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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

BILE enough. If all trunks were con-
structed like the one shown herewith
all this inconvenience would be done
away with and the packing simplified
The tray is supported by four bars or
levers, two on each side, so arranged
that when the lid Of the trunk is
opened the tray is elevated simultane-
ously with the raising of the lid. BY
the insertion Of number Of Jugs to
connect with the levers the tray, when
once elevated, Is held firmly in that
position and cannot slip, but must be
released by the hand. When the lid
is closed the bars still hold the tray
in position, and no stationary support
is necessary within the body of the
trunk. Often, when it is thought that
the trunk is packed, it is suddenly re-
membered that some needful article
has been forgotten, and what job to
haul the tray out in order to put it in
some corner. This will occur half
dozen times, which means a whole lot
Of trouble. With this device the open
ing and closing Of the lid, with the
consequent raising of the tray, can be
done easily and quickly.
Peter Steiger, Of Baltimore, Mary
land, is the patentee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
A CONVENIENT TRUNK.

Trunks are an absolute necessity at
this season Of the year, when every
body who can afford to goes away to
the seashore or the country for a. rest.
AS we watch the express wagons as
they pass by we see trunks of every
conceivable size and shape, some new
and others old and in their last stages
Of usefulness. Everybody has helped
to pack trunk at some time or other,
and the most inconvenient and trouble
some part Of it all is the insertion Of
the tray, which most all trunks con-
tain, into its proper position. 1t is
practically impossible for one person
to do this alone without vexation and
hard work, and often two have trou,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

listen to twaddle in such a way that
the face shall express all the depths Of
pent up emotions. while the ears drink
in the trivialities or the tongue echoes
the gossip of scandal of the hour"
This sentiment was uttered with
much JUNCTION by man of uncertain
age, whose face and figure have for
years been familiar in the clubs, in the
ball rooms, and other places of social
resort in Chicago. His nearer was a
much younger man, whom by precept
and by example he was trying to init
ate into the mysteries Of social life.
The two men were at theater large
ly attended by the men and women
who collectively constitute the mystic
rious entity, Chicago society, and they
were watching couple seated in one
of the boxes. Now watch the young
man and woman Closely continued the
mentor, land tell me what you think
they are talking about. You see, that
they are both young, both handsome. /
can tell you that they are both rich
and Of high social standing. If you
don't know them yet you must make
their acquaintance at once, for no one
can be in society without knowing
them. Their conversation seems to be
interesting, doesn't it,"
what are the words" continued the
elder man, 'of which that pretty pic
ture is the accompaniment?
as he telling her one of those fairy
tales which all maids love to hear, of
respectful admiration and changeless
affections? Are those arched. sidelong
little glances exclamation points by
which the maiden signifies her delight
at the picture which the young mans
Imagination has painted? l can tell
you just what the subject is. You
know that a scandalous story about
two we'll known people began to circu-
late yesterday. That young man knows
all about it, for he has excellent
sources Of information His compan-
ion knows something about it and is
anxious to know more. He is satisfy
ing her curiosity, and they are both
gloating over the charming little bit OF
scandal. But, my boy, they are both
artists, and you must school yourself
to play your part ais well as they. The
next time that you have occasion to
tell girl how many thousand dollars
are involved in the latest engag ement
transaction you must do it with the
same caressing grace in your glance
and in your gestures that this young
fellow brings into play. Then, as a
reward for making fool of yourself,
the girl will perhaps reply by one of
those half smiles which you seem to
admire so much" Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
or all the friends I nsed 70 love
HOW TO IRON A sHIRTWAlsT.
This Way It Will Look as if Fresh
from the Laundry Service.


Ironing shirtwaist is always a
more or less difficult job, but for the
woman who knows how the process is
greatly simplified.
In the first place, iron the collar on
the wrong side, then on the right, un-
til quite dry; smooth out the yoke Ut
there is One) and iron it on both sides.
Next attack the sleeves. Stretch
out the cuff smoothly, laying a piece
Of cloth over it, and iron so that the
cuff is partly dried. Then remove the
cloth and iron the cuff on both sides.
Slip the iron up inside the sleeve to
dry the gathers and to smooth the
hens at the opening. Then fold the
upper part; then turn it over sleeves,
as the starch may have made it stick
together, and iron the shoulder por-
ton from the wrong side. Next, lay
the sleeve on the table and put the
iron into the gathers, working from
right to left, holding the wrist with the
left hand.
Place the blouse on the table, with
the neck at the left side, and begin to
iron the front next to you, running the
fatiron well up into the gathers at the
neck. Next take the back and then
the other front, smoothing out the
gathers as you go along, gradually
drawing the blouse toward you as it is
finished. The hens and tabs and the
binding around the armholes are
ironed OH the wrong side
The sleeves are the most troublesome
parts Of the waist to manipulate and
some persons get better results when
sleeve iron is used; but once the art
has been acquired with an ordinary
iron the process is quicker. If there is
a frill down front Of the shirtwaist it
should be ironed before the body part
The collar and cuffs, if desired, may
be polished with polishing iron, and
when the little creases which come
from handling are ironed out the waist
is ready to be hung up to air.
After the shirtwaist is aired and
dry, the folding process comes, and on
this the whole success Of the ironing
depends. Pin the neckband together
and plait the front so that it will be
no wider than the back. Turn the
waist over on board and lap the
sleeves down at the sides; then fold
them upward SO that the cuffs show
above the neckband. Pin them to DO
sition. Now fold the sleeves back so
that they meet in the center of the
back and pin them there; next double
the waist up in the back, just below
the waistline. This folding process
should be done without creasing, and
your waists are ready for shirtwaist
box or bureau drawer.-Philadelph
Record
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
MARRIAGES IN FRANCE.
They Are Arranged by the Parents :
Breaches of Promise Rare.


Breaches of Promise Rare.
Breaches of promise are rare in
France, where marriages are so care
fully arranged by parents, trustees and
lawyers ON both sides. Recently, how
ever, at the first chamber of the Tri-
bunal Of the Seine there was decided
an action in which a widow sued a
merchant for refusing to marry her
daughter, to whom he was engaged.
The merchant is established in Paris,
and the plaintiffs mother and daughter
lived at Tours. Last year the defend
ant saw the young lady, who is very
prepossessing, and in due course of
time he proposed marriage to her. She
Of course referred him to her mother.
who had no objection whatever to the
match. Everything then worked
smoothly. Rings were exchanged, the
merchant walked out with the young
lady and her mother, banns were pub
Eshed, the marriage contract was
drawn up by the nOtaries, rooms were
selected for the young couple and in
yitatiOns to the wedding were sent out.
A few days before that fixed for the
wedding the merchant changed his
mind. He said that his affection for
his fiancee was intense, but he was
dubious about her mother He had
serious apprehensions as to~the results
Of having mother-in-law, SO he pre-
ferred to remain free from any of the
shackles imposed by matrimony The
young lady was so disappointed that
she became seriously i'll. Her mother
seeing that the merchant adhered to
his decision, suggested that he should
give some compensation, as prepare
tons for the marriage that failed had
obliged her to disburse a good deal Of
money. The widows suggestion was
secuted, SO she went to law, acting in
her own name and as her daughters
guardian and trustee. The judges OF
the tribunal of the Seine decided in ia
vor of her daughter They held that
the defendant in the action had with.
drawn his promise without any seri.
GUS reason and that he had acted in an
unjustifable and abrupt manner, which
caused prejudice to the young lady to
whom he had been engaged. He was
accordingly compelled to pay the per.
son who had suffered most from his
conduct 1900 damages. Nothing was
allowed to the mother, the court con-
sidering that she had sustained no NOR.
al prejudice personally by the breach
Of promise of the defendant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

A New York man tells, in the New
York Times, Of visit he once mace
at Sabanilla, a small although import
ant place ON the Caribbean coast o:
the Republic of Colombia.
At that time, he writes, my knowl
edge of South America was limited
and viewed the sights with a keenel
interest that do to-day. While l was
waiting for the train in which l was
to travel to BarranQuilla, two poems
went by with wheelbarrow, minus
the wheel.
1t was a contrivance with handles al
both ends. Two men were required te
carry it.
Turning to steamer acquaintance
l asked him if there were no real
wheelbarrows in the place, and he an
swered:
"Oh, no; we use these ingenious
devices so that two men may do the
work of one"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
POSERS FOR THE YOUNG.

cScSNSSc~CON~S(~|SCS
Schoolboys and girls Of to-day who
think they are oppressed by problems
requiring the use of both English and
metric units Of weight and measure
would be appalled, by an examination
of some of the textbooks their grand
mothers studied. The author Of "Old-
time Schools quotes many questions
which are in a language unintelligible
to-day.
How much will ten serons of cochi-
neal come to-" asks an arithmetic pub
lished century ago in Northampton,
Mass, weighing neat seven hundred
and twenty-four okes, seventy-three TO-
tolas, at eight piastres per oke"
"How much will one hundred and
eighty-nine bazaar mauds, thirty-one
seer and eight chittacks of sugar come
to, at six rupees per maud?"
Any one who had finished a course
in that book was evidently equipped
to go as supercargo in an old-fashion-
ed merchantmen. But who of to-day
would know for what he was equipped
when he had struggled with the next
one?
Deduct the tare and the tret, and
divide the suttle by one hundred and
sixty-eight, and the quotient will be
the cloff, which subtract from the suit
tie, and the remainder will be the
neat
1t becomes scarcely more ineligible
when explained by definition: "Tare
is an allowance made the purchaser
for box, bag or barrel tret is an al
lowance Of four pounds in each hun
dred and four for waste, dust, and so
FORTH cloff is an allowance of two
pounds upon every three hundred
weight; suttle is what is left when a
part Of the allowance is deducted; neat
remains when all is deducted
Those who have struggled with the
age of Ann and that of Mary will ap-
preciate this:
When first the marriage knot was ty'd
Between my wife and me,
My age was to that of my bride,
| AS three times three to three.
But now when ten and half ten years
We man and wife have been,
Her age to mine exactly bears,
| AS eight is to sixteen;
| Now tell me, pray, from what I've said,
What were our ages when we wed?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

There Is story that when Marryat's
"Japhet in Search of a Father" was
running as a serial the usual signals
were neglected by an American and
a British boat which met at sea and a
substitute appeared in the query, "Has
Japhet found his father yetY That
was seventy years ago, and ship loads
of books have been written since. Not
only was Japhet not the final work Of
it's kind, but tales of adventure have
poured forth in amazing quantity and
with all the variety that is indicated In
the range from dime novel to Steven
sons Treasure Island" Furthermore,
the public that feasts on these later
productions knows little of Japhet.
Some readers pick him up by chance,
others search him out because they
have curiosity about one Of the old
authors who was once very popular.
Meanwhile the vast majority go after
the books Of the year and are not con-
scious that they ars losing anything.
Possibly too, there is no loss, but 1t
may be said also that Japhet would an
swer as we'll for it's purpose now as
ever it did While it falls much below
Treasure Island" in artistic value and
considerably below it in sustained in
terest, it is a lively performance and
greatly superior to much Of the con-
temporary literature that has usurped
| it's place. Moreover when we say SUI
periOr we include in the idea those ele-
ments that make such works popular.
People who want just a rafting good
story will find it in this diverting mar
rative. Probably the signaling act
would not be repeated If it were run
ming as a serial now, but it is quite
conceivable that 1t might be. celebrated
as book of the year. On the score Of
fashion alone there would certainly be
nothing to prevent, for there is nothing
that stamps it as belonging exclusively
to peculiar time or peculiar mood
of the reading public. The ne.v books
take its place simply because they are
newly published, which is happy
thought for the new author. Each gen.
Grafton must have its own output, in
Guiding ephemeral stuff that appears
and disappears in single season. And
while the critics rage Miss Corelli
points with pride to the fact that forty
three tons of paper were used in the
first edition of her latest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

A housekeepers' club recently organ.
tied in an Arizona city opens it's meet.
ings by roll call to which each wom-
an is expected to respond with a tested
recipe or helpful domestic suggestion.
The others write them down. Then
for an hour the members assist their
hostess with her mending, or whatever
sewing she may have on hand, and the
next hour they devote to their own
sewtng-fancy work being prohibited
Thus is revived the helpful old fashion
Of the Sewing bee," so called, doubt.
less, because the sewing and the buzz
ing were simultaneous.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

"Dulce ct decorum est pro patria
mori'-thus it has always been and
thus it will be so long as international
disagreements continue to be settled
by resort to arms. Not only Go patriots
deem it sweet and becoming to die for
their country, but the memory Of those
who fall in defense of flag and country
is cherished more sacredly than that of
those who achieve the greatest and
most benefcent triumphs in the arts of
peace. No other fame is so, enduring
as that Of the military hero. On no
others are honors so gratefully be-
slowed. This is demonstrated in the
history of the United States quite as
conclusively as in that of any other
country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
Primes Skinned to France,

The glamor of a foreign name Is pO-
tent in selling comestibles. Many a
box Of prunes labeled French" sells
at price that, together with the label,
convinces the critical Eastern house
wife of the high quality of it's contents,
and puts it beyond the reach Of the
boarding house keeper. She buys "Cal-
ifornia' prunes, to the disgust Of her
boarders, who, did they but know it,
are grumbling over fruit identical In
quality with that set before the criti-
cal housewives husband. For the
French have trick that, while repre-
hensible, reflects credit on our product
At Bordeaux, the real center Of the
prune trade Of the world, the prune
crop for 1903 was a failure. Califor-
MIA prunes were bought by Bordeaux
dealers, who repacked them in attract
i've form, made them lithographically
French, and SHIPPED them back to
America -
Albion w. Tourgee, American consul
at Bordeaux, is authority for this state
ment, made IN consular report. He
says that the prune crop at Bordeaux
last year was only one-twentieth Of the
normal output; yet in the last six
months of the year the dealers there
reshipped some $4,000 worth of Cali
fornia prunes to America, where their
supposed origin and their attractive
packing found them ready market
There is an obvious moral in this,
which is that California prune growers
should pack their fruit as we'll as the
French do, and make it in every way
as tempting in appearance. 1t might
not be bad plan, either, to put copy
of Consul Tourgee's report in each box.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
I'm saddest When I. Sing.

You think / have a merry heart,
Because my songs are gay;
But oh! they all were taught to me
By friends now far away.
The bird retains it's silver note,
Though bondage chains it's wings;
His song is not happy one;
I'm saddest when / sing.
| heard them first in that sweet house
never more shall see;
And now each song of joy has got
A plaintive turn for me.
Alas, tits vain in winter time,
To mock the songs of spring;
Each note recalls some withered leaf;
I'm saddest when l sing.
OF all the friends / used to love,
My harp remains alone,
It's faithful voice still seems to be
An echo of my own.
My tears, when l bend over it,
Will fall upon its string;
Yet those who hear me little think
I'm saddest when l sing.
Thomas Haynes Bayly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
Toe Artless Japanese.

Accepting an invitation to view some
new decora tons in the house Of a
friend known to be a devoted admirer
Of Japanese art. says Lippincott, | was
not surprised to be shown an exquisite
frieze representing the stalks and
leaves of the bamboo, graceful and dec
orative as none but a japanese could
make them. The artist was present,
and after complimenting him upon his
work | turned to the friend accom-
panying him and asked, DO you draw
and paint also:"
no" he replied sadly, II have too
much with business, the buy and sell
and make the money. have not learn
ed to draw or paint, or the flower-ar-
ranging. l cannot even write poems
very we'll. am artless," he concluded
with a polite smile of self-approval.
Always remember that a good deal
$500, no co;I ~, tho ntha,. eyida
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
by She Laughed.

When the young mistress Of tho
house entered the kitchen, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. she car
ried herself with great dignity. She
had come to call the cook to account
Mary" she said, II must insist that
you keep better hours, and that you
nave less company in the kitchen even.
ings. Last night 1 was kept awake
because of the uproarious laughter of
one of your women friends"
"Yis, mum, | know" Mary replied,
cheerfully, "but she couldn't help 1t,
l was telling her how you tried to
make cake yesterday morning"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

The moment hero appears and
wins mems hearts they set about kill
ing him. If he is a soldier or sailor
they dover him with bull pups and
buy houses for him, and then turn and
rend him when he disposes of them.
They set banquets in his honor and
compel him to talk at them, and then
cry him down as tiresome after
dinner speaker. They nickname him
"thS JUST and then ostracise him be-
cause they get tired of the nickname.
In sheer perversity they unearth tin
soldier and hail him as "a bigger man
than old Grant" Or they family
damn their idol as "a good old has
been" For his fame it were better
often that the man who has deserved
we'll of all men should die while his
deserts are green upon him. When
you have been made legendary during
your life there is really nothing left
for you to do but become a veritable
legend by quitting it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

Rawhide, or even leather, if boiled
for hours, will make a nutritious soup,
says writer in Country Life in Amer
lea on the subject of what a man lost
In the woods may find to eat. Many a
man has bridged the awful gap by
boiling his boots, whence the phrase To
express the final extreme, ''I'll eat my
boots first" Mark Twain was once
put to this final resort and recorded
afterward that ''the holes tasted the
best"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

The man who imagines unionism is
only passing feature of industrialism
Is badly deceived. Unionism is here to
stay. And it ought to stay. 1t may
be abused, betimes, but it has accom-
plished much; not only for labor, but
for civilization.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
Old
FAvORITES
Mary of the Wild Moor.

Mary of the Wild Moor.
One night when the wind it blew cold,
Blew bitter across the wild moor;
Young Mary she came with her child,
Wandering home to her own fathers
door;
Crying, Father, o pray let me in;
Take pity on me, l implore,
Or the child at my bosom will die,
From the winds that blow cross the
wild moor.
ooh, why did l leave this fair cot,
Where once was happy and free?
Doomed to roam without friends and for
got;
Oh, father, take pity ON mev'
But her father was deaf to her cries,
Not a voice or a sound reached the
door;
But the watchdogs did howl, and the
winds
Blew bitter across the wild moor.
Oh, how must her father have felt
When he came to the door in the morn
There he found Mary dead, and the child
Fondly clasped in it's dead mother
arms,
While in frenzy he tore his gray hairs,
AS on Mary he gazed at the door,
For that night she had persisted and died,
From the winds that blew cross the
wild moor.
The father in grief pinned away,
The child to the grave was soon borne;
And no one lives there to this day,
For the cottage to ruin has gone.
The villagers point out the spot,
Where willow d4oops over the door,
Saying: "There Mary persisted and died,
From the winds that blew cross the
wild moor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

"Tips to Millionaires" is the title Of
magazine article by Israel Zangwill.
After Zangwill has been over here a
little longer he will learn that all head
walters are not millionaires, even if
they do look and act like it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

The Chinese idea Of neutrality is
shown by the readiness with which
they sell provisions to either party
upon the production Of the price. In
this respect the neutrality ideas of the
Orient and Of the Occident seem to be
in full accord.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
Potato Water for silver.

Water in which potatoes have been
boiled is very effective in keeping sill
yer bright. 1t can be bottled for use.
and if required to be kept a long time
tenth part of menthylated spirits
will do this.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

London is getting giddy. The daugh-
ter Of the Lord Mayor has been Tilted
by an Egyptian official and somebody
exploded a bunch of firecrackers In
Westminster Abbey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19
A Diagnosis.

Nell-Gracious! She's awfully hys-
terical, isn't she?
Believes. Somebody very folish-
ly told her she was most charming
when she laughed. = Philadelphia
Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-19

Artlessness Is held to be the prerog-
alive of childhood. But why should
so valuable a jewel be denied older
people? Is there any virtue that is
really unbecoming an adult?