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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

The middle class is becoming sal
aried class and rapidly losing the econ
onric and moral independence Of for
mer days, says the Independent. But
it has not ceased to be made up Of
forgotten men. Every other class In
society receives consideration Of some
nd-deferential or sympathetic, as
the case may be. Every other class
enjoys some share Of the general
prosperity" when times are good. The
salaried man Is VIGOROUSLY at his
worst estate when everybody else is
making money. If the salaried man
were not unselfish he would pray fer
vently for business disaster and indus
trial depression, for then only has his
income a fair measure Of purchasing
power. The years since 1897 have
been prosperous" beyond all prece-
dent The trusts, capitalized at over
$6,O0OOOO,O0O, have made untold mill
ions. The wages of labor have been
forced up, after much hard fighting
20 to 80 per cent. Salaries have re-
manned practically unchanged. Mean
while, the general level of prices has
risen 80 per cent. Breadstuffs and farm
products generally have risen even
more than this amount. Thus, while
the millionaires have doubled or quad
rupled their fortunes, and the wage
earners have obtained in advances a
part Of the increase of living, the sal
aried men, including the professional
classes are not more than half as well
off as they were seven or eight years
ago. What, then, Is to be the fate Of
the salaried man.? This is one Of the
most serious questions Of the time.
The salaried class is evidently to be
large one. It is to include a major
ity Of those men who hitherto have
controlled American public opinion.
What is to be the effect Of the in
creasing economic disadvantage Of this
important part Of the community ?
What will happen when the most in
telligent third-and by all odds the
| most moral third-of our population
| finds that it can no longer associate
| with third which admits none but
millionaires into society" What will
happen when the great middle classes,
facing the increasing cost Of living and
| the diminishing rate Of interest on say"
| ings, finds that it can no longer make
decent provision for old age? Will it
tamely submit to social inferiority and
settle down to make the best Of low
standard Of living?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
THE ETERNAL QUESTION.
How One Community Solved the Ser
want Girl Problem.

How One Community Solved the Ser
want Girl Problem.
From San Miguel, mining camp
in the copper country Of Southern
Arizona, come the glad tidings that the
great problem of the centuries has at
last been solved-and by women, of
course. The recent celebration Of Its
fourth anniversary by the San Miguel
Cooperative Cooking Club calls atten-
ton to the manner in which the SER
want question has been robbed Of its
terrors through the successful 1naugur-
alton of community Of interest plan.
This club consists Of 40 families, ac-
customed to refnements and pleasant
surroundings. Some four years ago the
women Of the camp, after unsuccessful
individual attempts to procure and re-
tain proper domestic service, put their
heads together and organized the club,
leased a suitable house in the central
part Of the town, engaged a matron,
and hired a number Of capable Chi
nese servants. Each family has it's
own table, and the unmarried ones
have a table to themselves. The pur-
chase of the supplies is tntrusted to
an executive committee Of three. Elk
perience shows that the families have
saved on an average SO per cent in
living expenses since the formation Of
the club, the service is better, and the
food is of higher quality than could
have been afforded under the old sys-
tenn.
1t is apparent at glance that the
conditions which made the San Miguel
Cooking Club q success are not COM
mon to all parts Of the United States.
Chinese servants, for instance, are not
generally procurable, and there is a
feeling of comradeship, engendered by
the sharing Of hardships, in the less
thickly settled communities, that is
not so apparent in those sections Of the
country, which have been longer In
habited. But the relief experienced
by the housekeepers of San Miguel
from the haunting fear that Bridget
NAV "give notice. any day, or exact
q few additional privileges" from her
long-suffering employer, must be de-
lightful, and the success Of the San
Miguel experiment will at least serve
as a valuable object lesson in the
solving of this most vexatious prob
Iem.-Housekeeper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
MAKING SANDALWOOD OIL.
New Process Has Been Discovered Re-
Gently Purely by Accident.

New Process Has Been Discovered Re-
Gently Purely by Accident.
One of the most valuable of oils,
both to the perfumer and the pharma-
cist, is that extracted from sandal
wood. It's discovery is due, like others
of Importance, to accident, says the
Saturday Evening Post DR.. David Il.
Day of the United States Geological
Society was making some small chemi-
cal experiments the other day on the
mantelshelf of his Office in Washington.
He had some crude petroleum from a
Texas well and was putting It through
various processes, more for amusement
than anything else, whens he noticed
that the liquid resulting from a certain
reaction had powerful odor. 1t
was too strong to be agreeable to the
nostrils, but he mOistened a bit Of
paper with the fluid, and, waving it in
front Of his nose, perceived Immediate
ly thai the smell was that of sandal
wood oil. He had obtained, quite by
chance an artificial oil of sandalWood
impure, it is true, but easily Sus-
ceptible Of publication by refining.
The discovery is believed to be Of
great value commercially, but DR.. Day
has too much scientific business on
hand to bother with exploiting a syn
thetic perfume, an makes the world
welcome to his lucky find" Inasmuch
as the oil can be got from petroleum
In endless quantities at very cheap
rate it is likely to drive the ordinary
sandalwood oil, which is obtained by
distillation from the weed, out of the
market.
The destructive white ant of India
and China, which devours nearly ev-
erything save metals, will not touch
sandalwood, and that is one reason
why so much of it is made up in cask-
cts, boxes and similar articles that
come from Asia. Most people are
familiar with the agreeable perfume
of boxes made from this material
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
Some Pygmy Animals.

A species of dwarf elephant used to
live on the island of Malta and in var
ious parts of Italy. Judging from the
bones which remain, these animals,
about the size of large sheep, were
somewhat numerous. A dwarf elephant
is a rarity now and no longer forms a
distinct species, but is considered rath-
er a ''freak."
A very beautiful species of pygmy
deer is found on the Sunda Islands.
These little creatures are not much lar
ger than cat, but have all the points
Of ''well bred" deer.
Among horses, Shetland ponies are
the pygmies. The ordinary musk Of
Central Africa is a pigmy, or dwarf,
of only about twenty inches in height
at the shoulder and three feet in
length.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
THIS DAINTY DAMSEL
is A WHISKY DRUMMER

John Bull has been at some pains to
gather figures about queer employ
ments for women in his domains, and
the results are surprising. 1t appears
that in England and Wales alone, there
are nearly $4,000 women bootmakers,
3,239 ropemakers, 4,73O saddle makers,
$40 who make living by gardening,
$3.50 butchers, 27,707 who keep body
and soul together by tending bar, near
~ 5000 bicycle makers, and-the high
est figure of all-117, $40 tailors. It ap-
pears that there are female bailiffs,
boatmen, boilermakers, bricklayers,
iron founders, plumbers, plasterers,
slaughterers and veterinary surgeons.
One woman in the kingdom is set down
as a dock laborer, and another is a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

elected United States Senator and
served twelve years, being President
Of the Senate before the office Of Pres
ident of the United States was created.
He was Republican and firm friend
Of Jefferson. From 1905 until 1872 he
was Governor Of New Hampshire. Ills
death occurred in September, 1919,
when he was in his eightieth year.
Ralph lizard was a statesman and
patriot of the same stripe as Langdon.
He was born in Charleston, S. c., in
1742, his grandfather having been one
Of the founders Of the colony Of South
Carolina. Ralph inherited large es-
tate in land and slaves and had the
advantage of a gentleman's son-an
education abroad, graduating from
Cambridge, England. Returning to
America, he lived on his estate after
the manner Of the Southern landowner
Of his day, with numerous servants,
and frequent Limiting parties. He mar
ried Alice De Lancey, niece Of the lieu
tenant governor Of New York, and in
It'll went to London to live. Burke
and other distinguished men became
his intimates, and he found the atmos-
phere Of the English metropolis a con-
genial spot until the outbreak of the
war with the colonies. Then he went
to the continent. In England his
friends were DESTROYS Of presenting
him at court, but he persistently de-
clined,- saying that as subject 1t
would have been necessary for him to
bow the knee, which he said he would
never do to mortal man. While the
revolution was in progress he repre-
scented Congress abroad, doing impor-
tant service as commissioner at the
court Of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
In 1880 he returned to America and
was instrumental in securing the ap-
pointmant of Gen. Greene as the head
of the Southern army. When ships Of
war were purchased in Europe he
pledged his large estates as security
for the payment. He was q delegate
to the Continental Congress, and q
United States Senator from 1879 to
1895, serving as president pro tenn. of
the Senate during the Third Congress.
He was q man of marked ability and
eloquence and an honest legislator, but
he lacked self-control, rendering him
a poor diplomatist. Washington es-
teemed him highly and had him in his
confidence. He died in May, 1904. One
Of his sons was distinguished as a
soldier and the other as a sailor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
Author Appreciates Praise

A young man, with a richly bound
volume under his arm, who had been
climbing the brown stone steps Of the
houses along Massachusetts, avenue,
Washington, had reached the vestibule
of each and had then descended wear
lily to the sidewalk. Whatever was
his mission, it was plain that he was
discouraged as he made his way to the
doorway Of No. 1865. He was met here
by man, and when the young man
began: Here 1 have a book" it
seemed evident that the door was to be
closed.
tits a history Of the Revolutionary
War-the best written and most au-
horitative-Lodge's History Of the
Revolutionary War;" This last appeal
Of the young book agent had peculiar
effect upon the guardian Of the door.
He seemed inclined to hear more. Invit-
ed inside, the young man told Of the
value of the book, not only from the
standpoint Of authenticity, but Of the
fact that it's author was the closest
personal and political friend Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The agent became
most eloquent, and the words flowed
easily from his lips.
His listener seemed more and more
pleased with what he said, and finally
exclaimed:
"Yeung man, I will take your book"
whats the name, please?"
Henry Cabot Lodge."-Detroit
Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

many hands in British Columbia, for
the tins in which the fish are packed
are manufactured on the spot. Many
Indians and Chinese are employed.
At one time a considerable quantity
o. salmon was sent across the CONT
nent and to Australia and even to Lon
don packed in ice.
While the metalliferous resources of
the province may not be so well
known, the country is famous for its
wealth in coal. There is an abund-
ance Of sulphate Of copper and iron,
silver and lead ores, copper ore con-
tanning silver and iron and copper
pyrites holding gold. The ores have
wide variance in value
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
Great Electrical Laboratory.

An appropriation of $275,00O for a
New York State electrical laboratory
at Union College, Schenectady, is rec
commended by commission appointed
to determine the necessity for such an
institution. The laboratory is to sup
ply information on questions Of cleo
trical science and an official standard
for electrical measuring Instruments
and apparatus, together with stand
ards for electric wiring of buildings for
the protection Of municipalities and
the general public. Germany has such
an institution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
Palmer L.natics in Britain.

Steadily for the Last ten years the
number of certified pauper lunat1cs In
the British isles has been rising. Sim
ilarly, suicide is increasing all over the
country. Turn to the physical form
and the tale is the same Army recruits
show worse teeth to the examining
medical officers every year. 1t has just
been found necessary to lower the
standard of height, weight and chest
measurement to a degree which Ia
quite indefinite. With all modern ath-
leticism there is still a definite tend
ency to increased insanity and to phys
ical degeneration in Great Britain at
the present day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
Manliness OF a Little Man.

Several days ago I happened to
board q car which was crowded. A
little man, perhaps he was twelve
years old, offered me his seat with
a charming bow and smile. He soon
found a seat, but popped up when an
other woman entered, pulled off his
cap, which was fringed with rags, and
with such a jolly, wide smile, made
room for the newcomer. Five times
in as many minutes that smile broke
over the face Of the young traveller
as he gave his seat again and again,
and soon everyone in the car was smil-
ing in sympathy. No one thought
whether his clothes were whole or
ragged, but some one said: Il wish
my boys enjoyed being gentlemanly as
much as he does" and a fine-looking
man remarked quite loudly to his
neighbour: That's the sort of manli-
ness that made our President"
The boy heard this remark and
looked around to see who was manly.
1t was so natural for him to smile and
to be polite that he was not conscious
Of being remarkable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
LIFE IN YAHO VALLEY.
PICTURESQUE Country In the Rockies
of British Column ia.

of British Columbia.
Perhaps in no other country, says
the New York Herald, could one 'go
forth under the open sky and list to
natures teachings" with better results,
both poetical and practical than IN
British Columbia. The vast arid des-
erts that Mother Nature sighted, the
boundless oceans she left improper
toned and unyielding, she has made
ND for in the favored land of British
Columbia. Nature has shown partially
to this spot, not only by lavish strokes
Of indescribable beauty, but with
liberal bestowal of buried wealth and
uncovered resources.
British Columbia has ofttimes been
depicted as cold and inhospitable
country. This is true only in meas
ure. There are vast resources for the
employment Of labor and capital-not
forgetting the poet and the man with
the camera and palette. Yaho valley,
among the British Rockies, is prac-
tically newly discovered paradise Of
big falls and glaciers. In this valley
is the Takakakau fall Of 1900 feet, the
highest in America.
The "discoveries" of this land Of
wealth and beauty are as numerous as
the many legends. Spain made many
explorations, but the first practical
expeditions were made by the English.
More recently there have been the in
evitable American invasion with the
camera. While the writer cannot pro-
duce incontrovertible evidence to sup
port the statement, Spaniards began
exploring as early as the sixteenth
century. Very little was known of
Vancouver, named after an English
captain, until 1921, although fur trad
ing was carried on previous to that
time. There was no photographer
there at the date mentioned, so we
must take the word Of the historian,
who tells us the first white man to
traverse the. jagged bosom Of nature
was Sir Alexander Mackenzie, who, in
1890. followed the Fraser and Peace
rivers to their sources. He left his
own name duly tagged to the chief
river of the land.
Many things good and useful do we
get from British Columbia. The ap-
petizing little anchovy, the delectable
sturgeon, halibut Of the largest and
carloads of the best salmon in the
world are a few Of the table delica-
cies that come from there. The sight
of the dense masses of fish which
crowd up the Fraser river would
make visionary tale Of the most
ina ginative Ike Walton look like a
weak almanac pest. Many trout, nor
NAL and abnormal, are taken from the
pretty lakes that abound. There are
seven different species of salmon, the
four most important being the quin-
nant, sockeye (sawquaD, cahoe and
steelhead. The sockeye, or red salmon,
is the most valuable. 1t is a species
weighing from six to ten pounds. The
salmon canneries are numerous and
dourishing. They give employment to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

watered, chalky, or adulterated milk.
If her milk is deficient in butter fat it
is not her fault. She does the best she
can on the food that Is provided for
her. This is the verdict of the Illinois
food commission and the Chicago milk
inspectors after an analysis Of six
samples Of milk taken from pure and
grade Holsteins in a dairy in Dekalb
County. Only one Of these samples
failed to come up to the requirements
Of the city ordinance. The Holstein
cow came originally from Schleswig-
Holstein, a province Of Prussia, for
merly a duchy Of Denmark. The lat
ter being one Of the greatest butter
making countries IN the world it seems
rather curious that the Holstein cow
on coming to America should be accus-
ed Of giving milk with no butter fat
in It, The Holstein will not be shot,
as one Of Chicago's milk dealers adj
vised.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

A millionaire in New York and a
millionaire woman in San francisco
have committed suicide. J. Pierpont
Morgan Is losing money and prestige
every day; bushel Of diamonds be-
longing to John w. Gates have been
stolen; Andrew Carnegie is suffering
untold agonies because Of his disgrace
full wealth; and John D. Rockefeller
is still forced to live ON crackers. Pity
the poor millionaire!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

y
was the training Of the pioneers Oh tue
republic that the supply was generally
far in excess Of the demand. MOI onAJi
were the first executives and caDlneI
officers strong men in every sense; the
States also sent to the Senate the DesC
types Of their citizenship. Two men
of that period who were eminent III
their generation are herein considered.
They are John Langdon and Ralph
lizard, two of the early presidents pro
tenn. of the United States Senate. John
Langdon was born in Portsmouth, NJ
H., in 1880. He was successful mer-
chant when the troubles with England
arose, having been in youth clerk In
a countipghouse, where he lald the
basis Of his career. He participated
in the removal Of the armament and
military stores from Portsmouth Har-
Dor in 1774, which stamped him as q
patriot He was elected delegate ID
the Continental Congress in 1775, but
in 1776 resigned to become naval agent.
The next year he was Speaker Of the
New Hampshire Assembly. The CONT
mental cause looked desperate. Sol
diers were needed and money was
scarce. In this emergency Langdon's
generosity showed itself. He gave all
his money, pledged his plate and SUBJ
scribed the proceeds Of seventy hogs
heads of tobacco for the purpose OF
equipping the brigade with which Gen.
John Stark subsequently, defeated the
Hessians at Bennington. He took part
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

Hans Moller, a newspaper editor
and proprietor who lately died, was
a full-bloded Eskimo. When Nor
denskjold, the Danish explorer, was in
Greenland this man acted as his guide
The scientist, struck by the Eskimo's
intelligence, helped him to a knowl
edge Of Danish, and on his return to
Copenhagen sent him small printing
outfit, with directions for using it.
The man not only mastered the Fart
preservative," but edited and printed
a little paper In Danish for natives to
whom he had taught the language and
the art Of reading. He did SO much
to instruct and enlighten his country
men that when his death was an
nounced many Of the Danish news
papers appeared in mourning. Many
editors undertake to educate their sub
scribers; few go SO far as to teach
them to read.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

The late Lord Salisbury was hap
pier man in his chemical laboratory
than in the House Of Lords Or at the
foreign office. His avocation was q
delight. The by-industries Of states.
men, if we may so term them, range
from agriculture to zymotic investiga-
tons
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
National Aid No New Issue.

In the early days Of our national
history, whether the general govern
ment should take a hand in making
internal improvements became one of
the great political issues. The mat
ter was fought out in Congress and in
political campaigns, and finally set
tied in the affirmative. Among the i'm
roads was probably the most import
ant. Plans were made for connecting
the different parts Of the country by
national highways. The national pike
was built from Cumberland, Mary
land, to the Ohio river, and then on
westward. The plan was to build on
to st. Louis, but before that point was
reached, the building Of steam rail-
roads had begun, and the people lost
interest in the road question.
In those days when river and har-
Dor bills are looked upon as mat
ter Of course, and national aid to
road improvement is considered .
novel proposition, it is interesting to
recall that the question of road build
ing by the nation was great and
burning issue long before river and
harbor bills were ever heard Of. 1t
is also worth noting that Presidents
were vetoing river and harbor bills
as unconstitutional long after national
aid to road improvement had become
a settled policy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
road laborer, while 279 are undertakers
and u are shepherds.

and u are shepherds.
One bright little Irish girl, who man.
aged to escape the census altogether,
has lately branched out for herself as
a commercial traveller in whisky, and
supposed to be the only woman "whis-
ky-drummer" in England, if not in the
world. She is Miss Victoria Short,
daughter of a Tipperary property own
er, whose reduced circumstances on ac-
count of land agitation made it neces-
sary for the girl to earn her own liv-
ing.
When given the offer she. hesitated,
but finally accepted, and she has now
become an object Of much criticism
and curiosity. She has succeeded so
we'll that she is making a great sue
cess Of it. Oddly enough, Miss Shorts
employer is a man named Tall.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

in the battle Of
Saltwater a n d
commanded a COM
pany at Saratoga.
At the close Of the
war many honors
came to him. He
was a delegate to
the convention that
framed the consti-
tuition and was the
first Governor Of
New Hampshire.
In 1889 he was
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04
Gnnd Roads.

At the national good roads conven>
ton held in st. Louis banners were
displayed on the walls Of the conven-
ton hall portraying these sentiments:
"Good roads are necessary for rural
mail delivery"
"Your town will prosper in proper
ton to the Improvement Of your coun-
try roads"
"Wide tires are roadmakers; narrow
tires are road breakers"
"Good roads are conducive to good
morals; good morals to good citizen
Ship"
Good roads make even trade the
year round"
"There is no more common interest
than the common road"
GAS the public roads are the proper
ty Of all and for the use of all, their
cost should be shared by ALL"