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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Men at Womcn's Work.

One Of the most interesting features
Of census records OF the number of
persons above ten years of age occ1-
pied in gainful pursuits is the revela-
ton Of the number of men who are
doing work that properly is within
woman's province. For instance, 1t is
thenatural and inalieanble right of the
woman to teach school. SO, too, nurs-
ing ought to be peculiarly the task of
women, yet there are 1921 male
nurses. 1t is indisputable that women
of more or less tender age ought to
monopolize stenography and typewrit-
ing. Yet there are men bold enough
to intrude upon 23,553 positions Of the
first kind and 2,753 Of the second.
Moreover, such is the fancy or the fate
Of some males that LIS of them are
milliners, 2,116 are dreSsmakers and
1887 are seamstresses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
To Furnish a Girls Room.

| furnished my daughters room very
prettily at small cost. l had an iron
bed, two old chairs and an old table
L bought twenty yards of India linen
at 49, cents yard. For the two
windows l made single window cur
tains with deep ruffies. This required
seven yards. | also made cover FOR
the bed, with a siX-inch ruffle all
around using ten yards. With the
remaining three yards l draped the
table first making a foundation cover
of five-cent lining, which may be OBJ
tanned in any color. l used blue. l
purchased a square mirror for ST..
This was not large, but good. l pro-
cured a box three feet long. eighteen
inches high and eighteen inches wide
for ten cents. This | covered with
three yards of denim, which cost
fifteen cents yard, making a very
nice shirtwaist box and window seat.
l lined this box with a five-cent lining.
7 bought two and one-half yards Of
~chintz-delft-blu predominating- and
made cushions for the chairs, which
I had had enameled white at cost Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Her Reason.

Doctor Porter had responded to a
note left at his door by farmer, ask
ing him to go as soon as possible to
see his little boy, who had "a very
bad cold"
The doctor took one look at the child
and turned to the mother.
Don't you know your boy is coming
down with measles?" he asked, severe
ly.
eyes, doctor, l knew he was" said
the woman.
'Then what in the world did you
mean by writing me he had "a very
bad cold?" asked the doctor.
The woman hesitated for moment;
then, looking at her husband, she said,
with sullen frankness, Neither him
nor me knew how to spell measles"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Wanted to Go Back.

An absent-minded elderly man en-.
tered the station at Rockville Center
L. l., the other day. Neryously finger.
ing a dollar bill, he approached the
window and asked:
whats the fare to Rockville Cen
ter?"
The agent looked at him a minute
and then said in loud voice:
This is Rockville Center"
The old man with the far-away look
in his eyes pushed the dollar under
the grating and said calmly:
"Give me a return ticket. New
York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Wisdom for Girls.

One of the greatest mistakes a girl
can make is to argue with herself that
a certain sutton is domestic by nature
and will make a good and attentive
husband because he prefers lounging
about in the drawing room OF her ia
TIERS house and paying her pretty
compliments to taking her out to thea
ters and concerts.
This is the mark Of the.stay -at-home
lover and the never-at-home husband.
But for the mistaken notion that he
is born 'fireside companion" rev
girls would put up with such a sultor.
Nothing so pleases an engaged girl
as to be escorted here and there by
her fiance. She is in love, and is proud
Of him. She has acquired valuable
bit of property and wants to exhibit
it,
She likes to imagine all the other
girls mildly envious when they see her
out in public places with this big,
handsome fellow, like wax in her
hands.
She knows that this is the most tri-
umphant period Of a girls life-and
what is triumph without an audience
The fact about the stay -at-home
fiance is that he is lazy. He loves his
ease. After marriage, If he finds his
club more comfortable than his home,
this Is the sort of man who will gravi-
tate back to his club life-after the
honeymoon.
At present he cannot bear to be out
of sight Of theFg girl whose love he has
gained.
After his days work is over, and the
inner man has been fed and comfort
ed, perchance he sallies forth to her
home, but by no means to suggest even
a walk. No. Being there, there he
stays; and the drawing room contain
ing the family piano having perforce
to be given up to the engaged couple,
many are the uncomplimentary re-
marks passed by future brothers and
sisters-in-law, many the more or less
good natured jeers hurled at his
sweetheart's head Observation-Disclosures
American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
FoRAGrNG IN soMALILAND.

would prefer Yhe illustration shows
a flock Of sheep rounded up for the
English army by the native scouts and
hangers on. 70 the credit Of the Brit
ish officers it should be mentioned that
they never fail to pay for any ami
mails they may feel obliged to take in
this unceremonious manner, though
the owners suffer long period of be-
wailing their supposed ill-fortune, as
1t is impossible for the average Soma
Iilander to understand why anybody
who is not required to pay his debts
should be foolish enough to do so.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
When Words of Wisdom Tell.

Mother, dear" said frank young
woman to her parent, who had just
been giving her a lecture, ''if you
would only stop when you have scored
your point and said what l feel is a
truth, you would make so much more
impression, but you always go on and
on, and say so much that it puts US
both out of temper and you lose all
the advantage you have gained"
Moral teachers always make mis-
take when they do not stop at the
right moment. Many a truth would be
carried home to q culprit and do good
work if it were not diluted with dis
cursiveness to such an extent that its
effect becomes obliterated. But the
fact IS that the generality Of people
talk too much about everything, them
selves, their affairs and their neigh
bors. Talking never does any good,
and It is apt to do a great deal OF
harm.-New York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Grass Houses Of Indians.

Among the most interesting features
Of Southern Oklahoma are the remains
Of the grass houses formerly built by
the Wichita Indians who to a certain
extent keep up their novel mode Of
architecture to the present day. The
grass is gathered early in the spring
when it is yet fresh. The sod cutting
a rain, the sod being removed to a
thickness of about eight inches. Buffa-
10 grass sod is the only kind that will
answer the purpose Of the builder. He
commences to lay the foundation as
does the stonemasCn, digging away the
earth to depth OF about a foot.
The grass portion Of the hunks Of
sod is laid to the outside and the house
Is built to a height of II to Is feet in
the form of a pointed dome. There is
no hole in the top for smoke to pass
out, the latter being carried away
through a pipe outside Of the hut. The
door is usually in the south and there
are no windows. Through each tuft
of sodIs run willow reed string and
these strings are bound clear around
the structure. The grass remains green
and will grow if there is plenty of rain.
1t is not at all uncommon to see the
sides of these grass houses turn green
as spring approaches, just as do the
pastures nea rthem. The houses are
very warm In winter and cool in sum-
mer. They never leak.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
A Wilderness, Forsooth.

It might be thought that the day had
gone by when to the English mind
America appeared as land Of waste
places and wildernesses unredeemed.
But a story which a recent visitor to
England brings home shows that there
are still honest Britons who do not
understand our ways Of life.
At a dinner table the American hap
peped to remark that there was a cur
few in Cambridge Massachusetts,, and
some other towns.
"a curfew?" asked an English lady.
eyes, a bell that rings at half past
nine to call the children off the street"
ooh. I see" said the English lady,
affably. II suppose after dark there is
danger from wolves"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
g IRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT
e EMMETT KAVANAUGH was

80 IRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT
IS EMMETT KAVANAUGH was
% pacing up and down his narrow
quarters in Fort Grady, Michigan,
holding a telegram in his hand. He
had read it twenty times, but at every
second turn in his nervous walk he
read 1t again. The telegram was dated
Chicago, and this is what it said:
"Leave Thursday for Florida; Uncle
Frank Ill. Stay Indefinite. Norah Des-
mond."
Lieutenant Bob Emmett and Norah
Desmond were engaged. They were to
be married as soon as few accommo-
dalton superior officers would consent
ito be killed off or die in their beds
and thereby give Bob a chance to
write captain instead Of lieutenant be-
fore his name on the official papers.
The young officer had fixed the limit Of
his waiting at about year.
"Norah's going to Florida" he NUT
tered to himself. II haven't seen her
for three weeks, and won't see her for
six months to come. Uncle Frank is
one Of the kind who never dies and
who never gets we'll, and Norahll stay
down there until the old man is willing
ITO let her 60 She's more Of stickler
for duty than Old Mugs, the COM
imanding officer, and that's saying a
hot. He won't give me a leave; I've
had too many. Great Winfield Scott.
but would like to see Norah before
she goes. And Lieutenant Robert EN-
met Kavanaugh sighed.
Bob Kavanaugh couldn't keep any
thing to himself, and in five minutes
he was telling his woes to Captain Per-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Nothing Poetic About Mar.


Some men are never poetic; others
lose their poetic sense with the en-
croachment Of years. AT least that Is
the opinion Of a matron now past mid
die life. ''The only trouble with a man
is that he loses the poetic side of his
nature as the years roll by" she re-
marked
"Now, only yesterday my husband
took on the PARKWAY look. l must
confess it recalled the delightful days
when he put all his talents into tell
ing me how charming l was and how
all his life was wrapped up in me,
saying it as constantly and with as
many enchanting variations as even
a woman could desire.
"For a long time l watched him in
silence. Then, at least. unable longer
to bear the silence, l softly asked:
What are you thinking about, dear"
L was wondering he answered If
I shouldn't be quite safe In leaving
off my winter underwear? Now,
wasn't that poetic. Yet that same
iconoclastic man is brave enough to
complain at times that l have chang
ed. "-EXchan3e
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08

Gy Lanyard, Of the artillery corps
"Brace up, Kavanaugh," said Lanyard;
S'Muggs is going to send general pris-
Oner through Chicago to Fort Sherman
TO stand trial He was going to send
n sergeant In charge. 1t isn't very
pleasant duty, but If you'll volunteer
think Mugs will send you, and you
Gan stop off on your way back from
Sherman-it Is only few miles from
Chicago-and see your blue-eyed Norah
before she gets on the Florida linn
ated."
Twelve hours from that time Bob
Kavanaugh was sitting in a smoking
car on a Chicago-bound train, with a
big Colt revolver strapped around him
SOCK, sitting alongside of him. Bob
Kavanaugh had a soft heart The SOL
der at his side had seen eight years
OF service and had never been in trou-
Dle before He had assaulted the stop"
sergeant, serious offense in the army
as may go without saying.
''Cheer up. Spencer" said the lieuten-
ant; you've been good soldier, as
know, and I don't think it will go very
Aard with you-slx months at the most
and then you'll be restored to duty"
81 hit him all right, lieutenant" an
gwered Private James Spencer, land
Ae deserved it, IL ever a man did, but
you can't do such things in the army,
no matter What the top says to you,
and 80 I'm good for two years and a
'bObtaiP discharge It's tough. never
saw the inside Of the mill before in
nay eight years service, except when
was on guard"
Part of a freight train went into the
ditch ahead of the Fort Grady pas
Eenger train. Kavanaugh and his pris-
Oner were delayed five hours. The lieu
aenant fumed and said things under his
Breath. Finally the way was cleared
and the train ran on to Chicago. 1t
was Thursday, and in four hours No
IAh's train would leave for Florida.
at was utterly impossible for the officer
60 get his prisoner to Fort Sherman
and to return In time to say good-by to
his f1ancee.
Kavanaugh and his charge stepped
from the train into the Chicago depot.
Bob's heart was sore. Il must see
Aer." he said to himself. II can't
stand it for six months" At that In
slant he saw at the depot cigar stand,
making a purchase, Jack Bacon, Chi
eagO clubman and an intimate friend.
Kavanaugh hurried his charge over to-
ward the young fellow. Jack, old
man, glad to see you. You have an
Mour or two to spare, know you have;
don't say no." and with this the lieu
aenant grabbed his friend by the arm,
motioned his prisoner to walk ahead,
and the three went on a half trot into
&he office Of q hotel across the street.
Kavanaugh threw a 81 bill before the
clerk and ordered room. He hurried
the ast0unded Jack Bacon and the
prisoner into the apartment on the
second floor.
"Jack." said Kavanaugh, In a low
aoAe, las you love me, watch this man.
3 xnRst see Norah Desmond She's off
--I,. I'D
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Health and Beauty Hints

Don't tip the shoulders from side to
side when walking. 1t is an exceed
ingly ungraceful habit.
Don't bend forward when walking,
but hold the body erect, with the chest
we'll arched and the hips thrown back.
Don't bend over double when ascend
ing a flight of stairs. Give the lungs
full play, for you need plenty Of
breath.
Never fail to consult an oculist If
you find that your eyesight is growing
dim, or hesitate to wear glasses il you
need them
Never fail to wash the eyes every
night before retiring, so as to remove
any dust that may have gathered in
the lids during the day.
Don't wear shoes run down at the
heels and don't wear high-heeled and
narrowtoed shoes. They are the in
veterate enemies Of grace.
Don't let tartar accumulate on the
teeth, for 1t brings a whole train OF
evils in its wake. Have 1t removed
by dentist at least twice a year.
Don't use tooth powder which con-
tains gritty, acid or irritating sub
stances, as the first two act injuriously
on the teeth and the last on the gums.
Don't use one side Of the mouth only
when eating, for then the teeth have
not all the same amount of exercise,
and decay sets in more rapidly on one
side than the other
Don't fail to remember this rule
that in walking you should carry your
self so that plumb line, dropped from
your nose, would fall just an inch in
front of your great toe.
Do not allow an infant to turn
round that it may enjoy the fun Of
being giddy. Not only headache but
fits, stupidity and even madness may
be brought about by such practices.
The yellow complexion, which is the
surest symptom Of chronic bilious
ness, will disappear, as will the cause
itself, if the victim, while bathing
in the sea, swallows plenty of sea
water.
When trying on new shoes do so at
the latter part of the day. The feet
are then at their maximum size Sum-
mer footgear should be fully roomy.
for the heat is apt to make the feet
swell and tight shoes are the cause of
much suffering.
To keep the hair in curl use a LIQUID
made as fellows: Take two ounces OF
borax, one drachm of gum arabic and
a quart of hot mot boiling water.
Stir this together till the bOrax and
gum are dissolved and then add three
tableSpoonfuls of strong spirits Of
camphor Bottle and use for dampen-
ing the hair before curling it,
When you feel tagged try the HARM
less stimulant Of hot milk. Heat the
milk till a skin begins to wrinkle on
the top of it and then drink it in sips.
You will find it wonderfully refresh.
ing when you are feeling tagged out,''
and 1t will do you more good than tha
best beef tea, for hot milk Is bottl
nourishing and stimulating, whereas
beef tea Is only the latter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
BRITISH FORA6ERS BRING
SORROW IN SOMAIILAND

The British are having troubles Of
their own in Somaliland, although they
are said to be gradually bringing the
recalcitrants to terms. One Of En-
glands greatest difficulties has been
the provisioning Of her army. She
has been obliged to resort to a system
Of fora ing which Is most effective,
though not just what the natives
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
SHOULD TALK IN CHINESE.
Sir Chen Tuna Liang Cheng's Advice
to Americans.


to Americans.
"Since my first acquaintance with
America and Americans" said Sir
Chen Tung LANG Cheng, the Chinese
minister in conversation with a writ
err Of the New York Commercial Adj
vertiser, Il have become thoroughly
convinced that my countrymen will
never succeed among you until they
make up their minds to master the
English language and participate much
your people. The gross ignorance Of
a knowledge Of English among my
countrymen who are here to stay Is
especially to blame for the way they
are disliked-and L must confess, too
often looked upon with contempt-by
the American people.
ct is perfectly obvious, of course,
that If my countrymen would make it
a first and necessary condition to mas
ter your language they would soon
make their true worth appreciated by
| Americans, as we'll as eradicate that
air Of inuuisitiveness with which you
regard us.
Certainly, too, it would in time be
and people If you were to institute
the teaching of the Chinese language
in all your public schools and universi-
ties. I am greatly pleased to note
chair Of Chinese language has already
been endowed in your Columbia uni
versity. There is, I am afraid, how
ever, little hope Of seeing-at least,
not for the next half-century-my lam
guage being taught generally through
out America. 1t would take fully that
length Of time. too, believe, before
the undoubtedly great influence such
a knowledge among your people would
be felt in many ways for the better
ment Of China.
"My countrymen, l know, have al
ways been a people of much mystery
to you, and they must necessarily re-
main so in greater or less degree just
so long as you continue to keep your
selves ignorant Of our language and
we Of yours. During all my acquaint-
ance with America I have met only
| three Americans who could converse
with me, even fairly intelligently, in
my own tongue. ALI three had travel
ed in China. / have often wondered
not little, since meeting them, how
many more Americans there are who
can speak the Chinese language.
] honestly believe that they could be
counted on the fingers of my right
hand How densely ignorant you are,
too, of our history, our mode Of life,
our character, our wealth and poverty
and the tremendous future Of our
country.
''Some time during the present year
or next" Sir Chen continued, Il intend
taking steps to establish schools for
the instruction of the English Ian
| guage in those sections of this country
where my countrymen are congregat-
ed the most believe that to be the
nearest workable solution for elevat-
| ing the general condition Of the ma
| jority Of Cinnamon here. If l can only
successfully secure for them such an
opportunity to make themselves pro-
icient in the English language they
would also soon desire-and naturally
enough-to assimilate with your peo-
pie more freely than it Is possible for
them to do now and otherwise also
induce them to take an interest In
their adopted country. America
would certainly not 1 feel sure, lose
anything by the closer relationship"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Some Curious Ways of Advertising
| Different Kinds of Goods.

Different Kinds of Goods.
There is a laundry over in Brooklyn
which hangs the most absurd little
shirt ever seen in its front window as
the sign manual Of its trade. The shirt
is cut in the proper style for man,
with a choker collar and expansive
"bosom," although it might fit boy
Of Z. The garment is constructed en-
tirely Of crazy patchwork of light cot
ton and muslin patches, with which
blazing diamond stud, the size CT
walnut, forms contrast. There IS
dry humor in the caricature, says the
New York Times.
On 125th street is to be seen Ferris
wheel which, as it revolves, advert1ses
gas range. There Is tiny, model
kitchen In each space where seat
ought to be. In one Is a cook, more
immaculate than ever human cook was
seen, adjusting the double boiler to the
range. Anon she kneads bread and you
can see the crusty loaves inside the
oven, whose door stands invitingly ajar.
Again she makes soup, tasting the sea
soning with judicial air, or grasps
the frying pan for the matut1nal
bacon. Each cook Is DOLL and small
girls drag their mothers in crowds to
that window, where they stand groan-
ing with envy at the heavenly doll
houses Beside the running gear Of
| the wheel stands a doll engineer, Oil
| can in hand and smut upon his face.
| The man VINO sits on a crcsstown
street in the shopping district, with a
| pair Of large tin feet on his hat Of
| course, advertises a chiropodist.
A man who runs a laundry on the
upper west side has hung out tue sim
pie sign:
Takes the dirt,
Leaves the shirt.
III Maiden lane there Is porIy aid
gorgeous colored man, wearing tan
colored coacbEan's coat bound with
red, bearing across the breast the adj
monitory legend:
"Why don't you wear diamonds like
me?" He advertises a jewelry store
hard by.
A man preambulates the shopping
district clad in very proper black dress
coat and silk hat and bearing aloft q
small signboard on which is painted
| the one word, 'Efferyescence."
A little crowd stands in front Of a
large window on Sixth avenue In
which sits a young woman with her
back to the street. They gaze In order
to see what it Is she Is advertising,
for there is nothing to indicate her
line. After some minutes of study
on the part Of the crowd she rear
ranges her back hair and then one
sees that she is advertising ''tne comb
that never falls out"
Up and down Sixth avenue tire other
day walked an old woman with a
broad sash Of pink cambric passed
across one shoulder and fastened ;nder
/ the opposite arm. Down her back in
large letters appeared The words, 1.-The
pope, the queen and the Irish" Beside
her walked an old man carrying q
small blackboard ON which was writ
ten:
''The Americans freed the Cubans,
but we Irish will free ourselves. Buy
my five-cent book"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
|ZA)0pp)epl>S y1O1aDqSe


fifty cents. l fastened two iron
brackets to the wall and placed a
board twelve inches wide on these,
making q nice bookshelf. The floor
of the room 1 covered with a delft-blue
denim, which cost fifteen cents yard.
The walls l decorated with prints,
halftones, and two watercolor pictures.
The mirror was suspended from hook
Immediately above the table, making a
dressing table.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
Luxury.

Mrs. A.-Would you like to be very
wealthy, dear?
Mrs. Z-Yes, indeed. I'd like to be
so wealthy that 1 could hire a girl to
do nothing but set the rubber plant
out In the morning and bring it in at
dusk
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
But Not His Own.

''How is that big. overgrown boy Of
yours; any stouter than he WASP
"Well he's been picking up consider
able flesh of lateY
'"That SOP"
eyes; he's got job in butchers
shop."-Philadelphia Ledger. "a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-07-08
a Dream of Bliss.

Dora-Wouldn't it be lovely if we
had $50, 100000
Clara-Of course.
Dora-Perfectly heavenly! This book
on Facts and Figures says a ton OF
diamonds can be bought for that,-New
York Weekly.