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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
When the Horn Blows.


AS you rassle with adversely and plug
along the road
Keeps your temper somewhat tangled
out O. tune to bear the load,
An you very often wonder if there'll
ever come day
When your labors will be over an you'll
have chance to play,
Keep a-jackin' up your courage, fur the
time will come at last
When your trials an your tfoubles'll be
mem'ries O the past;
There's better day a-comin' when
you'll dump your earthly woes,
An you'll know that you have struck
it when the last horn blows.
Of'ntimes you feel a swellin' in your
gullet when you meet
With millionaire a-ridin' in his carriage
long the street,
An the javelin Of envy gives your soul
a stingin' cut
When you see him on the road an you
a strugglin' in the rut.
Sich a feelin' O. resentment doesn't help
the case a bit,
Doesn't regulate the matter fur to give
your teeth grit;
Though you haven't got the Doodle nor
his tailor-ftted clothes
You will be as rich as he is when the
last horn blows.
We are only here a-waitin', sort O KILN
time until
We receive the invitation fur to climb
the golden hill
An we hadn't ort to grumble jes' be-
cause a favored few
Have knack O. grabbin' fortune that's
denied to me an you,
Fix your eyes on the eternity We'll enter
by and by.
Life on earth amt half q minute to the
time We'll spend on high
Try to keep the tears O. trouble from
a-tricklin' down your nose,
Fur you'll holler halleluyer when the
last horn blows.
Denver Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
The Chance of . Prisoner.

I entered my office one morning to
find a very worn and travelled stained
wanderer awaiting me. He had been
a crook ever since he had been old
enough to gain his living, and having
had no home influence except that
which was evil, he followed the wrong
path faithfully to his own ruin. He
had never done honest work in his
life. With no trade, no character, no
references, no friends, and with a
criminal past stamped on his face,
when his money was gone after he had
been discharged from prison-the out
look was most discouraging. Just at
this point policeman acted the part
Of fate and ran him In, not because he
had committed any crime but to pre-
vent him from doing SO.
That night when the door Of his cell
changed behind him a deep realization
Of his failuAe swept over him. "Pris-
on, prison, Is it always and forever to
be prison?" he groaned, and throwing
himself on his knees, for the first time
III his lie, lie pIdyeu Lie ueAL Ndy III
court, some one unknown to him said
a good word on his behalf and he was
discharged. He walked from Boston
to New York and when 1 heard the
story very simply told in his rough
way he said: "Now, Little Mother,
will you give me chance? Is there
any hope for meT Very gladly did we
bid him welcome.
When he left us it was hard work
he undertook. When the first pay day
came he called at my office, coming in
straight from work In toil-stained
clothing and his hands bearing the
marks Of toll which mean so much to
us. As l rose to greet him he clasped
my fingers in his two strong hands and
with tears filling his eyes he said:
Little Mother, just came to thank
you. L can't tell you what the Home
has done for me, but want my COM
rades to know 1 am really grateful"
And then he drew from his pocket a
tuttle roll Of bills and pressing It ID my
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
Pyrography Notes.

The wood for typography must be
we'll seasoned, of an even grain, and
free from sap markings and knots.
Burnt wood IS especially adapted for
tho decoration of hall and dining
rooms, where dark wood furniture and
paneling is SO acceptable.
A good brown stain for wood is made
from three ounces Of pearl-ash, two
drachms Of dragons blood, one ounce
Of vandyke brown, and one quart of
boiling water.
In burning a fiat piece Of wood, burn
both sides, as it will keep it from
warping. OF course you need not burn
a pattern on both Sides but scrub"
the back with the side Of your burner.
Moss green velvet appliqued with
natural toned sunfowers marked with
brown standings with the pyrogra-
piers needle makes a picturesque pill
low, while q cushion Of tan suede or
namented with poppy design in red
suede looks extremely well on dark
couch.
Beautiful effects in leather are pro-
duced by dyes and also by using pieces
of colored leather. Flowers and leaves
are cut from colored leather and fast
ened with glue to background Of nat"
ural color leather. After which the
burning is done around the applique
to cover the edges. This gives a rich
oriental effect and is much used for
table mats, pillows, opera and shop
ping bags, portieres and hangings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11

From a study Of college girls and
school children in the University OF
California, Mary e. B. Ritter (CalifOr.
MIA State Journal Of Medicine, August
holds that the majority improve la
health during the four years Of college
life, that is, those who take theit
studies seriously and nationally. A
college education does not necessarily
iniure the health Of women. The seeds
of subsequent ill-health are shown at
an earlier age, and are not the conse.
ouences of study, The causes Of Ill.
health are mainly traceable to unhy.
gienic living, or the sequence Of infec.
tious disease. In large proportion OF
women students college life, with tha
mental stimulus Of a purpose, i'm.
proves their health and fits them to
become better disciplined and more in.
telligent mothers. More careful obser.
walton on the part Of physicians and
instructions to parents would, to
large measure, improve the existing
unsatisfactory conditions.-The SAM.
tartan.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
Covering Furniture.

When you decide to make your old
furniture look like new, better begin
with a common chair and some cheap
material; then, If you fail, the result
will not be disastrous. Proceed as fol-
lows: Over the cushion Of your chair
pin a piece Of thin tough paper, and
cut out an exact pattern, carefully
marking all the plaits and little hicks
required to make the cover lie smooth
and even. Lay this fiat on your ma
terial, which must be cut out exactly
like it; then, carefully rip off the gimp
Of the chair, brush the cushion, and,
with benzine, remove any stain there
may be. If you do not do this, you may
see it reappear through the new cover.
Pin on the new cover, taking care to
get it exactly in place; then nail 1t on
carefully with tiny furniture tacks, and
finish with gimp stitched firmly all
around to hide the rough edges. If the
seat Is buttoned down instead of being
quite plain, 1t is more troublesome. The
work must be done in one or the other
Of the following ways: Remove the
buttons and fasten on the cover (Which
must be cut larger than If 1t were put
on plain), rather loosely. Cover the
buttons, then, with a long, thin tack
ing needle and some strong Irvine, sew
them in place. Or lay your material
over the seat OF the chair, pin 1t loosely
tnto position, then, with strong thread
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
The Woman with a Baby.


Mid the herd Of human porkers crowded
on the trolley car
All is selfshness and jostle, making age
and sex no bar;
Men collapse in seats and stay there,
letting shrinking ladies stand
With look of indignation-and a strap
in either hand.
Yet there's one thing that, you've MOTTO
ed, never fails to make a stir
When woman with baby comes they
all make room for her.
I have sat in stuffy coaches on crowd
ed railway train,
List'ning to case-hardened travellers who
declared with might and main
That they'd see the railroad company in
hades' fiercest heat
Long before they'd even think Of giving
anyone a seat.
Then. ere they'd ceased their Boosting,
they would rise without demur-
For a woman with baby, they must
all make room for her.
There is something sweet, Madonna-likO
in pictures such as that,
And it makes the lowest ruffian feel like
taking off HIS hat;
For it bears him back to babyhood, when
loving mother arms
Closely chung to him and kept off cen
the least of earth's alarms.
So, no matter what his station, be will
evermore defer
To woman with baby-he has rever-
ence for her.
Once l dreamed stood in heaven, just
inside the pearly gate,
While to every new arrival good st.
Peter said: you're late;
For the places all are taken and the
harps are all in use,
Golden streets are just SO crowded that
had to call truce"
Then little, tired-out woman lugged
baby into view,
And st. Peter said: "We're full up, but
we'll find a place for you"
IS. w. Gillian in Leslie's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
VS.. housekeeping.


The truest homes are often IN
houses not especially we'll kept, where
the comfort and happiness of the in
mates, rather than extreme t1dlness
and the preservation Of the furniture is
first consulted. The object of the
home is to be the center, the pivot on
which the family life turns. The hrst
requisite is to make 1t so attractive
that none of it's members shall care to
nnger long outside its limits. All leglt-
innate means should be employed to
this end and no effort spared that can
contribute to this purpose. There are
many houses called homes, kept with
such waxy neatness by pa1nstaklng,
anxious women, that are SO Cypress
i've in their nicely as to exclude all
home-feeling from their spotless pre-
cincts. The very name of home is
synonymous with personal freedom
and relaxation from care; solid COM
fort But neither Of these can be felt
where such a mania for external clean
liness pervades the household as TO
render everything else subservlent
thereto. Many housewives, If they see
a speck on floor or wall, or bit or
thread or paper on the floor, rush at
it as if it were the seed Of pest1lence
which must be removed on the instant
Their temper depends upon their main
tenance of perfect purity and order
II there be any failure on their part
or any combination of circumstances
against them, and they fall into a pa
thetic despair and can hardly be lifted
out They do not see that cheerfulness
is more needful to home than all the
spotlessness that ever shone. Their
disposition to wage war upon macu-
lateness of any sort increases until
they become slaves of the broom and
the dust pan. Neatness is one thing,
and a state of perpetual house cleaning
quite another.
Out Of this grows by degrees the
feeling that certain things and apart
ments are too good for daily use.
Hence, chairs and sofas are covered,
and rooms shut up, save for special
occasions, when they are permitted to
reveal their violated sacredness in a
manner that mars every pretense Of
hospitality. Nothing should be bought
which is considered too fine for the
fullest domestic appropriation Far
better is the plainest furniture on
which the children can climb than sat
in and damask, which must be viewed
with reverence. When anything is re-
served or secluded, to disguise the fact
Is extremely different. A chilly air
wraps it round, and the repulsion Of
strangeness is experienced by tho most
insensible.
Home is not a name nor form, nor
a routine. It is a spirit, presence, g
principle Material and method will
not and cannot make it. 1t must get
it's light and sweetness from those who
inhabit it, from flowers and sunshine,
from the sympathetic natures which,
in their exercise Of sympathy, can lay
aside the tyranny Of the broom and
the awful duty Of endless scrubbing.-
Cooking Club.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11

60 the question 1 should have asked
you this morning II Mrs. Stanton's
entrance had not prevented me from
doing so. / want you to be my wife,
Nellie; my loved and honored wife.
win you? Write yes or no soon to
your loving but impatient Ralph"
A small fire burned in the CRATE She
out the letter into her pocket and burn
cd the envelope.
"Dear Ralph" murmured the lady.
81 want you to write to him for me,
Nellie. He promised to let me know
how his sister was, but l suppose he
has not had time. He does not know
your handwriting, l think"
Very soon Ella Stanton had dictated
O gushing, affectionate letter, and with
blanching cheeks Nellie had written
L.
Don't close it now, Nellie. Throw
Il aside There is only one other that
need be written now"
What is it?" Nellie asked, a trifle
YEARLY.
"Why, you know, dear, Mr.. Graham
wants me TO open tue bE1Alon DdzZdr,
but / really don't feel equal to the
task. must write to decline. But he
always laughs at nerves, and I do SC
hate being laughed at"
my Dear Friend: I have thought
fully considered the subject and must
decline the honor. l am gr1eved be
yond expression to disappoint you
but, feeling as do, cannot act 9th.
erwise. However, feel confident
that you will meet with one worthieI
than I; that what 1 cannot grant she
will joyfully concede. Only one thing
| ask-that this shall in no way inter
fere with the friendly relations which
have always existed between us"
Il think 1t Ia making too. much Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
- -;

Oh the proper color, pass your needle
around the button, catching the new
cloth, and so cover the button rs 1t
stands, wind the thread around the
cloth tightly three or four times and
fasten 1t. Repeat this process for each
button, and then fit your cover on as
before. This plan is much the neater
way Of covering furniture where but
tons are used, but you must be sure to
have the buttons firmly fastened in
place. A little practice will soon enable
you to do the work nicely, and you will
find it great pleasure to refurnish
your rooms at so small an expense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11

<70 e loved her. He meant to tell
I'll her so, and the moment for 90
S& ing 80 had come. The fluffy
golden head was very near, a FEW
words had been spoken, when the door
opened and Ella Staunton entered.
A frown clouded the brow OF Dr.
Stanton, the eminent young physician
who everybody declared would make
his fortune in his profession, ana
pretty Nellie Saville escaped, glad to
hide her flushed cheeks from her cou-
aims jealous eyes.
Mrs. Stanton threw herself languidly
into the depths of an easy chair.
$50 have found you at last, my
dear Ralph. have been seeking you
Gor the last hour"
He hated this woman, in spite OF her
dark, witching beauty. His uncle had
found that beauty irresistible, and by
q Late marriage robbed his nephew OF
the quarter of million which he had
taught him to expect would one day
be his.
"What did YOU want with me?" he
asked CURLY.
"You are cross. 1 wanted your soc1-
ety-uothing more. Is there anything
strange in that?''
"Most fattering Of you, my dear
aunt, l am sure"
It was Mrs. Stanton's turn to frown.
Don't call me that hateful name.
II did marry your uncle, you might
remember that I am not yet 20. BY
the way, Nellie Saville quits the teens
next week"
"Indeedp'
Eyes. Charming girl, isn't she? Real.
", Ralph, if you should see the dismal
hole Of a parsonage where that glrla
parents live you would feel grateful
to me for my compassionate generosity
IN taking her from 1t for a little
while. Are you going to Lady Camp
bells this afternoon"
mo. I detest tea and tennis"
$50 do I. Besides, have headache
WIN you prescribe for me?"
After the majority Of Mrs. Oak
Arook's guests had departed for Camp
dell House DR.. Stanton was pacing
the lawn with Sir John Dolby, smok
tng cigarettes and talking politics, and
indoors his relative occupied a velvet
lounge and tried to read the last new
novel.
He came to her at last, but it was
with a serious face and an open tele
gram in his hand.
my sister has met with an accident
Levison wants me to go at once"
"Oh, Ralph Is it serious? You will
return here?"
IT think not" he returned, replying
10 the latter question.
"You will come to Melton Willows
at Christmas, Ralph"
IT really cannot promise. Good-byv
She sat there until the sound of the
horses hoofs had died away. Then
she crossed the room and looked al
the notes he had written. One was fol
his hostess apology and explanation
OF course-but the other was for Miss
Saville. A moments hesitation; then
ahe tore 1t open.
Dear Miss Saville:-Before you SEE
Mthis you will know the reason Of my
sudden departure. But I cannot wal
until our next meeting for the answer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11

not the way to obtain the permit. She
submitted to an oral examination, but
failed because, she says, Of the rapid
fire" method Of propounding wordy
questions. Later she took the written
examination and came off triumphant
with an average Of 81. After she re-
ceived the license she was asked what
she proposed to do with it. Nothing"
she said; II only wanted it because /
was told couldn't get It,"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
I1eetles Use Saws.

Some large beetles are as good as cir
cular saws They seize a branch or
twig with their deeply toothed jaws
and whirl round and round until the
twig is sawed of. They have been
known to saw twig as thick SIS q
walking stick in this manner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
The Wife,

What it means to man to como
home at night to a cheerful wife nG
one but he who has had to fight in
the hard battle of life knows. II he il
prosperous it is an added joy; but Il
is In misfortune that it shines like a
star in the darkness. A complaining
wife can kill the last bit of hope and
courage in a sorely troubled heart
while a cheerful one gives new cour
age to begin the fight over again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
TIME FOUND HER OUT

little thing, Ella. You will sign 1t, OF
course"
"No,. dear. Do it for me-on1y 1n1-
tails. How singular that they should
be alike, is 1t not-Ella Stanton and
Elinor Saville2 There, now, dear, just
run upstairs and see II Louise has
mended that lace I tore last night"
A moment more, and Ralph STAN
toms simple, honest letter lay open be-
fore her. Jealousy had quickened her
memory. She knew 1t by heart
Refolding II, she enclosed 1T with
that other in an envelope addressed
in Nellie's pretty, graceful caligraph
to Ralph Stanton, Esq.," and sealed 1t
carefully.
It was necessary to destroy the mis-
sive originally intended for Ralph,
and to indite another one to Mr.. Ora
ham if discovery was to he avoided.
Two years later DR.. Stanton was
journeying northward. The London
season was over and the famous ply
stefan had been on the point Of start
ing for his holiday-when he was
summoned by telegram to Sir Chris
topher Knott, a wealthy patient brim-
ming over with govt and crochets.
Thinking? It was dreaming
ing Of slim, petite figure and fluffy
golden hair and gloriously blue eyes!
Yes, though she refused him he loved
her still. Her home was at Grim
| stone.
Would he see her? What folly!
| Doubtless she was married, and, II
not, had she not told him in the cruel
little letter, which was even now in
the breast pocket Of his coat, that it
could never be?
"Grimstone! Grimstone! shouted a
porter, and SO his reflections came to
an end, but only to awaken into lively
interest. From a second-class carriage
girl alighted-a girl In a neat little
hat and gray dust cloak. Underneath
that hat was a piquant little face and
clustering fringe Of fluffy golden
curls.
|
room. Suitors had wooed in vain. She
was the orthodox clergyman's daugh-
ter, with her duties to perform as they
rose fresh each day, and in the past
nameless disappointment.
Her thoughts had turned on that
visit to Oakbrook two years ago when
the waiting maid brought in a card
"Dr. Stanton"
'This Is, indeed, pleasant sur
PRISE" she said with rosy flush that
told its own story. Il am sorry that
mamma Is not at home"
II am staying in the neighborhood
professionally and could not leave
without calling on you. 1t is the priv
ilege of friendship, and you desired
that we continue friends"
Nellie looked puzzled.
IT do not understand you. What do
you mean?"
IT beg your pardon for the allusion,
Miss Savllle, but you cannot have for
gotten? The words were in your let
ter-a letter I have kept because you
wrote 1t, In spite Of its contents"
Indeed, you are under o mistake.
l never wrote to you in my life"
"Then you never wrote this or re-
ceived this?"
And he placed In her hands the two
unfortunate letters.
When the primroses looked like
stars in the grass and the air was
filled with the odor Of violets, q we'd
ding took place at Grimstone church.
And three months later society jour
nal announced that Mrs Stanton,
widow Of the late George Stanton,
Esq, Of Melton Willows, Berks, had
bestowed heart and hand UPON Count
Horenza, an impecunious Italian noble
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11

CINE, the on | y
woman so favored
in the city She
was refused q IL
cense on her first
application. Then
she offered to give
the examiners ST.
900 each If she
could not take an
engine apart and
put it together in
their presence, but
was told that wa 8
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11

hands, he said: "That Is the first
honest money l ever earned l want
YOU to use it for the boys who are now
where I was Once."-Leslie's Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
A Change.

Her headgeaT now Is strangely great;
II tits and veers In mad delight.
She queries, "Is my hat on straight
Fos II h u IL Isn't nghtr
w aahlngton Stan III Il. BE-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
Call for SYmnathY.

First Bachelor wish / could write
a decent letter of coincidence.
Second Bachelor-Some one you
know dead?
mo. Engaged" detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-11
lust Like a Woman,

Miss Annie Ball, Of Chicago, has
been licensed by the Board Of Exam
lining Engineers to run a stationary en-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-15
VISITORS TO LAKEWOOD.

Recalling the epigram OF olden days,
when all roads led to Rome. a similar
thought might easily be applied TO Lake
wood as a point OF rendezvous for the
worlds celebrities and men and women
of mark in various walks Of life,
In the relative location Of a suburb for
two great cosmopolitan cities. II is a
matter OF course that at one time or
another during the season the passing
throng in Lakewood should include the
most highly honored representatives OF
public or private life. From season 10
season the list OF such visitors would be
an interesting one, including what may
be termed "the home guard" OF those
who have chosen Lakewood as a winter
home. A
The cottage list OF the place carries the
names Of students and workers. people
whose accomplishments have been nota-
BILE In the world. and whose interest In
their surroundings guarantee continued
Improvement. And when the casual Wis
itors 10 Lakewood are considered the list
might stretch out indefinitely. In the
corridors OF these hotels during a season.
one touches elbows with grave college
professors, eminent clergymen. learned
doctors OF law and letters and abtruse
sciences OF all classifcations. Govern
ment attaches and ambassadors, promi-
nent politicians who are readily marked
and quiet ones unsuspected as the actual
power behind many petty throne The
great song birds Of the operatic and con-
cert world come here for occasional rest,
and artists and literateurs and scientists
are noted In the crush.
While millionaire operators. successful
business men. and women OF the first
social prominence make up the resorts
guest list. And Lakewood receives them
all with ready welcome. She opens her
doors and invites them I'm for the rest
they need; proffers them either the peace
and quiet OF the wood where none in
trude. or the pleasant associations TO be
found In club society or hotel and cottage
circles. as their preferences may turn.
II you wish to know about Lakewood,
send postal TO G. NJ Burt. General Pas
senger Agent, New Jersey Central l43
Liberty street, New York city. for book