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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
wOman,s Business

Back of every great worthy achieve
ment of man, find the woman-moth-
er, teacher, wife. They are there, con-
tributing to the advancement of the
race, an impetus only less than that
of the divinity that did create us. I
have heard atavistic male creatures
in human semblance deplore the pres
ence of "the new woman" the wom-
an who wishes, perhaps, to earn her
own bread, certainly to shape her own
life and the lives of the children she
will bring into the world, to take an
equal part with her brothers in the
government that taxes her, to broaden
her mental horizon until it shall in
clude the best thought of all lands
and times. Aud truly enough, such
women are not for such men; they have
outgrown their critics. Their bust
ness is to improve the race by i'm
proving the northumberland they are
hard at it.-Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

FOtIN eli FAnA1nAFF1S.
While the fool ponders the wise guy
acts.
Opportunities are far more powerful
than prophets.
If you would discourage trusts Meth
er borrow Or lend.
Poverty isn't crime-unless it fur
nishes one with prison fare.
Man can see sorrow twice the
distance he can see a blessing.
It is easier for the landlord to raise
the rent than it is for the tenant.
Misfortune is no respecter of per-
sons-and neither is fortune, for that
matter.
With the march of civilization come
innumerable chances to make dishon-
est living.
When people actually carry out their
good intention the millennium will be in
full blast.
Contentment may be better than
wealth, but the most of us are COM
PEELED to jog along without either
Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Caro- for Your own Nails.

4 young woman who has been living
in Paris for year says that no French
manicure who treated her hands used
a cuticle knife about her nails or a
steel nail cleaner The little orange
wood sticks sharpened to broad point
were used to push back the encroach-
ing cuticle and to clean the nails after
each washing of the hands. In this
way the delicate enamel Of the nail is
not injured, and the under surface of
the nail point is kept smooth. The
French manicures, too, polish more Oft
en- with bit of chamois rather than q
regular polisher, and cue the nails with
a clipper instead of curved scissors.
These clippers come in pairs, one for
cutting the nails of each hand. Emery
boards or a velvet file is recommended
for the little filing needed to shape the
nails. Never cut the cuticle around
the nail, but press back lightly with
the orange wood stick. Daily brief
care when the nail is soft from the use
of soap and water is all that is needed
to keep the hands in good condition
with a weekly manicuring.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Was He So Naive?

There is a woman in Harlem who
lies awake wondering whether the
man from whom she buys her fruit
is a creature of extreme simplicity
or Machiaveilian duplicity. He is,
like most fruit dealers, son of
Italy, and though his eyes are linn
pid and beautiful, she is not sure that
they are as transparent as they seem.
Her doubts arose the other morning.
Until then he had been out of the
scheme of her life, save as means
to a desired end. The end that par
ticular morning happened to be
peaches.
'Are they 'wormy?'" she asked.
"Oh, no. he said, blandly and mild
"; ''did you want them with
worms?'
And even her husband has not been
able to decide whether the man was
simply naive or subtly ironical.-N.
Y. Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Politics in South Wales.

The colony of New South Wales is
about to submit to it's adult women
themselves the question whether they
desire suffrage. Should the vote be
in the affirmative, women will be al
lowed to vote for members of the
more numerous branch of the colon
ial legislature, and consequently for
representatives and senators in the
parliament of the Australian common
wealth.
In Great Britain woman suffrage in
the past has been opposed by Glad
stone and nearly all the Liberal
leaders. 1t has been opposed by the
rank and file Of the Conservative
party, despite the fact that it is ia
vored by Lord Salisbury and by the
present premier, Mr.. Balfour. In New
Zealand woman suffrage was carried
in September, 1898, and at the gen
eral election of that year 100000
women voted, as against 5000 men.
In South Australia the suffrage was
given to women in 1S94.-POrtland
OregOnian.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Unresponsive Soil.

It was Aunt Sarah's first visit to her
niece, city girl, who had married a
few years before and began housekeep-
ing in pretty town in southern Mich.
igan.
Myrtle" she said, looking out of the
kitchen window one morning, you
have fine patch of ground here that
seems to be going to waste. Why don't
you plant peach trees? They grow
beautifully in this climate
''No, aunty," replied the young wife,
''the soil is too poor. 1 have tried it.
You remember those canned peaches
you sent me year before last? They
were the finest ever saw-finer than
any that grow here. Well, l saved the
stones, and without saying anything to
Robert about it I planted them out
there in the yard but not one OF them
ever came up-not single one!'-De-
troit News Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Mckinley Circle Elects Officers.

VIM Mckinley Circle L. of G. A.
r. held their annual election of Off
GERS last Friday evening. The first
in order was the election of presi-
dent. A neat little speech was
made telling of the interest and un-
firing efforts and the good work &C
complished in the order by Martha
Showalter. Her name was present
ed and seconded by the entire circle,
but Mrs. Showalter, while thanking
the sisters for their kind words of
praise saying she fully appreciated
their good intention and had but
done her duty, positively declined
the honor conferred. The business
of the meeting then proceeded
breaking all records of election by
instructing the secretary to cast the
ballot for the following officers:
Mrs. e. Harshberger. ............ Pres
Mrs. Ann Garner. .......-....S ST.. Vice
Mrs. Henrietta Woolstenholme, Jr Vice
Mrs. Flnney. Treas
Mrs. Sarah Woodhouse. Chaplain
Mrs. L. Bradley. ....... Conductor
Mrs. w. Woodhouse. ......... Guard
Jas. Woodhouse. -. Trustee for yrs
Mrs. Emma Wheeler, the present
efficient treasurer, was the unani-
nous choice of the circle to succeed
herself, but was forced to decline on
account Of her failing health.
Mrs. J. LeighUy was initiated into
the order. Light refreshments were
served and a pleasant time was
spent after circle closed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Never Had q First Name.

The collision of a Jefferson avenue
car with junk wagon brought out the
fact that at least one man in st. Louis
has no given or first, name. Patrol
man Charles C. Campbell, who wit
messed the accident, questioned the
other witnesses to obtain their names.
He got the names Of Motorman George
Noels and Conductor G. w. Hickman,
and then, turning to the driver of the
demolished junk wagon asked: what
is your name?"
''WOlf," said the driver.
whats your first name?" queried
the policeman.
81 haven't any," said Wolf.
Now, stop your joking. / have to
make a report of this accident to the
captain" said Campbell, land it must
be done quickly. Come on, now; give
me your full name"
''I'm not fooling," replied Wolf, 81
never had first name. I can see no
use for one and never wanted one"
The policeman, still incredulous,
wrote 'Wolf" in his notebook and went
away. Wolf picked up his junk, which
had been scattered by the collision, and
summoned another wagon to haul it
away.-St. Louis Republic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Diamond History.

Diamonds are said to have been first
found in the state of Bahia in 1921, in
the range of mountains known as Ser
IA do Sincora; but not until 1S24-when
Jose Pereira do Prado, who was travel
ing from that region to Bahia City and
camped for the night on the bank of
the Mocuge, small tributary to the
Paraguacu river, and there by accident
found quantity of diamonds-was
an impetus given to mining for the
precious stones.-Mining Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Christmas and It's Duties.

The season of Good Cheer, of Peace
and Good Will, to All on earth; the
season, when the heart of man eX-
pands and swells with kindly intent,
is close at hand. This of all seasons
of the year is no time for personal
feelings to crop out, when recrimi-
nation is the master theme. ills no
time for remembering these countless
little things that make a buggaboo of
life, no time for retaliation. 1t is
the time when the gentlest, kindliest
most self-forgett1ng and forgiving
spirit, was ever given tenement of
clay and sent forth into a cold and
cruel world, among a callous and
illogical, time-serving people, to be
reviled and maltreated and to return
GOOD for evil. Since the day of
this patient sufferer, with all it's &C
cumulated experience, to guide, guard
and regulate it's every action, the
world has grown no better Yet,
for all that, for all of the horrible
selfishness, perversity and wrong
doing, that has been charged against
it, there are few indeed, of the pre-
sent day, who, from force of habit,
or environment, or what not, are not
momentarlly better at this particular
season of the year. To the pure of
heart, or, at least, those who are
kindly disposed, this is the time of all
times in which to develop that spir-
it of generosity thatmakes glad the
heart Tt is not the intrinsic worth
of the gift, that lends to it value,
in the mind of the recipient, but
rather, the fact, that "by these pre-
sents," as preversion of the legal
phrase expresses it, one knows that
they have not been forgotten. For,
that it is more blessed to give than
to receive, is fact to patent to re-
quire additional testimony, to that
which speaks to the heart alone.
We, who in the rush and hurry of a
business career, and who are ever
coming in contact with conditions,
that bar the applications of anything
pertaining to sentiment, have still
much reason to be thankful. And.
do we but take the time to look about
us and mark well the suffering and
want, of those unfortunates whose
honest struggle for subsistence too
frequently results in dismal failure
we cannot but see, how wanting in
just appreciation we are, in failing
to recognize, how more than CRATE
full we should be for our own good
fortune. Let each one then accord
ing to his means, do what he can,
towards alternating the troubles of
these in the community, who less
fortunate, and without such assist
ance, will be debarred, even to a
modicum of that pleasure, which
Christmas should bring to every
home in the land.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Drain Of Big Armamentx.

The financial and physical drain
which impoverishing Italy and reduc-
ing Austria to industrial paralysis has
only failed to have the same results in
Germany because that nation was bet
ter able to sustain the tax upon it's re-
sources. Europe, freed from the ex-
pense of maintaining millions of idlers,
and with its vast armies engaged in
productive work, would be more for
midable rival to the American invaders
than with all its bristling guns and
flashing bayonets. = Pittsburg Dis
match
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
British King Has the Record.

King Edward holds an easy record
against all sovereigns or officials, liv-
ing or dead, for military honors, re-
views, and practical commands. He
is colonel of eleven regiments-apart
from his office as field marshal-com-
handing two German regiments, one
Russian, one Italian, and the corps
of Greek guards. All these regiments
he has reviewed in person, and since
his twenty-first year he has held $50
reviews, as against the kaiser's 200
odd, and his various regiments give
him command over $4,000 men-Chi-
cago Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Hard Rnh ON Royalty.

One Of the dullest of his dull race
was the duke Of Clarence, after
wards William w. of England. Lord
high admiral, the duke, went down to
Portsmouth to inspect the naval estab-
lishment, says the Omaha Bee.
The first person he met was his jol-
ly old messmate and friend, Captain
Jack Towers. The prince took him
by the hand and laughingly said:
"Why, Jack, my boy, they tell me you
are the greatest BLACKBOARD in all Ports
MOUTH "Oh," quoth Towers, II hope
your royal highness has not come down
here to deprive me of my character?' p
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Distances in Florida.

One of Senator Quay's party once,
in Florida, went alligator hunting, and,
as often happens with the uninitiated,
he got lost. It was near night. Soon
he met a man riding cow.
''Can you tell me how far it is to
Miami?"
"Wall, I reckon hits about two
whoops," the man answered.
''Two what?"
The man seemed to take this as
challenging his veracity, for he looked
questioningly at the palmettos and
prickly pears beside the path, then be-
gan to scratch his head.
"P'r'aps hit may be smitch fur
der" he admitted; ''but low hit amt
more'n two whoops an holler. "--1n-
dianapolis Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Mating for the Wall.

Often the papered wall along stair
way becomes soiled while the rest of
the hall remains fresh and clean. A
concealing dado that is also decorative
can be put Oh of fine japanese mat
ting. This should be tackled lightly
to the wall, the edge finished with a
narrow rim of split bamboo, the bam-
boo being used, too, wherever any
point occurs that should be covered.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Always the Way.

Mr.. Payshentz-Ah! wei, I suppose
the innocent frequently suffer for
the guilt of others in this world.
Mr.. Markley-Yes, a case in point
occurred at church this morning.
There were only a few of us there
and we caught ballyhoo about the
lazy ones who stayed away.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

A very simple test for formaldehyde
in milk, within the reach of everybody,
is sulphuric acid. Put little OF the
milk in a clean bottle and drop into it
drop Of sulphuric acid. If there be
formaldehyde in the milk it will turn
pink. If the milk be pure, the color
will remain unchanged
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
own administration.
n n q

Sweden has a railroad which runs
200 miles further north than the lat
itude of Cape Nome and $50 miles
nearer the pole than White Horse.
The road is of standard guage, is
well kept and runs two trains each
way every day. Pretty good for a
line that extends 50 miles within
the Artic circle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
When ROYALTY Rides.

It is not always easy to tell when a
member OF the royal family rides. In
Berlin, however, one can tell by the
attitude of the coachman. If royalty
rides the whip is held upright in his
right hand, but if no such exalted per-
sonage is in the carriage the whip is
laid over his lap, dropping to the left
side.-N. Y. Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
EYeru Mother Knows

how hard it is to keep the children
covered up at night. They will kick
the quilts off and take cold. Do not
give them medicine containing opium.
Aliens Lung Balsam, free from narcot-
ic drugs, is never more useful than
when it rids the children of cold and
saves the mothers anxiety. 1t makes
a friend of everyone who uses it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Rouquets in Worship.

There is a place of worship in an
eastern city where tiny bouquets of
flowers a4e, at the close of every morn
Ing service, handed to each lady mem
Der of the congregation. During serv-
ice the flowers decorate the altar and
the pulpit.-Chicago Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Safe Rai,road for Travellers.

On the Mexican National narrow
gauge railroad, from Corpus Christi
through Laredo to the City of Mexico,
with it's branches amounting to more
than 1900 miles of operated road, for
more than 20 years no passenger has
been killed. Yet this road climbs more
mountains and turns more curves than
any road in the United States.-Chi-
cago Chronicle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Victim of Tight LacinU.

A girl in London, few weeks ago,
died suddenly while singing at Saliva
ton Army meeting. The doctors found
that death resulted from valvular dis
ease of the heart directly produced by
tight lacing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

LOST: Gents bill book contain.
ing draft and bills amounting to
about $500. Same is property of
County Clerk Griffis and was lost
between Saturday night and Mon
day in the city. Reward will be
paid for it's return.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Pieces in q Shoe

There are over a hundred distinct
pieces in the ordinary shoe, including
the a. parts, the lasting tacks, the
heel nails, threads and laces.-Indian-
apolis News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

The scent of an otter is conveyed
to the pursuing hound while under wa
ter by the chain of bubbles which
marks it's devious course
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

BRIGHTEN the home at Christ
mas with handsome pictures. H.
S. Rhodes has many that are beau
tiful and cheap.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

The cost Of running New York city
is S31. so per capita of population. The
average of thirteen other cities is SIG
per capita.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18
Editorial Notes.

room for doubt as to his loyalty to
the protection policy.
A Washington scientist has found
the germ of laziness. When they
catch the germ of poverty we will
be ready for the millennium.
Mr.. Bryan is fond Of weekly news
papers. With his usual luck, how
ever, he got into the weekly depart
ment.
The football season is over but
coasting is beginning to aid the sur
geons to make a comfortable living.
The presidents message pointed
congress to a higher type of states
manship than it has heretofore
practiced.
No true American can fail to re-
spect the presidents manly stand in
regard to appointing colored men to
Office.
A genuine Titan, his long-lost
Mary Magdalen", has been found
in cellar near Boston and is now
being restored.
In these days of general prosper
ity Secretary Wilson does not pro-
pose that the farmer shall be for
gotten.
The selection of Representative
Cannon for speaker argues well for
the economy of the fifty-eighth con-
gress.
There is no real doubt in the
minds of the leaders as to the presi-
dents personal popularity through
out the country.
The Presidents message is a lofty,
clear and strong state paper. The
midgets will fy-speck it little but
that is their nature. They must do
after their kind.
Mr.. Cannon did little of the AL
phonse and CASTOR act, but the 9TH
ers INDUCED in it to quite an extent
in the matter of climbing into the
band wagon.
Mr.. Roosevelt's English does not
corruscate with the pyrotechnic
scintillations of opalescent linguosity
that illuminate the Mutations of
Mr.. Cleveland.
The status of the regular and vol
unteer army reorganization bill
constitutes warm endorsement of
the administrative sagacity and
ability of Secretary Root.
Blind Toms mother, Charity Wig
gins, has just died at the age of 105
years. She bore twenty children,
of whom Tom was once considered
the least worthy.
It is rather a commentary on
Washington boarding houses that
DR.. Wiley has to feed with ordinary
fare for two weeks the IL young
men on whom he proposes to exper-
iment in order to get them into nor
NAL condition.
Ex-Speaker Thos. Bracket Reed,
who has just died in Washington,
worked his way through Bowdoin
college and graduated at the head
of his class
While the republican members of
congress wrestle with the problem
Of controlling the trusts and saving
innocent investors from hardship,
pop-gun democratic editors will con-
tinue to lombard the capitol with
their paper pellets.
The promptness with which the
republicans are attacking the trust
problem should be convincing evil
dence that they will amend the tar
if as quickly, if it becomes evident
that the welfare of the people de-
mands it.
The statesmen who are incapable
Of Mr.. Roosevelt's high and broad
view will now proceed to tell us bow
much the country misses by not
having them in the White House.
The miners of Washington, Ind,
are in advance of other labor organ
izations Heretofore it has been
customary to declare sympathetic
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

ANY amount of carnations at the
green house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

1t must have afforded President
Roosevelt much justifiable satisfac-
ton to be able to write the stcry of
the series of great achievem hts
which have been accomplished by
his party and especially during his
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

The inability of the anthracite
coal mine operators and their en-
ployes to get together at their last
conference proves again the extent
of the service the president per-
formed when he secured an ar
rangement which permitted the re-
sumption of mining coal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

Ex-Speaker Thos. Bracket Reed
who has just died in Washington
worked his way through Bowdoi1
college and graduated at the hea(
of his class.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

It is rather a commentary on
Washington boarding-houses that
DR.. Wiley has to feed with ordinary
fare for two weeks the II young
men on whom he proposes to exper-
iment in order to get them into nor
NAL condition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-12-18

While the republican members of
congress wrestle with the problem
Of controlling the trusts and saving
innocent investors from hardship,
.pop-gun democratic editors will con-
tinue to lombard the capitol with
their paper pellets.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31

added to the contest each day. 1t is
now three weeks until the first pri-
mary is held, and dates for joint de-
bates have been made to cover the
major portion of the period. Tomor-
row the four candidates will meet for
q public discussion at Flora, and
Madison county will be the principal
battle-ground from now until the
close of the campaign.
The conviction has firmly fastened
itself In the public mind that the
final fight in the second primary will
be between Messrs. Henry and Will
llams, and as q consequence the
speeches of these two aspirants are
the center of interest. The friends
of both men claim that their favorite
is steadily gaining ground, but al
this stage of the campaign it looks
like close finish is in prospect.