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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23
British Naval Wedding Custom.

By an old custom which obtains in
the Navy the marriage of an officer is
Of flowers, with silken areamers, on
the vessel to which he belongs, says
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23
MOST FAMOUS OF DIAMONDS.

EnKland's Crown Jewel, the Koh-I-Noor
Will De Worn by Queen Alexandra.
The Koh-i-noor. one Of the most ia
nous diamonds in the world, which
used to be worn on special state oc
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23

The city Of Portland, Me-, has in it's
streets thirty thousand shade trees,
some Of which We're planted more than
half century ago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23

lg machine, but it proved to be quite
$ important an invention.
The first pair of peg shoes is another
ltersstng invention exhibited in the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23

New Zealand sent Great Britain L..
4S7.19I hundredweight of mutton;
valued at S15,000,000 in the course of
last year.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23

A lucid explanation is one that coin.
cides with our views.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23

fident of success that four days before
the office of the factory and resigned
his employment, saying he might be
back after two years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Ugliness at a Premium.

Germany seems to take the lead in
novelties of charitable nature. In
the town Of Haschmann prizes are of.
fered yearly for the men who will mar
ry the ugliest, most crippled, and the
women over 40 who have been tilted
at least twice.
The money was left by big finan-
cier, and he, realizing that beauty is
an attraction hard TO overcome, made
a provision in his will that out of the
income of the fund not less than 6 16
shall go with the ugliest girl in anv
year, and the cripple shall receive SO.
The four women over 40 who have
been Tilted by lover receive when
the funds will permit, S 10 each. but
the trusee can vary this amount and
at his own discretion offer a larger
prize to some one who will marry an
unusually ugly girl or one to whom
nature has been especially unkind.--
The Tattler.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Earring His Memory.

A married lady living out at Lake
side has been having the greatest diff
ficuIty of late inducing her husband
to remember to order certain things
for the household while down town.
Every day there was something for
gotten and the meals were growing
more scanty as a result.
A few days ago she handed her hus-
band a letter as he made a run for
the car saving that it was not to be
opened until afternoon. He remem-
bered it Just as he finished his lunch
con that day and opening it he read:
Il am forced to tell you something
that l know will trouble you, but have
thought of it for some time. | feel that
it is my duty to do so. My mother
has been taken into the secret and
she. too John. declares that it is best
that you should know. l cannot keep
this to myself any longer"
Hubbie's face grew ashen and his
hair was taking an upright position
when he turned the page and read:
eve have not pound of butter in
the house. Send me some this after
noon"
The request was complied with
Duluth News-Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Bloomington.

BLOOMINGTON, June 3.-This village
is making extensive preparations to
entertain the veterans of Grant coun-
ty on the 18th and 13th-Thursday and
Friday of next week. Old soldiers who
would like to come need have no fear
of sleeping on the ground as ample
provision will be made to "sleep" all
the boys who respond to roll call. The
program is going to be very extensive
and is now assuming shape. Anagree-
able feature of entertainment will be a
liberal amount of music, both vocal
and instrumental. 1t is designed to
sing many of the old songs SO that the
old boys can join in on the chorus and
whoop it up like old times. The chief
orator will probably be Editor Wilder
of the Madison State Journal. Gov.
LaFollette fears he will be too busy to
get here but says he'll come if possible
Phil Cheek, Capt. Bushnell, Col. Gray
and numerous local speakers will help
out on the talking. Let every old sol
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Livingston.

Misses Bessie and Jennie Allen and
Edna Livingston of Platteville Normal
spent their vacations at their respect
i've homes.
JAS. Harte and Henry Sleepe spent
Sunday in Linden.
Mr.. Nicholson was caller in Platte
vile Monday.
Sadie Fisher is visiting friends in
Montfort.
Miss Sue M. Livingston expects to
attend the commencement exercises at
Dodgeville Friday.
Mrs. J. j. Andrew and Will Alton
left for Lacrosse Monday as delegates
to the Rebeccah and I. 0. O. F. lodge.
Roxie Allen is the guest OF relatives
at Platteville this week.
Gertrude Smith and Clint Streete1
of Rewey attended commencement ex-
ercises here Saturday.
The large grain house belonging to
Jos. Biddick was destroyed by fire
Wednesday afternoon. 1t is almost a
total loss, being insured for only 5000
Miss Sue j. Livingston is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Geo. Jacobs of Mt
Morris, I'll.
Mr.. Nicholson has returned to his
home in Mt. Horeb after a successful
school year.
Commencement exercises were helC
here Saturday evening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
News of the County.

| der id Grant counpy shoulder his
bnapsack and strike for Bloomington
on the above dates. We have room for
all of you.
TheEattendance at the M. E. church
I Sunday evening was unusually large
on account of the graduating sermon.
Commencement exercises Of our high
school occur at City hall on Friday
evening. AS the program has not yet
been issued we cannot supply 1T IN
these notes. Commencement days are
fred letter days" with our people as
| they take deep interest in the schools
and do honor to the graduates by Civ
| ing them big sendof on commence
ment day.
John and Jas. Lamey are here from
Letcher, S. D., for visit. When it
comes to physique the Lamey boys are
celebrated family. There are five of
them and the smallest is feet and 2
inches tall and weighs about 800
pounds. John weighs $50 pounds and
he is not uncomfortably fieshy, either.
They are good looking and graceful
yOuuS Uucu dAO ShOuAA No O1iohALOA w
be thus favored by nature.
e. w. Schoenfeld, land agent, ac-
companied party consisting of A. c..
Tubbs, Will Morrisey, Fred Fisher and
John Hughes to northeastern North
Dakota last week. He sold Tubbs and
Morrisey a section but Hughes and
Fisher were not sufficiently impressed
with the country to invest.
VIM. Managers new home is nearly
ready for occupancy. Bert Field has
his new home nearly completed. r.
| n. Hoskins has the frame work up for
his three new houses. Mrs. Strong and
Mrs. Brown will build nice new homes
in Brooklyn. Besides these there are
several other buildings contemplated
before the season closes. The number
of buildings in Bloomington have
nearly doubled in the past five years.
Probably no village in the state of the
size can beat our town for good build
ings, both residence and business.
CHAD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Old-New Signs.

The decision Of the Lombard street
bankers to celebrate the coronation by
reviving their ancient signs is likely
to result in converting that home OF
money changers into 2. picturesque
thoroughfare. Some of these signs are
quaint, and there is quite store of
interesting lore and legend associated
with the origin of at least a large pro-
portion of them. Among them are the
, Halbert and Hart, The Ram, Two
Bellies and Siren, Fellows and Bull,
Three Angels, Bible and Crown, Fox
and Fleece, Golden Anchor, Golden
Key, Golden Bottle, Golden Cross,
Cardinals Cap, Anchor and Crown
Anchor and Ring, and many others.
there being upward of 100 altogether
These devices are to be shown by
means of electric light during the cor.
onation week. but the idea is to KEEP
the signs in permanently, and there
is no question that they will be a wei
come relief to the somewhat too som
Der stone fronts of the large banking
houses.-ChicagO Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS,

SeIf-love is preferable to self-neglect.
Art at best can only turn out a poor
counterfeit of nature.
Some mems ideas of progress is to
stand and watch others go backward.
1t requires lot of nerve to tell some
men the things they ought to know.
After striving for the almighty dol
lar many a man strives to get rid
Of it.
One trouble with most of our modern
thoughts is that they were original
with the ancient thinkers.
Self-made men, like homemade fur
niture, may be strong and reliable, but
the polish is usually lacking.
Always think twice before you speak
and nine times out of a possible ten
you will have no occasion to say a
word.
If you want a large bill for your
small change all you have to do is con-
suit a lawyer or doctOr.-Chicag go
Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Saved by Good Judgment.

1t was on the Portland express,
and a passenger had bought ticket
for Newburyport.
But we don't stop there" said the
conductor.
''They told me at the station you
did," said the man.
I'VE shall be going forty miles an
hour there" said the conductor. you
can't get off,
"I'll jump" said the man.
you will get killed." said the con-
ductor.
''FlI jump he repeated.
The passengers became interested
and the conductor became greatly
worried.
He argued with the man, who only
reiterated, 'I'll jump"
The train nelred NewburypOrt and
the conductor stood by the mans seat
awaiting developments.
Finally the man looked up and
smiled
II was foolish" he coid. ''I guess
/ won't jump after !; u
The conductor breathed sigh of re-
lief and the passengers smiled-Bos-
ton Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
aIeS of the Town.

Now that the time for closing Of
county schools has arrived the teach
ers are beginning to think of next
term. The question which confronts
many is how to secure school next
year. Many of the county teachers
are anxious to obtain school positions
nearer town, and the city teachers
are equally anxious to retain theirs.
The boards of education and the sup
erintendent of schools have a CORES
pondence which swells daily with an
ever increasing number OF small,
square, delicately perfumed envel-
opes, some pink, some blue and a few
even green, but all containing appli-
cations for schools, the majority neat
ly written in the inevitable perpendic-
ular writing. But the young ladies
do not stop at that. They are out in
force doing a bit of electioneering
which would do the heart of an old
campaigner like Barnum good. They
come with a demure look, and mis-
chievious glance in the eye and some
times, when becoming, with even the
trace of pout, and besiege the mem
bers of the board in their very offices.
They hardly ever come to the point at
once but usually lead up to it in a
gentle "break the news to mother
sort of way, and invariably end by
leaving their card and address, so
that the school trustee may know
where to write to, in case he needs
the applicant for good nice school,
not far out and yet not in the city,
preferably with shade trees around
the building and a fair salary. OF
course the director understands that
salary is not the only object, teach
ing not being make shift but call
ing and life career devoted to the
development of the young, but good
salery will nevertheless be accepted.
And talk about wire pulling! Why
two or three of these prospective
teachers, have even approached NE
and asked to use my influence-mind,
my influence with friends on the
board of trustees to secure schools TOR
them. It would not do to mention
names, but the reporter is highly
fattered but in doubt as to the effect
of .'his influence"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Classified.

During an encampment of the ma
tional guard Of Pennsylvania at Mount
Gretna several years ago party of
officers went out for stroll and hap
pening to pass farmhouse near the
encampment grounds, one of them sug-
gested stopping in for glass of milk.
On going inside the yard they were
met by the farmers daughter, who
brought forth a can of buttermilk and
some tumblers, saying:
'"This is the only kind of milk we
have
After each of the party had taken
drink one of them remarked:
'Ry George, that's fine; can you lei
us have some mOreY'
The lass replied:
"Oh. yes; take all you want; we feed
it to the pigs, anyway."-Philadelp
Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
always fair and often lower than can be
duplicated elsewhere. y y y X y y y y
Mems Negligee Shirts.
Mems NeCkWear.

We are always on the alert for New Styles, tt
NO our neckwear stock up to date at all times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Platteville.

Memorial day was commemorate
here in quiet and beftting manner
Services were conducted at the City
hall in the afternoon, followed by
procession to the cemetery where the
graves of our fallen heroes were strewn
with flowers and the flag they 1ought
and died for. In the evening the band
gave a short concert in the park.
Ben Krog and Carl Richards at
tended the Interscholastic Field meet
at Madison and remained over Sun
day.
Mrs. James Hatch of Lancaster
made a short visit with friends in the
city last Monday
Gould's orchestra gave another or
their delightful dancing parties last
Wednesday evening.
The Normal band and a considerable
delegation attended Memorial eXer-
cises at Potosi.
Misses Gladys Eastman, Jennie
Eastman, Bessie Snowden, Amelia
Krog and Virgie Kemler and Messrs.
Sam Block, Dwight Flower, Roy Gill
and Dick Nye picnicked at the Platte
last Friday.
The public schools close this week.
Examinations in all grades are in
nroqress. The Normal closes June
Oath, commencement being the 10Th.
Prof. Dudley and number OF the
Normal students will make their an
nual trip to the Mississippi next
Saturday.
John Kelch is tsking few days OH
his duties on the road to visit at home
ATTY. James Dolan was very serious
ly injured last Friday evening by De-
ing kicked in the head by horse
which he was handling in the barn at
his residence. At present writing he
is slowly improving.
J. G. Churchill of Lancaster trans
acted business here last Saturday.
Ed Bundurant passed Sunday at
home
A number of the Normal boys
tramped it to the river last Friday
returning Saturday.
A company of young people ATTENDED
a dance at Belmont last Monday even
ing
Miss Nina Albertson has finished
her school at Cuba City and has re
turned home.
Walter Mace came over from Bel
mont to spend Saturday and Sunday
Fred Snowden, accompanied by Fan
nie Jones and Mildred Cronin, drove
to Belmont Sunday.
Fred Preston and wife OF Crane
Falls, Mon, are visiting relatives ane
friends in the city.
It has been decided by the City
Council and Business Mems assocla
ton to celebrate the 4th in the good
old-fashioned way this year. Inc
program has not as yet been definitely
decided upon.
Atty. Kopp WIS orator OF the day al
the Memorial exercises at Potosl las
Friday. All who heard his speech
spoke in the highest terms OF the
young orators efforts.
John Muesse Of Minneapolis is here
assisting the Jenkins Eastman Lum
Der Co. to adjust their books.
A number from here will attend the
Catholic Knights picnic at SinslnaW
Wednesday.
Register in Probate James McBrler
as over from Lancaster Tuesday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

Neglect is C1uelty-You wouldn't
drive your horse all day without food
you can't run an engine all day with
out oil and fuel; you must not use
your own nerve force without supply
ing more. DR.. Gossom's oxygen tom
ic tablets supply food for the nerves
and tone for the blood, causing health,
vigor, am bition and success. Ask
Jos. Bennett, druggist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

DO NOT miss drawing at the large
package sale. You may draw tea
set or other big values which will
more than pay you; only % cents q
draw.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-01-03
Dawes Makes an Admission.

Comptroller Dawes of Illinois, in his
canvass for the senatOrship has reached
point in his campaign where he finds
1t necessary to discuss the money
question, and he boldly indorses the
cumulative theory of money which
the republicans ridiculed in 1896. He
says 1.-The factors which determine the
range of prices are supply and demand
and in ascertaining our money supply
we must consider those different cred
it substitutes for money which circu-
late on par with government money
When he gets little farther along in
the study of the question he will rec
ognize that standard money is quite
different from substitutes for money,
for while the substitutes circulate well
enough when everything is running
smoothly, their value is impaired in a
panic. The republican party is lessen
ing the volume Of real money and in
creasing the volume of substitutes for
money. The folly of its policy will be
apparent when an industrial crisis
comes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-01-03

All this haste for great naval es-
Enlistment seems to proceed on the
assumption that the United States
must keep step in the race of maritime
proves with the war powers Of Eu-
rope. But the only nation that could
seriously threaten us is the nation
least likely to quarrel with us. The
United States should be very slow to
initiate the example of nations that go
perpetually armed to the teeth and
drain the lifeblood of their people in
a vain show of counter-menace. II
we shall maintain our policy of mod
Grafton in warlike expenditure we shall
be better able to make war when nee
essary. Men and money are the real
and the ready foundations of strength
alike in peace and war.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-01-03

where, after had given him something
to eat, he gave me his confidence. He
talked five languages-Italian. Spanish,
German, French and Arabic-with
equal fluency, but did not know word
of English. But who was he? A man
of thirty-fve, well educated, well con-
nected and well bred For five years
after graduating he taught Sanskrit In
a great university, and for the five
years following acted as the foreign
diplomatic correspondent Of Berlin
daily. He had in person interviewed
half the crowned monarchs of Europe,
and when this work grew common
place he enlisted in the Secret Infor-
nation Service of the German army.
Sent on mission into Russia, he COM
mitted most serious blunder, and he
suddenly found himself wanted by two
armies at one time to be shot as spy.
His father cursed him, his patrons de-
serted and his friends derided him. He
escaped with his life in time to flee
the country. Today this son Of Rus
sian count is rolling salt barrels on
New York dock"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-01-03

The people of Minnesota and North
Dakota are alarmed over the recent
consolidation of the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern into a monster
trust They fear the huge combination
was formed for the purpose of cir
cumventing and overriding the state
laws, and they are calling upon the
governors Of those states to convene
the legislatures and pass laws forbid
ding corporations chartered in New
Jersey and other states from doing
business in their jurisdictions, unless
legally authorized under the laws of
those states. We are afraid it Is too
late, dear people of Minnesota and
North Dakota. You have sinned away
your day of grace. The time to have
acted was in 1896, when Bryan was a
candidate for president. Then you
could have done something effective by
putting in power men who were in
sympathy with the people and whose
efforts would have been directed to
destroying the trusts or preventing
them from springing up and swallow
ing up the country. But you voted to
put in power the friends of the trusts
and you are getting just wh;.. you
voted for. You have no right to kick.
You must take your medicine.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-01-03
DISCRIMINATING a Great Danger.

There is always danger that thu
great financial operators and railroad
magnates, as they are called, may un
derestimate the force of popular re-
sentiment. If public sentiment is detiet
too long it may be aroused to such g
pitch as to sweep down all opposition
Then the people, acting under the i'm
pulse Of excitement, may work such
injury to corporate interests as may
seriously and injuriously affect the
public welfare. The railroads are es-
sential to national prosperity, but when
their managers fall to the temptation
to gain by means of unjust discrimina-
ton they forfeit the consideration 0!
the people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-01-03
MORE POWER FROM NIAGARA.

When the Duke of York was at Nj
agara falls he was pleased to lock a
Flemish oak. silver-bound box which
is to be placed in the corner stone OF
the power station of the Canadian Nj
agara Power company. In the box were
inclosed photographs of the royal
couple ard their eldest son, newspa-
pers. lists of the officers connected with
the Niagara development, the names of
the members of the Ontario govern
ment and the commissioners of Queen
Victoria park, together with coins, etc.
While at Niagara the duke manifested
great interest In the projected power
development, for he recognized that 1t
was destined to be the greatest devel-
opment of the kind within the boun-
diaries of the British empire. The Nj
agara power plant will OF necessity
have to rival many water-power de-
velopments, but Niagara has water
supply that exceeds all known powers.
The corner stone of the new power
station was prepared for laying in
hopes that the duke might find it pos
sible to lay it while in the Niagara To-
cality, but the fact that he was there
on Sunday made it impossible for him
to take part in such ceremony on
that day. 1t was this that led to his
locking the box above referred to. 1t
is ready to be placed in recess left in
the stone, which will be covered as
the building assumes proportions The
wheel-pit excavation has progressed
to solid rock, the earth having been
stripped off preparatory to the COM
mencement of blasting. All about the
place there is great activity and many
men and teams are in daily employ
ment. The projected development will
be 100000 horse power, and the first
section of the pit will be $50 feet long
and about 200 feet deep. The initial
development and installation will be
$4,000 horse power. Between the wheel
pit and lower river there will be tun-
mel 1900 feet in length. The portal of
this tunnel will be at the base of the
Horseshoe fall and from it will pour
a stream into lower Niagara. In size
this tunnel will be larger than the tun-
mel Of the American side, says the
Philadelphia Record, but its length will
be only about onethird as great, the
tunnel of the Niagara Falls Power
company having length of over 1000
feet. Both the tunnel and wheel pit
will be lined with brick throughout,
several hundred thousand bricks being
required for this lining. 1t is expected
that the tunnel will be completed early
in 1903, and if this is done the gen.
Grated current may be ready for use
the latter part of that year.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-01-03
Where the Shoe PInches.

A clerk. writing to the New Yo.h
World, provides food for considerable
thought when he says: THE times, VIC
are told, are generally prosperous, yet
it is kind of prosperity that has a
string to it.. The drawback is this:
Many men. like myself. have fixed in
comes and earn no more than they did
five years ago. Meanwhile the price OF
every necessity of life has greatly in
creased. The average bookkeeper, clerk
or Office employe has harder work than
before making both ends meet. And
congress will again refuse to lower the
tariff"