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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Miss Solomon and Her Lover.

A woman was walking in palm
grove when a man saw her and has
tened after her. When she asked him
why he followed her, he replied:
Because l am in love with you"
Sand why are you in love with me?'
she asked. "My sister who comes aft
er me yonder is far more beautiful
than L; go and fall in love with her"
The man complied and went back,
but only to look upon woman as ugly
as sin. He was veXed and returned to
the first woman and said to her:
"Why did you deceive me?"
And she answered:
'Did you not also tell me an un-
truth? For if you were really in love
with me, why did yousturn back to the
other ?"-New York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
a LIGHT HEART,
Said to BE Oftener Linked With
Drawn Than With Brain.


Is it possible to cultivate a light
heart? Probably not but all sorts Of
shifts have been practiced at all times
to retain one. There have always been
men like Thoreau and st. Francis who
believed that property brought with it
heavy heart and who have refused,
as did the American philosopher, to be
''harnessed to his possessions" St.
Francis "cast aside every weight that
he might free himself from idle sor-
row." He and his first disciples "loved
nothing earthly and feared nothing
earthly. They were secure in all places,
troubled by no fears, distracted by no
cares; they lived without trouble of
mind, waiting without solicitude for
the coming day" st. Francis in the
Businesses of the Italian hills singing
French hymns among the highway rob-
bers in his whimsical lightness of heart
makes a strange picture. He knew
French badly, but it seemed to him the
language of gayety The founder Of
the Franciscans, though we are told
that he possessed what was quantity
called the gift Of tears when perform
ing his devohons in his cell, was never
seen abroad without smile; neither
would he tolerate any appearance Of
heaviness in his followers. He rebuked
a brother to whom a detected manner
had become habitual, saying, "My
brother, repent thy sins in private, and
do not appear before the community
thus dOwncast."
We are inclined to think that those
who make their living-provided it is
a fairly good one-in the sweat of their
brow have lighter hearts than those
who make it in the sweat of their
brain. The high spirits which seem to
be enjoyed by domestic servants, to
Judge by the sounds which come up
stairs, are g. case in point busting,
scrubbing and plate cleaning seem to
weigh on the heart far less than doc
toring, journalism or the study of law
or theology. Too often spirits are
broken by overwork or by disappoint-
ment in the wild struggle to succeed
which goes on among professional peo-
pie Certainly in the literary world
light hearts are generally lost early,
yet the light hearted man of letters,
though he is rare, is the most attractive
of all light hearted men. He knows
how to express the music that is in his
mind and is like a composer who is
also an executant.-LondOn Spectator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
The Dying BOarder.

The boarder was about to settle per-
manentiy with his first landlady-
Mother Grundy.
The minister had been summoned.
els there anything you would like to
have sung-any specific hymn" asked
the good man.
eyes," said the boarder, with feebly
f1uttering breath. "There is g hymn
with something in it about Feed me
till l want no more;' also some one
might sing We're going home to dine
o more'"
Several persons were present who
boarded at the same place, and in their
loud sobs could be detected a grief
greater than mere sympathy-Balti-
more American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
When He Did Better.

A celebrated bishop once sat through
long and atrocious sermon on hot
summer morning. With an immOva-
BILE countenance he listened to meta
phors that were mixed, pathos that
was bathos and humor that was sad.
The preacher was youth just out Of
college-a very conceited youth. He
beloved through his sermon at the
top of his lungs. His gestures were
violent enough to break his arms. At
every climax he fixed the bishop with
his eye to see if a suitable impression
had been made.
And at the end of the service this
young snip staggered up to the bishop
and said:
81 fancy did rather well today, sir.
Don't you think so?"
"Yes," returned the bishop; "but you
did better last year"
'Last Year, said the young man.
"Why, didn't preach at all last year"
'That's the reason said the bishop,
with a pleasant smile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
STANDARD TIME.
It's Origin and the Arrangement of
Its Dividing Lines.

Standard time is a system arranged
by the railroads of the United States
and Canada originally. The purpose
was to do away with the multitude Of
different ''times" used in business
which affected the railways and in
operating the lines. The territory in
which these railroads lay was divided
into belts running north and south and
about Is degrees wide, from east to
west; in every such division of the
country al railway business was to
be done on the same time In the mari
time provinces Of Canada and part of
Maine the time used was that of the
.sixtieth meridian west Of Greenwich.
N the rest Of New England and as far
west as Pittsburg and Buffalo the time
fixed was that of the seventy fifth
meridian, which is the time of Wash
ington. The next belt westward was
-ninetieth mer dian time, which is about
the local time of New Orleans, and
then comes mountain time, which is
nearly that of Denver. Still farther
west is Pacific time, which is that of
the one nunQreQ ana LWonueLn meT1u-
IAN Standard time divisions are not
just Is degrees from east to west nor
are their boundaries regular. They are
mapped out to suit the railroads, and
the changes are. usually fixed at points
which are functions for great railways
or division terminals on the same lines.
Sun time is supposed by most people to
be the actual astronomical time Of ev-
cry place from day to day, but it is
really an averaging or equalizing Of
exact local time, for the movements of
the earth are too irregular to permit the
convenient use of astronomical time,
just as it is determined by the position
of the heavenly bodies.-Detroit Free
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Daisy Pie.

Dining one day with friend and
being pressed to take some rhubarb
pie, Lamb declined because it was
physic.
''That may be-" said his host, 'but it
is pleasant and innocent"
$50 is a daisy" rejoined Lamb, "but
I don't therefore like daisy pie"
'Daisy pie! Who ever heard of
daisy pies?' said some one at the table.
''My authority is Shakespeare" Lamb
replied. 'He expressly mentions dali
sizes pied"
The phrase occurs in the song at the
end of Loves Labor's Lost."-"Side-
lights on Charles Lamb"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
The Omnipresent Scot.

a traveller in eastern Russia who at
tended service in a Greek church and
noticed a gigantic attendant in the pro-
cession who fiourished an asperge with
great skill, uttering words which
seemed familiar. Listening intently,
the tourist made out the sentence: cts
jist pickle O. clean cauld waiter. If
it does We nae guild it does We nae
HARM"
After the service the attendant dis
closed himself as a Dunfermline man
who had temporarily taken service
with the local Greek priest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Then the Girls Gigg1ed.

A bashful young minister was once
asked to preach before the students of
Wellesley college. His embarrassment
when he entered the dining room of
College hall for breakfast Sunday
morning and found himself the only
man among $50 girls was overwhelm-
ing. Ee was asked to say grace and
hastily delivered himself of the follow
ing: so Lord, bless this food for our
use, and may this meat make us all
strong menr'-Good Housekeeping.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Execution Sale.
SALE POSTPONED UNTIL JULY %
STATE OF WISCONSIN, -
COUNTY OF GRANT. %

COUNTY OF GRANT, ss
In Circuit Court
E. Williams, Plaintiff vs. John j. Looney.
Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an
execution issued out of the Circuit court for
Grant county, Wisconsin. upon a judgment
rendered in said court on the Bird day of
of the clerk of said Circuit court on said Bird
day of April, A, D 1902, in favor of the
above named plaintiff and against the above
named defendant to me directed and dellv-
ered by the plaintiffs attorneys. have this
18th day of May, A. d., 1903, levied upon all
the right, title and interest the defendant
had on the Sra day of April A. D., 1902, the
day on winch said judgment was rendered
and doCketed as aforesaid in the office of
the clerk of the circuit court for said Grant
County, Wisconsin, or has since acquired in
and will on the Both day of June, A D.. 1903.
at one O'Clock in the afternoon of said day
at the front door of the postoffice in the vii
lage of Hazel Green in said county offer for
sale and sell at public vendue to the highest
and best bidder or bidders for cash or so
much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy
said judgment and interest and the costs of
sale all of the following described real
estate lying and being in the county of
Grant and state of Wisconsin. to-wit: Lots
three 90 and four az in block six (6) E
Grant county, according to the recorded
plat thereof.
Dated Sheriff's office, Lancaster. Wiscon-
sin, this 18th day of May, A. D.. 1903.
j. w. WATSON,
Sheriff. Grant Co., Wis.
SpenSley & McIlhOn. Plaintiffs attorneys.
P. 0. address-Mineral Point. Wis. 6w
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
That Time Is Past.

"a poor man." remarked Weary
Wraggles from the northeast corner of
the haystack, faint got er chancet even
to gether der clums from de rich mans
table nowadays"
"Dat he ain't," replied Tired TatterS
cheerfully, ''fer most Of der rich men
has got such bad digestions dat dey
don't eat muffin but milk ar eggs
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

State of Wisconsin, Grant county court
In probate.
In the matter of the estate of r..
Juliet Griswold. deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate Of
81. Juliet Griswold, deceased, having been is
sued to Richard Meyer, Jr,
Notice is hereby given. that the creditors of
said H.'Juliet Griswold, deceased. are allowed
and limited by order Of this Court until and
including the first Tuesday of January, 1904,
being the 5th day CT said month, to present
their claims and demands against said n
Juliet Griswold, deceased, 10th county court
for examination and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given that the
claims and demands so presented will be ex-
amined and adjusted by this court. at the
office of the county judge. at the court house
in the city of Lancaster, in said county, on
the second Tuesday of January. 1904
Dated this 23rd day of June, 1903.
By the court,
E. B. GOODSELL, County Judge.
w. j. Brennan. attorney.
First insertion, June 27; last. July 1871
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Oddities Among the SEX.

In a Berlin insane asylum is a pa
tent, it is said, whose hair changes
color with her temperature. When she
is cool and quiet her hair is light
yellow. but when she is restless and
excited it becomes auburn. The
women OF Ainu, north Japan. admire
bearded faces. and they tattoo their
own faces to make them seem sprout.
ing with black whiskers. go
Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Plumbers and Doctors Agree to This.

The bowels are the great sewer of the
body stop the drainage. and the house is
full of deadly sewer gas. Allow the bowels
to become constipated and every portion of
the body becomes corrupted. Your doctor
will tell you that nine-tenths of the dis
eases that aff1ict humanity are caused by
the bowels becoming constipated. There is
only one absolutely sure cure for COnStipa-
ton. It is Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup
and it costs only 25cts to, prove this state
ment. Sold at Benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

During the winter of 1901 R. o. Bell, Pom
tiac. ILL.,. contracted a severe cold In
speaking of how he cured it he says, Il had
been suffering from the effects of lagrippe,
followed by a severe cough for several
weeks last winter, and had tried nearly
every remedy known to myself and friends,
but found no relief up to the time l began
using Harris Honey and HorehOund L re-
ceived benefit even from the first bottle of
this medicine and three 25c bottles effectu
ally cured me. Sold by Jos. Bennett
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

Indigestion arises from a weakened con-
dition of the stomach caused by over-e ating
or eating indigestible or improperly cooked
food alcoholic drinks. ETC., thus eXhauSting
nerve force and the stomach resulting in
indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness and con-
stipation. A cure of those complaints can
be affected in a short time by the regular
use of Re Go, the famous tonic laxative syr-
up The expense is only IS or scots and is
certainly modest doctor bill. Re-Go is
sold by Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

The electrical traction system Yam
KEGS are building to furnish power for
their underground railways in London
will be the largest in the world. 1t will
have ten steam turbines of 1900 horse
power. The trains used will be SINH
lar to those on the Boston elevated rail-
way, made up of motor and trailers.
No False Claims.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
City Property for Sale.

Situated in southwestern part Of
city of Lancaster, consisting of one
lot and Groom house. Good cistern
and we'll water. Call on or address,
JOHN SCHIFFMAN,
21tf Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Inconsistencies.

'Eut is there such q thing as an I'M
consciously pretty grip
Certainly. When pretty girl
knows everybody knows she's pretty,
of course she's unconscious. Why
shouldn't she be, pray" -Detroit Free
Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
IIan Special Reduced
~ Excursion Rates

Will be in effect from all points on
the Chicago & North Western Railway
or the occasions named below:
Epworth League, Detroit, Mich,
July 10Th to 10Th.
B. P. 0. E., Baltimore, Md, July 21st
to Odd.
G. A. R. meeting, Ssn Francisco,
August 18th to odd
For information as to rates, dates of
sale, etc., of these or other occasions.
call upon the ticket agent of the
North Western Line.
A great deal of enthusiasm is being
evidenced in G. A. r. circles concern
ing the National Encampment at San
Francisco in August, and thousands of
veterans who have never visited the
coast will take advantage of the low
railroad rates to the encampment.
The Pacific coast has always been
noted for it's hospitality and San
Francisco is making preparations for
this occasion on gorgeous scale. The
Accommodations for guests will be most
complete and the railroads have an
nounced low excursion rates to all
points in the state to give the veterans
interest.
The passenger department. of Chic
ago & Northwestern Railway announ-
ces rate of $1,000 for the round trip
from Chicago to San Francisco and
Los Angeles, and correspondence low
rates will be made by all lines from
other points.
The Chicago & Northwestern R'y
announces that much interest is being
evidenced throughout the west in
Chicago's celebration of the Tooth ami
versary of that city's settlement in
1903. The celebration will take place
from September Goth to October 1st,
next, with program that includes
series of commemorative events that
possess many special features of inter
est. A great naval display will be
part of the program, together with re-
gattas and the spectacular arrival in
canoes, by way of the lake, of 400 In
dams, the descendants of tribes for
merly occupying this site, will estab-
ish village around reproduction of
old Fort Dearborn, on the lake front.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
A Discouraged Fighter.

''He isn't so much of a fighter as he
used to be-"
mo. You see, he was always looking
for some one who could whip him-at
least that's what he said"
"Well?"
'Well, he found him. Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

The traffic passing through the Suez
canal has, up to the present time, been
constantly increasing. The transit re-
ceipts for 1901 amounted to $19,515,-
1876 Ian increase over 1900 of ST.
S97,SSS.52), and were higher than in
any previous year since the opening Of
the route
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

In Holland the new anti-strike law
prohibits strikers on government rail-
roads under penalty of imprisOnm ent.
Government. servants are forbidden to
take collective action. on the ground
that they are state employees Two
thirds of the railroads are owned by
the Netherlands
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Danger Might BE AVerted.

"My boy says his ambition is to grow
up to be a man just like his father"
II wouldn't let that worry me. When
L was your boys age l had burning
aesire to be a pirate. STRAY Stories.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Ths GIoatir1

Bonney-Come, nov be frank! What
Is there at the beach It is SO delight
full?
,Feldby-Oh, there's no ling there
that's delightful. The Geight comes
when you run up to town and tell the
ocan't-get-aways what splendid times
you're having down by the sea.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

The proprietors of Foley's Honey and Tar
do not advertise this medicine as a sure
cure for consumption. They do not claim
it will cure this dread disease in advanced
cases but do positively assert that it will
cure in the earlier stages and never fails to
give comfort and relief in the worst cases.
Fo1ey's Honey and Tar is without doubt
the greatest throat and lung remedy. Re-
fuse su Institutes. Jos. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
David Was on Time.

Mr.. Joggins 0entatively)-If should
not be home at dinner tine you need
not
Mrs. Joggins with decision)-You'Il
be home at the usual time, David
Joggins says he doesn't know how it
is, but when his wife says thing it is
pretty sure to come true.-Boston Tran
script
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

The venom of snakes contains only
intermediary bodies. which alone would
not be virulently poisonous; but the
normal blood serum of susceptible ami
mails contains the substances which,
by conioint action with the interme-
diary bodies CT the venom, cause the
deadly poisoning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

DR.. Haecher (Munchesner Med.
Woch.) says that the method of hard
ening children by means of cold baths
is not only unnecessary, but it is often
times injurious. 1t increases rather
than diminishes their susceptibility to
"coIds." thus inducing coryza, throat
affections, bronchitis and pneumonia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Snre Thing.

Hobo Charley = Say, loidy. if dat
dawg bites me he dies. See?
LADY, believe you. l don't see how
he could ever recover from it.-Balti-
more American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Not Popular.

Miss Primo, never dance. When
"a man asks a girl to waltz with him
its just the same as if he were to ask
her, MAY | hug your
Miss Pert-Oh, yes! And so they
never ask you to dance.-Philadelphia
prnSS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Hardwood Lumber for Sale.

Barn timber, building lumber,
bridge plank and dressed lumber
for sale at $12 per thousand and up
wards. Located south of center
of town of Waterloo. Address, G.
S. Johnson, Potosi, r. R. 3mo.*
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Not That way.

''They say" he remarked, chat grip
can be caught by kissing"
"That can't be the only way, though
she answered Mother had it last
week, and now fathers down with it. ;"
Chicago Record Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
CoYerIess Carts.

Dubbs-Chubbs turned prematurely
gray the other morning.
Tubbs-Why, how did it happen?
Dubbs-They were collecting ashes in
his block.-NeW York Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Masons and Builders Attention!

still have on hand a little of that
famous Carbon plaster-the best
plaster made. 1t is unequaled for
GEO. Fl. REED,
8tf. Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Not Interested.

"Did you read that article on why
Men Don't Propose"
The girl blushed. ut doesn't inter
est me-" she said. "You see, l know
one man who es."-Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Self Interest.

$50 you want to see the government
owning everything?"
''Pm tired of paying taxes. Wash
ington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
His Formal Abdfcation.

''No,' said the college graduate, Il
am not settling any of the great prob
lens this year. You will find their So
luton in the baccalaureate sermons
Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Dental Notice.

I, the Lancaster dentist, will not
close my Office on Wednesday of
each week during the summer.
15tf. G.. G.. NARROW.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

You have looked into a beautiful face.
seen the sweet smile, rosy cheeks, laughing
eyes and wished nature had made you at
tractive. Rocky Mountain Tea makes home
ly women beautiful.-JoS Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

The other day in Paris a dog was
seen in a motor car with a well-ftted
pair of blue spectaces to protect his
ewes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Fluent.

''Bixby's wife can converse in five
languages"
eyes, and can't keep still in any one
of them."-Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Doesn't Reciprocate.

''Mis'ry likes comp'ny, don't it?'
Eyes, but wen see it comm dat's de
day l don't feel sociable" = Atlanta
Constitution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Two Bottles Cured Him.

"I was troubled with kidney complaint for
about two years, writes A. H. Davis of Mt.
Sterling, Ia, ''but two bottles of Foley's
Kidney Cure affected permanent cure
JOS. Bennett
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Dental Notice.

We, the dentists of Lancaster
will close our Office on Wednesday
of each week till Oct. 18th.
j. Fl. REED, !.
lift G.. S. MOORE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
DISQUALIFIED.

''Why, what's the matter, Bridget"
'Your husband says, ma'am, my
cooking reminds him too much OF
yours. Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Kept His Word.

She-You promised to stop smoking
when we were married.
He-Well, they won't allow you to
smoke in church.-Brooklyn Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18

Falsehoods not only disagree with
truths, but they usually quarrel among
themselves. -WebSter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
lift.

A. r. Bass OF Morgantown, Ind. had to get
up ten or twelve times in the night, and had
a severe backache and pains in the Kidneys
was cured by Foley's Kidney Cure. JOS. Ben
nett
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-18
Bronchitis for Twenty Years.

Mrs. Minerva Smith of Danville, ILL.,,
writes. Il had bronchitis for twenty years
and never got relief until I used sFoley's
Rennett.