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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22

-Sweetening ones coffeeis the first
stirring event of the day.
GA" should be dropped from the
alphabet; it makes men mean.
Dentists of Southern Wisconsin
will meet in GAINESVILLE next year.
Putting nickle in a slot machine
is like pouring water in a rat hole.
to their home in Milwaukee last Fri
day.
Before You call man liar be
sure you are right-then use tele-
phone.
There are some people who never
move rapidly except when the fire
bell rings.
| If man looks down after he is
half way up the ladder of life it is all
over with him.
| You seldom see man who has
no occupation. Even a tramp is a
hunter-of grub.
A philosopher is man who does
not argue unless he knows he can
knock out his opponent.
Men who have had their noses to
the grindstone all of their lives do not
as a rule have the reddest ones.
The old saying that it rains on
the Just and unjust alike is not true.
The latter always have umbrellas.
When a man orders spring lamb
at cheap restaurant he begins to
realize how tough it is to die young.
Unless loafers are kept in subjec-
ton they will finally hang the indus
trious men. Industrious men are "a
great insult to loafers.
When fellow is about to pro-
pose and the girl is nervous it is gen
orally because she is afraid someone
will interrupt them before he gets it
out.
An Irishman in speaking of one
of his friends who was sentenced to
hang said that he saved his own life
by dying week before the day set
for his execution.
"A town in the west has young
man named Jack Frost. It's winter
all summer with him and the young
ladies entertain Linn on the veranda
for fear of freezing the house plants.
&C. F. Syringe of Mineral Point
was Lancaster business caller last
week looking after the interest of his
Red Trunk cigars which are for sale
at various places in this city.
The tails and rattles of over 100
rattlesnakes have been exhibited in
| the county clerks office at Prairie du
Chen since the first of the month,
for which a bounty of so cents each
has been paid. Crawford county last
year paid over $4,000 in bounties on
rattlesnakes.
A woman's idea of being econom-
ical about clothes is to buy a dress
for 800 and when she finds she does
not like sell it for $50 and buy anoth-
er for $3.50. To save your life you
can't make her see that the second
one, counting what she got for the
other one, cost her any more than the
| first.
The mem bers of the Tom Cox
Post and w. r. G.. will attend divine
service in the Congregational church
next Sunday morning and religiously
observe Memorial Sunday. There
will be fine music consisting of a solo
and two anthems. Members of either
organization visiting in the city are
respectfully requested to attend.
If YOU miss Jas. L. McCabe's
'Maloney's Wedding Day" at the City
opera house Thursday evening, May
| 20, you will miss the funniest and
most entertaining comedy drama that
will be seen here this season. 1t fair
ly glitters and glows with the jolliest
kind of comedy complications. bright,
tuneful music, tells pretty story of
every day life and is fresh, crisp and
wholesome. 1t tickles the little ones
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22

Josiah Lynn, once partner of Jay
Gould in the tannery at Gouldsboro,
Pa, is now blind and an inmate of the
poorhouse at Karsville, N. J.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
IOficial Publications.

IOfficial Publications.
STATEMENT of the condition of the
SVEA FIRE Insurance Company, of
Gotaenburg, in Sweden, for the year
ending December 31st, 1901, made to
the Commissioner Of Insurance of the
State Of Wisconsin, pursuant to the
laws Of said State.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-05-22
IFS Impure BLOOD.

"What is it?" asks the mother as she
notices the smooth skin of her child
marred by red or pimply eruption. It
is impure blood, and the child needs at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
FILIAL PIETY IN CHINA.
A Land in Which the Fifth Command
ment is Observed
From the Shanghai Mercury

From the Shanghai Mercury
China has many faults and failings But
lack of reverence for age, and especially of
respect for parents, is not one of them. 1t
would naturally be too much to expect that
every son of Han should carry out in act
ual life the behests of the high code of
moral law which the genius of his country
men has evolved in conSonance with the
first commandment with promise" but
custom is strong. and the conscience of the
people so sensitive on the point that the
unfiIial son is considered monster even in
the lowest ranks of life.
From his earliest youth the Chinese child
is taught respect for his elders and rever-
ence for his parents. This does not pre-
vent him from being quite as willful in his
way as his western contemporary, and
sometimes more so, inasmuch as his value
as means of continuing not only the fam
lily name, but the family ancestral worship,
give him an exaggerated value in his
parents eyes of which he Is not slow to
avail himself. He then acts as a spoiled
boy acts elsewhere, and makes himself the
worldwide nuisance of his kind. And this,
of course, in spite Of the teaching of all the
sages, and Notwithstanding the twenty-four
stories of filial piety with which he is re-
called as soon as he can read the character.
He knows of WI Meng, for example, the
son of poor parents who could not afford to
buy mosquito curtains, and he reads, with
his tongue in his cheek. how this model
youth acquired lasting name by going TO
lie down in his parents bed some time be-
fore their hour for retiring. in order that
the mosquitoes might gorge themselves on
his blood and leave his parents alone. 1t is
to be feared that there are few WI Mengs
in these days.
The more amenable child, however, would
even now initiate the example of Huang
Ting-kien, who did with his own hands
mental service for his father and mother,
though he had attained the highest Offices
in the state, and there are many Chinese
women today who would not hesitate to
keep alive an aged mother-in-law with milk
from their own breasts. even as Ts'ai Shi
did ages ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Fraudulent Historic Tablets.

From the London Times.
Mr. Algernon Ashton writes from A Ham
ilton Gardens, St. Johns Wood: up to
midsummer last year there stood a house
in Gerard street bearing a Society of Arts
tablet with the inscription: John Dryden,
poet. lived here. Born, 1881: died. 1900 This
memorable building, one of London's most
cherished literary landmarks, was then
ruthlessly demolished, and a hideous and
wanton act of vandalism thereby COM
nlitted. the house was a handsome and
strongly built one, showing no sign of de-
cay whatever. few days ago I hap
pened to be passing down Gerard street
again, when to my utmost surprise and
disgust, l noticed that on the site of Dry
denis old dwelling house not only was there
erected jerry-built monstrosity but the
same old memorial tablet affixed on to the
brand new wall. This is. unhappily, not
the only instance of a house bearing a
tablet stating that certain great man
lived there when he never did live there, as
the fraudulent tablets to Hogarth in Lei
cester square. to Turner in Queen Anne
street, Marylebone. and to Byron in Holes
street amply testify. 1t is an insane prac-
tice. and ought to be stopped forthwith as
it only tends to entirely misIead future gen-
erations, who will naturally believe these
houses to be the actual historical ones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
Germ Carrying Pigeons.

From the New York sun
An epidemic of scarlet fever. starting in
Cincinnati has spread in the last few weeks
through a number Of towns in Ohio, and
the health authorities. after taking extraor-
binary precautions to confine the disease
within the limit of it's first ravages, We're
puzzied TO understand the means by which
t. was carried elsewhere. They made an
investigation and have now come to the
conclusion that much of the contagion was
spread by tame pigeons and doves, which
carried the germs from place to place. Tho
evidence on which this theory is based is
that scarlet fever spread under strict quar-
antine from a house on the roof of which
there was a large pigeon cote The only
live stock about the house not quarantined
was the pigeons, which flew about the
neighborhood II they didn't carry the dis
ease germs the authorities don't know how
the fever was spread
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
HORNED ToADS AS PETS.
They Are Favorites With California
Children.

From the New York Tribune
Women and children have an instructive
dread of reptiles; all snakes, lizards, toads
or things that creep seldom inspire any
thing but repugnance, even in men. But
there is one exception to this rule in one OF
our western states.
Out in southern California there is a lit
tie creature known the horned toad. 1t
is about the size of chld's hand. with a
head resembling that of one of the mythical
dragons; turned-up, inquiring snout. and
three dangerous-looking horns spines on
it's forehead. Altogether 1t is a most for
midable looking creature, but In spite of its
looks it is a general pet of the children.
Easily captured in the sand dunes where
they scamper about, and easily tanned,
almost every other household has number
of them. The children keep them in cigar
boxes filled with sand; many allow them to
run about the house as they please.
They like nothing better than being taken
up in the hand and stroked, when they emit
a sort of contented purr, allowing their
horns to drop down on their bodies.
If teased, however, the horned toad some
times shows his anger. BY rubbing his skin
the wrong way his ire is at once aroused.
His horns bristle and his mouth opens
threateningly, and. strangest of all. two lit
tie drops of blood trickle down from his
eyes like tears. But this only happens when
he is much irritated Usually he is a good
natured little fellow, ready to play a game
of hide and go seek with his juvenile mas
tiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
The Rich Mans Wife.
,n,hony in the Indepepdent,

Susan L. Anthony in the Independent
The man OF wealth marries woman who
is beautiful and gracious: one who will
bear his name proudly. Her home is hand
somely appointed. She fits into her envi-
ronment as statue in its niche. At her
command are servants. horses and car
riages-or automobiles, in this mechanical
generation. She is privileged to trade upon
credit and dress for her position in life.
But too often her pocketbook contains less
than the woman III moderate circumstances.
whose husband has a salary and gives his
wife stated sum to live upon. The rich
wife II asked by members of her club for
a donation, must consult her husband first.
She has no ready money, and frequently is
obliged to ask him for paltry amounts.
She is Inundated and becomes embittered
her dignity is lowered. Sometimes she en-
ploys deceit with which to obtain resources
from him. And her thought of her hus-
bands parsmony soon kills all her tender
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
LITERARY RELICS.
Something About the Market for Them
and Prices Quoted.

From Chambers Journal.
Although in some particular instances
prices have ruled high, as a general rule
the relic which one would naturally expect,
in the case of an author, to be the most
eagerly sought after by his admirers
namely his pen-commands but a modest
figure, as witness Sir Walter SCOTS pen,
which was sold at the Dalhousie sale a
couple of years ago for S12 guineas, or
about two-ninths of the sum paid year
last March for the Wizard of the North's
walking stick, stout ash-plant culled from
the woods of Abbotsford, but twice as
much as a lock Of the novelist's hair in
closed in a morocco case fetched.
The silver taper stand which Sir Walter
Scott bought with his first fee an advo-
cate-f5 5s.-and gave to his mother. which
realized Ell the other day, had one advan-
tage over a Dickens relic that was sold in
December, 1899: it was decidedly less cum
brous The relic in question was origin
ally one of the stone balustrades of old
Rochester bridge, and was afterward con-
verified by boz" into a sun dial When, on
the death of the author, the dial came into
the possession Of Mr.. Creighton of Roches-
ter, he inscribed 1t with the words: "These
relics of Gadshill Place and old Rochester
bridge are placed here in sincere regard
for Charles Dickens" This souvenir of the
great author was eventually knocked down
for ESQ los.
Keats manuscripts were sold rather over
three years ago for E695 and E3O5, respec-
lively. The former sum was given for the
manuscript of "Endymion," which aver
aged out at f3 16s Cd. per page; while the
LAMA" was written on leaves that were
eventually more valuable than IL they had
been ten-pound Bank of England notes, for
the manuscript fetched fill las. I'd. for each
Of its twenty six pages. Manuscripts writ
ten by Burns command prices that very
few authors of today could afford to re-
fuse for the production of original work;
Scots, wha haze" for instance, sold in
May, 1890, for f70, and three years ago last
June his Commonplace Book fetched a
sum equal to f9 lbs. per page, or probably
over shilling Word-a rate which most
authors would find very acceptable
Those collectors who aspire to possess
Scott manuscripts must at the same time
be prepared to dip somewhat deeply into
their pockets. Certainly E62 purchased an
Introductory essay in his own handwriting
some little time ago; but f1O6 was required
for a portion only Of Tales of a Grand
father'-a sum which was only ETA less
than was paid for seat used by Shakes
peare For the manuscript of "Old Nor
tality, which was sold on the first occa-
sion for f33, 5000 was given recently. What
1t will fetch in a few years time one dare
not conjecture. Lord Tennyson Is said to
have sold the copyright of 1.-THE Poems of
Two Brothers" to a Louth bookseller for
f20; the original manuscript was sold nv
auction years afterwards for f4sO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
STRIKE IN PocAHoNrAs FIELDS
Outlook More Promising for the
Operators Than at First.

ROANOKE, Va, June 2s.-The beginning
OF the third week of the coal miners strike
in the Pocahontas Flat Top fields Of Viz
ginia and West Virginia finds conditions
greatly improved over what they We're a
week ago. The output Of coal yesterday
was double that on the same day last week.
This is half holiday with the miners. and
some anxiety is felt over the possible eff
feet the day and half rest out Of the
mines will have on some Of the men. 1t
will be the first opportunity the strike agi-
tators have had to get at the men since
Judge Kellers injunction restraining them
from interference was issued during the
early part Of the week. The railway Off.
Gals express themselves as being fully
satisfied with the present condition of af-
fairs and think the outlook is brighter now
than it has been at any time since the
strike was declared. Every mine was again
operating this morning, and no trouble has
been reported so far and nothing serious
is anticipated between now and Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
BIOLOGICAL UNTRUTHS.
From Observations in the New York
Zoolopical Park

York Tribune. 49, OF" w"
Truth is stranger than fiction" said G.
Nllilam Beebe. curator of ornit biology. '.but
nevertheless many people cherish ideas
"hich nave arisen, nobody knows how
"hich tradition has stamped with tie as
peci Oh truth but which need only little
oareiui observation on our part TO show
''elr lalsltN. Any one listening TO sundry
remarks at the geological park in the
Bronx will soon realize how numerous and
no" widely spread are these wrong concep-
tons.
Probably ten or twenty people daily
Judging from the number heard-exclain,
when they see the burrowing owls: oh
those are the little creatures which live So
happily with the prairie dogs and rattle
SNAKES Now. II Is true that the owls and
rattlers avail themselves of the deserted
burrows of the little rodents. but as TO i,v-
ing together in peace-peace could exist
only after the prairie dogs had been de-
voured by the birds and reptiles. after the
young rattlers had formed toothsome NOR
sells for the owls. and finally when the
owls themselves had been swallowed by
1ullgrown snakes. those scaly demons OF
the western deserts.
Before leaving the subject of owls II
would be well to say that these birds as a
family. are no wiser for all their medita-
tive appearance. than other birds-in fact.
Intelligence. Another false idea which
many people entertain concerning these
birds is that they are confused by sun
light as to be practically blind during the
day. Great horned owls and barn owls are
the most nocturnal OF all those in the park
collection. but even these can see very dis
tinctly by squirting up their eyelids. while
the snowy owls and burrowng owls are
perfectly at home in the light OF the brig hit
est day. and | have seen barred owls fy-
ing and hunting in the sunshine I'M
ccncernedly any hawk.
Eight persons out of ten will tell you
how much better a crow or magpie can
talk If its tongue is split. but you can tell
them that this idea is absolutely false.
these birds can articulate more distinctly
with a perfect tongue. and how much suf-
ferine does this useless operation cause,
the tongue OF bird being constantly
used.
Doves have a worldwide reputation for
meekness and gentleness but. If We except
their sad. soft notes. and subdued colors,
there is little to admire about them, fOr
their disposition. in love and war, Is any
thing but a gentle one. The male birds
peck and strike one another with their
wings until generally one succumbs and Is
killed IL the females are timid or back
ward in accepting their mates attentions.
bows and COOS are changed to buffets and
spiteful pecks. 'Henhawks" is the eXcla-
nation which usually greets the inoffenslve
red tailed and red shouldered hawks, while.
in reality. these birds feed chiefly on mice
frogs and even insects. and the real depr.-
dators are their smaller relations the sharp
Skinned and coopers' hawks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
A Misf1t Inscription.
From London Truth

The Westminster Gazette appears pleased
with Mr.. Carnegle's approval OF the in
scripton of the monument to Mr. Pitt in
the Guldhal. He lived without ostenta-
ton. and he died poor" If Mr.. Carnegie
knows nothing about Mr. Pitts private life
the West minister Gazette ought surely to
be better instructed. Mr. Pitt simply let
his affairs go TO rack and ruin. and no man
ever lived who was SO frightfuly robbed
by his servants. He left debts to the
amount of about 10000, which were paid
by the country. and this assuredly was not
a cred;able termination of his career. con-
sidering that he had no family. that during
the greater part OF his life he was in re-
ceipt of about f10.0o0 a year i'm salaries
and that he had the free use OF two fur
nished houses downing street and Walmer
castle),' besides many valuable perquisites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
UNUSUAL BRAVERY.
Acts of Two Enlisted Men in the
Philippines

The War Department has been informed
of services of unusual bravery performed
by two enlisted men at Santa Rita Barrie
San Luis. PampaY1ga, P. l., in April last.
1t appears that I a native, frenzied by
drink. created a panic in the barrio by
welding his bolo with such terrible effect
that three or four natives were killed and
six or seven others wounded. Chief Mu-
sician George S. Thompson, Goth Infantry,
and Corporal King of the 2jth Infantry
happened to pass through the barrio in
charge of horses belonging to regimental
officers. In answer to the appeals of the
natives both enlisted men used their rifles,
Thompson killing the mailman. Corporal
King mounted his horse and rode fifteen
miles in the dead of night through the
toughest sort of country to the army post
at Calumpit. where Lieut.. Hennessy and
DR.. ByerS were reused from their beds and,
equipped with surgical Instruments, gal
loped back to Santa Rita to minister to the
wounds of the wild Filipino's victims. A
court-n'a .t.al was detailed to try Thomp-
son for shooting the native.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
CELEBRATION AT SEA.
Passengers and Crew of the Lucania a
Little Previous.

NEW YORK, June 2S.-The Cunard Line
steamer Lucania, which arrived early to-
day from Liverpool and Queenstown, held
festivities on June.2G, to celebrate the coro-
nation of King Edward VII, not knowing
Of his illness. In the forenoon much merri-
ment was INDUCED in In all quarters Of the
ship. At noon the ships crew were mus
tered. salute of twenty-one guns was fired
and all united in singing God Save the
King"
Games, races and athletic competitions
filled up the afternoon entertainments. In
a tug Of war between teams representing
England and America, America won. In
the evening the usual concert was held.
The next day June u, at o'clock in the
morning, the Lucania got in communication
by wireless telegraphy with the French line
steamer La Savoie, from New York to
Havre and learned of the kings illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
OLD NEWSPAPERS.
Controversy Concerning Origin OF
American Press

Controversy Concerning Origin of
American Press.
From the New York Times.
People in Boston, with a taste for the
curious. have opened discussion concern
ing the first newspaper printed in this
country. and a controversy now RACES
among certain antiquarians regarding the
matter. An ancient news sheet bearing the
title The Present State of the New English
Affairs has been called by some anti
guardians the first newspaper ever printed
in America, though the correctness of that
designation is questioned by others.
There Is no evidence that a second num-
Der of the publication was ever printed,
and DR.. Samuel A. Green. librarian of the
Massachusetts Historical Society and a
high authority on such questions says it is
not properly a newspaper, but a broadside,
which is defined as an occasional publica-
tion printed on but one side of a sheet OF
paper
A newspaper. he says. is always numbered
and dated. The sheet is not numbered, and
the date is confined merely to the year. He
states, however, that. being printed news
letter, it represents one phase in the evolu-
ton of the newspaper.
The only known copy is preserved in the
Massachusetts state archives at the state
house. 1t measures by 13 inches. and
embodies letters, or excerpts from letters,
received in Boston in 1859 from the R2F
Increase Mather. then in London.
The publication bears the foot note: Dos
ton printed and sold by Samuel Green,
jr"
William G. Shinaber secretary of the
Club of Odd Volumes. under whose super
vision fac smile of the original copy at
the state house has recently been produced,
has called attention to an interesting TACT
not generally known in connection with the
origin of the American newspaper.
During the first sixty or seventy years OF
American history a custom existed among
ublic-spirited and influential men of keep
ing each other informed on public anairs
Thy means of communications known as
newsletters. in their own handwriting
These newsietterS were handed about from
one to another. the recipient often circulat-
ing several copies of a specific letter, where
the interest in it warranted the labor OF
making a number of copies of the original
This led to the adoption of the name OF
The Newsletter for the first newspaper reg
ularly published which was started in Bos-
ton in 1904. 1t was apparently the recelpt
of several of these manuscript neWsletteTs
from London and widespread interest IN
the matters of which they treated, tha'
suggested to- Samuel Green, Jr., then the
leading printer in Boston, to print Them
together rather than copy them separately
i'm manuscript as had been the custom
For three or four years prior 10 the CATE
of this publication New England had peen
nossessed of a revolutionary spirit as VIC.
lent as that which Immediately preceded
the outbreak of the rebellion against George
III In 1775 This spirit was the result OF
the revocation by Charles III OF the charleI
under which the Massachusetts colony mao
been founded.