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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Few more important Investigations
are under way in this country than the
one now being undertaken by the com
mission on acute respiratory diseases
which has just organized in New York.
Pneumonia has come to be the scOurge
Of modern city life, and the increase in
the number Of its yearly victims has
been 80 rapid that health commission.
ers are continually bewailing their
helplessness against 1t. The physi.
clans who compose the commission are
men Of the highest standing in their
profession. DR.. Janeway, Of New
York, is the chairman, and such men
as Drs. Osler and WEIGH, Of Balti-
more; Dr. Theebald Smith, of Harvard
and DR.. Frank Billings, Of Chicago
are among the members. They hold
that these diseases, including pnel
monia, are essentially communicable.
and that theoretically at least they
are to a greater or less extent pre-.
ventable. They propose to devote
themselves to the task of finding meth.
DDS of prevention. Their researches
will undoubtedly lead them into q
study Of the conditions of life in cities.
and they may perhaps in the end make
recommendations concerning everyday
hygiene that will have value beyond
the special object which the commits.
sion seeks to attain. If all the money
spent on the gathering of health sta
tistics by our large cities had resulted
in nothing more than the showing OF
the increasing ravages Of pneumonia
alone-a showing SO clear as to stimu.
late the best scientific brains Of the
country to seek at once for the remedy
it would have been money well
spent. Ths health bureaus cost little
in comparison with their enormous
dividends in lives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

On every hand there are constant &C
sessions to the ranks of those seeking
to train themselves III the application
of the sciences to the practical arts,
this being particularly true Of the lines
of activity commonly grouped under
the general name of engineering. The
day Of theorizing is past. This is a
practical age. and the man best quail
fed for the duties devolving upon him
is the one whose efforts are crowned
with success and who FORCES his way
to the front. OF all branches of edu-
cation, that of science and its appli-
cation is most costly to the institution
offering such courses, but the results
achieved by those taking advantage
th"aeof are proportionately larger than
in sny other line.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

A few years ago the magnates OF
the transcontinental railroad lines said
the shipment Of the products OF the
Mississippi Valley to Europe by way
of this Gulf of Mexico might come
about some day but not soon. The long
lines of ocean-going vessels tied up to
the docks at New Orleans, Galveston
and Port Arthur and the deserted
wharves at Newport News and other
eastern ports tell a different. stosy
And now that James J. Hill proposes
a Hudson Bay route for his big steam
ers there is another shaking Of heads
among these prophets. To be sure It
is rather a daring venture. TO send
big vessels from the heart of the Can
adam wheat region up through Hud-
son Bay and Hudson Straits and
around Labrador to Europe is pro.
poSal calculated to take away ones
breath It is almost a ChristopheT
Columbus undertaking. Mr.. Hill says
the route is feasible and that during
large part of the year a large ton.
mage may be carried. 1t is remember
ed in this connection that two or three
years ago Mr.. Hill took an extended
cruise in a yacht around Labrador
At that time it was supposed the f1nan-'
cier was merely taking vacation. II
is rumored that the builder of the
Great Northern is piqued at Minnea-
polls and st. Paul because Of the &C.
tive opposition Of the northwest people
to his proposed merger. However that
may be, if Mr.. Hill can lay out new
path for commerce and thus benefit
the producer his motives need not be
considered. Mr.. Hills proposed new
route to tide-water serves to prove
the fact that he is rash prophet who
can foretell events in the world Of cons-
merce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
A WISE LITTLE GIRL.
She Finds P1aymates and PIaythings
in the Weeds Around Her Home.

She Finds P1aymates and PIaythings
in the Weeds Around Her Home.
Across the commons from us there
stands little brown house, where
nothing thrives but poverty and weeds
and happiness. Year after year the
garden fails and the flowers die, but
the weeds grow tall and straight ana
strong, and bring joy. to the Little
Girl. The Little Girl is strange lit
tie girl. All the drowsy summer after
Moons she lies in the shade of the
great ragweeds, and dreams and
plays. To her the ragweeds are not
ragweeds; they are tall, glorious trees,
wherein dwell Wondrous songsters; a
ladybug is a redbird and a wandering
fly nightingale. At her head in a
break in the ragweeds grows a tall
buttonwood. To the Little Girl it's
rich, golden blossom is as beautiful as
the choicest rose. In the center is
wonderful bed of stamens-and the
sepalS and petals are 4 gayly painted
fence. Or, sometimes, the Little Girl
turns them upside down, and 10! there
stands an ancient dame in green kirtle
and cplmpled yellow petticoats. The
seed-pod is no less wonderful to her
Many a time she has pondered over
it's wondrOus mOlding, and the blend
ing shades of green, light at the top
and shading down into dark, almost
black. This, inverted, the Little Girl
uses as potato masher for her peb-
BILE potatoes-but in her heart there is
no lack Of reverence.
At her feet, in company with the
"tickle-grass," the bull nettle and
night-shade grow side by side. To the
Little Girl the berries Of the latter two
are the most beautiful Of all the
weeds. Big brothers have forbidden
her to touch them, but she does not
understand, and the green-golden ber-
ries of the bullweed furnish oranges
daily for the dolly's table. The strange
structure Of the night-shade berries
parent green walls through which the
tiny seeds can be seen puzzle her.
II guess they were made that way
so that they could look up and see the
stars" she confded to me- one day.
She meant the pure white, star-shaped
blossoms with their protrCding little
yellow eyes, and / could but agree.
A vigorous growth Of smartweel
with the delicate pink and red white
blossoms fringes her playhouse
Of the plants at least two feet high.
These the Little Girl does not value
SO much; she plucks them to pieces,
part by part, to see how many differ
ent colors of pink she can find, and
then, in a fit Of contrition, drops the
poor mangled blossoms into the pan of
cool water placed in the weeds for
the chickens.
But far in the heart Of the great
weed patch there is a rich growth OF
goldenrod, and this, unsullied by the
name Of weed, is dearest Of all the
blossoms in the Little Girls eyes.
This she never plucks, but often, from
my window, see her bend over and
press it's sprays to her cheeks. Her
big brothers have never penetrated,
even in their widest games Of hide
and go-seek; only the Little Girl, see
ing with finer eyes, knows the heart
of gold in the refuse. And so an in
tcrest, subtle and strange as the fra
GRANGE Of the goldenrod, hangs over
the Little Girl and her treasures
Nicholas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
Insult to the Dog.

The maddest man in town yesterday
was a big fellow accompanied by a
ferocious looking bulldog in which he
displayed a conscious pride. He was
constantly looking out of the corners
of his eyes to see how much attention
the dog attracted. Finally boy at
the corner Of State and Monroe streets
whistled to the dog and said:
''Come he-ah, Fido!'
It was an insult both to man and
beast. The owner of the bulldog flush
ed and looked as if he would like to
get hold Of that boy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
cave. Eve. Sir.

Accuracy is one Of the best business
accomplishments. However, it is sell
dom drawn to finer point than in
the following story, taken from the
Chicago Journal:
During the bombardment Of Alexan-
dria, in 1882, Lord Charles Beresford
asked gunner if he could hit a man
who was on the fort. The gunner re-
piled:
"Aye, aye, sir!'
'"Then hit him in the eye," said Lord
Beresford.
He was surprised when the gunner
inquired:
(Which eye, STRIP
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
An Observing Wanderer.

"You must have seen a great deal Of
the world?" said the farmers wife to
the tramp.
Not so much as I'd like" replied the
wanderer. 'You see l was too busy
taking observations
"What kind Of observations 2"
"a careful series of observations OF
prison life from the inside, ma -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure in all it's
stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarr!l Cure
Is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease. requires a constitutional treatment. Hall S
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving tile patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature in doing
its work The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure Send
for list of testimonials.
Address. +. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
GERAnluMs IN wlNTEr.
recommended to Those Who Would
Have Blooms from January On.

Recommended to Those Who Would
| Have Blooms from January On.
| All things considered, the geranium
Is our best plant for winter towering.
according to Lippincott's Magazine. 1t
blooms freely and constantly, in most
/ instances, and adapts itself to the con-
ditions prevailing in the ordinary liv-
ing room more readily than almost any
other plant we have any knowledge Of.
And it requires very little care. It's
ability to take care of itself is one of
the strong arguments in its favor, es-
pecially with the amateur who is dis
trustful of his skill in the manage
their peculiarities humored. 1t has
little to boast of in the way of attrac-
tive age-though a plant well set
with vigorous, healthy foliage is far
from being misunderstanding it has a
right to pride itself on the beauty Of
its flowers. Some of the scarlet yarie-
ties are so exceedingly brilliant that
they actually seem to imnart feel
ing of warmth to the observer. The
little child who declared that auntie's
geraniums were ION fire. was con-
scious Of this suggestion of heat in
the intensity of color which character
ICES some Of the most richly cOlored
sorts. Others are extremely delicate
in color and tint. Some are pure
white. All the recently introduced va
rieties have large, wide-petaled flowers,
borne in trusses of good size, on long
stalks. A well-developed plant, SYM
metrical in shape and properly fur
nished with foliage to serve as back
ground against which to display it's
blossoms effectively, is magnificent
sight when in full bloom, notwith-
standing the TACT that some persons
sheer at the geranium as being ''com-
mon.'
All beauty is common in sense,
and / would as soon object to the sky
and the sunshine because the beauty
of them is for the enjoyment Of every
body, therefore common as to seek
to disparage a flower because it was
one that everybody could grow and en-
JOY Any one can undertake the Gull
ture of the geranium with reasonable
certainty of success who can give it
good soil to grow in, water enough to
keep it always moist at the roots, a
sunny location and freedom from
frost. Insects seldom attack it. 1t has
a healthy constitution that gives it i'm
munity from the diseases SO common
to most other plants, and it will re-
ward you for the care it receives at
your hands by making your window
bright with bloom as few other plants
can. Therefore you make no mistake
in selecting it for your window garden
But be- sure to get plants that have
not been allowed to bloom during the
summer. Such plants have exhausted
II themselves and, nine times out of ten,
they will insist on taking rest dur
ing the winter months. The ideal
geranium for winter use is the plant
which has been kept steadily grow
ing during summer, but has had every
bud removed as soon as seen. Such
plant will bloom profusely from Jan
uary to June.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

The greatest mistake that Canada
ever made was in failing to join the
other colonists in the rising Of 1875
against England. Had Canada done
this she would constitute ten or twelve
States of the Union by this time, have
25,0O0,0O0 people instead Of 100000,
as she has now, and would be part OF
the greatest country on the globe, in
stead Of being a dependency of ma
ton 5000 miles distant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Two thousand disciples of Izaak
Walton held recently on the banks Of
the Seine the greatest fishing contest
ever known. After the contest there
was ali anglers ball. This is the great t.
est fish ball on record, and since there
was banquet, too, bread on this oc-
casion went with one fish ball.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
Giving Him a Pointer.

Mrs. Neurich How's my son gettin'
along with his lessons?
Private Tutor-Very nicely, madam;
although it is sometimes difficult for him
to catch an idea at times.
Mrs. Neurich--Well, I'd have you
know he don't have to catch 'em We
can afford to buy him all the ideas he
moods
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Bandit Raisuli has caused it to be
known that he would like to capture
another foreigner. He will hardly have
a chance. The brevity Of Perdicaris'
fame shows that it doesn't pay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Professor Jeems Corbett is said to
have written a play Probably red
headed freckled faced villain is knock
ed out in the third act by blow in
the solar pleXus.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

A woman has sued friend of her
husband for $4,000 damages for steal
ing kiss. This is one case in which
an attempt to return stolen goods
would be compromising a felony.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
New York and pbiIadelnbia

cannot be more pleasantly or conven-
icntly reached than by the Grand Trunk
l.ehigh Valley Route. Solid through
trains, magnificent scenery, all trains run
via Niagara Falls.
Descriptive literature sent free on APP
plication to Advertising Department.
Grand Trunk Railway System, 135
Adams street, Chicago. Geo. W. Vaux,
A. &. +. & L. A.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

1t will have to be admitted. even if
Russia did keep us from being eaten
up in 61, that she's a good deal worse
than the world suspected, and no out
slider has ever been inclined to hold a
high opinion of her, either.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

An American race horse has been
named Togo, but he is not likely to
carry any wise money if he is ever
set down for a go with horse named
Kouropatkin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Every time the car hears piece of
bad news he appoints the baby to an
other Office. There are grounds for
fear that the supply Of offices will run
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

The green goods game has been
beaten by man in Battle Creek.
Which variety Of breakfast food he
trained on has not yet been disclosed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

The Grand Duke Constantin is one Of
Russia's fayorite poets. He won a rec
ord as a fine soldier before ne began to
write verse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

If you knew your weak points as
well as your neighbors know them, the
chances are that you would start out
promptly OH an era of reform.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Kentucky farmers are complaining
of squirrel pest" Has the race Of
Daniel Boones died out?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

The price of human hair is rising.
This years crop Of hair must be con-
siderably below the average.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Brown is the prevailing color in
Manchuria, as well as in the world Of
fashion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Periodically some one suggests that
New York or Chicago or Philadelphia
be separated from. the State of which
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Evidently Bishop Potter has decided
that one saloon is about all he cares
to dedicate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

"a Morris chair his women folks
argue, lis just what father needs
when he is tired, SO we will get one
and charge it to him." Thereupon il
is put in the Parlor Where Father
Never Sits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

When widow clears up" too much
under her grief, there are people. who
will say she enjoys her widowheod.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Some women who claim to be under
thirty talk like sixty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Yes, Cordelia, there Is such q thing
as poetry, but it is not plentiful
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

Even pessimist will ''smile" Scca
sionally-if you invite him to do 40.
Arizona republican., 1904-10-29
KUNz BROS. & MESSINGER. PhganIs, ArIz:

come to me, but whether or noa 1t T-ill come after one has disgusted one,5 hus- band is more than they say" Marion Hariadd's reply was as follows:
 T would rather have a daughter of mine serve an apprenticeship in my kitchen or Tn thaa Of a friend who iz only a plain cocz' than take a course" Gade~ the most a.c-ofplished demonstration Of cookery in this or any other country. Such courses. like cook books are invaluable when one has mastered tE-e rvdinents of her profes- sion. The rCCfnencs are not to be learned from books or from lectures. Cne must -andle and use tools like these i1telhgently.
 Have you not married sisters or friends who would let you take the loves, place in a real American kitchen for few hours a day or in the eveoing, Until you have learned first the scul- lions, then the plain cooks -rade2 After you are an adept in managing the range, in fire building, in boiling. roast ing, br0iiing and frying. study mixing and so on until you are ready for the fine parts of the business"
 The gist of this is that book knOvI- edge and school knowledge are poor substitutes for experience and practice.
 
 keeper can grasp a recipe or a"lesson,' % because she knows what she vvan.s to do and is more or less proficient i1 'techuic." 4 novice, on the other hand, is simply thrown into confusion by a spoken or printed formula which she can understand only in it's literal terms and to the why's and wElerefores Of which she is an utter stranger. It may be compared with a maehanicaI device for rapidly improving a p.ano players execution. The experienced player, knowing the exact purpose in view may employ it to advantage, but the beginners attempt to utilize it are Iudicrous or worse.
 No Cisparag agemeEt of cooking. schools is inteuded Many of them do begin at the ginniug--bUilGing the fire, managing the range, etc, and impart a valuable Knowledge of the rudiments as well as the higher branches of the culinary art. Nor are the cook books to be despised. We believe Marion Ha1l8nd is responsible for a consider able amount of literature in thae line. B,1t she is undoubtedly right in her main '1outention that the home kitchen is the real place to study cooking. in
Arizona republican., 1904-10-29
TIE sEsT COOKING scHooL.


 Marion Harlaud sems to have some sensible ideas on the "sEort and easy plan of acquiring valuable accomplish ments. We hear of schools" and "sys- tens" for instruction in various ants. sciences and useful pursuits; of mirac- ulous results achieved in an incredibly short time; of methods" which by their dazzling promises, reulind one of the get rich quick .si-henfes which bring valuable returns only to their eHterrrising and not too scrupulous promoters.
 Cooking schools are not, of course, to be put in this class. They are honest institutions, and to a large extent ben eficent ones. But Marion Harland thinks they have their limitations. This distinguished domestic adviser recently received a letter from a young woman who was about to be married. who be- lieved herself possessed of a due share of common sense, who had worked in an office since her graduation from high school, who had no lGlance to learn kitchen work al home, and who wanted to know whether she had better learn cooking out of book or at night school. They tell me-" wrote tn. young woman. that the Knowledge will
Arizona republican., 1904-10-29
What Is rIr. Smiths rIOtive.

What does Mark Smith expect to gain for Arizona by joining in the aue and cry for the removal of Fradec'rk Haynes Newell, chief engineer. Of the geological survey? Is it because afr. Smiths bosom friend, Senator Hans brough, and all the enemies of Arizona on the irrigation question. are opposed to Newell? The secretary of the in terior and the geological survey have the absolute say as to where the mil lions of the reclamation fund shah be loaned. From their decision there is no appeal Mir. Newell is a friend and admirer of B. A. Fowler. and has proved himself a priceless friend to Arizona. MT. Neweu's friendship will be worth millions to Arizona hercaf- ter, if the McCumber bill is not. passed. If that dangerous measure becomes a law, of course the hands of MT. Newell and our other friends at Washington will be tied. They can do nothing more for Arizona. Even work on the Tonto Basin dam will have to step. un- til the people here ratse the money for it's completion from some other source. What MT. Smith means by quoting with glee and approval the attacks of our enemies upon Mir. Newell. ard what MT. Smith means by boasting of his admiration for Senator Hans brough, one of the champions of the McCumber bill. he may try to explain between now and the election, but he will have difficulty in offering any sat isfactory explanation to the people cf this territory.
Arizona republican., 1904-10-29
As to ..Bitterness."

''The bitter fight which the Arizona Republican is making against Mark Smith Prescott Courier.
 Bitter? Wherein does any bitterness appear in The Republican. old Jabber- wock? Readers of this paper know that not one unlzind or bitter word has been printed in our columns about Mark Smith since this campaign be- gan, or at any time in the past.
 We like Mark Smith, personally, as we have stated on numerous occasions. and MT. Smith is always a welcome visitor at the editorial rooms of The Republican-nobody is more welcome and he of course enjoys his visits, or he would not come. The most cordial relations exist between him and every member of The Republican staff.
 MT. Smith understands perfectly that this paper opposes his election. and is fighting him twenty-four hours a day, because we believe that his election would prove a calamity to the territory in more ways than one. And he is fighting back, the hardest he knows how. But there is absolutely no per sonal feeling in the contest.
 Hundreds of A1r. smiths friends are opposing his election for the same req son we are-they are thinking more of the public interest than they are of personal friendships.
 only provincial or ignorant people get angry and bitter when engaged in q hot political campaign. Some day, perhaps, even the Prescott Courier may be able to outgrow it's provincial ism enough to take part in a campaign without getting mad and singing IT. ud.