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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06

tramp should set out to rob the house.
Without telephone you would be help
less and would have to hand him out
the plumber; with the telephone you are
in communication with the police in a
few seconds, and Mr.. Tramp is nabbed
in the act. Suppose l am at the club
and want to communicate. Suppose
1 am out in the country looking at a
farm for sale. Suppose drop dead at
the office, and the people want to break
the news gently to you"
'But you have always said it made
you mad to try to talk through the
telephone"
II have said lots Of things, Mrs.
Bowser.
An hour later the men appeared
with the instrument, and, having al
ready strung the wire, a connection
was soon made and everything was
ready for talk. Mr.. Bowser was
just about to observe that in case his
heart went back on him again he
should not have the same fear as be-
fore when the telephone bell rang.
''They are testing the line, l sup
pose," ne said as he rose to answer it.
But it was no test. He had scarcely
got the receiver to his ear when a
voice asked:
"Is this Bowser?"
eyes"
SIS it the Bowser-the only and
original Bowser?"
"Y-yes."
"Well, I'm glad you've got tele-
phone in the house. I've often wanted
to have little chat with you. Do
you cuss about the coal and gas bills
and nag Mrs. Bowser as much as you
used tor
"Who's this talking to me?" de-
manded Mr.. Bowser as he began to
fire up.
"Uriah Heep, your tumble servant"
came the reply. "Say, old man, isn't
it time you bought new fire escape?
/ can see your face getting red and
your ears twitching, but don't swallow
the back Of your neck. Ia ia, Bow
wowserv'
IF had that man." said Mr. Bow
ser as he hung up the receiver-"if
had that miserable horse thief under
my heel I'd grind the life out Of him
as If he were a worm! The idea that
anybody should dare call me up on
the phone and say such things! Why,
I'll put private detective on his
trail and
The bell rang again, and he walked
over to the instrument to hear voice
saying:
"Ah, ha, old boy! How are you?"
I'm we'll"
Got telephone in the house, eh?"
EYES,"
"Good thing. Do you recognize my
voice?"
mo"
"rm Perkins, and I'm talking to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06
BOWSer and
/ The telephone
He Has One Put Into the House, but
He Soon Has II Taken
Out Again.

copyright, 1904 by I. G. McClure.l
~ VAS any one been here this
afternoon asked Mr.. Bow
~ ser as soon as he entered the
house the other evening.
"Only a tramp who wanted an old
pair Of Shoes replied Mrs. Bowser.
Did you send any one else?
''The telephone people are coming
here to put telephone in, but per-
haps they didn't get time this after
noon. They will be here this evening,
however"
"And we are to have a telephone,
ehT'
1--WE are"
''But / thought you said telephones
were a humbug and nuisance and
that you wouldn't give one house
roomY'
Eyes, 1 have no doubt that / said
So" replied Mr. Bowser, sbut I have
changed my mind. The other night at
midnight I was awakened with a pain
in my heart. In fact, my heart had
almost ceased to beat, and for five min
utes 1t was question whether would
die or live on. didn't arouse you, but
If we had had telephone in the house
I should have got to it and consulted
the doctor. 1t was then that l made
up my mind to have telephone"
Mrs. Bowser had been expecting the
news for months and had nothing to
say, and Mr.. Bowser continued:
"Three different times last week peo-
pie wanted to communicate with me
by telephone, but couldn't do 1t, and
two weeks ago could have bought a
$3.50 painting for $25 if we had had an
instrument in the house. And there's
another thing. You are here with only
the cook all day long. Suppose some
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06

Rebecca-You see, met Martha, and
she is SO hard to get away from.
Rachel-How funny! I've heard her
say the same thing about you.
Rebecca-Well, that beats everything.
I've heard her say it about you too
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06
She Did 1t After All,

Il remember you once said to me
that Miss Mugs would never catch
any man that had a thimbleful of
brains"
Il believe l did make some such re-
mark quite awhile ago."
"Of course you did-ha, ha, ha! Now
that you have met her as my wife,
what have you got to say, eh?''
"Why-er-I was mistaken. She
caught him, all right"
"You bet she did!-ha, ha!-but hold
on-say, confound you, what do you
mean?-Kansas City Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06

"Why do you sell this brand OF
shirts Only?" asked the transient GUS
toner.
Because it is the most fashionable"
replied the swell haberdasher.
Indeed! What makes it the most
fashionable?'
The fact that we sell it."-Buffalo
Express.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-06

"Howd'y'do, Miss Lulu. Have TO be
careful how polite one is to the girls
nowadays-leap year, you know"
ooh, yes. So 1t is"
Happy time for the girls, isn't it,"
EYES, Sometimes it Is such fun"
Especially to girl who loves fun
as you do; must call up old times to
you" Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Pent BriUuett0g.

Peat briquettes, all heat except a
pinch Of ashes, can now he made by
improved processes for $1.21 a ton.
The heat supply increases proportion
ately with the distance from the equa-
tor. In cold and wet countries the ell
mate does not we'll do the drying, and
methods have consequently to be re-
sorted to. So prepared, there is peat
enough distributed here and there in
the world to conduct a substantial civ
ilization on for an indefinite succession
of centuries. Alaska has plenty Of it,
and so has Siberia, with ample depos-
It's in far northern countries. Sweden
already uses 100000 tons Of the bri-
quettes yearly, and within fifty miles
of Chicago are deposits Of the material
sufficient to supply the city with fuel
for a period to come perhaps as long
as it may have any use for fires or do
nestle hearths to light them on. One
seventh of the area of Ireland consists
of peat Dogs heretofore not to be prof
itably worked, but by the new process
made as valuable as coal mines.
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Look Ahead.

There is glory for the time to come. A
great many people seem to forget that the
best is before us. DR.. Bonar once said
that everything before the true believer Is
glorious" This thought took hold on
nv soul. and I began to look the matter
up and see what L could find in Scripture
that was glorious hereafter.
I founfl that the kingdom we are going
to inherit is glorious; our crown IS to be a
"crown of glory" the city we are going to
inhabit is the city Of the glorifed; the.
songs we are going to sing are the songs OF
the glori6ed; we are to wear garments OF
"glory and beauty" our society will be
the society of the glorifed; our rest is to
be "glorious;" the country to which we
are going is to be full of the glory of God
and of the Lamb.
There are many who are always looking
on the backward path and mourning over
the troubles through which they have
passed: they keep Juggling the cares and
anxieties they have been called on to bear
and are forever looking at them. Why
should we go Keeling and staggering under
the burdens and cares of life when we have
such glorious prospects before us:-D. L..
Moody
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Telephonrs in HosDita.a.

In Philadelphia, it is stated, tele-
phones are to remove the barrier be-
tween inmates of the Municipal Hos
pital and their friends in the outside
world. DR.. Edward Martin, Director
Of the Department Of Public Health
and Charities, has completed arrange
ments whereby Il complete telephone
system is to be Installed in the Munic-
ipal Hospital, with telephones i'll each
ward, so that direct communication
between without and within may be
had. Hitherto the hospital, entrance
to which is forbidden to even the near
est relatives Of patients, has been con-
nectcd with the world by Il single wire
from a central exchange through the
Electrical Bureau in City Hall. Com
munication was Irregular and slow.
With ar exchange on each floor end
in each ward it is believed that inquir-
les regarding the condition Of patients
can be answered speedily and satiSfac-
torily both ia patient and to friends
Electrical World and Engineer.
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given by the seams that extend to the
shoulders, are peculiarly desirable, as
they tend to give a tapering effect to
the figure.
The coat iG made with fronts, that
are cut in two portions each, backs,
side-backs and under-arm cores, the
vest being separate and attached un-
der the fronts on indicated lines. The
sleeves are made in.two portions each
and are finished with Follower cuffs at
the wrists. The collar and revers finish
the neck and front edges and are rolled
over onto coat.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is three and five
eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide,
two and one-fourth yards forty-four
inches wide or one and seven-eighth
yards fifty-two inches wide, with three
fourth yards of velvet and three-fourth
yards Of any width for vest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Tbo Word of God and PRAYER,

In the early days of Christian life a man
of God gave us counsel to this effect: The
word of God and prayer arc the two fun
damental means of grace. Through the
word God speaks to US; in prayer we
speak to God. These means Of grace must
be used in due proportion. If we read the
word and restrain prayer we shall become
doctrinaire, dry, self-assertive,. without
m~ellowness, void of JUNCTION: Ii We pray
and neglect reading the word we shall be-
come fanatical, uncertain, blown about by
every wind of doctrine; following rreten-
tious teachers of odd and perverse things
to draw disciples after themselves. In
either case, unbalanced and pharisaic. we
have been thankful ever since for this
wise counsel, and now commend it espe.
Glai Gr. TO young and gt6 pei' Inowledse Of the Lord
j. Gs"e chr asf apart tnS f from daily meditative
reading of the word of God and continu-
inc constant in prayer.-London Christian
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The Cpposer OF Christ.

An %unloving spirit is the worst treacheTy
to Christ that we can offer. How often DO
those who are full of good works for the
Lord stop to think of this?, The harsh
word spoken by the busy teacher or super
intendent or pastor is a travesty on the
profession such a one makes: For Christ
IS one with God, and God is love. Unlove
is anti-Christ. We cannot serve Chrls1
while unloye for any child Of His is in our
hearts or words. ''And if 1 have the gift
of prophecy, and know all mysteries and
all knowledge; and if I have all faith. so
as to remove mountains. but have not love,
I am nothing. And if I bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and if J. give my
BODY to be burned, but have not love. it
profiteth me nothing" "This is My. COM
mardment, that ye love one another"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Red Refers For Children.

Children's little red REFERS are again
in favor. Russian blouses are made
in this brilliant color, and with these
are worn white kid or black patent
leather belts. Some Of the blouses are
trimmed in green, others in black cloth
and velvet. Red is also popular in
linen dresses. The new sweaters are
buttoned at the back. In these, too,
red is in the lead. White is also called
for. but it spoils easily, and is not so
well adapted for children's wear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Losing Their Dignity,

The House Of Commons is !osing>its
dignity. Black and White hears that
members have been seen around the
premises in shirt sleeves in warm
weather. 1t expects to find a member
with musical tastes entertaining
friends ut tea on the terrace by play
ing Goodbye, Dolly Gray" on a
mouth organ. The Londoners have
just heard of "Dolly Gray" and it is
popular.
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H>-pa Thioo

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Cata1rh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TnUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.,
WALD1NG, KINSAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o..
Halls Catarrh Cureis taken internally act
ing directly upon the blood and m%ucoussur-
faces OF the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Tuck SHRED Skirt With Flounce.

ShirringS of all sorts and in all raria-
tons are to be noted on the latest
gowns made of soft and pliable fab
RIGS. This very graceful skirt is
adapted to all these and can be utilized
for many occasions. AS illustrated it
is made of crepe de Chine in the new
color known as apricot, which is ex-
%ceptionally attractive and beautiful.
The s%hirrings at the waist line confne
the fulness over the hips at the same
time giving a yoke effect which is most
becoming and eminently fashionable.
All materials that are soft enough to
allow the necessary fulness are apprc-
pirate. y .s...
The skirt is circular with a gathered
founce that is joined to its lower edge.
The upper portion is shirred to form
a hip yoke and laid in two groups Of
graduated tucks, which also r gath
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
A Mean ii usband.

4 disobliging husband .dwells in
Lawrence, Kan. He was sick, and his
wife bought enough goods to furnish a
boarding house, promising to pay for
them when her husband died and she
received his life insurance money. The
disobliglng husband refused to die, and
regained his health. The wife thinks
it was real mean Of him to disappoint
her creditors.
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Good and Bad SILK.

The women whose taffeta skirt splits
the second or third time she wears it
is apt to sigh for the silks of her grand
mothers day, with their seemingly i'm
perishable qualities, but, as a matter
Of fact, silks are much better now than
they were before. The ancestral silks,
which were woven on hand looms, We're
never of an even texture, whereas with
modern machinery the last inch Of a
hundred yard piece comes out exactly
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cred and drawn up slightly, so con-
filming the fulness.- The flounce is
tucked at its lower edge, gathered at
the upper, which is concealed by the
lowest tuck of the skirt.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is eleven yards
twenty-one inches wide. eight and one
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. an IS d
has there
mora on
A GREAT NAVAL BATTLE.
Young Wives in India.

The custom Of marrying girls when
they are mere children of nine or ten
years is increasing rather than de-
creasins in Bengal and other parts Of
India. The resulting racial degenera-
ton is becoming so obvious that laws
have been passed in several regions
f%orbidding The marriage Of girls under
fourteen.
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the same rs the first one. The art Of
dyeing. too, has been brought to 4 state
of perfection known before. and
communication between the silk work.
ers of the world is so rapid that a dis
covery made by one is Don known to
all the others. The reason so many
modern silks do not wear is because
they are adulterated to meet the de-
mand for cheapness, their wear ability
being in exact proportion to the amount
Of silk they contain.
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Suffering "a Opportunity.

There is no time in life when opportu.
nifty, the chance to be and to do, gathers
so richly about the soul as when it has to
suffer. Then everything depends on wheth,
or the man turns to the lower or higher
helps. If he resorts to mere eXpedients
and tricks, the opportunity is lost. He
comes out no richer or greater; nay, he
comes out harder, poorer, smaller for his
pains. But if he turns to God the hour OF
suffering is the turning point OF his life
Phillips BROOKS.
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Frisco,s Fine Harbor.

San Francisco, CAL, may claim to
have the most capacious natural bar
Dor and also the safest. Port Philip
Bay, the chief harbor Of Victoria Aus
tralia, is larger than the bay at San
Francisco, but its very breadth leaves
it exposed to storms from certain quar-
tiers, .
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Our Social Distinctions

But" said the foreigner, you have
nothing here to exhibit your social dis
functions. You all herd together every
where. Your upper nd lower classes
are OH the same footing"
you're mistaken. We have SAM
tariums and lunatic asylums."-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
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Veil Hinta.

Most of the wells are bought ready
made with hemstitched hens, and are
long and Of ample width. When laid
back across the brim OF the hat, the
veil forms a curtain at the back. On
the street the curtains are carried
straight on the breeze.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23
Some Fur STYLES.

The old favorites in fur still hold
first place-ermine, sables doth Rus.
sian and Hudson Bay, chinchilla and
Persian lamb, either alone or in com.
bination. White fox will also be used,
especially as a trimming and for even
ing use.
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A Fichu and Girdle,

No evening gown is complete to-day
without a. fchu and a girdle. In fact,
the waist is hardly more than these
two pieces. 1t matters little whether
the gown is made of dainty soft muslin
or rich silk. 1t must have this soft
null scarf to give just the desired up
to-date touch.
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Popular Shades.

All Of the hyacinth and porcelain
blues, the French shades of rose, and
those exquisite if rather trying tones
known as the coral shadings are popu-
lar, and the various tints Of yellow and
orange are repeated perhaps more fire.
Quently than any other relieving colors.
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There are about 200 railway COM
panies in England and Wales. alone,
and about twenty-five each In Scotland
and Ireland, making a total Of fully.
$50 separately constituted companies.
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Women Charged Less.

Swedish restaurant keepers Of the
old-fashioned sort charge less for a
woman's meal than a mans on the the
DRY that she is physically unable to
eat so much. A married couple trav-
cling together + debited at many no.
tells as one person and a half.
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A Hinge Mapnef

What is said to be the largest electro
magnet in the world has been installed
in the Bridgeport Comm Hospital. 1t
will be used for extracting pieces of
iron and steel from the eyes Of ma
chinists and other metal workers who
may be injured.
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Her Opinion,

II have been very much interested
in these experiments with %tetrabedral
kites" said the man with the gold
glasses.
YES" answered Mrs. CumroX, CON-
placently, but I have about concluded
that the surest way TO get rid Of all
such things is to boil the drinking
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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In a resolution opposing the use Of
pneumatic tools and machines in
British dockyards, the Federated
Council Of Government Employees al
leges that they are detrimental to
mems health.
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the new sleeves, which are full at the
shoulders, and a novel Follower collar
that is extended down the fronts. As
illustrated the material is wood brown
broadcloth with the vest Of white cloth
and the trimmings Of velvet, but all
suiting materials and all materials in
vogue for coats Of the sort are equally
appropriate. The long lines, that are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-23

The average age Of bachelors who
marry spinsters is twenty-six; but Of
widowers who marry widows just
under fifty. MIS-. 4
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In the whole Russian empire there
are only 21.S27 physicians: 1871 Of
them are women. The war has made
medical service more difficult to obtain
than ever.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits orneryous-
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, $2trial bottleand treatise free
DR.. R. q. KLINE, Ltd, 931Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
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Pale Blue and Layender-

Pale blue and lavender combinations
are ever more in evidence than they
were last season, and the milliners de-
light in using these two colors to-
gether.
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The gate keeper at a level crossing
in France, who was held responsible
for q railroad disaster, was sentenced
to a years imprisonment.
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Brown in Vogue.

One sees a great deal Of brown, and
as ii is a striking and becoming color,
the vell-dressed woman takes readily
to it.
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Pray For Holiness.

Let our prayer be ever for more holiness
and more fitness for the Kingdom, Then
shall the tabernacle of God be with men,
and we shall be His people, and God Him
self shall be with us.
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Cloth GOWNS Without Goa.

Many women will appear in cloth
gowns, minus the coat. The budices
will, of course, be heavily lined.
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In seven years $50 pupils in German
schools committed suicide. a a.,
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Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we erused
for all affections OF throat and lungs.-WM.
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
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The average family in the United States
has four and seventeenth persons. Z
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half yards twenty-seven inches wide or
six yards forty-four inches wide, with
eighteen yards of banding to trim as
illustrated.
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%raised-its popularity as a catarrh remedy, its national impor.
One asked his opinion. Without a moments hesitation he
said: i can cheerfully say that Mrs. Schley has taken Peruna
and | believe with good effect" az
Like the battle of Santiago, the thought was sprung upon
MN without any wa rning, and he disposed of it with the same
YIN and decision as he did with the Spanish feet led by the
Inflated Viscaya. ~
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