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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
THE MANTLE OF CHARITY.


Men who are unable or unwilling to
work are disintegrating elements in
society. How to care for these physi-
cally, mentally and morally weak ones
is perhaps the greatest social problem
Of the present time, and one which
fo country can be said to have solved,
unless we accept the theory of Mons.
August Monlieras, professor Of Arabic
at Oran, who thinks that persistent
pauperism has been overcome in Nor
Deco by indiscriminate almsgiving.
Our neighbors in Morocco, he writes
in lie Marco IncOnnu," without she'd
ding one drop of ink, nOr-much better
"a single drop of blood, have reached
the ideal so long dreamed Of by the
economists and philanthropists of all
ages and all countries. By private
charity alone, by almsgiving, by
friendliness to the poor, they have
solved the great problem Of the we'll
being of the majority
In that land the toilers, the poor,
the unemployed, are contented with
the help they derive from private
benevolence, and have never dreamed
to commit the folly of attacking pri-
vate property-from which, on the
contrary, they expect to receive the
relief Of poverty.
They expect, and they are perfectly
certain that all wealth, all capital will
come to their aid, unmenaced, uncon-
strained, solely with the view of obey
ing the solemn injunction Of the
Koran.
You must see with what eagerneas,
what scrupulous fidelity the capitalists
Of Morocco discharge their legal aims,
the tenth of their income, which they
distribute themselves among the poor
without state ryention-conscience
and God being their only judges.
This strict observance of the Mus
sulman law is good evidence of truth
to which the skeptical moderns pay
too little attention; that man, when
he fears God, is more likely to be good
than when he only fears the police
man. Where is the true believer, how
ever avaricious, who dares to incur
the formidable maledictions Of one of
the shortest and most stringent of the
chapters written by the Prophet?
Here it is, and translate it almost
word for word:
SIN the name of God, merciful and
compassionate! Dost know who dis
graces religion? He who harshly re-
pulses the orphan; who dissuades men
from feeling hungry. Curses on those
who let their minds wander in prayer!
who pray for show! who refuse to give
almsw
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Grandmother's Garden.

I've been back to grandmother's garden
where the dear old flowers grow
That she placed there, and tended in the
summers long ago
The sweet, old-fashioned flowers that
used to delight her so.
There are lilacs by gate and doorway,
and lilies, all in row,
Whose blossoms we fancied were trum-
pets for fairy bands to blow,
And southernwood, spiciy fragrant by
the doorStone worn and low.
Pinks that are rich with odors Of Glove
and myrrh are there,
And l seem, as l catch their fragrance,
to be in the house of prayer,
In grandmother's pew, on Sunday, close
by the pulpit stair.
can see her there with her hymn-book
open at Wells" or ''Mear,"
With a bunch of her garden posies be-
tween its leaves, and hear
The Voice chat has sung in Heaven for
many and many year.
OFduuUOCueF gave uer HOWeIS W CIOW IL
the maiden's head
When she stood at the marriage altar
J and a wife's II will' is said,
And they came to her for blossoms to
put in the hands of the dead.
remember the summer morning when
grandmother heard the call
Of the angel of death, whose summons
will some day come to us all.
The first of June roses We're blowing
down by the garden wall.
"How sweet they are," she whispered.
'What dear things God has made.
am going to dwell in country where
the flowers never fade"
Then she folded her hands on her bosom,
and it seemed as if she prayed.
She looked so peaceful, SO happy, with
her hands clasped on her breast,
Holding the flowers we brought her, the
blossoms she loved the best,
That we thought. the Heaven she had
gone to was a place of sweetest
rest.
Over her grave in the churchyard her
dear old flowers grow,
But I think of her out in the garden of
God, where His lilies grow,
And fancy she tends His flowers as she
used to these below.
-Eben e. Rexford in Home and Flow
erS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
A SUPERSTITIOUS PEOPLE.
characteristics of Inhabitants of the
Cumb bertrand Mountains.

WI
Cumberland Mountains.
In his article on "Our Appalachian
People" in Harper's Magazine, Julian
Ralph tells of the curious shyness Of
these people of the Cumberland noun
tains. and Of their fear of anything
new and advanced:
incidents illustrative Of some OF
these traits are the following" he
says: ga man living on Hellforsar-
tain creek, refused to allow his sick
baby to be taken to hospital at
Berea college, because he argued, If
she's a-goin' to live, she'll git well.
anyhow, | reckon, and l don't guess,
if she's a-goin' to die, nothin' we kin
do won't save her. Again, man on
Bullskin creek, in explaining why his
child died said that no one c0uldn't
make her take no medicine. She just
wouldn't take it. She was a Baker
through and through, and you never
could make Baker do nothin he
didn't want to do A mountaineer in
Tennessee heard his wife complain
that, no matter how hard she churned,
and no matter what she did, she could
not make butter come that day. That
thars Nance Clay's doin's,' said the
husband. III soon fix her. He pro-
ceeded to draw the figure of woman
on a sheet of paper, and when it was
finished he marked with an oval the
place where her heart would be. He
pinned the paper on the wall of his log
cabin, melted a silver coin into the
form Of a bullet, took down his rifle
aimed at the drawing and shot the
bullet through the oval. He believed
that a neighbor named Nancy Clay
presumably an aged spinster Of
shrewdish temper of meddling DISPOSE
tion-had bewitched the milk, and that
by shooting her through the heart in
the drawing he could cause her to
sicken and die. This is a very an
cient notion, found in one form or
another among the red Indians, the
negroes, the Asiatic, and many other
old races"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

D. LIE ROY DRESSER. name is associated
with the worst failure Of the year; his
health has been shattered by the strain
Of anxiety he has undergone.
Inordinate ambition is the cause OF
his downfall. He was not content
with being the head Of a prosperous
mercantile firm. The profits of trade,
although they reached nearly 100000
a year, did not satisfy him. He was
made president of the Merchants As
ISOLATION. But even this honor, the
highest in the metropolitan world of
trade, was not enough. He looked
forward to being a captain OF INDUS
try" to wearing the epaulettes Of
ranking officers in the army OF imam
ciers. He wanted to be a multi-mil-
lionaire.
Until a year ago Dresser had been
one Of fortunes favOrites. His success
in business, his good luck with all his
enterprises, was powerful among his
associates. His social connections aid
ed him, for they were of the best. One
Of his sisters, Natalie B. Dresser, was
married to John Nicholas Brown, said
to have been the wealthlest man IN
Rhode Island. Another sister, Edith
Stuyyesant Dresser, was married to
George w. Vanderbilt in Paris on June
2. 1898, and her brother was a fire.
ouent and welcome visitor to the mag
nificent Vanderbilt estate, Biltmore.
Mr.. Dresser was graduated from
Columbia University in 1889. In 1891
he entered into business life as COM
mission merchant and met with sue
cess from the start, his profits varying
from 100000 year to 100000. He
came to be spoken Of as one Of the
merchant princes and commercial hon.
ors fell upon him. He became director
in various concerns and organized the
Trust Company Of the Republic and
became it's president.
When the United States Shipbuilding
Company was organized Dresser was
asked to underwrite the bonds issued
by the new organization. And here
is where he tripped and fell. He fall
ed in his endeavor, and he and his
commercial house and the Trust Com
pany Of the Republic went down to
ruin. The stock of the latter concern
was selling before the smash at $3.50;
it is now worth $50. The liabilities Of
the commercial house were $780, 900,
with assets estimated at $750,OOO. In
his endeavor to become a millionaire
in hurry he sacrificed business that
was slowly raising him to the rank he
coveted and ruined his business repu-
tatiOn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Health and Beauty,

For bee and wasp stings use car
boic acid, soda or ammonia.
Never neglect to battle the eyes oc-
casionally in salt water. A weak solu-
ton is best.
For burns use a dressing Ok saturat-
ed soda or equal parts of lnseed oil
and lime water, vaseline, sweet oil,
butter-any bland oil-but on no ac-
count glycerin, which is irritating.
In a case Of poison ivy try solution
Of baking soda or weak solution Of
sugar Of lead. Mackerel brine from
the kit in the farm cellar or a tomato
from the vines will also be found eff
fectual.
In walking don't hold the leg stiff,
although it must be held straight. In
this way one walks with the least ply
steal expense and with the greatest
ease, comfort, healthfulness and
beauty.
The best trea tment for bruise is an
immediate application Of hot fomenta-
tons. After that witch hazel, vinegar
and hot water, or alcohol and water,
put on with a bandage and often moist
ened.
During the summer weather give the
children a good bath every night, but
turn them loose in the day to make ac-
quaintance with growing things and
babbling brooks and all the sweet Sc
crntc that M tI1rn ctn ndc rpadv t0 Ira-
veal to the little child.
When you go to the country take
plenty Of bandages, neatly rolled, a
case of court plaster, your family doc
tors prescription for any special at
tack that any of the family are sub
ject TO, a small bottle of Jamaica gin
ger or paregoric, a package Of mustard
plasters, then hope you will find occa-
sion for none of them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
SDOiIino a Phrase.

In her Letters From the Holy land
Lady Butler protested vigorously, al
though vainly, against the introduction
of railways into Palestine.
Every yard of that small and beauti-
full country is precious in her eyes, and
that its echoes should be awakened
by a snorting locomotive is, she be-
lie+es, abhOrrent to reverent persons.
She scores point with her state
ment that an express train could run
in two hours tsfrom Dan to Beersheba,"
which cuts down the significance Of
the familiar association of the two
places so that there seems to be moth
ing left.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Gladstone's Statue.

A statue to Gladstone has recently
been placed in Westminster Abbey on
the spot marked for it years ago by
Dean Stanley. 1t occupies the last
vacant space for a standing figure in
the north transept. The London Times
describes the statue.
1t was made by Mr.. Brook of the
Royal Academy, and is a marble figure
on a marble pedestal, which at pres
ent contains no inscription. On one
side is the statue Of Sir Robert Peel
on the other. that Of Lord Beacons-
field. The aisle is called the States
mems AISLE" and is near the pulpit
Gladstone stands in the robes Of a
doctor Of civil law of OXfolu, with his
face turned slightly TO the left. The
likeness is good.
There is no ceremony of unveiling
monuments which, like this, are erect
ed by the authority of Parliament. No
display is necessary to call attention to
the honor which the nation pays its
great men.
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and attention. The mother is careless
often-allows her baby to stand upon
tender little legs, whose carriages are
too soft to bear the weight Of the body,
and so bend one way or the other. If
outward the baby VIII have bow l2gs,
and if in the other direction knock
knees will be the result. The legs
should be allowed to gain strength to
bear the weight of the body. Massage
for both arms and legs of a baby
should accompany the daily bath
Health Culture.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
ETTY RAWLINS had a bank

O. ETTY RAWLINS had a bank
IS account, and huge one at
that But Betty had a greater
fortune In her face, for she was as
pretty as a spring beauty, and though
she was perverse and pouty when she
wanted to be she was ordinarily as
sweet as violet.
Betty lived in the summer time at
Lowland Glen, not many miles remov-
ed from Fort Sherman, a big garrt-
son with enough young officers on
duty to fill the ranks Of company
had they been forced 10 drop the sword
and shoulder the Krag- Jorgenson.
Betty loved the miltary-what girl
doesn't?-and IL the truth be told
Betty's heart was set on marrying into
the soldiery, but she had made up her
mind secretly that he couldn't think OF
looking at anything less than colonel,
and when she thought Of 1t she sigh
ed, for the colonies in Uncle Sans
regulars were all so dreadfully old, and
Betty was only 10, mind you.
There was young Roy Lanyard sta
toned at Fort Sherman. He was
mighty good looking, Betty admitted
this to herself, and it wouldn't be q
bit hard to love him, but Roy was
only a captain, and nothing but a
colonel would do. Captain Lanyard, to
get into the middle Of things at once,
was just as desperately in love with
Betty as young soldier just old
enough to know his own mind can be-.
He didn't care a rap about Betty's
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Most Women Misshapen.

A prominent American physician is
responsible for the startling statement
that every woman has either crooked
arms or crooked legs. Inquiry among
the different professors Of gymnastics
has brought forth much the same opin-
ion. Women are knock-kneed, bow
legged, too lean, too fat or only par
TALLY developed, and a straight arm Is
very rare. Worse than all, they at
tribute these deformities to our man.
ner of dressing. Tight sleeves, tight
waists and tight corsets are to be
blamed. A man rarely has defermed
arms, because his clothing is made to
allow him an opportunity to reach
anywhere, and fashion does not forbid
him to swing his arms when he takes
his daily walk. Besides being tight,
a woman's sleeves are put into a waist
in such a manner as to prevent her
from lifting her arms to any height.
The fashionable sleeve of the last
twenty years has been crooked, and
woman's arms have grown as crooked
as the sleeve. Bow legs and knock
knees often begin in childhood, but
they are finished by the high heels
and narrow-pointed toes which diStin-
guish the everyday footwear of wom-
ankind.
Our own deformities may be rene
died by a thorough course of physical
exercise with dumb-bells and Indian
clubs or any one of the excellent exer-
cisers now on the market. Our children
can be saved from deformity by care
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

bank account; in fact, he never gave 1t
a thought. 1t was just Betty herself
that he wanted, but he didn't dare say
90.
Now Betty had another failing, not
uncommon among American girls not
old enough thoroughly to understand
that Yankee husbands are the best in
that the ideal condition in married life
would be that which would come from
husband who was q combination Of
Englishman and English army officer.
'"The colonies are younger over there"
said Betty to herself, land they are
all of aristocratic family, and, oh
well, Englishmen are just too lovely
for anything"
The summer colony at Lowland Glen
was unusually large that season. There
were punches of swell dOings, as the
slangy Yale c0unsin of Betty would
put it. The army officers from Fort
Sherman were much in evidence, and
one young captain in particular was
very much in evidence in the vicinity
of Miss Betty Rawlins. Betty saw the
evidence clearly, and how she did wish
that the president would retire some
few hundreds OF superior officers SO
that Roy Lanyard could tack the alb
breviation Col" to the front part
Of his name.
One day there was excitement at
LowIand Glen. Mrs. Calumet had in
vited two Engl;shmen one Of them an
army officer TO spend the month with
them at their summer home. The
news reached Betty the morning after
the arrival OF the Calumet's two
told her about it. Let the girls alone
for spreading news of this kind. "And
Betty" said one of her informants,
zone Of the Englishmen is q colonel in
his majestys service, and young and
good looking at that
Betty's heart gave a thump. cat
last" she murmurcd to herself.
The next afternoon Betty met the
Englishmen at the Dexter Country
Club. Her heart fluttered little as
the younger of the two mcn--the other
was old and out Of the running-was
introduced to her. Colonel Reginald
Southcote was his name. 1t fairly
rang of aristocracy ard militarism.
Betty knsw that he was a simon-pure
Englishman all right enough because
of his name, his accent and his clothes
which didn't fit
For the next week Colonel Reginald
Southcote was Betty Rawlin's shadow.
Captain Roy Lanyard looked en- and
was miserable. Betty gave him two
dances and about three words during
the entire week.
"No show for one Of Uncle Sans
poor artilIerymen when there's one of
King Edwards men with a drawl and
a monocle about" sighed poor Captain
Roy.
Colonel Reginald Southcote was not
long in finding out that Betty Raw
Inns had a pot of money and that she
adored the military. Betty asked him
one day what his regiment was, and
he replied promptly: II am the colonel
OF the Royal Yorickshire Regiment"
-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
DonhIe Chins Cured.

A double chin is hard thing to re-
move by home treatment, but it can
certainly be modified by persistent
daily application of the following treat
ment: Grasp as much Of the chin as
can be held between the thumb and
forefnger, and twist until 1t slips out.
Do this many times on both sides of
the chin. One can form the habit of
doing it when reading.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

Here is a cut showing a new style
of corset cover in white lawn and lace
insertion. Lace beading, through which
blue satin ribbon runs, borders the bust
and is drawn to fit. The petticoat is
the favorite cut, closely gored and fit
ted into a smooth hip yoke 1t Is trim
med to match the corset cover, with
lace, pin tucks and ribbon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Women Are Wearing Mems Hosiery.

Women Are Wearing Mems Hosiery.
What won't fair woman do next?
The latest novelty is half-hose for
women, says the New York Evening
Post. They are to be had at present
in only a few exclusive shops, and
they are rather expensive, the chea.oest
being 81. These stockings, which ere
designed for GOODNESS, end just below
the knee in a close ribbing, which
keeps them in place. For greater Sc
curity, nothing being worse form than
wrinkled stocking on woman, there
is sold a garter exactly like those worn
by men. French women have worn
these short stockings for some time,
and one New York shop imported a
few last year. The proprietor tells an
amusing story to account for his first
purchase. A young woman from a.
fashionable private school, making her
summer purchases Of hosiery, added q
few pairs of boys socks which she de-
clared she intended to wear on hot
days. She displayed her novel pur-
chase to her schoolmateS, and the next
day they f1ocked down to the store and
bought every boys sock in the place.
The proprietor sent out and bought
more small socks, all he could get Of
the required quality, and the school
took the ot.-Phi,adelphia Evening
TELEGRAM
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

Society Woman Turns to Law.
Mrs. James r. Branch is a graduate
Of the woman's law class Of the New
York university. She is a Southerner
and has lately taken up residence in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

a. hurry Will lead a
sober-minded, con-
sentative business
man to ruin.
Less than one
year ago Dresser
was one Of the
most prominent fig
ures in the New
York commercial
world. To-day he
is practically a fin
ancial wreck; his
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Questions in Geography.

Who Rhode Island?
How did Tennessee?
How much did Ohio?
What can Colorado?
What made Wisconsin?
How many did Illinois?
Who was it Arkan-SaW ?-Sing Sing
Star Of Hope.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

When business gets out of its ordi.
nary channel some men use up all
their time telling how to handle it.
The others go ahead and do the best
they can.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

A woman usually follows fashions in
dressing her hair till the second baby
comes, when she hasn't time to expert.
ment, and clings to the style prevalent
then till her death
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

Every few weeks a man does some
thing that causes all the women TO
scream: what on earth can he be
thinking about?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

The chou women talk about is not
to eat, though it sounds like a pickle.
It is that big fiimsy white thing at the
back Of necks that look like halo
that wasn't properly pinned on the
head, and slipped down.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
a RAPID RISE AND FALL
His Ambition to Become a Million aire
Proved His Undoing.

The case Of Daniel LIE Roy Dresser
serves as an illustration of how vanity
or the craze to achieve great riches in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
Amazon Still Unknown,

The valley of the Amazon still re.
mains almost UNEMPLOYED.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

New York Mrs. Branch is one Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and a member Of Eclectic. She is
fond of outdoor sports and belongs to
the Richmond County Golf Club.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

Existence of friendship depends upon
reciprocity Of esteem.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

Miss Jane Noria, known in America
as Josephine Ludwig, is the latest
American star to be added to the
Paris opera galaxy. She is a beauti-
full and talented girl Of "a, with
magnificent soprano voice. Her pa.
rents live in st. Louis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
CONSUMPTION in Ohio.

Consumption claims 6,CO0 persons a
year in Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05
When Pins Were New,

Pins were first manufactured in this
country soon after the war of 1912.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-05

bank account; in fact, he never gave 1t
a thought. 1t was just Betty herself
that he wanted, but he didn't dare say
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-21
is GRANVILLE pYNAMIrER4
Northern fisifs Detectives Charge
Him with Crime. R5'

Helena, Montana Isaac Qravelae
was brought to town Sunday BY I
fp6eS9 q Northern 'Pacfhc detectives
and l6a6sd III Jail on the charge d
being contested with the dynamite
outrages on the Northern Pacific.
Saturday night while . Waterman
was patrohng the track shout 15
miles west Of Helena he ran Across
Z man digging q hole under the rails.
On being, detected the man ran away
land the Waterman fred at him twice
but missed. This morning at z Cap,
tain Keown and two 0thers took the
trail Of the man and followed IT. 20
miles into the mountains, finally cap
turing the man at his cabin. He was
armed with d rife and revolver. He
said his name was Plummer, but the
men knew him to be Isaac Gravelle
an ex-convict, released from the
penftentiary In July. He is the man
the detectives have been hunting Tor
three weeks, his picture having been
identified az that df the man who was
found at a haystack near Townsend
where so pounds OF dynamite was
found. ~ 81 tsiHa
Superintendent Boyle and Detective
McFetridge, who have charge Of the
work of running down the dynamiters
are positive Gravelle IS the ringleader|
Of the outrages. -