Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Editorial Notes.

tulhllment OF It's pledge 10 Cupa anu
to the world.
A Chicago Judge has decided that
Edmond Rostand, that noted French
dramatist, plagiarized "Cyrano de
Bergerac" from 81 he Merchant Prince
of Cornville," play written by
Chicagoan named Gross. The literary
world does not accept the dictum,
and it will concern only the rights of
production in this country.
The fine new manual training school
erected at Washington, D. c., has
been named in honor OF President
Mckinley, who took an interest IN
the technical education of the youth
of the country.
Sparrows have built their nest in
the hand of Daniel Webster's statue
in Central Park, New York. Had they
heard that ''bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush?"
The Democratic papers which again
raise the cry of ''truculent sycoph-
ancy'' anent the gift of a statue by
Emperor William should come to
their ser IS and realize that European
friendliness to this country is more
likely to mean the spread of Republi-
can princi Piles than the decay of them.
Barnum & Bailey's circus gave the
proceeds of one performance at lou
louise, France, to the Martinique relief
fund. The amount was $4,000.
America has surpassed the world in
the liberal arts and it should be her
aim to attain to the front rank in the
fine arts. The national Conservatives
proposed in Congress may not attain
this end but they are a step in the
right direction.
The Democrats are saying that if
they get sound platform and they
have all the divisions of the party
vote for it they may win at the next
national election. This is like the
Irish doctor who remarked that if his
patient lived until morning he might
pull through; but if he did not there
was no hope for him.
The Governor-General of the Aus
tralian commonwealth has resigned
because his yearly salary, $4,000
the same as that of the President of
the United States-was too small to
meet necessary expenses. He asked
for $4,000 year additional but it
was refused.
Mr.. Patterson, of Colorado, has
spoken on the floor of the Senate over
$50 times in the past i've months. He
is a .::howling example, of what is
commonly known as Legislation by
the mouth" so prevalent among dem
ocratic statesmen" during the pres
ent session.
The Agricultural Department is to
send an expert to France to purchase
quantity of silk-worm eggs for dis
tribution among the farmers of the
Southern states with the idea of in
PRODUCING silk culture in that section.
Charles M. Schwab says that to
give weary ones rest is better than to
give money, which often does more
harm than good.
Chill has adopted a new liquor law
that is attracting worldwide atten-
ton. Saloon licenses are sold every
three years to the highest bidder.
Liquor cannot be sold within two
hundred yards of church, school, bar
racks, place Of amusement or railway
station, nor on trains; nor minors;
nor between the hours of midnight
and six a, N. No one in any way in
terested in liquor license is eligible
to public office and every distlllery
has government chemist to insure
the purity of the product.
The emancipation of Cuba, con-
ceived and carried out under Repub-
lican regime will stand as an endur-
ing monument to the PARTY and the
bold and generous experiment in in
ternational history-making ELECTS
commentator for this country from
the peoples of the world.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell,
the inventor of the Bell telephone,
will spend the entire sum ler at Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia, lying kites, as
experiments in the solution of the