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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07
HABITS OF COWBlRD.
1t Associates with the Animals in Or
der to Find Insects.

The cowbird Is black and q little
smaller than the red-winged blackbird.
There are three species, two Of which
| the common and red-eyed-migrate to
our Northern States and are found as
sociated together. The male Of the
common cowbird has head and neck
Of deep wood-brown, while the red
eyed Is wholly black and very lus-
rrous. The females are smaller than
| the males and duller in color, although
the red-eyed female is quite black.
The bird receives its name from its
| association with cows, beside which
it feeds, snatching up the insects that
are disturbed by their heavy tread
About half a dozen usually attend q
single animal Or bunch Of cattle,
| part Of which may be Of one species
and part Of the other. Indeed, the
| two associate together as peacefully
as though they were Of the same spe-
| cies.
The most serious indictment against
| the cowbird Is that it builds no nests
and does not rear It's own family. Its
eggs are laid in the nests Of green
let's, warblers, fnches and other
b,ackbirds, most Of which are smaller
than itself. OF the first five red-wings'
nests examined in 1902, four contained
the eggs Of the cowbird. The summer
warbler was one day found burying
the detestable egg in the bottom Of her
nest, together with one Of her own.
Two orchard orioles nests, not fifty
feet apart, each contained the egg Of
the parasite, probably Of the same
breed.-Country Life In America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07
Teachers Hard Lot,

The lot Of the teacher is proverbial-
ly hard and the women who went out
to the Philippines some time since to
teach in the schools there appear to be
no exception to the rule. The teachers
entered the service, 1t Is said, on the
understanding that they would remain
in it two years and Oh their leaving it
before the expiration Of that time they
were prevented from obtaining any
other employment under the govern
ment. They justify their action by
saying that the Philippine commission
has not kept faith with them and that
on their entering complaints with the
proper officials they were told that II
they did not like the service they could
leave it. They expected that their sal
aries would be paid in United States
currency, but were compelled to accept
checks calling for payment in tnrelia-
BILE Mexican currency. They under
stood also that they were to be allowed
to make purchases at the commissary
stores at reduced prices, but this priv.
ilege was denied them and they were
compelled to pay the ordinary market
price.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07
Why Do Women Earn Wages?

Why Do Women Earn Wages?
It would seem superfuous to ask
why women are wage earners. But
there is never a day that somewhere
in this broad land preacher, work
ingman, a statistician or college pro-
fessor does not discourse on the wage
earning woman as though she were
a perverse creature, INDUCING her fling
at old-time conventions and, IN conse-
quence, upsetting things masculine In
q way that Is not only hard for the
individual man worker to bear, but
which is also subverstve Of funda-
mental props Of the good old time.
Whose fault is it that the woman
works! If it be a crime or wrong,
she is guiltless, for mans laws say
she must not take her own life, and
her only choice is between that or en-
gaging in gainful occupation. She
works because her father was or is
incompetent or a drunkard or un-
thrifty, or what is known as a poor
business man, or because he married
when he should not have done so; or,
along with fellowmen, he carried the
home industries out Of the home and
made them the activities Of great fac
tories. In the last analysis it will be
found that it Is always man who Is to
be blamed IF any one should be CEN
sureG for this latter-day entering OF
women into pursuits which men have
labeled strictly masculine. For one
thing the fathers Of wage earners are
never concerned about whether or not
the particular business possibility Is
pre-eminently feminine, the only con-
sideratton with them being how it viii
pay. The father will sympathize with
the mourning of his own particular
craft over the inroads Of women, but
the woes Of men stenographers and
bookkeepers from the same source
draw from him not throb Of SYM
patty. If his daughter can but make
a comfortable livelihood in either pro-
fession that Is the extent to which
their affairs interest him Lastly
man Is in ninety cases out Of hun
dred her employer.
The persistency with which men
critics insist upon regarding the wom-
an wage-earner as an 1neXpllcable
problem Is a discredftable reflection
on their common sense. Since the
worker is everywhere in evidence
there is no difficulty in observing many
varieties Of her. The majority Of
women wage Gamers give every indf-
cation Of being the victims Of adverse
circumstances, and only the craziest
Imagination could conceive that mil
lions of women would voluntarily toll
in mills and Offices through summers
blisterfng heat, when trees and field
flower, woods and sea, seductiveiy
beckon to holiday making; or that in
the bitter weather Of midwfnter they
would brave the terrors Of blizzard
for less vital reason than to keep body
and soul together.
This eternal discussion of the wage
Garner as a problem is simply i'm
beetle. She Is not problem, nor d
perversity, nor anything other than
the result OF social evolution set in
motion and maintained by man him
self, who sits up, as Is his wont, and
discusses as deplorable phenomenon
what is in reality an inevitable result.
It is about time the preacher and the
workingman ceased inveightng against
the wage-earning woman. 1t is as fu-
tile as it Is sflly.-Vogue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07

MILE. LUNJEvIcs. The Paris theater
in which she is to appear is prom
Using that she will disclose many
new incidents Of the bloody event and
show up the part played by King
Peter in the conspiracy. King Peters
envoy in Paris has protested against
her appearance there, and it is possible
the French government will prohibit
the lecture.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07

pear on a Paris
stage and give a
narration Of the
tragedy at Bel
grade, and it Is
said an American
manager has ar
ranged to have her
make a tour Of the
United States at the
conclusion Of the
Paris engagement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07
Health and Beauty Hints,

long unhappiness.-Exc
Health and Beauty Hints,
A soft linen cloth which is employed
for no other purpose Is better to use
when bathing the eyes than a sponge.
Pompadolrr pads, commonly called
rats" should be avoided as much as
possible, as they are very heating to
the head.
Do not wear shoes too small for the
feet. 1t will cause them to grow large
and very unsightly and will make
graceful walking an impossibility.
A daily gentle polish Of two or three
minutes helps to keep the nails in or
der. If the cuticle be dry and apt to
grow ragged or split cream should
be applied every night.
The eyes sho~ld never be used when
they are tired or weak from illness,
nor should they be exposed to a strong
light at any time. The light should al
ways fall on the work or book from
over the left shoulder.
The posseSsOrS of dry scalps should
know that they are more liable to early
grayness than their friends with
greasy hair, but that this is quite pre-
ventable by regularly feeding the hair
with the oil 1t lacks.
Don't sleep under too many bed
Clothes" cautions a physician. at is
unhygienic to have too much cover
ing, as it keeps in the impurities of the
body. Try to do with little bed cloth
ing, and see If you do not sleep better"
To preserve the round shape Of the
eyeballs occasionally rub them gently
and always toward the nose. AS one
grows older the eyeballs have a ten
dency to become fiat. Gentle rubbing
or massage helps to preserve their
shape.
If you wish to reduce your weight
abstain from all eating between meals.
Cut out Of the diet all candy and sweet
foods, all severe acids and all alco-
ho1ic or malt liquors. Drink plenty Of
pure, cool water. Partake of only two
meals a day.
Many preparations for keeping the
hair in curl are sold, but they are gen.
orally unpleasant to use, as they make
the hair pasty and stiff. If it Is posi-
BILE to get OH without curling it Is much
better TO do so, as nothing looks more
untidy than hair which is half out Of
curl.
Many English doctors are now con-
vinced that the eating Of pigs flesh in
different forms is greatly responsible
for the increase Of cancer. They point
out that it is most common among the
poor, whose chief meat is that Of pigs,
while the disease is extremely rare
among the Jews.
Salts of tartar bring out the pretti-
est shades in light hair. Put cents
worth into a quart Of boiling water and
let 1t cool. Then use a small wine
glassful to a basin of water when rims
ing. Afterward rinse in pure water.
This cleanses the hair beautifully and
makes it light and fluffy.
The eyes should be bathed every
night before retiring to remove any
dust that might have gathered on the
lids during the day. Cold water should
be used, although lukewarm water Is
good occasionally. Open the lids and
let the water battle the eyeballs. Wipe
them with a soft towel, taking care to
rub toward the nose. This motion has
a tendency to remove any foreign mat
ter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07

Distribute fifteen or twenty cents
around among the neighbor children,
and you can create more happiness
than the iron kings when they give q
million to q college. .;f.A
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07

When a girl is very. attentive to
married men, the women say she has
married-men-i-tis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07
QUEEN DRAGA'S SISTER
TO LECTURE ON MURDER

Mile. Gena Lunjevics, one of the
shree sisters Of the late Queen Draga
Of Seryia, has engaged herself to ap-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07

Virginia tobacco is one of the strong.
est varieties.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-07

The Deacon-Do you know where
little boys go who play baseball on
Sunday?
Tommy-Sure. If dey is all right,
dey goes ter college.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
NO WAR IN THE FAR EAST.
Manohurisn and Korean Disagree.
ments to Be Settled,

Official information from Toxic and
st. Petersburg is that drafts of the
Russo-Japanese convention have been
approved by the Car and Count Lams.
dorn, the Russian foreign minister
only slight alterations In these drafts
are needed to effect a settlement of all
difficulties by amlcable compromise.
Premier Katsura said he deeply re.
gretted the sensational reports circu-
lated In Europe, which were unfound-
ed. He added: "The Japanese gov
ernment pursues its negotiations in
strict accordance with the spirit of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance. which aims
at the preservation of peace and the
the status quo. 1t Is only fair to pre-
sumo that Russia Is actuated by the
same peaceful spirit In which the dual
alliance Is extended In the Far East.
fail to see why the present negotia-
tons should not lead to mutually sat
lsfactory results. In any case moth
Ing in the present situation warrants
any alarm"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
NO CUT IN STEEL RAILS.
steel Corporation Officials Say sched-
ule viii Be Maintained.

officials of the United States Steel
Corporation and representative of in
dependent companies state that there
will be no cut in the price of steel
rails. The present schedule of s2S per
ton Will be adhered to, and rail con
tracts for 1904 delivery are being talk
en- at $2S per ton without any agree
ment for drawbacks should the scale
be changed The suggestion of some
of the railroads that the price of
steel rails be reduced to S26 per ton
will go unheeded. say the steel men.
even IL the request of the steel com.
panies for a reduction in freight rates
on finished products should be re-
fused. The reduction on rails asked
for by the railroads would mean a
net loss to the steel companies gen.
orally of s6.000,00O a year would have
to be borne by the United States Steel
Corporation
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
BUSINESS BRIEFS.

L. D. Soule, cashier OF the Home
Savings bank OF Iowa Falls, Ia, ac.
cused OF appropriating 100000 of the
banks funds, was indicted for embez-
element on three counts by the grand
jury.
The Union Switch and Signal Co.
has just received two large orders
which bring the total amount of its
electro-pneumatic equipment under Or
der to larger total than has ever
been the case before in the history
of the concern.
The bank of the Chickasaw Nation
at Tlschomingo the designated depos.
itory of the Chlckasaw Nation. closed
it's doors. The capital stock OF the
bank was $4,000. The amount OF de.
posits is unknown
The Columbus and Hooking Coal
and Iron executive committee have
voted 10 recommend to the directors
the declaration of l per cent diyi
dend on the common stock, PAYABLE
in four quarterly payments.
The Penn Bridge Company of Bea-
yer Falls, Pa. has secured the con-
tract for the 900-toot plate girder
bridge across the Rock River at Ster-
ling. Ill.
At a recent informal meeting of the
directors OF the American Car and
Foundry Company il was agreed that
unless business increases so per cent
during the next three months II will
be good policy to discontinue divi-
dends on the common.
Oficials OF the Illinois Steel com.
pany have received orders to resume
operations at the steel plant in all de-
partments, This will give employ.
ment to 1000 men. The plant shut
down two weeks ago under a general
order for an indefinite period.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
STARTED FOR ABYsSINIA.
Consul General Skinner Sails on His
Visit to Menelik.

The United States gunboat Machias,
having on board Consul General Skin
ner, who will visit Emperor Menelik
at Ads Abeba. capital of Abyssinia.
sailed for Beruit. Syria, where the
Machias will meet the flagship Brook
lyn. Rear Admiral Cotton will pro-
VIDE Mr.. Skinner with an escort of
20 marines. The Machias will then
proceed to Port Said and Jibutil,
French Somaliland. There Mr.. Skin.
ner will land aud proceed to Har-
rar. where he will be met by repre-
sentatives of the Emperor
Mr.. Skinner took with him many
presents for Emperor Menelik, espe-
cially different kinds of firearms. a
complete set of agricultural imple-
ments of the latest model. and the In
vitation to attend the st. LOUIS ex-
position. which is engraved on q sill
yer tablet,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
THREE VESSELS LOST N LAKE STORM
BRAVE CAPTAIN GOES DOWN /,
One Steamer Sank and Another Was
scuttled TO ExtinguIsh
Fire.

The steamer w. +. Sauber sprang a
leak ana sank 80 miles from Sault
Stc. Marie. Captain w. Il. Morris and
Oller Frank Robson were drowned.
The crew Of 10 men were saved by the
steamer Yale. The lost vessel was
Vaiued at $4,000. The Sauber sprang
leak during storm which is said
TO nave been the worst In 2S years.
After all the crew had been taken
from the steamer Captain Morris re-
manned on deck. An effort was made
to rescue him, but he was lost in the
darkness.
The steamer Advance caught fire.
while bound from Montreal TO Fort
william and was towed to Sault Ste.
Marie. The vessel had TO be scuttled
ana sunk before the flames were px-
tlnguished. The loss will be heavy.
The crew was rescued by the United
states revenue cutter Morrell.
The barge Grace whitney. which
broke away from the steamer SlcKen.
was wrecked In the gale near Fort
Gratrot light at daybreak. The crew
OF I'VE men reached shore after great
hardship. The vessel will be total
loss.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
SCHEME OF TRAIN WRECkERS
THEIR PLAN A FAILURE.
Plunged Four Cars TO the BED Of a
Dry Creek In Col
orado.

BY an act of train wreckers the cast.
bound Santa Fe passenger train No.
o. the Colorado.C Chicago FLYER" was
derailed at Aplshapa creek, 30 miles
cast of Pueblo. Col. Breaking down
the steel bridge. the engine and four
cars plunged to the dry bed of the
creek. where they were piled in a
mass Of wreckage Thirty or more
trainmen and passengers were injur-
cd. Engineer John II. Walker, of La
Junta, was badly scalded and bruised
and may die. None of the others sus-
talned serious injuries. J. +. McGin.
OF Washington. and c. Bennett, of
Buffalo, were bruised.
At Pueblo the car Del Rose, carry
ing IS Eastern bankers, was attached
10 the train. which was running so
miles an hour as 1t approached Apis
hapa creek, At the west end of the
bridge the rails spread, derailing the
engine, and when 1t struck the bridge
one span 100 feet long went down
The bankers car was the only one
that was not derailed.
investigation showed plainly that
the spikes had been pulled from three
rails. The motive of the wreckers Is
q mystery, as no robbery was at
tempted
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
STABBED az A LOVER.
Young Woman struck Down Because
She Refused to Co to Church.


Because she refused to accompany
him 10 church Lucias Il. Mayo fatally
stabbed Miss Olive O'Nell. daughter of
.exPostmaster Frank O'Neil. of Steu.
benviilc. o.. as she was standing on
the vcranda at the residence of her
grandfather, Eli Fetrow, the present
county recorder Mayo was forbidden
to come to the house, but he had re.
peatedly met the girl on the street
and ut church This evening he saw
her on the yerpnda aud asked her
TO accompany him. she refused. but
he insisted. and she made her refusal
more positive. Without further dis
cussion he drew a dirk and stabbed
her in the left breast As Mayo drew
the weapon from the girls body and
ran stream OF blood spurted out onto
the pavement. The victim gave one
Shrek and fell to the floor uncon.
scious. Several persons ran to the
house and carried the young woman
inside. Physicians were summoned
and after a hasty examination pro
nounced the wound fatal. Mayo es
capped.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
Restoring the spire Of chatrss.

The spire OF the northern clock tow
er of Chartres Cathedral. considered
by the French as one OF the finest
monuments Of the kind they possess.
is being restored. For years past there
hal been considerable anxiety as to
Its safety, intensified when the news
came from Venice that the old Cam.
panile OF st. Marks had crunbled to
pieces. The work OF restoration has
been conflded to M. Seilmersheim,
architect of the diocese OF Chartres.
and NJ. Armand Mouton. government
inspector Of historical monuments.
This spire springs from a square tow
er. famillarly known as the "clocher
yieux." dates from the end of the 18th
century. and is S45 feet In height
When the cathedral was destroyed by
fire in the year 1894 the northern tow
er and facade and the crypt were the
only portions OF the building that
escaped. The other tower was rebuilt
by Jean de Beauce in the 10th cen.
tury.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
TRIED TO KILL DiAZ.
Released Prisoner Fires Five Shots at
Mexican President.

An attempt was made to assassin.
ate President Diaz, who was a guest
OF the state government during the
festivities at Guanajuato. The presl.
dent, his stan and guests were pass
ing by the Cantagor garden In street
car when man named Ellis Toscano
approached the car shouting and fired
five shots from a revolver at the car
None of the shots took effect. Paklo
Escandon. Of the presidents staff,
rushed out of the car and caught
the man, wrenching the revolver from
his grasp The police took Toscano
to prison. He has a criminal record
and was but recently released from
prison at Grenaditas, where he had
served term for homicide
Diaz remained perfectly cool. Tos-
cano's evil record renders the theory
Of a deliberate attempt at assassina.
ton probable.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Industrial Activity Continues, Not
wlthstandIng Number Of Draw.
backs, Says Dun's Review.

X. q. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
OF Trade" says: Industrial activity
mas increased somewhat, many plants
resuming and others preparing to re.
open on Monday. Several pending la.
Dor controversies have reached amica.
BILE adjustment. adding to the aggre.
gate of wage earners employed ON
the other hands strikes are ordered
and some mills will be closed by lack
OF new business. while the struggle
for control OF the copper properties
has thrown thousands out Of work.
While there Is evidence of a set back
In the steel industry and some hos.
itation In textiles at the East, the gen.
eral tenor OF these reports Is encour.
aging for q continuance OF prosperity.
particularly In the sections where ag-
rlculture Is the chief occupation. Col.
lectlons are causing some uneasiness
and financial conditions are unsettled.
Merchandise Is freely distributed and
railway earnings for October thus far
surpass last years by SO per cent and
those of 1901 by 1874 per cent.
Purchases OF Iron and steel products
are still restricted to immediate re.
quirements as rule, although the de-
cline In quotations appears checked.
In the meantime plans are being made
to still further curtall the output OF
pig Iron. Some increased interest Is
noted In structural materials for Of
fice buildings. warehouses and bridges.
but orders are insignificant when com
pared with last years business In this
line. In the sheet market there are
reports of price concessions by indie.
pendent mills and small sizes of pipe
are weak. but large pipes and tubes
are in brisk request, order books as
suring activity well into next year.
There Is n slightly better demand for
steel cars, some idle works resumlng.
For the first time this season II Is
possible TO record a distinctly better
tone In he market for cotton goods.
New England footwear factories have
all the business needed for full occu-
patton of machinery during 1903 and
the urgency of wholesalers to secure
prompt shipment indicates that retail
ers are seeking immediate deliveries.
Failures this week were 253 in the
United States against 233 last year,
and IL IN Canada. compared with 20
year ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
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OIL FIELDS FAILING.
Present Prices Are the Highest Paid
Since 1895.


The Standard Oil trust. through its
purchasing agencies In the oil re-
gions. advanced the price of Pennsyl.
vanIa crude oil to Sl74 a barreb which
is the highest price since 1895, when
a temporary price of $3.50 was made
April IL The total stock of crude
petroleum above ground to-day Is
less than 1t was in 1895. there being a
trifie more of Pennsylvania oil, but
less of the Trenton rock oils. known
as the Lima product. which is much
inferior to the so-called Pennsylvania
oils.
The standard has been compelled
to notify the independent oil refnors
that 1t cannot supply their require.
ments of crude ana some of them
have already shut down. West Vir-
ginia is declining rapidly. Ohio Is as
badly of as Pennsylvania. Indiana
has small output. but the expense OF
getting il is great. owing to the vast
amount of water that comes with the
oil
Men who have watched develop.
ments and are conyersant with the
statistical situation say the time is
not far distant when the dstiilation
of oil from coal will be necessary as
in 1857. when the name was coal
oil" and the retail price was 81 a
gallon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-04
NEARLY 100000 ARE IN 1T.
stock OF the steel Combine Is Held by
98,626 Persons.

The tenth quarterly dividend of IL
per cent on the preferred stock of the
United States Steel Corporation will
go to 40.12S shareholders OF record, as
against 34,93S preferred shareholders
three months ago. OF the new share.
holders. 34,3G0 are employees who
bought stock under the proflt-shar!ng
plan and who have paid for 1t outright.
The present number of common share.
holders is 34,058, which compared
with 2S,9S7 three months ago. makes
the total shareholders of record In
both stocks 74,0S6. Counting 24,540
employees who hold preferred stock.
but have not fully paid for it. there
is grand total OF 9S.626 persons hold
ing common and preferred shares Of
United States Steel Corporation.