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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
TEMPTATION OF
BERNARD STRONG.

a silence that caused every sound to
echo through the room like pistol
shot, it would be counting observation.
While thus cogitating on the best
course to take there was slight click
in the farther corner, and Strong
guessed what had happened by the rep
etition Of the appreciative grunt-the
door Of the strongroom was open.
AT last Strong's mind was made up,
al his nerve returned, and he was as
cool and calm as ever.
Very slowly and silently his hand
crept up to the little brass knob above
his head, there was a sharp click, and
the next moment the room was flooded
with a brilliant light.
The intruder was so taken aback by
the suddenness Of the act that for a
moment he seemed glued to the spot,
and could only stare vacantly at the
binding light. That moment Strong
was upon him like tiger, and, hit
ting him Clearly between the eyes, sent
him Keeling into the strongroom, there
to fall with q dull thud on the hard
iron floor. Like lightning the door
slammed to, the skeleton key turned
in the lock, and the bolt shot home.
Strong stood for minute dazed and
trembling, listening to the dull thuds
and oaths proceeding from the room,
then fell fainting to the ground. The
excitement Of the past ten minutes had
been too much for an oyerworked con-
stitution.
When Strong opened his eyes he was
no longer lying on the office floor, but
on the comfortable sofa in the direct
or's Office, with that worthy leaning
over him, anxiety written on every fea-
ture.
You're all right, my lad" he muir
INJURED, kindly. you've had a nasty
tumble, but it might have been worse.
No, don't trouble to tell me about it
yet" he added, as Strong tried to
raise himself to speak; ...that will wait
till you've had a good Sleep"
But must" persisted Strong.
weakly. He'll die If you don't let him
out, and 1 shall be murderer"
whatever do you mean?" gasped
the astonished Mr.. Brown, and then,
helped by several sips at glass Of
water, Strong recounted all the mys-
terious events of the previous night.
Mr.. Brown would now trust Strong
with his very life, but little does he
imagine how near his money was to
being stolen by the very man who
risked so much to save it.-New York
News
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
How to Hold Your Friends.

How to Hold Your FRIENDS.
Those who would make friends must
cultivate the qualities which are adj
mired and which attract. If you are
mean, stingy, and selfish, nobody Will
admire you. You must cultivate gen
crosby and large-heartedness; you
must be magnanimous and tolerant;
you must have positive qualities; for
negative, shrinking, apologiz1ng, round
about man is despised. You must Gull
tivate courage and boldness; for cow
ard has few friends. You must believe
in yourself. If you do not, others Will
not believe in you. You must look up
ward, and be hopeful, CHEEKY and op-
timistic No one will be attracted to
a gloomy pessimist.
The moment q man feels that you
have a real live interest in his welfare,
and that you do not ask about his
business, profession, book or article
merely out of courtesy, you will get
his attention, and will interest him.
You will tie him to you just in proper
ton to the intensity and unselfishness
Of your interest in him. But If you
are selfish and think of nothing but
your own advancement; if you are
wondering how you can use everybody
to help you along; If you look upon
every man or woman you are intro
duced to as so much more possible
success-capital; If you measure people
by the amount Of business they can
send you, or the number Of new eli
ents, patients, or readers Of your book
they can secure for you, they will look
upon you in the same way.
If you have friends, don't be afraid
to express your friendship; don't be
afraid to tell them that you admire or
love them. If you love anybody, why
not say so? If you enjoy anyone's
company why not say so? 1t costs you
nothing; it may mean everything to
your friend and to your friendship.
A lady was asked how she managed
to get along so well with disagreeable
people. 1T is very simple" she re-
piled; "all do is to try to make the
most of their good qualities and pay no
attention to their disagreeable ones"
No better formula by which to win and
hold friends could be found.-Orison
SWEET Marden in Success.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
JAPS INVADE FISHERIES.
Vt Is Asserted That They Are Despoii-
ing the Western Waters.

Ing me w eSEcTn VaCcTSs
The japanese are great fish eaters,
very large share Of their constant diet
being dried fish, according to the Ia
coma Ledger. Recently the Russian
government shut down on the Japanese
fishermen off the coast Of Siberia, ap-
parently in retaliation for the express
ed antipathy Of the Japanese to every
thing Russian. The Japs had to Sc
c,1re fish from elsewhere at once and
swarmed into British Columbia. I'm
less they can be dislodged neither Can
ada nor America will get one cent out
Of all the millions Of ''chum" salmon
bred in our waters and now being fed
az a daily diet to the Japanese in
Japan. The Japs put up temporary
and cheap quarters during the sum-
msr and fill them up with Japanese
fishermen and mechanics. Japs catch
tho fish, for which they pay nothing.
Japs salt them down.
Japs make boxes Of Jap-sawn lum-
be, and nail them together with jap
aEese nails. Japs load the boxes on
japanese steamers and the banking
exchange Is done through Japanese
banks solely. When the season is over
tho Japs disappear, not leaving one
cent for all the fish they have taken
away, for even their food supplies are
japanese, too, just as are their nets
ami their clothing. Thus in two years
a promising industry is nipped COM
pletely and Of an offering Of 200 tons
this season we have not been able to
sell single salmon. If we were to
allow them to come over here and do
thu asme with wheat and -four, grow
ing the grain on government lands, as
they are catching their fish in govern
ment waters, the flour business, too,
would soon be nipped off in the same
way. AS Canada gets no more than
America now out Of the business the
upper countries should unite in the
suppression Of foreign exploitation Of
their fisheries, just as America has al
ready done. The Japs would not be
allowed to carry on their business i'll
Alaskan waters, and Canada has no
interest in fostering a trade so value
less to herself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
The Comfortable Bed.

A capacious, airy bedroom is one Of
the essential luxuries Of life, and it's
central article Of furniture, a perfect
ly equipped bed, is certainly the great
est comfort that money can buy There
are many instances in the list of house
hold appointment where, if the article
is not as good as it looks, there are
apologies to be made for it, and the
useful becomes subservient to the or
namental. Not so with a bed. Be it
ever so ornamental, the bed must still
be better than it looks. The bedstead
may be ever so handsome, and the
counterpart may consist Of dainty
fabric, but neither one takes the place
Of the bed itself. For, truth to tell,
never since the old-time feather bed
was in vogue, when the four-poster
stood forth in all it's unruff1ed splendor
with it's conspicuous patchwork COW
ers, has the bed been such substan-
tial article Of furniture as now.-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
Woman,s Artificia1 beauty.


A German once estimated from data
he said was reliable, that the money,
American women pay for cosmetics
each year would paint 1900 houses,
allowing $50 for each house. But the
modern American woman is not the
only one who uses cosmetics. Cleo
patra used every cosmetic known to
her time, and also wrote book on the
care of the skin.
When Ovid wrote about women and
their ways he said that fancy for
looking i'll and delicate and playing on
the feelings Of the men had taken pos
session of them, and that 1t was a
smart thing to get a fetching pallor on
their faces by white lead and other
stuffs.
In the ruins Of Thebes an entire toilet
case was found, with bottles OF per-
fumery, jars Of powder and tubes Of
paint, with brushes and clothes, evil
IDENTIFY showing that the belle Of that
day was not unaware Of the advant-
ages of artificiality in color.
The bellies Of Ninevah were willing
to suffer to be beautiful. They had
their skins made smooth with brim-
stone and then they were enameled.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
Very Lengthy SLAVES.

The distance a man shaves IN an
average lifetime, or the distance his
razor travels over his face, will be q
surprise to most people. From null
titude of examples an average meas
urement around the chin, from ear to
ear, is found to be 1921 inches. From
where the beard starts on the throat
to the chin, and thence to the edge
Of the upper lips, is AZ inches. You
give, two strokes of the razor to each
inch or fraction Of an inch In order
to cover all the surface, and go over
each section of the face twice In order
to secure clean surface.
So, multiplying the number OF strokes
by the number of times the razor Is
passed over the entire face, you get
the figure 4, and four times the two
above mentioned measurements gives
you the figures so and Is respectively,
which, added together, produce 6S.
Therefore, the average man, whether
dark or fair, slaves 81 inches every
twenty-four hours. With these figures
we arrive at the result that every man
wearing only a mustache shaves 2,O6S
feet 4 inches per year. Taking, then,
the average life at 70 years, and that
the fair man starts shaving at IS, and
the dark man a year earlier, or at II,
we have the following results: That
a fair man, if he lives till he is 70,
will shave in the course Of his life
20 miles $50 yards inches. The dark
man, if he lives till he is 70, will shave
in the course Of his life 20 miles 1910
yards / foot inches.-Kansas City
Independent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
Those Who Fall by the wayside.

The reason why people who have
lost their money drop out Of their
world is not that by becoming poor
they lose their friends, as is generally
said and believed by those who have
been unfortunate, but because they
themselves are the first to withdraw
from the companionship of those with
whom they used to associate The
world is very good-natured and very
good-hearted, but it is also very busy,
and has no time to stop and pick up
those who fall by the wayside; but if
the latter struggle up and stagger on
it is generally very willing to lend
kindly assistance. If people who have
had reverses would act just the same
as ever there would be no difference,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
Music in Her Heart.

Prof. Reitter recently introduced to
the Society for Internal Medicine In
Vienna a woman with musical heart.
For the last four years she has suffer
ed from palpitation and about eighteen
months ago she noticed for the first
time a peculiar singing noise in her
breast, which was also audible to 9TH
err persons and rose and fell in strength
and pitch. The sound is said to be due
to malformation of the heart valves,
which sets up vibrations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
RACE DEGENERACYIN THE NOVEL
Writers of Fiction Seldom Deal with
Fortunes of Large Families

Writers of Fiction Seldom Deal with
Fortunes of Large Families
The decline Of the birth rate in some
Of the countries of the world, and
especially>of that among Americans Of
native stock, has been discussed with
in the last few months almost ad
nauseam in the United States. The
subject has been written up and
argued upon in all sorts of magazines
and journals, and although no unan-
imous decision has been reached it has
nevertheless been generally admitted
that natiye-born Americans do not
produce nearly such large families as
was the case two or three genera
tons ago.
An ingenious deliver into matters cur
ious or possibly somewhat of a. wag,
sent a letter to the Popular Science
Monthly in which he declares that
the birth rate in fiction has been stead
lily decreasing for a considerable time.
The writer calls attention to the low
birth rate in novels and plays, and
adds that united as it is with high
death rate, will inevitably lead to the
rapid determination Of the hero and
heroine. He is strongly of the opin-
ion that the birth rate in novels Is
decreasing, and that while families Of
\ respectable size may be found in
INackery, and Dickens, they scarce
ly exist In Meredith, Hardy and
James.
In order to prove his point the writ
er refers to two novels-"Vanity Fair
and "Beauchamp's Career" Becky
Sharp was an only child. Sir Pitt
Crawley, twice married, had four
children; his brother five and his sister
none, so there was an average family
Of three. Osborne and Dobbin each
had two sisters and the Sedley fam
lily consisted Of brother and sister.
Matters were yet worse in the next
generation. Amelia had two husbands
and two children. Becky one child,
Sir Pitt one and Josh none.
"This," says the writer, lis appar-
emily an average family Of 1.3, which
Is almost exactly that Of the Harvard
graduates, according to President
Eliot" In "Beauchamp's Career" the
families seem to grow smaller by de-
grees and beautifully less. Twelve
married couples have about five chill
dren-a truly distressing state Of af-
fairs and one that warrants the writer
in predicting the rapid determination
Of the population Of the novel.
Novelists Of the present day GER
tainly do not, as rule, introduce
large families to their readers. This
may be in keeping with the actual
condition of things, or it may be that
children are as difficult to manage In
the pages Of book as they are In
real life.-Medical Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
A Husband to n Wife.

Sweetheart, my wife, the sky is gray
And hidden is the sun.
Yet happy is my heart to-day J.
For that the day is done
And you are one day nearer me
And so I sing right cheerily.
When first the birds began to thrill
Dawn's soul with matin song,
I Weakened, and my heart did fill
With JOY most sweet and strong
And my song answered to the birds,
Unworded joy and joy in words!
I cared not when my room grew dun
When storm came in from sea
Ny happy thought armed like the sun
And made the shadows flee;
For you were one day nearer me j
And so / sang right cheerily!
And now that night is shutting down
And stars recall your eyes.
The vesper bells ring Ger the town
And still my song replies.
Hope, peace and joy, sweet trinity,
Link me to loves affinity.
And soon I shall be wrapped in sleep,
And may my dreams all be
Of gifts the days a-coming keep
Of love for you and me
And Weakening one day nearer thee
1 shall sing GA more cheerily!
Charles M. Williams in Housekeeper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21

ole and harness
and then trains
a n d conditions
them for the track.
recently at the La
Porte county fair
she drove in the
gentlemen's driv-
ing class and won
the race.
Fourteen years
go Mrs. Pontifax
was a dressmaker,
but was so broken
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
Home.Made Garrett Cleaner

They have in the shops some mix
ture that cleans carpets beautifully.
But housewives are a little suspicious
Of such things. Here, however, is a
concoction that cleans carpets and
brightens the colors. 1t is, as one can
see, perfectly harmless. 1t is simply
the ordinary combination Of warm
water and ammonia for cleaning pur-
poses, to which a tablespoonful OF
kerosene has been added. A carpet
wiped with a cloth wrung out of this
will show vast Improvement In
looks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21

ippine Islands, and
she is the first wo-
man ever appoint
ed to such an i'm
portant position.
Miss Gilmore is
the daughter Of A.
M. Gilmore, Of FL
wood, Ind, and is
twenty-four years
old. She was grad
uated from the
u nj v e r S | t Y Of
MICHIGAN and was
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
"PRoTEsT OF THE SIOUX"

An Original Statue to Be Shown at
the St. Louis Worlds Fair.
In the Palace of Art at the forthcom-
ing Louisiana Purchase Exposition
will be found evidence Of the interest
in sculpture which the Chicago exposi-
ton and the bazaar at Buffalo infused
in the genius of this and other coun-
tries. America became interested in
sculpture during the Worlds Fair to
an extent that placed a higher CONNER
cial value upon the works Of many an
individual whose studio work brought
on by the willingness Of the American
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21

At night, when you sit on your front
porch and talk, 1t Is we'll to remember
that those to whom you talk will re-
peat what you said in broad daylight
next day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21

but they withdraw to q distance, and
then wait for especial attention, which,
it must be admitted, they do not often
receive, as people in Vanity Fair sell
dom go out of their way for anybody
or anything unless some especial adj
vantage is to be gained thereby. Those
who have been unfortunate would be
less bitter if they realized this fact, if
they felt that it rested with them
selves to be or not to be socially ex-
1stent. They must not seem down.
hearted, and they must not look shah
by. This is all that the world asks Of
them. If they can bravely hold their
own in these respects there is no need
Of dropping out Of everything. New
York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21

When n man dies who IS upwards of
eighty, ard the death notice doesn't
say he has ben married three CT four
times, 1t Is because the wife CT his
youth survives him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21

Modesty is winning out every day.
The new Pope Is even bashful -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
No Trouble at All.

Wife producing letter from hus-
bands coat pocket)-There's that let
ter I gave you to mail a week ago.
Husband-By jimini! So it is. I
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
Has Marked Legal Ability.

Miss Floy V. Gilmore is the assist
ant attorney general for the govern
ment Of the United States in the Phil
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
Ven0Il.

II sea the sold tag on Dauber's poe
ture'
Eyes, old Smith bought it."
why don't they hang the tag on
old Smith T'-Detroit Free Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21

A girls handkerchief is a foolish
thing; it isn't as large as one drop
OF sweat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21
A Rural Substitute.

Traveller want to be called at 4
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Tavern Keeper-Very good, sir! But
my servant is away, and so I'll have to
put a rooster in your room instead!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21

Woman as a Horse Trainer.
Mrs Cora Pontlfax, of La Porte, Ind,
follows a strange occupation for
woman. She breaks colts to the sad
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21

Wife-When 1 asked you if it would
be too much trouble you said 1t would
be NO trouble at all. 1 ought to have
been bright enough to know what you
meant.-Boston Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-04

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-04
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