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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

A memorial church at a Massachu-
setts summer resort has no creed ex-
cept that contained in the words,
love to God and love to man." The
clergyman in charge never breaches
doctrina1 sermons; the singing is good
and hearty, but unpaid; the founder
and the minister stand at the door ev-
cry Sunday to welcome all corners. 1t
Is said that some persons make this
place their summer home because of
the opportunity to attend the church.
1t is a commonplace, certainly, but the
church should be a place to be sought,
not one into which people have to be
cajoled, hired or frightened.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

While statistics of this country and
of most of the countries of Europe re-
port a falling off in the birth rate,
there is a marked improvement IN the
health rate and in longevity. Beyond
question in spite of much that seems
to initiate against progress IN this Oh
rection, other factors are at work
which more than balance certain bane-
full influences of the times Athletics
deserve no small credit for the new
life in the community. Athletes may
be short-lived, but their influence In
the country has been to raise the
standard of health and strength and
to promote the temperance and self
control which tend to longer life.
Much Is due to medical discoveries and
to a better knowledge Of sanitary con-
ditions. Although the germ theory OF
disease has been acted upon scarcely
more than twenty years, the results
are beyond calculation, both in saving
Life and warding off sickness. Per-
haps the best showing in the direction
Of health is the great decrease in in
FAINT mortality. It has been the dis
grace of civilization that the number
of deaths of children under 5 years Of
age was out of all proportion to the
progress Of the race. Last year this
proportion was greatly reduced in Chi
cago, New York and London, not to
mention cities Of lesser size, and it Is
one of the most hopeful signs Of the
times. Aside from any human and
humane sentiments, the enormous
waste to a. country where years are
spent in rearing and caring for chill
dren only to have them die before
making the slightest economic return
is incalculable. Anything, then, which
tends to increase health and longevity
is of vastly more Importance than a
large birth rate merely. The latter
alone may mean the poverty and weak
ness of country. The former is the
real strength Of a nation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Deer in Northern Michigan.

The deer in the upper peninsula are
Increasing at great rate every year,
Notwithstanding the immense number
of hunters who spend part or the
whoAe Of the open season there. One
reason advanced for this increase is
the great falling off in the number of
lumber camps as the timber has been
cut away. Formerly the men in these
camps practically lived on venison all
winter, in and out of the season, and
thousands of deer were killed each
year to supply their wants. The camps
being fewer now, the slaughter has
been greatly curtailed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Deafness Cannot 10 Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by conStitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube When this tube is inhamed
you have a rumbllng sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. u. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo O,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

A Russian newspaper has struck Un'
Gle Sam a smart blow on the wrist by
making disparaging remarks about his
navy. But the old manshas not noticed
the SLAP
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
He Masn,t Prenared.

The Invalid-Don't you think 1 ought
to take an ocean voyage for my health,
doctor?
The Doctor-No, indeed. 1 think a
series Of mud baths would prove more
beneficial
The Invalid-But, really, doctor; I
can't afford to enter politics and run fox
office,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Statesmen study to be calm IN crises.
The countenance, the whole bearing,
must indicate composure and conf
dence. An avocation, however, may
betray them. The fact that Mr.. Bal
four played golf badly-he took ten
strokes to make one short hole-was
telegraphed all over the world as evil
dence Of his nervousness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Comptroller Ridgely thinks the banks
Of this country need money rather than
legislation. The same doctrine could
be applied to a large majority of the
individuals who make up this splen-
did nation
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Another Brute.

Wife-Id Just like to know where
these contemplate jokers get their ideas
Of mothers-in-law.
Husband-Um-I don't know. Per
haps they used to be divorce court re-
porters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Why He Laughed.

'You must excuse my ignorance" he
softly began at the window of the gas
office, ''but I want to settle doubt in
as laughing gas?"
II never heard any one laugh over
it very MUCH" replied the clerk. "In
fact, it is generally the other way"
"But Lila, ha, hap
"You are laughing over it, it seems?"
Eyes; can't help it, you know. My
June bill was 1926. We go away for
July and shut the house up, and yet
my July bill is much larger than the
June"
Perhaps that's where the laugh
comes in?''
81 know it does-ha, ha, hap
Eyes, we are always hearing of those
things, and it is unnecessary to say
that they make us tired. The bill seems
to be $3.50"
Eyes"
"And yOu-yOu--!
I'm going to laugh. It's good joke
capital joke-ha, ha, har
"And you'll pay and not kick?'
uuired the astonished clerk.
That's it. I'll even-ha, ha, hap
The clerk handed him back the
change from a five-dollar bill and look
ed at him in such a way that the GUS
toner felt called upon to explain:
Eyes, house all shut up for July, but
we left six burners blazing away, and
1 thought you had me for a cool hun
dred dollars. Only $4.SO-ha, ha, hap
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

One hundred years ago Chicago real
estate sold at So a quarter section. 1t
sells to-day at $122 a square foot. Be
twixt Fort Dearborn and the Windy
City miracles have been wrought.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
His Prediction.

"What do you think of the book p
asked the publisher.
Poor, poor" replied the manuscripts
reader.
Then you think we ought not to
publish it?''
"On the contrary, publish 1t by an
means. It's so poor that it can hardly
fail to be a financial success"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

A Chicago woman says that a hus-
band and wife can live happily with
out love by using self-control and good
manners. She must have a mighty
foxy husband.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Secretary Wilson thinks that foot
and mouth disease has been eradicat-
ed. Wait till the next big campaign
gets fairly started.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

an historian. He
was born n e a r
Dublin, Ireland, in
1888, and was edu-
Gated in Trinity
College, Dublin. 1t
was intended that
he should become
a clergyman in the
Irish P TO t e slant
Church, but on
leaving college he
abandoned the pur-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

ooh, you needn't talk" said the indig-
nant wife. what would you be to-day
If it were not for my money? Answer
that, will you?"
That's an easy one" replied the
heartless wretch. "I'd be bachelor"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

If you cannot obtain KNIGHTS
RHEUMATIC CURE from your drug
gist, because it CURES so QUICKLY
that he thinks it is not to his interest to
handle it, address A. p. Knight, Chem
list, $500 State street, Chicago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Canada, "Our Lady Of the Shows"
wishes it understood that she Is just
as much Of a lady as ever, even If
she has lost several thousand acres Of
c0nyv
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

The other mares are probably re-
venging themselves by smiling signifi-
cantly and saying they have always
suspected that Lou Dillon was a little
fa CT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Who can doubt that the world is
improving? Never before has it been
possible to steal a $500 brooch from
the wife Of one who came to save the
multitudeS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

George German writes from Seattle
that there is a great scarcity of mar
riageabIe girls on the coast. Unfor-
tunately Mr.. German omits his address
and references.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
He Understood.

"Grandmother's funeral will bo held
right after luncheon to-day, sir
1.-TWO games scheduled for this aft
ernoon, Ell? All right"
Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Canada might establish her port of
Dawson and the upper Yukon country
on Hudson bay. Nobody seems to
claim that seacoast.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

1t is easier to convince woman that
she is as old as she looks than it Is
to satisfy a man that he acts as young
&C no is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Although there may be no war be-
tween Japan and Russia, no one can
say that Japan was 'fraid.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

There are several old men in the
Senate, however, who can't marry
young Wiyes-just yet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

With hay $13O a ton in Dawson,
they rarely have spinach even at the
best hotels.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Lord Alverstone may as well make
up his mind that they'll never build
any monuments to him in Canada.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

One race problem we will have al
ways with us-the race for the dollar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

practice, took up politics and Is now
about to enter upon his twelfth year
in Congress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
The Mystery Explained.

Tommy Observation-Disclosures, is
this hair oil in this bottle?
Mamma-No! That's glue.
Tommy (nonchalantly)-That's why
I can't get my hat off.-NewYorker
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Why doesn't Dan Patch do it In a
minute and a half and remove the
strain?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

The root Of all discomfort is self-love.
j. F. Clarke.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

greatness Is Of less magnitude than
that of a Washington, Jefferson or Lin
coin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
WlLLIAM E. h. LECkY.
Noted Historian and Parliamentarian
Who Died Recently.

William E. II. Lecky, who died in
London recently, enjoyed a wide re-
pute in English-spea king countries as
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Successful prize fighters get their
pay by the pound.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Rest has spoiled many man who
was willing to work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

LANCASTER, WISCONSIN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Mans lnhumanirV.

pOIu Uy DTUggIsVS, IOC'
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

secretary of the interior: James Wilson.
secretary of agriculture: George B. Cortel-
you, secretary OF commerce and labor.
How is sugar made from corn? q Hove
does il compare with ordinary table sugar
In sweetness? g. Is the stuff fit for human
food?-Elder.
The grain is treated for several days
with water in which is little sulphuric
acid. Then it is ground and put in a mix
ture of water and starch, which the
lighter portions of the grain float. the
heavier sinking. The latter are then ground
fine, and the starch is separated by wash
ing. Then the starch is treated with acid
i'm closed vessels at a pressure of several
atmospheres. The acid first produces mall
tose and dextrine, then changes them into
glucose, whose acid is neutralized and
finally filtered and concentrated. ?. II has
half to three-hfths the others sweetening
power. 3. 1t should be If properly made.
Its poor reputation lies chiefly in the fact
that it has been substituted much for
sweeter sugars, and been much employed
as diluter.
Where is the George Junior Republic. and
what is ii for?-P.
1t is near Freeville, n. Y, and Is meant
to give neglected, careless or unfortunate
children a chance to equip themselves for
future well being. 1t grew out Of an ex-
pertinent w. r. George had carried on for
several years in taking every year from
100 to 800 children of city slums to his home
for their vacation. The community is a
republic in miniature, with constitution
shaped after that OF the United States.
At first adults held all the higher offices,
but for several years the children have
filed them, Mr.. George retaining the veto
power. Each citizen must work or starve.
He may work for the founder or for some
citizen contractor. He is paid in the re-
publics aluminium coinage, which later is
redeemed in cash or supplies, to be taken
home. Opportunity for schooling and for
learning trade Is given.
Will you give me an idea Of the nature
of a spiders web, and OF the methods the
insect follows in shaping one?-A- W. II.
The thread of the web is formed as a
fluid in various glands OF the body. and
hardens as it reaches the air. 1t really in
cable formed Of several smaller strands.
Observers of spiders credit them with as
much variety In webs as there Is In nests
of birds. But taking the common garden
spiders mesh as illustration, the insect
begins by laying foundation lines" These
are the outermost ones at which the radii
of the completed web end. Sometimes these
are located by the direct working of the
spider, and again they are left fly wher-
ever the air currents take them. Next the
radii are laid. Then the weaver makes,
from the center outward, a wide-meshed
spiral. Finally, by working from the cir
cumeference toward the center, this spiral
is destroyed and replaced with the finer one
that is to entangle prey.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

OF Paris had been found dead in bed in a
room above his place of business. His
throat had been cut and his safe rified
Among the persons suspected were the cook
and an exwaiter named Berruggi but
neither of whom was incriminated nv the
evidence given in the inquiry. Among
the papers found in a box was a calendar
on the back of which were two dirty
smudges. "A magnifying glass showed that
these were the impressions in blood of the
myers or some persons right hand
Now, In the central Office of the Paris
police force is classified register of finger
prints OF criminals. and the faint marks
on the back of the calendar corresbonded
with the thumbmarks of the exwaiter
The man was arrested, the print OF his
thumb was taken, and line for line il tai
lied with the thumbmarks on the calendar
No one had seen the proprietor murdered
and the court would not convict upon the
capital charge Berruggi was convicted
only OF having stolen the dead mans prop
erty.
I'm spite of the fact that we have the
Bertillion system and the rouges' gallery
II Is yet too easy for criminal to pass
himself on as first offender in this coun-
try. IL Is next to impossible to do SO in
France. A mans finger tips tell the tale
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

scribers number twenty-four: ten in JEFF
fersonville, eleven I'm New Albany and three
in Corydon. The Jeffersonville names are
those of Andrew Fife, William A. Beatty,
John Prather, Samuel Grothmey, Edmond
H. Taylor, John Jobe, r. III. Murray, Rob-
ert c. Fulton, Humphrey Webster and
Charles Fuller. Andrew Briggs heads the
New Albany list, followed by Joel Scribner,
N. w. Crawford, A. Clapp. Lewis Young,
Isaac G. Scribner, Joseph Jenkins, Charles
Woodruff John Eastburn. Nathaniel Scrib-
ner and Elicit Curtis. Jonathan Jennings.
Robert A. New and Allen Thomb represent
Corydon on the old encyclopedia subscrip-
ton list.
"what was that L talking about?'
asked the Aforementioned man. "Oh. yes;
well, 1t is dreadful to be absent-mnded
makes a man do such
The Fire and foolish things. The last
the New Hat. time our house was on
fire-Im always setting
the house on fire-I hac a new hat, and
remember that it was raining hard. 1 re-
member that my wife called to me to come
upstairs quick, that the house was on
fire Q had lighted a cigar with piece of
paper and laid the paper down on the cor
ner of the bureau.) Then, remember
thinking that my new hat had better be
saved, so / ran and got ii off the hat-rack
and put it on. AS / started out the door
to get buckets of water to take upstairs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

ancholy pleasure in completing the work.
A verse ran like this:
After singing. silence.
After roses, thorns;
All the blacklist midnights
Built on golden morns
After flowers, fading;
Dry and withered stubble
After golden wheat;
OF the shriveled leaf.
Like the sudden looping
OF some fond belief.
After gurgling waters,
Dry unsightly beds;
After exaltation.
Lowry, bowling heads"
Among Mrs. McWilliamss other songs
are "Lovelight" and Starry Waves" She
also wrote a little ballad entitled What
They Say About Cupid which has never
been published. The music house which
was about to put it to press was burned
and no effort has since been made by Mrs.
Mcwilliams to do anything with it. A
catchy verse or two of What They Say
About Cupid follows:
They say his arrows sharp and sure, ,
They never fly amiss.
The twang of his bowstring. soft and low,
Sounds very much like a kiss.
But as / never have heard the sound,
1 cannot vouch for this; can you?
"They say the wound is a serious one.
'Twixt pleasure and pain
Soon as the wounded ones healed
They wish to be shot at again.
But will never be shot at all,
For fear the Will remain; will you?"
Mrs. McWilliams does not go out fire.
quently, preferring the coziness of her fiat
and her piano and her music to the out
side world. She lives with her daughter,
Mrs. Mayme c. Baker, and one of the joys
of her life is Miss Georgia Baker, the grand
daughter. a seventeen-year-old girl. who is
one of the most perfect types Of the Gibson
girl to be found in Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
SILENT AT THROTTLE.
Engineers While on Duty Look
Straight Ahead and Say Nothing.

Chicago Tribune.
Of the men who sit In the cab OF a locos
motive and turn the machine loose in q
race Of 100 miles in 100 minutes. IT is said
they are the most modest individuals OF
the human family.
This is a fact said to be clearly shown
by a talk with any of the Chicago engine
drivers who have any such record. 1t IL
evidenced not so much from what they
say when questioned from what they do
not and cannot be induced to say.
For not two men in a dozen OF fast runs
ners are given to talking about what they
have accomplished. Much less arc they
inclined to pass any opinion of the capa-
bilities of any other engine driver.
Take 1t all in all, the men who ride the
iron horse in races that are appalling are
the oldest characters in the jumpers of a
mechanic. short time ago a special train
was chartered to make a fast run down the
country. The engineer, in taking coal at a
station, was delayed by the coal chute
apron becoming unmanageable. The man
who sat in the cab ahead cool a
an iceberg, but no sooner had the apron
been hoisted out of the way than he
opened up the valve and began a race that
for speed and smoothness was one OF q
thousand
Arriving at our destination" said the
conductor who had charge Of the train.
''the engineer found awaiting him a tele-
gram from the general superintendent OF
the road, who paid him the highest compli-
ment that any official could extend 20 an
employee. The man read the telegram and
showed il into the pocket OF his blouse
without a change OF countenance. No one.
looking
could tell what sort OF feeling had been
awakened, even IL IL affected him at all"
A fast runner being approached by an
outsider who wants TO know something
about the life of an engineer. will invaria-
bly, be asked TO see so and so, who Is an
other engineer on the same run division.
He's a mighty good engineer. and can
tell you more OF what you want TO know
than 1 can" and then he goes about his
putting steed feeling for not places and
poking a long-snouted oiler under the ma
chinery. IL is ten to that the other
man will get out OF IL In the same way.
Few engineers who have been found out
OF fast runners viii make any comparisons
OF any kind OF their runs with those OF
other engineers. There is one thing how
ever. about which an engineer OF this class
is 'touchy." Suppose he has made a fast
run, but has been laid out or delayed from
one cause or another. He invariably wants
that delay deducted from the total time OF
the run.
Railroad men say that the longer a man
runs an engine the longer ne wants 10. He
is in love with his dangerous calling. AID
he IL veritable duck out OF water when
once he realizes that he Is laid OF Tor al
time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22
FINGERS IN CRIME,
French Method of Identification by
Impression.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
mo characteristics OF the human body
are so distinctive as the tips or bulbs
of the fingers" said a detective connected
with private agency III this city, who for
some years served with the Paris police
impressions of the finger tips are taken
with the help of a sheet OF white paper
spread over with common printers ink, and
so extraordinarily do they differ in different
individuals that the chances OF two finger
prints being precisely alike are somewhat
less than one in s!xty-four thousands of
millions. The fingers as means OF prov
ing identity are used by the police through
out France.
when / was on the Paris police force
/ was working on a murder case. The pro-
prietor Of 4 popular cafe In the outskirts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-22

timent that was in her came to her lips
and the woman gave voice TO music that
was solace to this wounded heart. To the
man. who. with bowed head. cried softly
in the growing twilight, it was a benedic-
ton.
COMPLIMENTED BY HUSBAND.
A short time before the fatal illness of
her husband Mrs. McWilliams began COM
posing the words to a song which she called
Afraid" Her husband knew what she
was doing and after reading one OF the
verses complimented her highly. His words
were an inspiration to her after his death
to finish the song and she found a mel