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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

titled to the throne Of France To as
young princes came to the United
States, chartered the steamer Column
bus at Buffalo, and proceeded to Green
Bay, where Williams was preaching to
a tribe of Indians.
When they saw and spoke to him,
however, they became convinced he
was either a willful impostor or a Ger
son deceived by foolish stories. Will
liarls was well known in Detroit.
When the First st. Paul's Church, on
the east side of Woodward avenue, be-
tween Larned and Congress streets,
was consecrated, on Aug. 27, 1887, he
read the conservation service and he
was frequently in this city afterward.
He died at Hogansburg, N. Y, in 1853.
When the two princes were on their
way back they stopped at Detroit and
were entertained by Gen. Cass. They
had great curiosity to know the situa-
ton in the surrounding country, which
was once under French rule. Cass was
much gratified on being able to furnish
a historian on those subjects like Geo.
Knaggs, who was gentlemanly, finely
educated and spoke French like ma
tive. George accompanied the princes
on their steamboat trip to Buffalo,
where he bade them farewell, and
went to New York, via Lake Cham
plain.
The Prince de Joinville and the
Duke D'Aumale were accompanied by
Marshal Bertrand, Count Montholon
and the Viscount Montesquieu.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
Wanted Them Jumped.

At the first commencement Of Wash
ington College after General Lee was
elected it's president sixteen young
men delivered orations, many of which
abounded in fiattering illusions to the
president-general.
General Lee became more and more
FESTIVE, and finally asked Professor
Allen how many more of them were
to speak.
"Only four, if you need it, General"
replied the Professor.
The General drew up his chair and
whispered, could not you arrange it,
Professor, for all four to speak at
once? l can't stand quite so much
praise to the face when it's spun
out"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
PEACH is AN ALMOND.
Wrongly Named Fruits and Vegetsl-
b1es-Onion Once Flower.

b1es-Onion Once a Flower.
There are few more wrongly named
things in the world than the Jerusalem
artichoke. In the first place, it never
came from Jerusalem at all, and in
the second, it is not really an arti-
choke, but a sunfower with it's tubers
developed by cultivation. Cultivation
has done wonders for fruits and vege-
tables
For instance, through it's means
peaches, apricots and nectarines have
been developed frolh the almond, to
which family all three fruits belong
There is little apparent connection
between the wild crab Of the hedge
rows and a newtown pippin, but both
are members of the same genus. In
deed, it is from this same wild crab
apple that the whole of the 700 odd
existing varieties Of apples have been
raised.
Technically speaking, too, the pear is
an apple; and so is the medlar and the
mountain ash, which latter is not an
dSA Ut d1l.
Is a turnip a cabbage? Yes; one va
riety at least of it is. This is the
queer vegetable known as kohlrabi,
which, although classed by scientists
among the brassica, or cabbage, fam
lily, has huge roots just like turnip.
The cucumber is really a fruit, and
not a vegetable. The same remark
applies to the tomato, which is really
fruit also.
The gooseberry is a currant. 1t Is
not the least like it in either appear
anee or flavor, yet both belong to the
same family Of ribes.
The onion is charming little flower,
its various species bearing white, vel
low, blue and rose-colored blossoms,
many produced in beautiful dropping
clusters. Originally the onion was a
Towering plant, but the cultivation Of
certain Of it's varieties has produced
the now world-famous vegetable.
When is a chestnut not q chestnut?
This is another of the curiosities of
the classification Of horticultural NOM
encIature. The horse-chestnut is aeS-
culus, and the other kind castanea.-
Stray Stories.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
Mystery of Wild Animals.

"The forest has many mysteries"
said an old woodsman, "but none deep
er than that of wild animals that die
natural deaths. The four-footed dwe,-
lers Of the woods certainly do not
live forever. Age and disease must
carry them off regularly, but what be-
comes of their bodies? 1 never heard
Of anyone coming across wild bear or
deer or wildcat or fox that had died
from natural causes. l found the car
cass of big fve-pronged buck in the
woods once, but rattlesnake, also
dead, had buried it's fangs in one
of the deer's nostrilS. There had evil
IDENTIFY been a fight to the death be-
tween the reptile and the beast.
Il have many times found other dead
animals in the woods, but never one
that did not show unQuestionable evil
dence of having died from violence CT
some kind. Every woods-man will tell
you the same. What becomes of the
dead wild animals that die natural
GeathS?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
Strength of an Egg Shell.

Most people are aware Of the power
Of egg shells to resist external pres
sure on the ends, but not many would
credit the results CT tests recently
made, which appear to be genuine
Eight ordinary hens eggs were SUBJ
mitted to pressure applied externally
all over the surface of the shell, and
the breaking pressures varied between
400 pounds and 6T5 pounds per square
inch. With the stresses applied in
ternally to twelve eggs, these gave way
at pressures varying between thirty
two and sixty-five pounds per square
inch. The pressure required to crush
the eggs varied between forty pounds
and seventy-fve pounds. The average
thickness of the shells was .O13 of an
inch-Scientihc American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
WOMAN SUCCEEDS ON ROAD.
Mrs. e. G. Taylor Makes Living as
Commerciaf Traveller.

Mrs. IL. II. Taylor Makes Living as
Commerciaf Traveller.
Mrs. e. G. Taylor, commercial trav-
eler, representing a Bridgeport, Conn.,,
house, is stopping at an uptown hotel.
In an interview with Commercial re-
porter, Mrs. Taylor said
'Why do sign my name upon the
hotel register, e. G. Taylor, New
York? The reason is, no doubt, obvi.
Gus. was born in Cavendish, VT,
and received my education in the pub
lie schools there. | married in Bel
lows Falls, Vt. My husband died 10
years ago, and have travelled for nine
years, representing Thomas P. Taylor,
who, however, is no relative of mine.
I have been successful; but it is my
aim always to be more so. My sample
trunk is a large one, and with an aver
age excess Of % pounds. I never use
a hand satchel to show samples in
part, but have my trunk taken to
stores when it is impossible for buyers
to view the samples at the hotel
with the exception of a two-week
holiday l travel the entire year, visit
ing all the large cities east of the Mis-
sissippi River, and in winter time, for
a period of two months, devoting my
time to the large cities of all the
Southern States, save Florida.
"Many incidents occur while travel
ing that relieve the monotony. Recent
Iva rather feshy woman had evident
ly secured the privilege of storing in
the car part Of her household effects
and many of her pets. Among the lat
ter was rooster. The conglomeration
reminded me of the sign I once saw in
front of a general merchandise store
out West which reads: Bibles and
treacle, goodly books and gimlets for
sale here
''The hotel clerks always treat me
with gentlemanly consideration. The
travelling men often extend courtesies
that show their goodness of heart. In
a convention-c city, when hotels
were filled, they have more than once
surrendered their rooms to me and
gone elsewhere to search for quarters"
New York Commercial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
ROYALTY SAW DETROIT.
Prince de Joinvi11e and Suite Once
Spent a Day There.


Spent Day There.
Along in the latter '30's and early
'4O's l was clerk in the book store of
Sidney l.. Rood in the Cooper Block
on Jefferson avenue, says a writer in
the Detroit Free Press. l recall ain in
cident that happened, in which the
Prince de Joinville and his suite fig
ured.
They visited this city while en- route
to Green Bay, Wis, on the steamer
Columbus, in charge of Capt. Shook.
The steamer lay at her dock one en-
tire day, giving the distinguished party
ample time to see Detroit. They Wis
tied our store and remained quite a
time looking over the French books in
stock that l submitted for their inspec-
ton and they purchased quite liber-
ally.
Many Of our people were curious to
know why the prince and his party
should be bound for Green Bay. The
question appeared to be answered
when it was remembered that the Rev.
Eleazer Williams, the alleged dauphin
of France, son Of Louis XVI and Ma
RE Antoinette, lived there and it was
known afterward that the prince called
on the Rev. Mr.. Williams, on the
steamers arrival at Green Bay and
had prolonged interview with him.
l think the prince did call and see Will
liams, but he disclaimed afterward
that there was any significance at
tached to it. Yet the people contin-
ued to wonder.
In this connection George Knaggs,
in Robert B. Roy's history of the
Knaggs family, says:
"While on a visit to my relatives in
Detroit 1 met Gen. Lewis Cass, who
said: "You are the very man 1 wanted
to see"
He went 10 the Cass residence,
where he was introduced to the Prince
de Joinyille and the Duke D'Aumale,
sons of King Louise Philippe of
France, who with their suite he'd just
returned from Green Bay, Wis.
It appears that Louis Philippe had
heard that q man named the Rev.
Eleazer Williams, an Indian mission
airy in the Episcopal Church of the
United States, claimed that he was the
son of Louis XVI and Queen Marie
Antoinette, who had been beheadcd.
was consequently the dauphin and en-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

One who knew him says that the
late Thomas B. Reed learned to use
the typewriter while he was in public
life at the nations capital. There was
a machine in the Ways and Means
Committee room, and that was where
he practiced.
One day in the last Cleveland ad-
ministration, after the Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury had been tell
ing the committee about the finances
Of the country, the ex-Speaker sat
down to the typewriter and gave to
Bourke Cochran, then, the orator Of
the House, his opinion upon what he
thought had been the result of the
conference.
The result Of his manipulation of the
types may seem a contradiction Of the
statement that he had learned to use
the typewriter, but the better conclu-
sion is that the instrument was used
to denote the state of mind in which
the discussion left him. At all events
this is what he wrote: : -qwerty S
x BBBB n Mu?-m;y.," 2fc h3xXXX
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

Many financiers are sounding the
alarm over the fast decreasing margin
between profit and loss from the opera
tion of American railroads. According
TO the Financial Chronicle, reports OF
railroad earnings thus far received for
the year ending June 80, 1903, are of
q character to warrant the conclusion
that any further increase in expenses
or decrease in transportation rates
would threaten the financial soundness
OF the railroads. In support Of this
contention figures are taken giving
comparison between the Vanderbilt
lines for the first six months of 1892
and Of 1903. They show that the in
crease in gross earnings Of the Wander
bilt group of six roads for this period
was $10987, 494 and the increase in eX-
penses $1O,693, 700, leaving only $685.
794 as margin of profit. The principle
is well established in railroading that
expenses do not increase proportionate-
ly to the revenue, but should follow a
descending scale per unit. 1t is ar
gued that if an increase of nearly SILL
100000 does not add more than $780,
COO to the general fund, it is clearly
shown that a small decrease in traffic
would have a serious effect. Taken in
connection with present conditions in
the transportation world, these figures
and the conclusion drawn from them
would seem peculiarly significant. Cost
Of railroad materials and equipment
has increased since 1898 on an average
of nearly so per cent. Labor Organiza-
lions have succeeded in advancing
wages to the highWater mark, thereby
adding many millions to the expense
side of the railroad ledger. Only the
constantly increasing volume of traffic
has enabled the railroads to earn good
profits, and this increase cannot con-
tinue forever. In over twenty States
there is agitation which has for its
purpose increased railway taxation and
decreased freight rates. 1t is apparent,
therefore, that a general increase in
freight rates would meet with deter
mined opposition. If the financiers
are right regarding the margin be-
tween profit and loss, it is evident that
the roads should be making careful
preparations now for the lean years
that usually follow a period of eXtraor-
binary business activity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
OLD
FAVORlT IS
Mand a1ay.

Mandalay.
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looksn'
eastward to the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', an /
know she thinks O. me;
For the wind is in the palm trees, an
the temple bells they say:
eCome you back, you British soldier;
come you back to Mandalay!'
Come you back to Mandalay,
Can't you ear their paddles chuckin'
from Rangoon to Mandalay?
o, the road to Mandalay,
Where the flynn fishes play,
An the dawn comes up like thunder
outer China 'crost the Bay!
'Er petticut was yaller an 'er little cap
was green,
An Ter name was Supi-yawla t-jes' the
same as Theebaw's Queen,
An 1 seed her fust a-smokin' of a
whac1in' white cheroot,
An a-waatin' Christian kisses on an
'eathen idols foot;
Bloomin' idol made O. mud
Wot they called the Great Gawd
Budd-
Plucky lot she cared for idols when
kissed 'er where she stud!
On the road to Mandalay.
When the mist was on the rice fields an
the sun was droppin' slow,
She'd get 'er little banjo an she'd sing
'Kulla-lo-lop'
With 'er arm upon my shoulder, an her
cheek agin my cheek,
\Va ustar watch the steamers an the
hathis pilin' teak.
Elephints a-pilin' teak
In the sludgy, spudgy creek,
Where the silence Jung that 'eavy you
was 'arf afraid to speak!
On the road to Mandalay.
But that's all shove behind me-long ago
an fur away,
An there amt no buses runnin' from
the Benk to Mandalay;
An I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the
ten-year sodger tells:
eff you've card the East a-callin', why,
you won't iced nothin' else"
No! you won't iced nothin' else
But them spicy garlic smells,
An the sunshine an the palm trees
an the tinkly temple bells!
On the road to Mandalay.
I am sick O. wastin' leather on these
guilty PAWN stones,
An the blasted Henglish drizzle wakes
the fever in my bones;
Tho walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer
Chelsea to the Strand,
An they talks lot O. lovin', but wot do
they understand?
Beefy face an grubby 'and-
Law! wot do they understand?
I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a
cleaner, greener land!
On the road to Mandalay.
Ship me somewhere east of Suez where
the best is like the worst,
Where there amt no Ten CommanG-
ments, an a man can raise q
thirst;
For the temple bells are calm, an it's
there that l would be
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lcckin'
lazy at the sea-
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay,
With our sick beneath the awnings
when we went to Mandalay!
o, the road to Mandalay,
Where the flynn fishes play,
An the dawn comes up like thunder
outer China 'crost the Bay!
-Rudyard Aipling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
Comnarison Of schoo,hnvs.

An interesting comparison of the
physique of the modern English school
boy with that of his predecessor Of a
quarter of a century ago is made from
careful records of height and weight
of pupils which have been kept during
this period at Rugby and Marlborough
schools, which show the advantage in
both height and weight is with the boy
of to-day,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
Sex in Industry.

The special report of the Massachu-
setts bureau of statistics of labor OF
Sex in Industry" shows that women
no longer need to depend on men for
a living. According to the figures, We
mans emancipation is about complete.
More than So per cent. of the women
workers of Massachusetts are unmar-
ried. They prefer freedom, work and
income of their own and care nothing
for romance. Divorces, too, have in
creased, being about one to every
eighteen marriages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

A ragtime song catches the popular
fancy 1t is hummed and whistled and
sung everywhere and by almost every
body. Then it is relegated. The ''psy-
Geological moment comes when the
DoDulace tires Of it. 1t is Of no more
importance in the world of song than
a last years birds nest. A jingle of
words, cunning phrases, catchy me
ter and a jagged tune-it soon peters
out. Now There are ragtime ideals al
so-ideals that are false and feeting.
For instance: Note the ideals of a boy.
How they change. He begins, possibly,
by wanting to be a fireman or police
man. Then he sees the glitter of the
circus. His highest ideal is to wear
spangles or jump through a hoop. And
so on Ragtime Ideals. Men, too, in
dulge in ragtime ideals. A man wants
an office. He gets it. He is not salts
fed He wants money He gets it.
He learns that there are many things
more important in life THAI money.
But The true song never dies. The
real ideals never disappoint. The real
song, the song that voices and reaches
the best and deepest and highest that
is in us, will always be sung. The true
ideal will always lead to satisfaction,
and happiness, and peace. We ought
to be able to make life and that vast
eternity one grand, sweet song" We
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

The gambler who loses to-day will
pawn his watch and gamble again to-
morrow, and the buyer Of lottery
ticket that draws a blank will curse
his luck, but buy again. So it is like
ly to be with the investors in paper
property, and it will be gain to the
speculative but unwary public if the
prestige Of Morgan and the other en-
gineers Of great combines suffer suffi-
GENTLY to rob them of the gift of sor-
Gerry which has been aScribed to them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
would-if we were not always taking
up with ragtime ideals.

Reports have it that a certain school
Of technology confers on women Whc
complete the course in household sci
ences the degree of Bachelor of Sci
ence in Domestic Engneering.' AL
though some American institutions
have been charged with comforting de-
grees too bountifully and carrying aca-
demic distinctions to hasty extremes,
no one will object to this new variety
of degree-a variety Of the sort that
gives spice to life. In human values
the bachelor Of science in domestic
engineering" holds the most important
position in the world. What is the
mere bridge builder or the naval archf-
tect to the engineer in the kitchen solv-
ing the chemical problems of hot bread
and making geometric cakes? Food Is
the fundamental thing in life, and the
home is the basis Of the state. Consld-
er, too, how digniied it would be for
q man to ask a woman to be his do
nestle engineer, with the implication
that she be "civiP engineer, as well.
The toll of the household takes on
new aspect The wife is no longer
cook, but chemist, with a kitchen lab
oratory. Her education, especially her
Original research" goes ON after she
leaves school-just the continuity that
educators recommend. If the young
wife of % is Bachelor Of Science"
her mother should be a candidate for
the honorary degree Of master Of
Science in Domestic Engineering" She
is like the self-made, experienced
bridge builder who has not had col
lege education. And for grandmother,
nothing will do but the highest hon
orary degree. Just as universities
honor men who have made their mark,
even if they are not college gradu-
ates, so grandmother should be sum-
moned to the university on commence
ment day, dressed in academic gown
and lace cap, and be made Ode,
Doctor Of Domestic Engineering.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

The trade against high heels threat
ems to become a crusade if all the ply
sicians are really going to take it up
and tell what they know Of the evil eff
fects the stiltlike things now fashion
able produce. If these same physicians
weren't made of the mettle which we
know characterizes them they would
just say nothing and chortle with glee
at every woman they see scudding
along on lifts, thinking of the increase
in their practice such q custom means
But with an unseifishness that is good
to see, some have come to the front
with warnings that the timely and
would if needed, ward off much suf-
fering. And the question is, Will they
receive the attention they should, these
warnings?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

A burglar lately released from the
New Jersey State Prison has sold for
$4,000 the English patent rights for
an invention which he made while in
confinement. Moreover, his inventive
genius so impressed those who came
in contact with him that his term was
shortened by pardon. 1t seems a pity
that a man of such gifts as this should
take to burglary, but evidently there
is still some strength of character left,
for the man, although his name is
Filler, stayed until he was released.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

How would it do for the nations, be-
fore further increasing their navies, to
have a few Of the rocks dug out of
the oceans, so the boats will have
room?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
The Doctors Mis- AXE.

Hicks-Dr. Bolus is feeling very
much depressed. He lost one of his
patients yesterday?
Wicks-Is that unusual? l never
thought much Of Bolus, anyway.
Hlcks-No, but this was the richest
one he had.-Somerville Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

One of the German privy councillors
urges young German engineers to visit
America and take notes. Young Amer
lean engineers may take this as hint
that they could visit Germany with
profit. The industries of both coun-
tries have points of excellence which
neither should hesitate to copy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

Elijah Dowie proposes, now that he
is an American citizen, to remodel the
American flag. ELIAS is apt to find
the chariot Of fire backed up to his
front door almost any morning now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
A Fortunate circumstances.

as the profession of weather proph.
ecy Il satisfactory one"
WELL" answered the expert, 'In a
general way it Is. You see, as a rule,
the income IS not SO unreliable as the
predictions. "-Washingt Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

An Eastern mathematical expert an
nounces that there over 7OO,OOO,O0O,O0O
mosquitoes in existence Of course
anybody who doubts it is at liberty to
verify the count.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
The Poor Fellow.

Wantanno-What is the matter with
Scads? I notice he has his arm in q
sling.
Duzno-He was recently taken with
a severe case of coupon-clippers' par
aIysis.-Baltimorc American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

California regrets to report that she
has not prunes enough this year to ere
ate trouble in even the Hungarian
Diet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

Every American lady is queen in
her own right. Have you noticed the
ladies' combs? They begin to look like
CROWNS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23

After all, the slump in the stock
market does not interest SO many peo-
pie as the addition Of another cent to
the price of beef.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-23
EIenhanrs as Nurses-

In Siam some Of the women intrust
their children to the care of elephant
nurses, and it is said that the trust
is never betrayed. The babies play
about the huge feet of the elephants,
VITO are very careful never to hurt
their little charges.