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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
ninn,t Nrnn,fr h.

Henry Peck-Yes, my dear, shall
swear devotion to you with my last
breath.
Mrs. Peck-JuSt IKE you. Henry. I
suppose you really Will take that long
to appreciate me.-N. Y. Sun
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

The outing season has arrived.
The days are Ions and sunny;
Hts Family ~ out OF town
And he Is out OF mooey.
-WaShinRtou Star
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
A Delicate Distinction.

"That friend of yours seems to have
q clear conscience"
NO." answered Senator Sorghum,
mot clear eonscienss; merely bad
memory-which with ZONE people an
swers the purpose much better
Washington Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

He-MisS Antique is making pCopa-
rations to go abroad as a missionary.
/, She-Poor thingi She has given up
ell hopes OF being kidnapped at home
Chicago Daily News
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
CLAIRvOYANT.

ESFortunes told. Send 10 cents, birthday
3quesaons answered, your lucky birth
stone and horoscope promptly mailed
Tree. GOnzales heals Body and Mind,
removes evil influences, reunites the sop
arated, causes speedy marriage, teaches
now TO make the one you love, loves
you, gives luck and success.
GONZALES, $50 Bergen ST.,
o-SI-Smos. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

Fosdick-Come and see US, Keedick.
You'll find US in the same place"
Keedick-I thought you intended 30
move.
Fosdick-We did, but we COULDN'T
hnd house that suited the cook
Judge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
Or In RntnlIinn-

Church-Do you think appendicitis
Is caused by grapeSS
Gotham-Well, don't know, but I
do know that lots OF other troubles
come in buDches - Yonkers States
man
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
Mechanical Reserve.

''Do you understand your automo-
bile, Harold7"
"Well, I'm partially acquainted
with it, but we are not what you
might call intimate friends yet."-N.
Y. Times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
An Eye to Busines~.

Lawyer-I can get you a divorce
without publicity for $3.50.
Actress-How much viii it cost With
publicity ?-Town Topics.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

Wife-You men Is jus born stingy.
Why can't you give me some spendin'
money?
Husband "a waiter)@Cause the only
customers has had fer three days
was women.-E. Y. Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
Fooled n. Last

Fl ten yew what, them bunco men
didn't git none O. my money this trip"
boasted Uncle Silas.
They didn't, hey2"
mo, street I lost my pocketbook
on the way to town, an they wasn't
nothin' fer 'em ter git"-Judge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
The Complaint.

you object to that man because
he used money to secure your cleo
tion?"
No." answered Senator Sorghum;
that's not the point. He didn't use
It He wasted t."-WashinCton Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
Vow for tha Hnnne.

And now, George, said the blush
ing but practical maiden, "since ev-
erything is settled and / have con-
scented to share your lot
"Yes, darling"
Perhaps you'd better see about hav-
Ing a house put on itl"-Baltimore
News
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
She pfdn,t

4 Win not wed fer gold" szld snS
MY pas a mdluonalre; >
Love-love alone-shslL be for me. -
I Will not wed for gold" said She
Her face was very plain. but he y.
Who got her didnN care
Il will not we'd for gr$5" said sheI
MY pas a millionaire" !,
Chicago Record II erald. a.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
Troubles OF THOSE VINO wv.

They tell US just TO do our best
And be exempt from woe:
The things we think are best the rest
May not see that way. though:
The hero may be prone to blow :
About poor fights he's fought: q
The gentle poet may not know : =
His masterpiece from rot. IS
Chicago Record-Herald- -
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
Same old story.

Now Is the maid sent by her sire =
To mountain, wood and shore.
Where she Will very soon acquire
engagement souvenirs by the soorc
Chicago Daily News
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
UncomfortabIy Warm Ther.

She shines in society, they say"
"Yes, and she blazes at home, I'm
informed "-Chicago Post
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

!; !: :: ::
=, S lido shocsx
= s =. po4es.
shock VI,
r. Slopes.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
just HI. Luek

Tie Nuree-Yes, we kept You alive
for three weeks on milk punches and
brandy.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

Mistress Ito newly-engaged oocAr,--
And now, what shall we call your
Cook-Wel, mum, me name II Ber.
|ha<ehNt me friends call me Birdie
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
~Ohi 1 fust dote on shakespeare.

confessed the young woman.
shakespeare" snorted the young
man with the cynical countenance.
Why, read his plays the other night,
and all that he ever dene was to
string together lot Of quotation&-"-
Louisville Courier-JournaI.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

Monk-Say, mister, have you seen
my little brother?
Tfger-Oh, yes; but don't worry.
took him in out of the rain.-C Chicago
American
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

All Dat.

MY train was Oh tine."-Louisvill
Courier-J Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

r shock whon
| sIopM.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06
The World as we-Fi.A IL.

Fudd-This is a hard world
Dudd-And yet everybody is looking
For SOFT places in h.--Boston Tran.
script.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

BE swore he couldn't 1--we without her
When he and she were two:
But now they're one he can't live with her
I SO what's the poor man to dor
Judge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

The Patient-Just my luckl And
I was unconscious all that time
JuCiCR
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-09-06

If YOU ARE OUT OF NRG Am
can't ind any 20 do; or n re HEdy
working BUT ARE NO. G5Tl &c M$H
send and see what can do Won. VIZ
PROCURE POSITIONS IN ALL NIts =. ~
country. PAYING FROM SIS II So HtR
MONTH, for either sex or color. If : wfut
one send Us - membership fee and 81 Ne toe
kind you want. and II we fail TO get tnat rSr
some other kind, viii return your money. Ar.
dress the National Cooperative Employment As
sociation. OIL s. 18th ST.. Phila. Mentioa thia
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
POINTED

Great thoughts seldom come in
punches.
Every man is the architect Of his
w misfortune.
Self-made men would be all right if
they didn't talk shop.
Do what you can when you are I'M
able to do what you would.
In time of peace lots of men pre-
pare applications for pensions.
A mans good deeds are limited, but
there is no end to the mischief he can
accomplish.
Many a man who attempts to wear
the mantle of greatness is disappOint-
ed in the fit.
What some men say should not be
charged up against them, but cred
tied to some one else.
When it comes to struggling against
the inevitable. the bald-headed man is
in a class all by himself.-Chicago
Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03

When a boy, the great French au-
thor Alphonse Daudet was very poor,
but he was allowed to attend, without
aging any fees, a school in which the
majority of the pupils were the sons
of rich men. His appearance at the
school, dressed in a blouse, which only
the very poor wore, was the occasion
of many taunts and jeers from his
school fellows, and ven the master
never called him by his name, but adj
dressed him as whats your name,"
says The American Boy. But the boy
w needed the ill-will nor the
sneers; he determined that he would
make something of himself, saying,
IF l an to take any position in this
school | must work twice. as hard as
the others" By steadfast persistency
and courageous determination, he did
succeed. and when his name had be-
come famous he wrote a story in mem
DRY of those days Of hardship and
poverty. and called it Little What's
His-Name."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03

y S&AL O4A
cry respect except the deformities men,
toned he seems to be a perfect speci-
men.
This freak of nature is said to be the
result of a fright his mother received,
and the horns and the tusks represent
the goat and the elephant. She was at
tending a circus n day, when in pass
ing too lei one of the goats it jumped
upon her, butted her to the ground and
came hear killing her. In the scufHe
with the goat she got almost into an
elephants mouth, being right under
the monster beasts tusks. When the
child was born, it had horns Of a goat,
and in place of it's eyeteeth came tusks
probably three inches in length, pro-
truding fully two inches from it's
mouth. The horns are about five inch
eS long.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
Death Pool Of
The Long Ju Ju

Long Ju Ju is one of the many fetch
centers that dot the jungles Of central
and western Africa. Long Jul Ju is n
Of the most notorious Meccas Of the
slaves of fetichism.
Some interesting figures concerning
the Long Ju Ju have just come out of
the interior from a correspondent with
the Arc expedition. It is estimated
that every year 500 pilgrims journey
to the sacred spot to receive the fetch
decree and advice which is vouchsafed
to them by the recognized powers. To
most of them it is a dear experience.
About fifty Of them are sacrificed an
nually in order that their skulls may
be offered to the gods, while fully 200
people are sold into slavery. The re-
mainder are allowed to go away free.
The approach to the Ju Ju is through
dense bush, which gradually becomes
thicker and thicker until the entrance
is reached. The Ju Ju is an oval shaped
pit 70 feet deep, 60 yards long and so
yards wide. In entering, the visitor
climbs down the precipitous sides Of
rock into a narrow gorge and into run
ming water. The water gushes forth
from the solid rock intwo large streams,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03

Kills
B
Fierce
Fight In
Boston Zoo
Between Two
Maddened
Beasts

Bostock's 400, in Boston, was the
scene of a most sanguinary encounter
betwt en- a full grown lioness and a big
black bear a few days ago. Poor bruin
was killed, but not before he had con-
WINGED his fierce feline antagonist that
a hand to hand fight with a husky bear
is far from being a picnic.
The keepers at the zoo, all of whom
have had long experience in the care Of
wild animals, pronounce the encounter
between the beasts one of the most
sanguinary and ferocious they have
ever witnessed. The lioneSs gained the
victory, but it was only after a long
and terrific struggle, during which the
fur flew in such quantities that the
bloody floor was carpeted with it. The
cage looked like a slaughter house aft
er the BATTLE
The lioness has been but recently Sc
cured by Mr.. Bostock, and the bear
was also a new arrival at the zoo.
They were put in adjoining cages only
the day before the death struggle, and
they began Immediately to snarl at one
another and gave every evidence of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
POSTUM Hunt at White House.

Almost every n connected with
the White House except President
Roosevelt took part in an old-fashioned
'pOssum hunt in the grounds of the
executive mansion the other day. The
storms had flooded the Potomac and
a large number of 'possums were driv-
en- out of the woods into the city. One
POUNDS it's way into the White House
grounds and was spied by Archibald
Roosevelt. The boy called a policeman
to his assistance and they We're soon
joined in the chase by a throng Of mes
sengers, uSherS, stenOgrapherS, clerks
and cooks. President Roosevelt was
debating an important letter to AS
sistant Secretary Loeb when he hap
pened to glance out Of the window
and saw the crowd chasing the badly
frightened 'possum. The president
dropped his work, went to the window
and watched the 'possum dart into a
clump Of bushes and slip out in another
place and escape. Everybody has al
ways said" remarked the president
to his private secretary, that Archie
was not a bit like me. He let that
'possum get away."-Chicago Daily
News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
building committee to be sent to Era III.
Grifis, county clerk of Grant county, Wis
consin, at Lancaster, Wisconsin, up to . o.
clock p. M, Wednesday, April Is, 1902, for
the construction of a court house on the
court house block in the city of Lancaster,
Wisconsin, in accordance with plans and
specifications referred to below. Bids to be
made upon special form for entire building
or for separate parts, and to be accompanied
by a certified check for at least two and one
half per cent. of the amount of the bid, pay
able Internationally to the county clerk
named above, provided the bidder to whom
the contract is awarded fails to file satisfac-
tory bond. and make contract according to
his bid within ten days after contract is
awarded him, his check to be forfeited to
Grant county. Checks of unsuccessful bid
derS will be returned to them.
Plans and specifications will be on file at
the office of the architects H.. Q. Koch q Co,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and at the law office
of Walter j. Brennan, Lancaster, Wisconsin.
1t is the intention of the building commit
tee to award contract to lowest responsible
bidder, but the committee reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
DaJed March 8th, 1902.
j. M. GARDNER, Chairman,
O. w. FFSSEL, Secretary,
3-3 Grant county Building Committee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
Elderly Women in white.

There is considerable criticism in
French circles over the fact that at a
recent wedding not only the bride, but
the mother of the bride, was attired in
a white gown. The gown in question
was, to be sure, a heavy white guipure,
trimmed with bands Of ermine, a cos
tune certainly sufficiently rich and
elaborate to suit a woman only a little
over 40. It is, however, a noticeable
fact that a large number of women
past their youth are wearing white
for the daytime and finding it becom-
ing. AS a conturiere approached on
the subject said: "a woman is never
too old to wear white, but she may
be too ugly. A pretty woman may
wear white until she is so, but an
ugly woman should never wear it,
Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
Dangerous Currents.

1t is well known that electrical cur
rents of extremely high frequency can
be passed through the human system
without any dangerous or any percep-
tible effect, whereas currents of one
tenth the voltage would be fatal. This
Tesla's famous discovery. It has
been suggested as an explanation Of
the paradox hat the electricity passed
owe the surface of the body without
penetrating it. NJ. Border and NJ. Lee
comte have investigated this subject
and reported upon it to the French
Academy Of Sciences. Their finaing Is
against the explanation suggested.
Experiments showed that high-fre-
quency currents were fatal to the rab-
bit, the guinea pig and the rat, though
innocuous to man.-ChicagO Daily
News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
"Remember, Thou Must DIE"

The weirdest feature of Trappist life
is the ban of perpetual silence under
which the monks voluntarily live; and
vet it is not absolute silence, for that
would be well-nigh impossible in such
a large body of active workers. In the
first place, the abbot and the guest
master are permitted TO speak with
visitors, and the schoolmaster to COM
municate freely with his pupils; then
there is the famous phrase, "Memento
mort" C"Remember, thou must die'C,
the ordinary salutation among Trap
pists; and, furthermore, the voice OF
all is raised in prayer and song at
chapel, while at. daily chapter meet
ing each one publicly confesses every
petty fault which he imagines he has
committed, and if he forget anything
which a brother has noticed he will be
charitably reminded Of it. But even
with those exceptions the rule Of Sc
lence is a most trying penance.-Lip.
pincott'S Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
Trials of 4 Waitress.

ooh, bring me anything you like"
remarked the business man to the
waitress at my dinner table yesterday;
I'D eat anything you bring"
Better have some roast pork; it's
nice today"
"You know I don't like roast pork,
Annie"
well try some lamb; it's very nice,
sir"
mo, no; let me take the bill. (Hur-
riedly looks over it,.
WELL, bring me anything; I'll eat
it,"
"All right, sir; I'll bring some ham
and eggs"
"Hamand eggs-H-a-m and eggs?
No-I'l tell you what I'll have-a good
sirloin."
Oh, the trials Of a WATERSHEDS
ton Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
11oNEss AND BEAR IN DEADLY COMBAT

ONE AND BEAR IN DEADL COMBAT.
deadly ennity. They were both angry
and nervous over their new and unac-
customed quarters and surroundings
and were terribly irritable.
They paced back and forth in their
cages, stealthily watching each other
with fierce and cleaning eyes. When
they met at the bars between the
cages, as they frequently did, the lion
ess would snarl, spit and show her
fangs with all the ferocity of her feline
nature. The bear would rise on his
launches, growI a fierce answer to the
challenge and strike at the lioness with
such viciousness and venom that the
bars of the cage settled in their SOCK
cts.
Unfortunately the keepers did not
take warning by these encounters, and
early the other morning the beasts
came together at the barrier again.
There was a fierce snarl by the liOness,
and her raised paw as quick as 2 fash
shot out and caught bruin on his ten
derest part, the nose. The lioness' sharp
CID WE lure UIuljt - uCSA III OlCW OlOOO.
The bears fierce nature. showed itself
at once, and, with a deep growl, he
threw himself at the bars and reached
between them and with a blow of his
huge paw sent his adversary sprawling
in the farthermost corner of her cage.
With a snarling shrek Of fury, the
lioness sprang to her feet and launched
herself with catapult force at the
bars, which gave way under the ter
rife impact like putty. Scratching and
tearing her way through the bent and
broken bars, the immense cat crouched
in a corner for an instant, and then,
with a quick spring and roar of rage,
her 1.-the and sinewy form shot Out like
a yellow streak for his bearship.
Bruin was not unprepared for the
encounter. Standing upright on his
launches as bears QO when cOrnered,
he suddenly shuffied to side as the
lioness sprang at him, and, with a quick
slap, but with the force of a trip ham,
mer, the vicious feline was knocked
against the cage with a resounding
thud.
The bear slowly and cumbersomely
went down on his four feet and looked
around at his enemy, but only to see
a meteorlike flash as the l~iOness, who
had recovered her feet with the quick
ness Of thought, bounded on to his
broad back.
Roaring with anger and agony, the
peal rolled over on his back to dislOdge
his adversary, but with the quickness
of a lightning flash the lioness pounced
on to the upturned belly of poor bruin,
and, with her hind legs working like
piston rods, her claws tore through
fur, skin and flesh until the bear was
disemboweled. The lioness' glistening
teeth were also deeply imbedded in the
bears throat, and, with a horrible
crunching, snarling and swapping, she
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
Quite Different.

A small boy was watching some
b~ricklayers at work on a new building
the other day. when a clergyman, who
knew him well, happened to pass that
way.
"Well, Tommy, / hear you have just
commenced school. I nope you will
be a good boy, and learn your lessons
quickly and we'll. Now, cal you tell
what it is that keeps those bricks
that those men are laying together?
Don't be afraid, my boy. I'll give
you a penny if you nswer me nicely.
Tommy looked wistfully at the cler-
gyman, then at the penny, and then at
the building. Finally he shrugged his
shoulders.
mo, sir, I can't" he responded,
mournfully; but if you had arxed me
what keeps 'em apart | should have
said mortarr!-Chicago Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
A Readp Answer.

Little Bobbie C., although only
Z a old, always has a ready tongue
and a quick answer, which is the de-
light of all those who know him. Ere
quently Boobies wits save him rebuke
from the parental wrath, as they did
only recently. Bobbie had been
naughty and his mother deemed it
necessary to chastise him with a
small switch. of which he stood in
great dread, although it was a very
frail instrument of punishment. The
mother got down the switch and called
her son to her. He came reluctantly.
"Bobbie,' she said, gravely, Il am
very sorry that 1 will have to whip
you"
eff you are sorry" came the quick
answer, II will forgive you and you
needn't whip me, mamma.
State Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
N

Genius cannot supply the place Of
virtue.
A mans best servants are his ten
fingers.
Remember the kind acts of others,
but forget your own.
One thorn of experience is worth
a dozen buds of advice.
Many an individual talks like a wise
maj and acts like a fool.
A FOOLS modesty is never allowed to
overshadow his inability.
Fortunate is the man who really de-
I his own opinion of himself.
If a man doesn't know when to be 81
lent he doesn't know when to speak.
Few people are envied because Of
their wisdom; many because of their
wealth.-Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
A Gigantic Tunnel.

The subject of a tunnel connecting
Ireland and Scotland has been brought
before the British government, and the
project will be pushed if the requisite
financial support can be obtained.
The estimated cost is $50,O00,000 The
route professionally selected is from
Strauraer in Scotland to Belfast in Ire
land. The total distance is 51R miles.
Of which 34k miles would be tunnel
and % miles of the tunnel would be
under the sea, along a line where the
maximum depth is $50 feet. Electric
motors would be used to drive the
trains at an average speed of sixty
to seventy miles per hour.-Chicago
Post,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-03
Origin of Rice Throwing.

The Chinese have a queer legend as
to how the custom of throwing rice
at weddings originated. A famous
sorcerer named Chao became jealous
of tie power of another sorcerer, a
woman, and conceiving a plan to de-
stroy her, he persuaded her parents to
bestow her upon his supposed son. The
crafty Chao chose the most unlucky
day for the wedding, the day when
the Golden Pheasant was in the as
cendant, so that when the bride en-
tered the red chair the spirit bird
would destroy her with his powerful
beak. But Peachblossom gave direc-
tons to have rice thrown at the door,
and she passed out unframed while
the spirit bird was devouring it.-Chi-
cage Journal. :