-
ard, rhinoceros, giraffe. zebra, quagga,
antelope. ostrich. buffalo, gnu, Gland,
springbok, and so on to the baboon--
everything that South Africa knew.
and in abundance. Now all this has
changed. Domestic beasts have taken
the places Of wild ones, and the hunter
of big game has nearly lost his occupa-
tion.
Eighty thousand elephants are re-
quired annually to supply the world
with ivory, and most Of them coma
from South Africa. The Boer has ships
ped lions from the Transvaal TO all
lands, and he has killed seven thousand
OF the beasts within its borders. Near
ly as many leopards have been slain.
Giraffes and zebras to the number Of
nearly one hundred thousand each have
been stripped Of their hides for com-
mercial purposes, and have vanished
from the Transvaal. The quagga has
almost gone. the richly plumed ostrich
Is becoming rare. and the buffalo, gnu
Gland, springbok, and wildbeest are
disappearing. Soon they, with the
greater animals that once. in almost
innumerable hosts, roamed the plains
and mountains Of the Transvaal. will
be gone to join that ever increasing
chain of missing links"
Evening journal., 1900-03-15
Did wan.

A thrifty Irish woman who came to
America a widow with i've SIN Il chill
dren and has raised them all and given
them a common school education by
her own hard work was extre nelly
anxious that her eldest boy sho Nd
marry a girl with a portion" as she
called IL, and was correspondingly
angry the other day when she learned
that he had wedde a "Saivation las
sic" The first time the son called to
see her after the wedding, which he
had kent secret from her, he d'd not
bring the bride, fearing thot her recep-
ton would not be a pleasant one. His
old mother scolded him Tor not mar
rying az least the daughter OF sa-
loon keeper or an alderman. Mother, .
replied the bridegroom, meekly, i
have done better nor that / have
married a daughter cf the Lord
'Huhi" snorted the old woman with a
ready tongue. I'm thinNn it'll be a
long time before ye set eyes on yer
father-in-lawi"-N Y. Tribune.
Evening journal., 1900-03-15
BY THE FOOT.
Dut This One wao -Four Footed
Beast.

Two or three newspaper men and
Congressman in Washington. who was
q merchant in private life, weie talk
ing over some OF the peculiarlties OF
business methods.
u remember on one occasion" said
the Congressman, Shaving in stock
big lot of dry goods remnants that
seemed TO stick right by me in spite
of all l could do to get rid OF them.
At last l advertised to sell them at so
much a pound. and the curiosity OF
people to see If they couldn't get
more at pound rates for their money
than they could get at yard rates sool
cleaned out the stock At another
time / sold a lot OF side meat at so
much a square foot taking the run Of
the side, and the customers who gos
bargains in the thick OF the meat en-
couraged others, who had the luck to
get theirs out Of the thin, 50 evened
up very nicely.
THAT reminds me, remarked ole Of
the correspondents, "of horse | scld
once at so much a foot.'
How was that?' inquired The Con.
gressman, somewhat puzzled ROW
did you make your measurements?
can understand how yod might sell
him at so much a hand, and come out
pretty well on IL he was a biz fellow
sixteen or seventeen hands high, but
/ don't see how you could get at him
by the foot"
THAT was easy enough. l simp y
sold MIN at so much a foOt-S37. D..
How much did you get for him.
AID the Congressman got out his pen.
ell.
"a hundred and fifty dollars"
The Congressman Inquired 1or ABOUT
the sixteenth Of a minute.
Say" he said good naturedly ao,jz,l
Say he said. smiling good ma
turedly, as a light seemel to break
over his face, Il ought to have know n
better than to monkey with newspa
per man. oughtn't I?'-Detroit Free
| Press.
Evening journal., 1900-03-15
PECULIAR ANIMAL COMBAT
Fierce Battle Between a Big
Sea Lion and Land Lion
CALIFORNIA; SENSATION

The Strange Story That Comes From
the Pacific coast-californla Noun
tain Lion In Search Of Food-A Bat
tie IN the Water.
A deadly combat between a monster
sea lion and two large California lions,
or panthers, was witnessed by two
men OF Tomales. Cal, the other day
Il was an extraordinarily gro.
tesque yet truly terrible conflict. The
proverbial battle between an elephant
and a whale. which IL is hardly ex-
pected will ever take place. could not
be more remarkable.
At the mouth Of Iomales Bay there
Is small island called Hog Island.
The only person who lives on II is
Lewis Johnson, who keeps a chicken
farm. on a reef running out into the
sea there IS a rookery OF sea lions.
The great beasts gambol on the rocks
and iu the water and enjoy the sun
shine all day long They beat the
water into foam and I'LL the air with
their cheerful believing
Samuel Short, of Tomales. visited
Hog Island TO buy chickens, and while
he was engaged in a business discus
sion with Lewis Johnson their atten-
tion was diverted by a commotlon in
the sea lion rookery. not 200 yards
away The great seals were making
a tremendous bowling and believing.
and to the practised ear of Johnson it
was evident that the noise did not, as
usual indicate mirth and contentment.
Short thus describes the extraordi-
nary scene that he and his companion
then witnessed:
we looked at the believing sea
/ lions and could not understand their
excitement. Then we looked at the
water and understood.
Just sticking out of the sea were
two enormous cat-like heads glisten-
/ ing with water. They were moving
onward toward the rock and the rook-
cry at a great rate.
Presently the heads reached the
rock. and instantly two magnificent
mountain lions leaped out OF the wa.
ter. These beasts take to the water
very frequently on this coast, and they
swim only a little less easily than the
seals.
These two lions might have been
| making a short cut across the mouth
OF the bay when they took to the wa
ter. or they might have started ou
with the express purpose Of making
a dinner OF young sea lions. Al any
rate, this was the object they had II
view when they landed on the rock
The young sea lion being tender. ant
having an immense covering Of fat
furnishes a dainty morsel for the 70
bust appetite of the catamOunt.
when the panthers landed all th'
sea lions leaped of into the water ex
cept one great big old fellow. HI
Evening journal., 1900-03-15
When He Awoke.

The house was crowded and the
play was good. Everybody was In.
terested except this man in black, who
had taken on as many as half a dozen
too many. He fell asleep. For a
time he slept quietly, then his load
shifted. he careened a bit and fell TO
snoring. His friend tried to awaken
him, and then the fun began.
The sleeper, at the first punch de-
livered by his friend, said:
"Aw right. hear"
The friend punched him again, aad
harder.
I'm gettin' up" said the sleeper,
drowsily; I'm gettin' up now
Those near by were giggl ng now.
The friend hi him three hard jo Is
more.
Damn it. Mariai If you don't LET
me sleep I'll"
The riend hit him three hard 10 S
and he awoke. He rubbed his eyes
and. seeing the people l.ughing real
ized that he was the cause Of the mer
riment and hastily left. Memphis
Scimitar.