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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Boleyn on their wedding day; also an
old Venetian chair used by the doges
and dated 1910. A solid silver table Of
the same period is another treasure on
which the king sets great store
The kings collection of feather
cloaks is valued at 100000. They are
composed Of gold, black and crimson
feathers from the wings of a now ex-
tinct species of parrot and were given
to George ". by the king Of the Sand
Wich Islands in 1924 Some Of the
feathers are so minute as to make each
cloak marvel of ingenuity. Another
treasure, which at one time belonged
to a savage potentate, is Tippoo
Sahib's eagle, taken from his throne
at Seringapatam. The bird, nearly life
size, is of solid gold; the beak and
wings are tipped with diamonds There
is also gold tigers head from the
same source, the eyes of which are Of
priceless crystal.
Not far away may be found the colz
lection Of walking sticks King Edward
Inherited from his mother, numbering
1877 in all, and many Of them of great
value. One of these, purchased at the
Culloden sale in 1897, is carved to rep
resent Wisdom and Folly, EGO having
been paid for it. Another, of black
oak, originally belonged to Charles H.,
while third is made from the wood
of the luckless Alabama, the handle
being carved to represent Captain
Semmes, the skipper.
The royal library, which now con-
sists of l25,O00 volumes, owes it's orr
gin to the late prince consort and
could not be purchased fer 100000. A
second collection of 10000 volumes,
for which the king was himself re-
sponsible while Prince of Wales, re-
poses at Sandringham. In the collec-
ton are many books Of priceless value,
notably the Mentz psalter, of which
only one other intact copy exists. It's
value is $4,000. There are also the
manuscript of MoZart's first opera and
the copy of Shakspeare's works used
by Charles I. Among the pictures e
21,Q0O engravings after such masters
as Raphael, Da Vinci, etc.
Not the least interesting feature of
the kings private museum is his collec-
ton of gold keys which have been pre-
sented to him at various times when
opening public buildings TO each is
attached concise account of the cere-
mony with which it was connected, the
total value of the collection being
placed at $4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
he DIDN'T KNOCK FIVE.
Why the Young Doctor Had TO Bonn
bard His Own House.

/ w ny the L Dung DOCtor mao TO DOM
| bard His Own House.
| They had been married only shoI
while. He was d young and strugglin
physician, and she a very sweet, de
voted little wife, but very much afrai
Of burglars, so that when it did hal
pen that the doctor had a sick ca
during the wee hours, they resorte
to all means that she might know ths
it was he who wished to enter th
house upon his return and not tn
dreaded night providers.
The calls were not many, but some
how they had never hit upon success
full plan until the wife exclaimed on
morning at breakfast: Il have it nov
Jack; after this you knock FIVE time
and let there be minute betwee
each knock; then Ill be sure to know
1t is yourself" Jack, SO the stor
goes, was not in favor of having t
wait five minutes to gain entrance t
his own house, but ever anxious
please, agreed to the arrangement, an
one night last week had occasion
test it. Someone was dying, the me-
senger said, and wanted q doctor in
mediately; would he come? Wher
upon Jack tumbled into his clothes an
in the confusion didn't hear or, wh9
was more likely, forgot ali about ii
five knocks that he was to give til
front door upon his return.
During his absence the fearful wit
"could hear nothing but knocks ST
afterward said, land l was Just
nervous alone in a strange house al
neighborhood that ! thought Jack Ia
been gone an hour before he had tin
to turn the corner. Finally / hear
the bell ring; then somebody tried IL
door. | was nearly dead from frigl
and don't know what would have hal
pened had it not been that any numb,
Of stones began storming against tt
house. l knew this was an unusu,
attack for burglars, SO with q prayt
on my lips that Jack would return
least some time during that dreadfl
night, l ventured to the window al
peeped out. 1t was Jack, and he sa
me-"
You've walked up the whole neig
borhood. Why don't you let me in
he fairly shouted.
"Why didn't you knock?'' came bat
the small voice.
why didn't l knock?'' again shrie
ed the irate husband. Didn't Y,
hear the panel fall out of the door
Il know" sobbed the timid lit
wife; "but you didn't knock the rig
number; it was five, don't you RENEE
ber?"-Washington Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
QyfER yIoRlE5
~@0oo000


Postofices were first established
1864.
The wrist contains eight bones, ii
palm five and the fingers fourteen.
In the Black forest industrious m
chanics are turning out paper knive
cigarette cases, etc, labeled made ,
wood grown near the Matoppos, whe.
Cecil Rhodes is buried"
The hydrogen atom has hither-
been considered the smallest partic
Of matter, but the incandescent pari
cles in the vacuum of a Crooks tut
are but one-thousandth as large.
Fowls are supposed to have bee
first domesticated in China 400, e
This is probably about the same peril
when, according to Lamb, the Chine
discovered the succulency of roast pi
The city of Christiania long al
went to law on the question of habili
for the support Of an aged woma
When the case was settled recently
was discovered that the old WON
had been dead for years.
Queen Alexandra's laces, linens a.
silks are perfumed by a method viii
almost any woman can copy. It
drawers in which they are kept a
lined with white paper strewn wi
rose petals. On this is placed a lay
of the fabrics to be scented, over tb
layer Of rose leaves, and so on
alienation until the drawer is file
Over all a sheet of tissue is spread.
the end of twenty-four hours eve.
thing in the drawer will have a d.
cate perfume that will cling to it
long time. Perfumes are believed
make clothes and linen much m(
wholesome. Flowers and certain D
pared perfumes have excellent medi
nal qualities.
With our forefatEers, disease was
evil influence. We should no long
look at it in that way; at least, so
are assured in a recent address by
Frederick Treves, an English ply
clan. TO the modern expert, he sa
disease is merely the outcome Of n
ural processes whose purpose, at b
tom, is kindly or benefceDt one.
symptoms are merely expressions o
natural effort toward cure" they
mot malign in intent, but have
their end the Kidding Of the body
the very troubles which they are 81
posed to represent" After all, no
ever, this view is not so very ne
Even in the Middle Ages wise 10
talked Of the curative force Of
ture," and in this phase lies the tru
on which Sir Frederick has based !
lecture. Still, it is frequently forgot
that nature means well by us, and it
a good thing to be once in a while
minded Of it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
ODD TREASURES OF A KING.
Edward VII. Has Twenty Eight Tons
of Plate and Queer Things.

Edward VII. Has Twenty Eight Tons
of Plate and Queer Things.
Quite apart from the treasures which
become the property of every British
sovereign and which consist for the
most part of gold and silver plate,
weighing altogether twenty eight tons
and valued at nearly 100000. King
Edward possesses a private collection
Of curios of which little is known.
The museum near the equerries' en-
trance at Windsor, according to Lon
don Tit-Bits, was really established as
recently as 1885, when some workmen
.engagedin repairing the castle brought
to light a number of relics dating from
the Stuart period, and these, with such
as were personally collected BY Queen
Victoria, have been set apart with sew
eral attendants to look after them.
numbers, every campaign of recent
War mementOes are present in large
years being represented since the
AbYSsinian war, at the conclusion of
which Lord Napier presented the
queen with King Theodore's cap and
gold seal. Subsequently Lord Roberts
added the scarlet saddle edged with
gold and the silver bit captured from
the late Ameer of Afghanistan. and
Lord Kitchener presented the crimson
banner Of Wad Bishara, taken at
Tirket.
The collection of old china was made
by the late queen and is composed of
10000 pieces, its value being put at
f150,000. Every piece is tabulated in a
book kept for the purpose, and against
each entry is a record of what the ar
ticle Ill question is worth, with brief
account of its history. One dessert
service alone represents 100000, it be-
ing Of Seyres ware of extreme beauty,
while q breakfast service given to
George III. on his birthday in 1910 by
his five daughters, whose initials are
ON every piece, is worth 10000.
Among the furnitnde is the writing
desk given by Henry VIII. to Anne
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

The main object of small talk is TO
avoid those distressing pauses which
occur when the attention Of the life OF
the party is momentarily distracted
from himself or herself, as the case
may be. 1t is not designed to convey
any meaning or really to entertain
anybody, for if it did either Of these
things it would naturally degenerate
into mere gossip and there is no tell
ing what skeletons might be discov-
cred when the closet doors yielded to
the knocking. Even the most profound
among us would shrink from having
anything of this kind happen-for it
might be our cleset-so in our philoso-
ply we bow to this accomplishment
as more or less necessary evil, while
we sit by in the dignity Of silence.
which is variously interpreted as stu
pidity or wisdom, till it is time to go
home, meantime ardently wishing that
we had not come.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
Stole Light from Wires.

A hotel-keeper in the City of Mex
leo, whose place was always bril-
liantly lighted by electric lamps, ap
parently without regard to cos. has
recently been convicted by local
judge for stealing from the electric
light company the current with which
his hostelry was lighted. He was con
demned to a years Imprisonment and
a fine of $3.50, and, as an additional
penalty, was disqualified for all kinds
of public honors and employments. .
The landlord who attempted to evade
the electric company's charges wired
his house and made a connection with
the company's cables, with the inten
ton, as he pleaded, Of calling at the
office Of the company and explaining
the matter at a later day. He also de-
clared that he had used the current
for "only a month" The company
had it's suspicious aroused and applied
to the court for authority to make an
examination Of the hotel lighting sys-
tenn, which was granted, with the re-
suit Of revealing the fraud. The legal
point Of interest involved in the case
hinged upon the definition of the word
robbery" which the district code
thus elucidates: 'He commits rob-
berry who possesses himself of a NOV
able thing belonging to another, with
out right and without the consent of
the person entitled by law to dispose
Of if -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

OREN ROOI, JR. udllHS 1IOm 11dul-
ilton College, obtained a clerkship in
the offices Of the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company about eight years
ago. This was we'll enough in it's way,
but young Root was ambitious to be-
come a railroad manager; SO he very
soon gave up his office position and OBJ
tanned employment, first as motor
man and then as conductor. Next
he was an inspector, then a district
manager, then assistant general man
ager, and finally upon the retirement
of Mr.. H. HI. Vreeland he was made
general manager, with an annual sal
airy said to be much larger than that
paid the President Of the United
States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

No man of fine taste can doubt that
English letters are just now in bad
way, despite individual writer's who
maintain the high tradition. The small
but cultivated circle of readers which
made the audience of former writer's
is ceasing to exist. 1t was part of q
noblemans character to have a taste
for and patronage of letters in the days
of our ancestors; now the aristocracy
is the last quarter to which one looks
fox literary cultivation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Measured by the span of human
lives, the world is not SO very old. The
widow of the man who wrote Amer
lea" in 1882 died recently and a wom-
an whose father fought in the War Of
the Revolution died only few weeks
earlier. 1t would take only twenty
FIVE lives to reach back to the great
Caesars time if each lasted, say ninety
years. Each person in that line could
have seen his predecessor and his sue
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
Its Natural Gait.

Waiter called the impatient guest.
Eyes, sir" said the obseQuious ser
want
Seems to me that soup l ordered is
a mi lightly long time getting to me-"
Yes sir" said the waiter with much
respect; but (deferentiaily) you will
pardon me, l trust. if l remind you
that you ordered turtle p."-JudEe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Women do not laugh SO much az
men. They are believed to be less rich
Iy endowed than men with sense OF
humor, but true or not, that is not q
full explanation. Many humorous, even
witty, women hardly get beyond q
smile. The giggle and the litter are
not laughter at all, merely kind OF
ake-believe, suggestive of sawduss
and shavings. 1t will be pity it civ
ilization banishes from the gentle sex
that wholesome laugh which still doeth
good like medicine. More than one
domestic crisis might be alleviated OF
averted by laughter. The housemothes
who dropped dish Of potatoes Oh
their way to the kettle, so that they
landed in a deep pan Of dough rising
beside the stove, and who then sat
down and laughed till she cried at the
funny, helpless air of the half-buried
potatoes. had a potent charm against
discouragement To laugh at the blum
der Of the green maid who, being told
to turn the mattress every day, made
I1S DSu uISL tu1lICO tlAC 600
afterward, is to forget the annoyance
of the moment in the sense Of its alb
surdity. Laughter is kind of mag!-
clan, or, better still, a fairy. In fact,
Mr.. Barrie has novel scientific Elk
PLANTATION of the origin of fairies IN
his 1.-THE Little White Bird He says:
when the first baby laughed for the
first time, his laugh broke into mill-
ion pieces, and they all went skipping
about That was the beginning Of
fairies" Everybody knows that the
fairies ere the best mothers helpers"
and houseworkers in the world, and
that no well-regulated family can af-
ford to he without them. Perhaps they
were born Of the laughter OF grown
up folk as well as Of that of babies. In
that CASE, the scarci1 Of fairies now
ndays may be traced to the infrequen-
cy of the laugh Of the overserious
T0man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

age. The story of
how this young
man became the
responsible head Of
the greatest street
railway system of
the world is inter
esting.
Mr.. Root. who is
a nephew Of the
present Secretary
Of War, after grad
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

There was slight misunderstanding
between Baptists and Methodists of a
small Western town, and some one
dynamited the Baptist church by
moonlight. That will doubtless heal
all discords and bring the brethren
into loving unity again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Gov. Bailey of Kansas wound up
by marrying widow who was one of
the sweethearts Of his boyhood. This
shows once more how important it is
when the girls throw us over to so
ahead and become great. 1t is general
~ safe to conclude that a good many
of them will be widows by the time we
become Governors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

One of the United States weather OBJ
servers puts forth the theory that the
weather of late has been causing many
suicides, murders and other crimes.
Why can't some accommodating judge
be induced to issue an injunction
against the climate?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
The Pleasant Way.

Tess-Yes, Mr.. Trotter was on my
card for one dance last night and |
enjoyed it very much.
Jess-Nonsense! He's as clumsy as
an elephant.
Tess-I knew that, so l induced him
to sit it out.-Philadelph Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

The Society for the Culture of Mu-
steal Therapeutics in New York is in
vestigating the influence of music in
various diseases. One enthusiastic
member believes that the time will
come when musical instead of medical
prescriptions will be given-"The Old
Oaken Bucket perhaps for delirium
tremens patients, and Jingle Bells
for SunStroke.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

A German professor has discovered
an infallible cure for insomnia. It is
to be hoped that the cure wlI make it
unnecessary in the future for certain
people to go to church for the purpose
Of getting little sleep.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
To Win Both Ways.

"Shall oppose the bill, them" said
the lobbyist.
''Well,' said the magnate, Il leave it
to you. Use your own judgment
whether to oppose it or put something
in it to make it unconstitutional. >
Puck
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Ordinary get-rich-quick swindling is
under the ban Of the law, but the
swindler who capitalizes wind and
water as an industrial" stock is re-
garded as an astute fnancier. Why
make fish Of one and flesh Of the
other?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

1t is estimated by experts that John
w. Gates is worth only $25,000,0O0.
This win come as complete surprise
to the public. 1t was generally sup
posed that Gates was rich.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Judge Mckinney, of the ST. Louis
County Circuit Court, holds that 1.-The
husband is the head of the family"
and that it is the wife's duty to live
where he wants to live and to do as
he wants her to do. The st. Louis
Post Dispatch after reading this de-
cision rules that the judge is an ideal
list. Yes, and a bachelor, we should
say.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
Equal Hon Ors.

Fannie-My big sister is coming cat
this evening.
Kate-Dat's noting. Me big bruddeI
is comm out tonight. too. He was VIZ
fer six months-New York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Andy Carnegie has denied that he is
q member Of the smart set" Well.
we don't know. Andy was smart
enough to get $3O0,OO0,O0O worth OF
gold-plated steel bonds. That wasn't
so slow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
His Name Got Into Print.

"You don't mean to say he's bought
a copy Of the city directory for his
parlor. What use has he for it there?"
why, man alive, his names in it
in print. philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
Corners Lighter Than Air.

Professor Babinet has proved that
comets, instead of having a solid body
with a gaseous tail, are much lighter
in weight than our air. Even if a
comet were to strike the earth it would
hardly penetrate its atmosphere.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Hardly had Richard Harding Davis
disappeared in the fastness of the Bal
kans before Breathitt County, Ken
lucky, exploded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Kentucky is priding itself on the
death of centenarian in his bed We
hazard nothing in saying that he did
not live in either Clay OF Breathitt
County, where 40 is considered a green
old age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
Not Like Him.
Poor Markley's gone"

Poor Markley's gone"
"Yes, and l understand he died
hard"
Strange. Everybody who ever tried
to borrow from him proved him to be
dead y."-Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
Good Reasons for Passing Bv.

Weary Wraggles-Hey! you won't
git nothin' decent in dere. Dem peo-
pie is vegetarians.
Hungry Hank-Is dat right?
Weary Wraggles-Yeh, an dey got
a dog wat 't.-Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

A boy showed a companion how des-
peradoes shoot from the hip pocket.
Preparations for the companions fu-
neral are under way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

The Old Order Of German Baptists
has placed ban on the telephone be-
cause it gives offense. Some member
Of the order must have overheard a
busy man trying to get central.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
Naturally.

Miss Olden (coyly)-Mr. Timmid c.
ed to see me last night and l had
proposal"
Miss Speitz-Yes?
Miss Olden-You don't appear to
at all curious to know what he said
Miss Speitz-Oh, l suppose he
Eyes," of course.--Philadelphia Pre-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

How would it do for girl graduates
to climb the Alps by doing the house
Wock while MI Their has a vacation?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

The Spanish war crop of pension ap-
are still many years for it to grow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

We would save lots of time if we
would work in our repentance while
we are deciding to backslide.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Among other unnecessary things folks
do, they always tell man he is grow
ing bald, when he knew it long before
they noticed it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

cessor. Thoreau found a man on Cape
Cod in 1S49 who heard the guns fired
at the Battle of Bunker Hill and saw
Washington in Boston.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15
OREN ROOT, JR.. A VERY
YOUNG RAILROAD MANAGER

The present general manager Of the
Metropolitan Railway of New York
CITY. Oren Root, Jr., is but % years of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

AS soon as they began to talk Of war
In the East the Missouri mule gets into
the game.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Nature seems to hate man; the
summers are either too wet or too dry.
A weed always gets along.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

When labor troubles threaten and
strikes are coming thick, call Dr. Ar
bitration and let him heal the sick.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

''The only wealth in a cold, dead
hand is that it has given away"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

AS. soon as an old man gets his rheu.
matism right, his stomach begins TO
act up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-15

Spanish proverb: Live with
wolves, and you will learn to howl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-10
MRS DELANo'S ESTATE OVER $6,OOO.ooo.
Daughter of William B. Astor Had Real
Estate Here Worth More Than $3,0Oo,0OO.

Delano az directed by the Surrogates court,
shows that she left real and personal property
in this State amounting to S4,233.S73 besides
personal property outside the State valued at
S1.S46.21S. Mrs Delano inherited most of her
property from her father. William B. Aston
The appraisal shows that the real estate in
this State which comprises property in almost
all sections Of Manhattan, including No. 1870
Madison-aVe. and holdings in Fifth-ave
Eighth-ave. on the West Side in the neishbor-
hood Of Fifty-fourth and Fifty-ffth SITS. in
Sixth-ave. and in Third-ave. amounts In the
aggregate TO S3.562. 500. The personal estate
here aggregates $661, orb
The personal property outside this State in
cIudes deposits with bankers in Paris amount
ing to S239.S27 and $129.19s invested in British
consols