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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Are Authors Still Hungry.

1t is a fallacy to suppose that the
day of the hungry author is of the
past. The genus still exists. Often,
doubtless, he is author because he is
hungry, but the more serious case is to
be met where he is hungry because he
yearns to be author. Grub street has
as many tenants as of old, has, in
deed, overflOwed it's bounds in every
direction. The inability nowadays to
construct a story Of some kind is a
very rare piece of distinction, and too
frequently the ability. to do so makes
grubs of many who might unfurl
wings in more practical states of Be-
ing. It is this large class of self ap-
pointed grubs that buffers the bread
of that modern product, the literary
reader, who, by a strange anomaly, is
apt to be something Of grub himself,
with the added gift of discernment.
So important factor, indeed, in the
success or nonsuccess Of the struggling
author is the official reader that it is
through his eyes alone that an insight
can be gained into the terra incognita
lying between the submission of man
uscript and it's final disposition.-Gun-
toms Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Flowers That Harm the Sick.

BOtanists and others who have made
life study Of flowers have recently
discovered that the perfume of bios
SONS is often increased by growing
them under colored glass. They state
also that some plants are fragrant only
at night and others only in the hot
sunshine, that the season affects the
odors and that some perfumes power
fully affect the human organization,
sometimes giving rise to serious nerv-
Gus troubles Flowers of delicate per-
fume quiet the nerves Of invalids, it is
asserted, but the violet, lily Of the val
ley and carnations are really harmful
to the sick.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
A FREAK OF NATURE.
Wonderful Travelling Sand Hills
That Are Found In Peru.


After passing another ''town" of
three or four mud huts we enter the
famous desert of Islay, on which are
what / consider the most remarkable
natural curiosities to be seen on this
globe, for we are now among hundreds
nay, thousands-of pure white sand
crescents on a plateau Of 1880 feet
above the level of the sea and fifty
four miles from the coast, where all
else is of a dark red or chocolate color.
Whence cores this sand and why al
ways in a crescent shape? Professor
Bailey told me that scientific men do
not agree as to the reason why the
sand always forms the same crescent
shape, although it is generally believed
that the whirling eddies hereabout are
responsible Some, however, argue that
such is not the case since each Of these
crescents has an opening toward the
northeast. AT any rate, the inner circle
is an almost perpendicular wall Of the
finest pure white sand, and from the
upper edges the crescents slope gradu-
ally away on the outside. They aver
age about twenty feet in height, the
inner circle having a diameter Of some
fifty feet, although / have seen one at
least mile and a half in diameter,
which was, however, not much higher
than the average. These crescents
move, it is estimated, at the rate of
three inches every twenty-four hours,
and when on the slow journey one
comes near the railroad it becomes
necessary to shovel the sand across
the tracks, after which it travels on,
forming new crescents or mingling
with some of the others.-Ernest G.
Rost in HarDer's MAGAZINE
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Government Shop.

The most radical step ever taken by
government to foster home industry
by going into the field of trade COM
petition is proposed by New Zealand,
the originator of many industrial and
socialist novelties.
The Australian governments have al
ready gone great way toward help
ing the disposal of their products.
But now the prime minister Of New
Zealand has undertaken to buy that
country's frozen mutton and other
products of the farms and ranges of
Maoriland, to ship them to England
and to establish retail stores through
out the United Kingdom for the sale
and distribution of the products SO
urchased.-Chicago journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
For the Business Girl.

The girl who paddles her own canoe
has neither the time, money nor oppor-
tunity to prepare an elaborate ward
robe for her summer vacation, which
usually lasts about two weeks. If
she is wise her summer outfit will in
clude only one shirtwaist suit, prefera-
BILE of wash six.
One cloth jacket for knockabout.
One long. loose coat for which black
silk is Ii <.
A G.ri- travelling suit; mOhair is
most Serviceable.
A travelling and knockabout hat, and
a picture hct.-Cbicago Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
WHY Corn Pops.

Finally a scientific sharp comes to
our rescue and in science explains the
phenomenon of the popping Of pop
corn in an extremely lucid and interest
ing manner. The learned gentleman
says:
1.-THE starch polygons are Of such ma
ture and construction as to facilitate
expansion and render it explosive in
character. There is fracture of a
particle along it's two radii, the endo-
sperm swelling very considerably, the
peripheral portions cohering with the
hull, but the fractured quarters turn
ing back to meet below the embryo"
And there you are. Deliciously sim
pie, isn't it?-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
There is no Rochelle Salts, Alum,
aIime orAmmo MIA In food made with
Calumet
<HEM N a - N
Baking
Powder
--N0TIN THE BAKING POWDER TRUST
IL makes pure food
Jack-at-All-rrsdes Not Wanted.
--N0TIN THE BAKING POWDER TRUST
IL makes pure food.

A gentleman who had charge of a
large free employment office once
said that it was always more difficult
to find employment for the men and
women who could do anything" than
for the men and women who could do
something" If man wants to en-
ploy carpenter, he wants man who
is a carpenter and not one who is a
combination of carpenter, blacksmith,
wheelwright, well-digger, plasterer,
brickmason and stone-cutter He
knows that the best work will be done
by the man who gives his whole time
to the work Of carpentering. One
sometimes hears Of "all-around men,"
but it does not often happen that one
hears of these men really excelling in
a variety of things.-Chicago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
THE "WAVE MEKE. T"
Graceful and Refined Dance Per-
formed by Fijian Maidens.

formed by Fijian Maidens.
"The Fij1an natives call their dances
'mekes,' and the best of them all is the
wave meke,'" says traveller who has
witnessed these graceful evolutions.
"a lot of pretty girls, in two or three
rows, act the movements of the sea as
it rolls in upon the reefs.
"First of all, they bend down in uni
son and sweep the ground slowly with
their hands, waving their fingers in or
der to represent the little wavelets
fecked by the wind Then they sway
their bodies to and fro to show the long
roll of the tropical wave, and presently
their figures rise and fall as do the
breakers. The action Of the dance be-
comes more and more violent. The
wave is dashing up the barrier reef.
The girls spring forward and clap their
hands and then drop to the ground
with a long musical cry. The wave
has surmounted the reef and emptied
itself into the CLASSY lagoon. The dance
is over.
every movement of the wave
meke' is graceful and refined. The best
ballet girls in your American theaters
are not better trained than these young
Fiiian maidens, who spend good half
of their happy, careless, lazy lives
dancing their 'mekes or playing in the
surf There are no finer dancers in the
world. Nearly all their ballets describe
the scenes around them or the Incl
dents of their daily life. Other 'mekes'
picture the. palms swaying in the
breeze, the canoes tossing in a gale and
the clouds sailing across the sky"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

nave plenty dof light Hnd, by the
way. you wouldn't mind if l dropped
in occasionally to- seee how they are
coming on? You know, Virginia is
Jolly good sort, the best sister in the
world, and-well, l raeher think l take
more pleasure in making her a gift
than she does in receiving it. It's such
good fun to think of how surprised
and pleased she'll be-"
Sylvia hesitated, then smiled.
II will have some ready to show you
by Friday"
And Paul realized that the interview
was over.
An hour later Sylvia opened a flo
rist's box and gave cry of delight.
Never had she seen such tints as met
her gaze in the purple hearts Of those
orchids, and under the orchids were
other blossoms, sweet scented and
dewy-
''TheSe for the mother who is not
feeling so well today" read the card,
but Sylvia put a white rose in her
hair, and when, with one of the or
chids in her hand, she started out to
buy silk for the shades, she remarked
inconsequently, "Of course it is absurd,
but I'm glad they are for his sister,
even if she is the Mrs. Drew who rolls
by me in her carriage"
The shades were finished, barely in
time for the birth1-y. Sylvia had never
done more exquisite work, and now she
hated to pack them one by one in their
dainty nests of tissue paper, per-
feet orchid each one of them, and when
they saw the light once more it would
be at feast graced by clever men and
beautiful women. But they would go
out of her life forever. Something else
would go out of her life, too-those
pleasant little chats across her sewing
table where Paul Harvey had watched
the orchids grow. Yes, it was all true,
this gossip, that Paul gave all his heart
to his sister. But perhaps if certain
slump in stocks and an absconding
cashier had not done their united worst
for herself and her mother it might
have been different.
And she closed the box sharply, tied
the Irvine in hard knots and went out
for q walk. She would not be home
when the messenger called.
~
Mrs. James Drew was giving an 'aft-
ernoon." The crowd was thinning out,
and the hostess was standing in a small
aIcove with Mrs. Donnelly. Said the
latter:
"My dear Virginia, 1 shall always
feel that it was my fault. sent your
brother to Sylvia Carr for those miser-
able orchid shades and now
Virginia Drew smiled with lips that
quivered just trifie.
"And now my brother says he is the
happiest man in the world. 1t is odd
to see how composedly she meets the
women for whom she once made ger
man favors. but she has certainly been
a success. Don't you think sop
Mrs. Donnelly nodded her head and
they both glanced at the graceful fig
ure, crowned with copper colored hair,
crossing the room in long trailing robe
Of softest gray. Virginia Drew stretch
ed out her hand to touch 4 silken orchid
which topped a silver Cdndlestick.
81 shall keep them always, for in
their great purple hearts is woven the
love story Of the dearest and best broth
er in the world
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Where the Ladies Propose.

Between the mountains of India and
Persia is a powerful tribe, among
whom an extraordinary custom pre-
walls. Woman's rights have apparent
ly received full recognition, for the la
dies of the tribe can choose their own
husbands. All a single woman has to
do when she wishes to change her state
is to send a servant to pin a handker-
chief to the hat of the man on whom
her fancy lights, and he is obliged to
marry her, unless he can show that he
is too poor to purchase her at the price
her father requires.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Not a Student of Form

Teacher-Willie, if one horse can run
a mile in two minutes and another
horse can do it in three minutes how
far apart will they be at the end of
eight miles?
Willie-Madam, l was brought up
strictly. Above all things, my parents
have warned me to avoid horse racing.
Consequently 1 cannot answer your
question. Blade.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
What n Relief.

"Who's there?" called the poet.
ST am the wolf at the door, came the
dire reply.
"Come in, come inv' cried the poet
II thought at first you might be man
with a bill. Philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Those Educated Sandwiches.

College Idiot Gn the lunch ROOM
There's one good thing can say about
these sandwiches.
Kind Friend-What's that?
College Idiot-That they're college
bred.-Columbia Jester.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Narrow Escape.

She-Of course he bored me awfully,
Int I don't think l showed it. Every
time l yawned 1 just hid it with my
hand.
He trying to be gallant)-Really,
don't see how hand SO small could
er-hide-er-that is-beastly weather
we're having, isn't it?-Philadelphia
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Authorization.

Mabel-Yes, dear, / will be help
meet to you and try to tighten the daily
troubles and worries of your life as
best I can.
Arthur-But have none, darling.
Mabel-Oh, you old goose! l mean
when we are married, of course!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
An Exception.

''Do you believe" asked young Dude
leigh, who is only five feet tall, that
brevity is the soul of WITT"
mot in your case" replied Miss BIZ
fington in a tone redolent with acri-
monV
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Plausible.

whats the derivation of the word
'collegeY"
II give it up"
"But surely the word must mean
something"
"Oh, guess it was just faxed up by
some poet who needed rhyme for
knowledge philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers.

Foleys Honey and Tar affords immediate
relief to asthma sufferers in it's worst STAGES
and if taken in time will effect cure. At
Benefits. .t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

The Pennsylvania terminal to be
erected in Manhattan will be the big
sest railroad station in the werld,
with accommodations for handling
100000 passengers day. From sixty
to ninety trains will enter and leave
it hourly. The tunnels will be lighted
and trains moved by electricity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

One Of the most important things in
the education of a boy is that he should
learn to keep his lips together.-Boston
Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Sympathy.

Missionary-Our situation was so re-
mote that for a whole year my wife
never saw a white face but my own.
Sympathetic Young Woman-Oh, poor
thing!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

81 had diabetes in it's worst FORM, writes
Marion Lee of Dunreath Ind. Il tried eight
physicians without relief. only three bot
ties of Foley's Kidney Cure made me we'll
man.-At Benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

Two hundred and siXty-four out of
every one thousand of the, worlds pop
ulation own King Edward VII as
their sovereign.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

Foley's Kidney Cure is a medicine free from
nelson's and will cure any case of kidney dis
ease that is not beyond the reach of medi-
cine.-JoS. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

Many persons in this community are su f.
fering from kidney complaint who cou Id
avoid fatal results by using Foley's Kidney
Cure At Benefits
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

James-Dont figure on marrying model
wife unless you are mind reader and
know for certain that she takes Rocky
Mountain Tea. 35 cents at BENEFITS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

Live with the wolves, and you will
learn to howl.-Spanish Proverb.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all diseases
arising from disordered kidneys or bladder.
At Benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

Very low rates to California, Oregon,
Washington and return via the Chic
ago & Northwestern R'y August l to
IA, with final return until October 10,
inclusive, account National Encamp-
ment G. A. r., at San Francisco
and Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress, Seattle. Three trains day
from Chicago to the coast through
without change. Daily and personally
conducted tourist car excursions.
Special G. A. r. train will leave Chic
ago 1920 p. m. Tuesday, Aug. IL:
DeKalb, 1905 a. M, Wednesday, Aug.
u; Clinton, 2:15 a. M; Cedar Rapids,
4:25 a. M; Belle PLANE, 5:l3 a. M;
Tama, 4:37 a. M; MarshalltoWn, 6;4
a. M; Ames, 1905 a. M; Boone. $50 a. M,
arriving Omaha, 200 p. M, leaving
Omaha $3.50 p. m. and running via
Salt Lake City. For itinerary, illus
trated folder and full particulars, APP
ply to Agents Chicago d North West
elm R'y. All
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

Excellent hotels, good boating, fish
ing and bathing, ample train service
and special low summer rates via the
Chicago & Northwestern R'y to Devils
Lake, the admirable summer resort.
A delightful place to spend your mid
summer vacation. Write for printed
matter to w. B. Kniskern, Passenger
Traffic Manager, Chicago. For rates,
tickets. ETC., apply to agents Chicago
& Northwestern R'y. Ala
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

Very low rates to California, Oregon,
Washington and return via the Cbica-
&c & North Western R'y August l to
IA, with final return until October Is,
inclusive, account National Eycamp-
ment G. A. r., at San Francisco and
gress, Seattle. Three trains a day
from Chicago to the coast through
without change. Daily and personally
conducted tourist car excursions. For
full particulars, apply to agents Chi
cago & North Western R'y. Ala
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01

Excursion rates to district camp
meeting at Platteville, Wis, via the
Northwestern line. Excursion tickets
will be sold at reduced rates Aug. to
16, inclusive, limited to return until
Aug. II, inclusive. Apply to agents
Chicago & Northwestern R'y. A16
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
Mlght Have Rulch Eng.and.

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy,
whom King Edward visited in Rome,
In strict right based on descent has a
better claim to the British crown than
has his recent visitor who wears r..
While both are descended from james
|. of England, the King of Italy is also,
through his mother, eleventh in dc.
scent from Charles /. But for their
Catholic religion the Savoys woIild
have been installed to rule Great
Britain, ard not the Brunswicks
when the Stuarts We're evicted. After
the children Of James III. the next in
blood was the duchess of Savoy,
daughter OF Henrietta. the youngest
child OF Charles l. But she was not
a Protestant, and so was debarred.
Thus 1t was that the British crown
was passed to the house of Bruins.
wick by the act OF settlement in 1901.
As 1t ix Victor Emmanuel is in tho
line of succession TO the British throua
but about 800 degrees away from it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
INplANA's OLDEST LANDMARK.
The Old Capitol of the Northwest Terri.
tory is stu Standing.

Within short time the most his.
toric building Gin Vincennes will he
torn down.to make room for n modern
home, unless some action is taken to-
ward buying 1t as n relic, or as an
ornament for city park. The build
ing is one which for about seven years
served as the capitol building for the
Northwest Territory. 1t stands near
the heart of the city. but did not orig
inally stand there. The building was
erected, so far MS can be learned. in
1905. and consisted of two rooms up
stairs and two down. No nails were
used in its construction. ii heing put
together by wooden pegs. Since that
time improvements have been made OH
1t which have changed lis appearance,
but it is still the old capitol building in
the eyes of the Vincennps people. and
efforts are making to interest the city
or State to buy it and transform il
into a museum, placing It In one OF
the parks.
The building is now used as resi-
dence. and unless il gets some atten'
ton it will soon begin to decay. 1t is
owned by Thomas Kilfoil. 1t could
be bought, It is believed. for about
$500. For many years Ii stood In the
principal street in the city and has
been used as Il business house, as well
rs home for numerous families. Much
history was made in the Old building
while 1t was the meeting place OF the
Legislature of Indiana Territory, which
was formed from II part of the North
west Territory. Governor William
Henry Harrison read his first message
in the old building. aud in the message
he worked for the passage of meas.
ure that would prevent the sale of in-
toxicants to the Indians. The measure
II is said, was never passed.
At the session of the Legislature in
this building in 1907 laws were made
attaching the death penalty for crimes
of treason, murder, arson and horse
stealing. Burglary and robbery were
made punishable by whipping, fine and
imprisonment. Larceny was made
punishable by fine or whipping; steal.
ing by fine md whipping; bigamy by
fine. whipping and dlSfranchisement
Stringent laws were also made for tho
punishment of children AM servants
who refused to obey their parents or
masters. Between August Il and %,
1910. the Indian chief Tecumseh, With
seventy-fvc warriors. appeared daily
before Governor Harrison in the old
building, and it was in that building
gave the lie to the Governor. y story
of the affair used to he told hy the
late Felix Bouchie, whose father Is
said to have been present during the
indianapolis News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
WORDS OF WISDOM.

There are no mechanical morals.
The fast man makes the poores.
speed.
Submission is the secret Of spiritual
strength.
There are no necessary evils iii Il
righteous world.
Temperament Will be q poor excuse
at the judgment.
A light familiarity is worse than q
dead formalitt.
A lifeline is better than Il speaking.
trumpet any day.
There Is no virtue where there is no
possibility of vice.
Complaisancc with sin is not com.
passion for the sinner.
You can give men your love until
you take off your glove.
Heart-searching is Il good curc for
the habit of ccnsur!ng.
The things that give us greatest pain
are the ones most highly priced.
Better the water without the well
than the well without the w2..S..-
Rams Horn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-22
Three of a Kind.

While we we're visiting at a small
,illage in one OF the Carolinas we went
,ne afternoon to see one OF the old
,egro mammes in her own log cab
she was highly honored at the conde
.cension OF de ladies'" and was mu h
concerned that the call might not be
disturbed by the presence OF her chill
dren--"fo'teen pckaninnes,' she call
ed them. Or course. curiosity was too
strong for the youngsters, and soon
The one door was blocked with curly
heads and wide-opcn eyes. When NAM
nv perceived them, she just turned
around and, gathering UP her skirts
as one does in front OF flock OF tres
passing chickens, cried "Shoop and all
disappeared.
But towards the end OF Our visit
nanny needed the services OF heller
TO put out the jelly and cake that she
insisted we eat. Stepping to the door,
she called
"MariannaW
Soon three girls, in single piece COW
erings. came bashfully, but curiously,
through the door, and all were given
orders by the bustling mother.
But" said one OF the callers in a
half-jesting way, are all three named
Mariana, nanny
"Yes," the old woman replied, "all
three You see. when de liz gi'ls came.
10 | got round gain, de folks Jest
call 'em all Mariana, ans no good
changin'. An anyhow, when want
a pickaninny, | jes' calls Mariana,
an ones sho' to come"