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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
Swans Hatched by Thunder.

A beautiful white swan sat patiently
on her nest in a zoo.
> "She's a-settin'," her keeper said.
There's seven eggs under her, and
they'll be ready to hatch out by the
time the next thunderstorm comes
up"
Thunderstorm said the visitor.
"What has a thunderstorm got to do
with it?''
It'll hatch out the eggs" tie keep
er explained. Swans eggs are SO
bloomin' hard that nothin short Of a
good clap O. thunder will burst 'em.
It's a MISUNDERSTOOD fact among nat
uralists that young swans are never
Matched except during thunderstorms.
Did you ever examine swans egg?
Why, hang it, it's as hard as rock"
Considerably impressed, the visitor
sought out the superintendent of the
zoo.
"Your bird keeper" he said, "tells
me that swans eggs are so hard that it
takes thunder clap to hatch them. Is
that true?"
at is a tradition, the superintend-
ent said gently. MANY persons think
it true. You and I, however, would
Just call it a tradition-an odd, pleas
ant, interesting tradition. washing
ton Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
Good Breeding.

The best bred women do not fuss.
They take their gowns and their fur
niture and their jewels as a matter Of
course. They are unconscious Of their
wells and their gloves, and they expect
everyone else to be equally so. If they
see an intimate wearing a handsome
gown they refer to it admiringIy, but
they also preface their comment with
an apology. Their differences with
their husbands are not aired, neither
are the domestic upheavals. The re-
pose of the well-bred woman Is not
the quiet of weakness. 1t is the calm
of trained faculties, balanced so nicely
that an earthquake may cause
change of color, but will not bring
forth a loud cry Well-bred women
are boon to the humaA race. They
help the world to maintain high
standard both Of morals and behavior.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
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ness, caused by the WEAKNESS she is
enduring. The legs become trembly
and she wants to sink. The law Of
gravity is such that it is natural for
the heavier part to seek the earth.
but the laws Of nature are also such
that it is natural for the vital part or
center to furnish the limbs of our body
with sufficient strength to do our bid
ding without excessive fatigue. A
weak person, therefore, cannot be we'll
poised. Whence comes our strength?
From the air we breathe, from the
food and drink taken into the stomach,
and from the exercise that we take
to distribute that nourishment. AS
strength is possible only through the
medium of the vital organs, it is i'm
perative that these organs be kept al
ways in condition of normal activity.
1t Is obvious that they must not be
squeezed out Of place, neither must
they be allowed to sag, and press one
upon anOther.-Mrs. Helme in the Pill
grim.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
BUDDHIST HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
Temple Erected at the University Of
Pennsylvania.

Temple Erected at the University of
Pennsylvania.
The Sommerville Buddhist temple in
the. University Of Pennsylvania mu-
scum comprises the most complete and
elaborate representation Of Buddhist
house of worship ever set up outside of
the countries where Buddhism is the
prevailing religion, says the Booklov-
ers' Magazine. Buddhists frequently
visit the temple and spend hours there.
Three images in the temple, those Of
Fudo, -Kongara and Seitaka, were pro-
cured by Prof. Sommerville from the
famous Koyasau temple in Kishu.
Japan. The most artistic piece in the
temple is a vase of bronze flowers,
which came from temple at Kioto
and is nearly four centuries old.
In this curious temple Japanese resi-
dents in Philadelphia, and chance pill
grims in the city, gather at times to
pray for victory for the arms Of the
Mikado. They find themselves in an
atmosphere so like that of the land
Of the lotus that they can easily i'm
agine themselves transported to their
island home, worshiping at the famil-
lar shrine Of earlier days.
Not a single article necessary to sup
port this illusion Is missing Buddhas
of various sizes smile benevolently and
eternally at the visitors to the temple;
lotus plants, symbolical Of the life that
springs from a lowly beginning to a
splendid Towering, give color to the
scene around the altar; gods little and
big, and Of various stations in the
hierarchy Of Japanese deities, rest on
their pedestals within the rail and
smile or threaten according to their
mission.
At the outer gateway Of the temple
are seen two life-size figures Of semi
mendicant fruit sellers, constructed
with the wonderful fidelity to nature
for which Japanese artists are noted.
At the inner gates two gigantic statues
stand, with great muscular arms I'D
lifted in an attitude suggestive Of ven
geance should any visitor misbehaye.
These are the Gods Of Silence found
at the entrance to Buddhist temples,
Their threatening attitude is to com.
mand all intending worshipers to leave
levity behind when they cross the
sacred portals. Within the gates is a
cistern and towel rack, where the wor-
shippers pause to cleanse their feet and
hands and rinse out the mouth, while
behind this is to be found the temple
proper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
narrowing Trouble.


To her inability to look at things
from practical standpoint may be
attributed woman's talent for borrow
ing trouble. She never waits for sor-
row to come to her: She goes forth to
look it up and if she doesn't have any
of her own she assumes that Of her
friends. Above all, she anticipates.
If her children are we'll, she agonizes
over what she would suffer if they
were i'll; while her boys are in round
abouts she begins worrying over the
dangers of college life; while her girls
are still babies she is miserable, think
ing how unkind their possible hus-
bands may be to them. A new novel
tells about a man who had carved over
the mantel in the library this sentence:
II am old and 1 have had much trou-
BILE, but most of it never happened"
No woman would have evef adopted
that for her motto and she couldn't
have lived up to it if she had. She
has plenty of trouble and the troubles
that never happened troubled her more
than the ones that did.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
"You conceal your Joy admirably. =

"You conceal your Joy admirably
continued Harvey sneeringly.
What joy" asked Sir Charles, fear
ing his sons reason had been sudden
ly affected.
"You need not conceal It, Miss Gran
tholm has just told me that she has
accepted you"
"The deuce she hasw exclaimed Sir
Charles, blushing under the tan Of ac-
tive service. can hour ago she told
me no, decidedly"
"She refused your cried Harvey.
hardly believing that he heard Alright,
''yet she is coming back"
Miss Grantholm has the good sense
not to allow my mistimed proposal to
stand between her and your sisters
friendship; she knows l am a gentle
man and will not presume again."
"But-she said-that you-that some
one here had won her love-" stammer-
ed Harvey. care you sure you have
not misunderstood her?"
Sir Charles smiled grimly.
"She made it very clear" Then his
lips relaxed into a well-pleased smile.
"You love her, Harvey. Love makes
one cowardly, but were in your shoes
should require no incentive from my
father to send me to the woman who
has confessed her love for me-"
Without word Harvey left his IA
theirs side, and ten seconds later he
had found Eva still seated where he
had left her.
"My father has sent me back to
you," he said gently, and as he spoke
he took her hand in his. She made no
effort to withdraw it, and his courage
rose.
You told me some one had won your
heart, the heart which 1 would give
my life to win. My fears told me that
all hope Of happiness for me was dead,
but now 1 have come back to ask you
if you spoke the truth-to tell you that
l love you. Darling, I have loved you
from the moment saw YOU"
"Yet you said you would not stoop
to woo me, that your name should not
be sullied by sharing it with me-" she
said, but there was no anger in her
tone
what nonsense is this, Eva? Who
has dared to credit me with such an
insult to you?"
She laughed merrily.
'It is useless to deny 1t. I heard
you and your father talking; heard
you say the words you now so indig-
nantly deny"
In an instant it came back to him.
Il forgot" he said sadly, "but if you
heard you know my reason. My love
has made me forget lack of fortune. I
had no right to speak"
"It is no lack in my eyes," she whis-
pered tenderly.
Forgetting all else save that she
loved him his arm passed round her
and he pressed his lips to hers. =
II meant to teach you both lesson"
she whispered ten minutes later, "but
you have taught the teacher what it Is
to love."-The Tattler.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
He WANTS TO PIPE MUSIC.
Cahi1l Proposes to Supply 1t to Fam
lilies Like Gas or Water.

Cahill Proposes to Supply It to Fam
lilies Like Gas or Water,
To supply music like gas or water ia
the project Of the Cahill Telharmonic
Company of Baltimore. Thaddeus Ca
hill is the inventor Of the system and
various wealthy Baltimore men are
said to be furnishing money to carry
it out.
President Todd, in speaking of the
invention and plans of the company.
said:
"The general plan is to establish
central station in every large city. The
first one will be in Boston, and this
will be followed in New York, Phila
delphia, Baltimore, Washington and
other large cities
"There will be no such thing as bad
music when the utility Of the machine
is fully employed. At the central sta
ton the best artists only will be en-
ployed and the music will be varied
from Wagner to ragtime, to suit the
tastes and whims Of the public.
"The machine is operated by max
ing and breaking electric circuits. Moth
ing is heard from the machine when
this is done, as the music is brought
out by the translating device. The ma
chine originates the music. The trans
lating device may be an ornamental
piece of any appearance
ITO meet the desires Of those who
may want to study the personnel of
the artist or artists, the generating
station will be public hall, with trans
lating devices. The music will be sup
piled by measured service.
''It is planned to have six classes Of
selections. All will be sent out over
a pair Of wires. The subscriber who
gets this service will receive all the
music.
another method will be to have six
wires, so that subscribers to this may
select just what they want to hear,
and still another will serve theaters
and halls, giving full orchestral effects.
For the first the rate will be at the
start $50 a year. The second will be
about $500 year, and the third will
be much more expensive, as it will dis
place an entire orchestra.
"There will be a device for raising
or lowering the volume Of sound, so
that it can be heard only few feet or
will fill whole building. For public
Fairgrounds, hospitals, factories, ho-
tells, restaurants, as well as for homes
even Of the poorer classes, the worlds
best music, by the greatest musicians,
will be within the reach Of all.
ut Is contemplated even to have
slumber music, so that the sufferer
from insomnia may be lulled to sleep.
Anyone who can afford to rent or own
a piano or organ can afford this serv-
ice. It can be transmitted long dis
tances-across the continent, if de-
sired.
TT may be sent to subscribers over
telephone or incandescent light cir
cults. One may unscrew an incandes-
cent lamp, connect the translator and
have the service without interfering
with the lighting from thu globes on
the same bracket"
Mr. Todd added that 1t was expect
ed to furnish the service to Baltimore
inside of two years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
Old Maids are Scarce.

There are fewer old maids nova
days than in former times. A woman
does not now become an old maid at
as early an age as thirty or forty years
ago. The imaginary line at which a
member of the. gentle sex becomes an
Their back until there have arisen
grave doubts if it will not disappear
entirely Once % was the limit Of
girlhood. Now it is 80 And it means
little or nothing
Once it was supposed to mean that,
being passed, it became bar to matri-
mony. No novelist chose a heroine
over 25. OF course, he intended to
marry his heroine to his hero, and mar
rage after % on the woman's part
was something to be avoided as some
thing which did not find a counterpart
in real life.
1t will be observed that among fc-
ton herOines of the present day will
be found a number who have gone to
the 30-year limit. 1t was recognized
long ago that a woman did not lose
her attractions because she had gone
over this imaginary line, but the set
ting back of the line waited long after
the recognition.
Balzac has laid down the theory that
woman at 30 is at her most fascinat-
ing age. She probably will not have
so long a train of admirers. She may
have fewer young partners at ball.
Once in while a young man may
make her feel like a grandmother by
coming to her for advice in his own
love affairs.
The setting back of the imaginary
line has followed the practice Of late
marriage. If young man married
at the age Of 81 and young woman
at the age Of Is then the young wo-
man Of 25 would have been waiting
seven years, and probably would be
justiiable to consider that she would
not accept a husband.
But when marriage is the last thing
of which a girl of 1S and a young man
Of q are thinking, and when 80 on
the part Of the man and 25 for the
woman is closer to the average age at
which matrimony is undertaken, then
necessarily the age limit goes back.
It should be set back still farther, to
35, if it should be considered as exist
ing at all-New Orleans Picayune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
What All Girls Shou1d Know

To make good bread.
To cook all kinds Of meats, yegeta-
bles and fruits.
To make the incest buckwheat cakes
in the world.
To cut and make her own dresses
To care for milk and make good but
ter
To sweep a room and never neglect
the corner or the spaces behind the
doors.
To make the beds fit for a king to
sleep in.
TO read and enjoy the papers of the
week, especially those published for
farmers.
To get ready for company if mother
is away from home or unable for any
reason to do it herself.
To read and speak in pulsic if called
upon.
To be we'll enough posted in the ev-
ery-day doings Of the world to talk or
write about them whenever necessary.
To read good books and to know
them when she sees them.
To milk a cow if help is short or
work progressing.
To harness horse and drive it any
where.
To write a letter and sign her name
to it SO that no matter who receives it
he may have no doubt who his CORE
spondent is.
To keep her own rom in order.
To tell a man when she sees him
and waste. no time with those who are
not worthy the name
To make good home for some man.
New York Telegram
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
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Milk and butter should be kept COW
cred when in the ice-chest, as they
readily absorb the flavor and odor of
other foods.
LII table silver be washed with hot
water and soap with occasionally a
little ammonia, it can be kept bright
without powder or paste.
TO prevent a cake from becoming
heavy when taken out of the oven al
ways allow the steam to escape from
it. This can be done by putting the
cake on a wire meat stand.
To roast meat we'll it is necessary
to have the joint frequently basted
with melted fat, or the coagulated sur
face will allow the juices to escape
and tasteless joint will be sent to
table.
Contour or other shapes, after be-
ing served up entire, If part be left,
can be made to look very nice if ar
ranged on pretty dish bordered with
jam and with a custard poured over
it.
While using celery save the bleach
ed leaves, the roots scraped clean and
the outside stalks, spread these on q
clean tin and set in a warm oven.
When dry they may be powdered and
packed in a glass jar to be used to
flavor soup or sauces.
A porcelain saucepan that has be-
come stained should be half filled with
water into which tablespoonful Of
powdered borax has been put. Let
the water boil briskly for a while
Should all the stain not come off wet
cloth, dip in bOrax and scour the
spots.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
THE CALL.

walked with whose child had lately died
passed the little folk the at play
When suddenly clear voice Father! cried;
The turned quick
spoke not but twas me to
The love that watches through years;
God surely must start quickly
Whenever the cry Of
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

1. Light green pongee gown trim
med with embroidery in shaded green's.
The white chip hat is trimmed with
bows of green velvet. 2. Cream-color-
ed chiffon cloth laid in inch-wire box
plaits, ruchings and wide bands Of
lace
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
The Worlds Largest Orchard

America claims that the largest or
chard in the world is in Missouri. II
is the great Winans orchard, near
Marshfeld, in Webster County. There
are $4,000 apple trees, 10000 peach
trees, and 10000 pear trees, just al
proper bearing age. The acreage GOV.
cred is 1,24O, and 1t is estimated that
the orchard is now worth $4OS,o
There are to-day in the county 1,Ooo,.
600 bearing trees.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24
Perjury in English Courts.

An English county judge recently
remarked: "Not a case comes into
court but what there is perjury on one
side or the other"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

Women should look forward to
heaven with more reason than the
men; the gowns there are made with
out hooks and eyes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-24

Why don't these rising people get to
the top?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
BIG TUNNEL COMPLETED.
Bore Connecting Jersey City ard New
York Finished After Thirty Years.

Bore Connecting Jersey City ard New
York Finished After Thirty Years.
Begun thirty years ago and twice
abandoned for long periods because of
accidents and financial difficulties, the
driving of the bore of the Hudson river
tInnel, connecting Fourteenth street
Jersey City, with Morton street, on Man
haitian Island. was finished shortly be-
fore noon Friday, three days before the
builders had expected A few hours
later President William c. McAdoo of
the New York and New Jersey Railroad
Company, the contractors of the work
and rarty of officers and guests made
the journey from one end of the conplet-
ed tunnel to the other So great had
been the accuracy of the plans of Chief
Engineer Charles NJ. Jacobs that when
the ends Of the tunnel met there was not
the variation of hair in the courses of
the Jersey section and the New York
heading. When the hydraulic jacks sent
the shield forward for the last time and
the last ring of plates was placed in POI
sition it was found that the joining of
the two sections had been exactly in line,
both as to level and direction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
FILIPINcS IN CAMP.
ISLAND SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
Battalion of Native Scouts Is Made Up
of Brave Fellows Who Have Proved
Their Loyalty to Uncle Sam Austrian
Emperor's Palace Stoned.

The provisional battalion of native
Philippine scouts which arri-cd In San
Francisco the other day on the transport
Thomas, commanded by Ma5or +. De L.
Darlington. is made up of n.elI from four
island tribes-the Macabebes. Ilocanos.
Tasalos and the Eisayans All of the
Az scouts have done good service and
all have proved loyal to the American
government under fire. The Macabebe
company was originally part of Batson's
battalion anl has n distinguished record.
The llOcanOs served with credit iii Sa-
mar. fighting a number of battles with
the insurgents under. Lukban and Cue
vara. -Four men of the Thirtieth Taga-
Hos ON one occasion in Laguna attacked
and overcame an armed force of forty
ladrones. The Visayan company served
in Antique and Iloilo and had many
brushes with insurgents. The scouts
who have their own band. are encamped
for the present at the Preside. They
will eventually go into camp at St Louis
TO let the american people see what man
ner of men they have in the natives Of
their oriental possessions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
1n the Nntional cnpltol.

Frederick S. Carpenter has been APP
poipted private secretary 10 Secretary Of
War Taft. succeeding Merrill q. Chance,
who has been appointed chief Of the sup
ply division ug the Postofice Denart-
ment. Mr.. Carpenter was Mr.. Taft's
secretary in the Philippines, and ecom-
panied him to this country.
President Roosevelt fayors the imme-
date creation Of two new States. one
composed Of Oklahoma and tndiap Terri
tory and the other Of Arizona and New
Mexico.
President Smith Of the Mormon
Church told Senators that Congress has
no right to prs. into his private affairs.
and that he Is willing TO answer only
&c the Utah courts.
Congressman Mann Of Illinois has
been instructed by interstate commerce
committee 10 prepare favorable report on
his bin providing for the lowering Of the
tunnels under the Chicago river.
The nomination Of Senator Fairbanks
.or Vice President on the Republican
ticket is believed 70 be assured and the
ehoica Is acceptable 20 President Boose'
senator Depew. in a debate IN the
senate called for a large enough navy
81 enforce the open door policy IN China.
Jsnau Is held as Americas rival for Chr
nose trade by Senator Hale.
Al the hearing before the Congress
s;oual committee hsviag in charge the
eirht-aour law Wallace Dowuey. the
sh,obhilder. declared that the shipyard
workmen Of Great Britain can do 90
Der cent more work with the same tovls
than Americans do.
Walter Wellman says official Washing.
ton views the possibility Of the United
States becoming involved in the Russo
Japanese war as SO remote as 10 be un-
worthy Of consideration.
Representative Dalzel, the thigh
priest OF protection declares in the
House that the Republican reciprocity
policy admits trade arrangements con
cerning non-competing articles only
Secretary Needy Of the Navy Depart
ment has made public the report 81 Cap
Tain Richard Wainwright concerning The
recent reconnaissance about San Domin-
"a h which the commander Of the New
ark tells Of Smelling the coast because an
American vessel was fred on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22

Russian feet by a complete change oe
tactics. AS soon as ne appeared he or
dered the removal of the battleship Ret
yizan, which was stranded at the mouth
of the harbor, and barred the channel
at certain, stages of the tide making the
egress OF battleships impossible. Then
he directed a sortie of the torpedo-boat
notilla, supported by a part of the Rus
sian squadron. against the Japanese
squadron. This is the first time torpedo
boats have engaged each other at
sea.
Although the odds were against the
Russians, as the Japanese hotilla was
supported by the cruiser squadron, the
Russians made a heroic dash for the foe
and apparently had the better of the
combat, sinking japanese torpedo boat,
until the cruisers got within range and
one of the latter's shells crippled the
Stereguschtchi Not much importance is
attached to the bombardment, on account
of the great distance of the enemy from
the batteries