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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

Certainly not. BY the way, who was
at the supper tonight"
"Oh, Nine. Barton, Claude, and
Ramsay"
"And the doctorw
1.-THE doctor was telephoned for-an
emergency case, 1 believe" The
prima donna's voice sounded cold 81
am too Ill to see anyone this morning. "
she added, and gave herself up to the
ostentatious reading Of a political
leader.
The breakfast tray was brought In
and the girl busted herself with the
coffee service while the prima donna
read her letters. Over one she unused
q long time.
"Chum, ought to go see Fleur-
cite. I promised you know. Do you
remember how she cried that morn
ing they took her away? One goes
out on an absurd train which leaves al
noon"
She looked up vaguely at the clock
Um the mantel. "And one gets off al
an impossible station and walks q
mile, more Or less, to the farmhouse
Dear me! Really, 1 am too good ma
tured. shall not go to-day. I am
sure 1t Is wretched out, and l shall
take cold or something and hurt my
voice"
She placed her tapering fingers on
her beautiful throat and essayed q
run. It ended In a croak, at which
she shook her head mournfully and
glanced at the GIRL but the girl was
writing q letter, and her back re-
fused sympathy, so the prima donna
presently arose and found refuge In
the compensations Of the toilet. This
process was not completed before a
bell boy brought up a card.
"It is the DOCTOR" said the girl care
lessly. ''But as you are feeling 90 Ill,
I'll Just do down and make your ex-
cuses."
The prima donna flushed ASK him
to wait. On the second thought,
will 60 down myself"
The young man. who had been look
ing out Of the parlor window. turned
quickly as he heard light step. How
is the throat this morning? Surely
you are not going out on such dayT'
az am going to the wilderness to
see a poor child who Is Ill"
The doctor frowned. why not send
grapes and orangesW
1.-THE child loves me-" said the .prima
donna. 'T cannot send grapes and
oranges. must go myself"
VERY we'll. I'll call cab. AS youz
medical adviser, must beg leave ID
accompany you."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
a Slight MfscOnC eDtiOn.

Under the subtle influence of the
New World the foreigner becomes a
good citizen, willing to do his duty
by town and State, and to extend it in
time Of need to his adopted country.
But he does not always grasp the en-
tire political scheme. Angelo, a newly
naturaliZed Italian citizen, lived, says
the Brooklyn Eagle, in one Of row Of
neat little cottages built by a man Of
philanthropic nature in a factory town.
The cottages had pretty front yards
that faced on a street as nicely kept as
a parkway. Before each gate was an
ornamental hftching post. One even
ing, when on rent-collecting tour, the
philanthropic landlord found one Of
the posts torn up and thrown into the
street. Angelo lived in the house to
which the post belonged
angelo" said the landlord, chow
came that post to be torn up?'
'Me teara him up," Angelo an
swered. me no wanta de pole. He
costa too mucha mon." And turning
to his wife, Angelo commanded,
"Bringa de little pape."
Obedient Mrs. Angelo brought the
paper, which turned out to be poll
tax notice.
"Looka disa," said Angelo, passing
the notice to his landlord. "Dey maka
me pay de doll for de pole De pole
he no good to meme hava no horse.
Me no paya de doll'; me olga de pole
I'D and t'row him away"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
PROBABLE AGE OF THE SUM-
Discoveries of Radium Changes Views
of the Scientists.


of the Scientists.
One of the first Speculations to be
reawakened by the marvels of radium
was that which concerns the age of the
sun, says the London Standard. This
is a far-reaching conception in
science. Biologists used to demand
at least 20O,OOO,OOO years for the earth
and they were met by the physicists,
headed by Lord Kelvin, with the reply
that no such draft on the bank Of time
could be allowed. The veteran pro-
fess.or believed that he had demon
strsted mechanically that the sun
could not have shone more than 1O0,-
100000 years and most probably not
more than 2O,O00,O0O. The doings Of
radium have altered all that, because,
as Prof. G.. H. Darwin says, In letter
to Nature Of London:
"We have recently learned the ex-
istence Of another source of energy and
the amount available is SO great as to
render it impossible to say how long
the suns heat has already existed or
how long it will last in the future"
Lord Kelvin treated the solar orb as
a condensing white-hot body, slowly
cooling. and gave this poor planet Of
ours some barely 100000 years long
er in which to support life; but now,
thanks to radium, the old earth may
have a length Of life before it incom-
parably longer-that is, If the sun is
made up Of any similar radioactive
materials, in addition to the iron.
sodium, hydrogen, helium and other
ordinary elements for which alone he
has hitherto given credit. Prof. Oar
win remarks:
KNOWING, as we do, that an atom
of matter is capable Of containing an
enormous store of energy in itself, |
think we have no right to assume that
the sun is incapable Of liberating
atomic energy to a degree at least COM
parable with that which 1t would do
if made of radium." Hence, he con-
cludes that the suns latent heat-giving
power may be extended ten or twenty
times; In other words, our central
luminary, this earth and our neighbor-
ing worlds in space may have at least
1OO,OOO.OOO years before them. And
thus, even with our slow progress, life
may become worth living-in that
lapse Of time. Needless to say that
Prof. Darwin does not assume that
the sun is actually to any large extent
made Of radium. The essence Of his
communication lies In the words that
an atom of matter Gas we now are) is
capable of containing an enormous
store OF energy" The energy OF the
atom is the new stupendous doctrine
of physics, which we owe to the con-
tituent Of pitchblende, discovered by Nj.
and Nine Curie. On the solar surface
not radium only but other elements
may exist in a condition Of radio
activity, which, as yet, we cannot pro-
duce here.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

1rI He prtmA donna opened her
eyes to the gray light Of a
November morning. Her first
sense was one Of deep gratitude that
her alternate was to sing that evening,
and she lay luxuriantly in the thought
until a girl came In from an adjo1n-
ing room with the morning neWspa-
pers.
Let in little more light, will you,
dearW And she read:
The gumptuous diva looked queenly,
and was at her best vocally. Her OPP
ulent charms
The prima donna crushed the paper
the daily and nightly grind, and then
reporters writing impertinent things
about ones figure! Chumr
"WellT'
Il shall never marry"
IT have heard you say you were
done with youthful follies."
II am welded to my thankless pro-
fession, but If were inclined to make
a fool Of myself, I should do 1t to ad-
vantage, and annex a nice bald-head-
ed, coupon-cutting bondholder who
should spend most Of his time at his
club. could never marry penniless
young enthusiast with hopeless ideals
for me to strain up to"
"a young surgical person, for In
stance, who devoted all his energies
to amputating the limbs Of the indi-
gent without money and without
price," put in the girl innocently.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

Women who like to make their own
corset covers, yet dislike to overland
in as much lace insertion as is now
modish on ali new corset covers, will
find in the embroidery departments a
strip of fine lawn with the lace inser-
tons for both the back and front WOW
en- in as well as the beading and lace
that head the top Of the corset cover
and all for 90 cents. All one has 70 do
is to sew belt about the bottom, do
little bemming on the front and run
in the ribbon-draw strings and, behold,
there is one of the loveliest and daint-
lest of corset covers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
Have Few Clothes.

have Few (IOCneSS
Have a few clothes and wear them;
do not put them by and forget them,
and spend a fortune on renovattons
when you call them to mind. Get the
materials as good as possible, and the
styles excellent if you can afford to
pay for them. The difficulty in dress
now is the various occasions, each de
handing such very different clothes.
Town and country would seem to be
Numerically opposed to each other.
A woman skillful with her needle can
often buy for very little last years
garment or hat at the sale, which she
can transmogrify, and it is worth while
from economical motives. Women
should always be dressed appropriate
ly and never buy anything which is
marked fashion Of the moment, because
it grows old and must pass away.
Clothes that attract the eye are mis-
take; they should only be worn seldom,
and require a large wardrobe. It is
wise to keep as few colOrs as you can,
so that hats, petticoats, gloves and
shoes will suit all. Cheap fabrics are
never worth buying; good fabrics re-
duced in price are quite another thing
A clever woman who must count "the
siller warily," adopts a certain style
of her own, which she modifies accord
ing to the dictates of fashion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
A Proud Woman

The county officers at Abilene were
astonished the other day at the appear
ance in the court house of a little, old
woman who came to pay her husbands
funeral expenses. The husband had
been drowned so long ago as 1879. He
was buried by the county. Ever since,
the woman said, she had been working
and saving to relieve his spirit of the
memory OF a pauper burial 1t was a
pathetic story and one which touched
it's hearers mightily.-Kansa3 City
Journal =
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
Useless Phrase.

Bobby had returned from his first
tea party, his round face wreathed in
smiles. II hope you were polite, Bob
by." said his mother. "and remembered
your Yes, please and NO, thank you,
when things were passed to you.
81 remembered Yes, please, said
Bobby, cheerfully, "but 1 didn't have
TO saw No, thank you.' mother, because
I took everything every time it was
-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
In Natures Kitchen.

A woman who teaches in a college
for girls vouches for the truth of this
story. She presides over one of the
college dining tables at which sit a
dozen students.
One day some curly lettuce was
brought on. A freshman looked at 1t
and exclaimed, How clever Of the
cook to crimp it that way! How does
she do it,"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
LOVES SPRINGTIDE.

My heart was winterbound until
heard you sing:
o voice Of Love, hush not, but I'LL
My life with Spring!
My hopes were homeless things before
I saw your eyes:
o smile Of Love, close not the door
To paradisel
My dreams were bitter once, and then
I found them bliss:
o lips of Love, give me again
Your rose to kiss!
Springtide Of love! The secret sweet
Is ours alone:
0 heart Of Love, at last you beat
Against my own!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
WHY He Called Her Peggy.

81 thought your wife's name was
Elizabeth"
$50 it is"
'Then why do you call her Peggy?"
"Short for Pegasa."
'Why, Pegasa is feminine for Pc
gasus."
"Weu?"
"Well, Pegasus Is an immortal
steed."
What of that?"
Ssh! Not so loud. She's in the next
room. You see, an immortal steed is
an everlasting nag, and there you are"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
Why His Marriage Was a Failure.


He regarded children as a nuisance.
He never talked over his affairs with
his wife.
He never had time to go anywhere
with his wife.
He doled out money to his wife as II
to a beggar.
He looked down upon his wife as an
inferior being.
He never took time to get acquainted
with his family.
He thought of his wife only for what
she could bring to him.
He never dreamed that there were
two sides to marriage.
He never dreamed that wife needs
praise or compliments.
He had one set of manners for home
and another for society.
He paid no attention to his personal
appearance after marriage.
He married an ideal, and was dis
appointed to find it had flaws.
He thought his wife should spend all
her time doing homework.
lie treated his wife as he would not
have dared to treat another woman.
He never dreamed that his wife
needed a vacation, recreation or
change
He never made concessions to his
wifes judgment, even in unimportant
matters.-Success.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
The Care of the Hands.

A beautiful hand should be long,
delicate and narrow. The skin COW
ering it should be very fair or Of a
uniform pale color, with a slightly
plump back, devoid of protuberant
veins. The thumb should reach the
middle articulation Of the index fin
ger, the latter just little lower than
the nail Of the middle finger. The
middle finger should be longer than
the ring-finger by half the length Of
a nail, and the little finger should stop
at the second articulation Of the ring
finger.
Sudden transition from cold to heat
should be avoided for the hands, which
should be washed only in tepid water,
with a pure, soap, not oftener than
three washings a day. After wash
ing with soap, rinse the hands thor
oughly, always in tepid water to
which has been added a teaspoonful
of perfumed glycerine.
If the skin of the hands is rough,
bathing In either bran-water or
marsh mallow-water will soften it and
make it supple. Do not use fat sub
stances to attain this same result, for
although they are temporarily effect
i've, they end by reddening the skin.
A woman DESTROYS Of keeping the
beauty Of her hands unimpaired
should never go out without gloves.
-Woman's Home Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
Girls and Love Letters.


Girls, put brake on your enthusi-
asm when it leads you into writing
impassioned epistles to the men with
whom you imagine you are in love.
When the right man comes write
him as many letters as your love and
discretion suggest, but don't put any
thing On paper that you will be
ashamed to read in later years.
There is nothing sweeter than gen
uine, tender, girlish love letter, but
don't take the "gilt off the ginger
bread" by wasting your letters on the
wrong man.
Do you know what he does with
those letters? Very often he carries
them about in his pocket for weeks,
where they rub up against sordid bills
and business letters, and every time
he wants a certain letter he takes the
whole bunch out and your pretty, low
ing little message gets sadly frayed
and soiled.
And sometimes land this is worst Of
alp am sorry to say that this careless
man let's your letters lie around the
house where all who are curious may
read them.
He does not do this because he loves
your letter, but because you are not the
right girl and he is not the right man,
and the letter is valued accordingly.
When the right man gets a letter
from you he will not carry it in his
general correspondence pocket; he
will have it tucked off by itself in q
special pocket and if it looks worn and
soiled it is because it has been taken
out and tenderly perused many times
and oft.
And SO, don't you see, little girls,
that when you scatter your letters too
freely among your men friends you are
not only wasting your precious
thoughts, but that most precious Of all
womanly attributes-your dignity
Seattle Times. %
Man Who Boasts of Love Conquests.
Girls, l wonder If any of you num-
Der among your men friends one who
boasts Of his conquests among women
and displays love letters which he has
received from different girls.
If you do know such a man, my ad-
vice to you Is to drop him." He is
not to be trusted, and he will treat
you the same way he has treated 9TH
ems.
The man who reads a woman's let
tiers to another woman or to his men
friends Is beneath contempt. He is
a miserable wretch, who goes about the
world making love to girls, and after
he has won their love, and the poor,
little things have committed their sen
timents to paper, he makes jest and
a boast of the pathetic little illusions
to all who will listen.
Girls, your own wOmanly intuition
ought to warn you against such men;
but as long as men and maids and love
shall last there will be deceiving on
the one hand, guileless trust on the
other and much heartache all around.
However, even if you cannot detect
the umwCrthiness of such a man at
sight, when you once realize his per
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

Vanity Is the only intellectual enjoy
ment Of some women.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

fidy you owe it to womanhood In gen
eral to unveil his character. And last,
but not by any means least, you are
quite as much to blame as he if you
listen when he offers to read you an
other woman's letter.
Remember that he will read yours to
the next woman, and do your share
toward discouraging and putting down
his abominable conceit.-Spokesman
Review.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

The girl at home rspleuished the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
THE HUMBLFD PRIMA DONNA
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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-05-26

ports s'atcs, f6; counties and par
lshes. bst; Old Guards and vanguarss.
ISIS Card indcsing for April not
FULLY completed.
The appeal FOR postage Two weeks
ago was responded 10 hy one With $40
worth Of two-cent stamps and sever al
others sent smaller amounts. OF the
addressed envelopes ON hand Two
weeks agD tho following have been
mailed: Alabama 10. Arkansas &
California 10, Georgia 81. Iowa 10,
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-05-26

Gregg: John O'Byrne.
kaufmans J. T Barnes.
Lamar: j. r. Givens.
Nacogdochea: y. y Hodges ]. N.
Rogers.
Runk; J. II. Mcknight.
Tarrantl n. n. Y. lsStump''l Ashhy.
Titus: I. J. Wall. A. u. White. J, y,
Wilson.
williamson J. u. haselay. T. X.
Trayier.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-05-26

such bolt will probably come early
doubtless on the heels Of the fight over
platform.
The Independent opposes any
change Of date now On to Spring liGid,
July 4. Don't forget the date.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29

Aid Society Of the German Peoples
Church met at the church on East Con-
gress street.
Mrs. Charles Bauer, of East Congress
street, IS visiting at her old home in Mon
treal. Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. stoddard, of East
Winifred street, are entertaining Mr.. Mar
vim, of Iowa.
Miss Frances Hunt, Of Midway avenue,
has returned from short visit at Mill
vile, MINI.
Mrs. E. o'Neal of South Robert street,
has returned from short visit at Lanes
boro, MINI.
Mrs; J. J. Mahoney. of St. Pierre ter
boro, MINI.
Miss Anna Rothanson. of East Wini-
fTed street, has returned from visit il9
Ottawa, Ont
Mrs. st. Perre, of Concord street is in
Montreal, Canada, where she will spend
the summer.
Mr. Mrs. Fller Of East Roble street, is en-
pee, MINI.
Mrs Alice Tracy, Of George street, en-
tertains Thursday evening the Laeta De-
Gem club.
Mrs. Lee Low, of Brown Wiley. Mimi,
is the guest of Mrs. Owens, of orleans
street.
The Navajo club met Monday evening
with Miss Murphy, of East Congress
street
Miss Anna steidl, Of Greenwood ave-
| nue., has returned from visit in Oelwein,
Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs Dan Calvin, of East -Wini-
fred street, have returned from Mora,
MINI.
F. w. Danes, of South Robert street,
has returned from the st. Louis exposi-
| tion
| Mrs. William Kelly Of Oakdale avenue,
| will entertain at dinner Wednesday even
! ing.
The West Side Turnvereip, will hold it's
annual picnic June at Forest Lake.
Mrs. Geiske, of State street, has gone
| to Chicago for an extended visit.
Earl Hendrickson, OF Greenwood ave-
nue.. leaves today for St. Louis.
Miss Hattie Converse, of Prescott street,
| is visiting in the West.
Mrs. E. Roddy. of East Congress street,
| is visiting in Chicago.
Mrs. I. Smith, of Clinton avenue, is
7 visiting in Iowa.
Frank Haskell, of Ohio street, is in
| Iowa.
The Merrifu Dancing club danced Sat
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29

Mrs. G. j. Yates on Reaney. street. under
the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society
OF the Philadelphean Baptist Church,
The young ladies' drill team of Court
evening in the hall.
Mrs. Buckle who has been visiting
Mrs. Turner Of Reaney street, has re-
turned to England
Mrs. Thomas Pauline. of Case street, is
entertaining her daughter, Mrs. Samuel
johns. of Kalispell.
Miss Meta Kurth is the new stenogra-
pher at Tenth and Jackson streets, at
the market place.
The Florentine Social club is planning
70 give It's second outing Sunday, June
19, at Bass lake.
Mrs. William Cumbey, of Olive street,
entertained st. Luke's Ladies Aid society
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. A. w. Carlson, Of Cook street.
has been entertaining Mrs. G. Crosse. of
Arlington Mimi.
G. L. Twohy and J. G. Twohy left Thurs
day evening for st. Louis on the steamer
City of st. Paul.
Mrs. Grant Norton, of Margaret street.
is entertaining Mrs. Richard Mitchell, Of
Hibbing, MINI.
= Miss Helen Clarke, of Saltwater. has
been visiting Mrs. E. Mcfarland, of Ed
gerton street.
Mrs. E. R. McGiven, Of Lafayette ave-
nue., is entertaining Mrs. Boyd, Of Alex
andria, MINI.
A. N Kurth visited college friends at
the university in Minneapolis the first of
the week.
Mrs. G. R. Goss entertained a company
OF friends at a thimble bee yesterday aft
ernoOn.
John T. Curran. of Duluth, was a guest
Of his mother, Mrs. Marie Curran, over
Sunday.
Miss Laura Parkinson will spend the
in July.
Miss Anna Lofgren. of Reaney street.
has gone to Chicago to spend several
Mrs. Caroline Ditmar of Lookout place.
entertained friends from Brainerd this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Westlake, of Payne ave-
nue., will move to Clear Lake, MINI, next
week.
Mrs. Skooglund, of Jesse street, enter
tanned the Philomathfans Friday evening.
Miss Emma Wickes, of Case street, has
gone to Ashland, Wis, to visit relatives.
Or. Parrott, Of Case street, has returned
from Perham, where he spent the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coffin, of Burr street,
nave moved to Burr and York streets.
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent McCue spent the
nrst OF the week in Red Wing.
Mrs. Robert Patrick, of Arkwrfght
street, has gone to st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanlon, Of St Cloud, have
moved to Lafayette avenue.
Mrs. " Pettulo, Of Burr street, has
gone to New Mexico.
Mrs. T. R. Shane has returned from
Beaver Dam, Mimi.
Nh Mrs I Theirs will entertain today for
Mrs. Charles Reed is entertaining Mrs.
F. T. Roller.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29

appropriate for shirtwaist suit or
tailor gown. The lower model is Of
champaign maline in folds. The crown
made entirely Of rose leaves, the brim
trimmed with stems. Under the brim
is a full wreath of small June roses
and leaves. This is a suitable hat for
the afternoon with any light summer
gown.
Right figure: Elaborate hat with
brim Of white leghorn, crown of shirred
pale green chiffon, trimming of black
roses, with leaves and stems hanging
over brim at left side. The veil is Of
lace applique in white. This hat should
only be worn with an afternoon or
summer evening gown made rather
elaborately. An effective lingerie hat