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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-02
NEW YEARS SUGGESTIONS.

Goodby, old Calendar, goodby!
You haye counted out many happy
days during the past year-and
some sad ones. On the whole, there
has been more of gladness than of
sorrow. It is thus with most people
if they would but count as carefully
and make as much Of the good
things that come to them, as of the
sad things. With all the sad as well
as the glad days you have brought,
you are dear old year and one
parts with you with regret. It is
especially regretted by one on the
shady side Of life. Years seem to
glide by SO swiftly then. A year is
no sooner begun than one suddenly
finds it done.
And what is there to show for the
365 days past. Three hundred and
sixty-fve days sounds like SO much
more than one year In hundreds
of days there has been time for
hundreds of kind acts; hundreds of
victories of ones better self oyer
ones more evil self There have
been days for gaining knowledge
and skill; for self training and
character building What advance
can today show over 365 days ago.
And now comes the first of an.
other year; sos days to be used-for
what? The swearing off habit has
brought itself into ridicule through
the foolish use of it; yet it is a
natural thing for the person who
desires to live an earnest life, to
take the first of the new year to
review the past and plan for the
future. By noting the past
mistakes, one can plan to avoid the
same in future. In a year one
should have gained higher ideals,
truer and purer standards, and a
strengthened purpose. How is it.
with your year today?
A New Year begun! What may
not be done in year! IL a little
advance, be it ever SO little, is made
each day, it will tell nobly after 365
days. We can do much if we will.
Let us begin with courage and hope
to make the best Of the year to come.
Then welcome and make glad the
New Year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-02
An Efectixe Presentation.

Uncle RaStus had never enjoyed q
medical education or spent much time
in the study of diseases or remedies.
Nevertheless he was often consulted by
the neighborhood in times of stress.
81 certnly dom know what I'm
gwine to do bout desc staggering head
aches my wife has," said Mr. Orlando
Clay Jefferson gloomily to Uncle Ras-
tus in the seclusion of the tiny room
known as "the doctoring parlor." "Dey
keep increasing an magnifying as time
goes along. Seems as if l couldn't glib
her good preachment bout de food or
de house or any OBJ her neglects wild
out her getting one oh dose staggering
aches in her head. None oh my fUst
two wives had such works"
Uncle Rastus bent keen glance from
under his bushy eyebrows at the cross
old face before him, but he offered no
suggestion. :,f
Hadn't you got some kind ob pills
dat'll stop dose staggering headaches
dat keep her from de cook stove? de-
manded Mr.. Jefferson impatiently.
''No, sah," said Uncle Rastus i'm
pressively; "dere's no such pills in de
market But de bes' way to stop her
staggering headaches would be to
fasten down your mouf wild a big,
wide piece oh sticking plaster, Mist
Jefferson. I'm puppared to put it on,
sab +"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-02

Offset it by tie remark that there
would be heaps of doings" ana Dick
would be strictly in it.
In two or three days Cynthia received
a Denver paper addressed to her III
Dicks handwriting. Under society
notes she read of dinner dance.
Dicks name was among the list of
guests. He had transgressed the Unit
ed States postal rules by writing his
address on the margin Of the paper.
In day or two her uncle dropped in.
81 had letter from Dick today" he
announced. "He was very modest and
only said how kind my friends were
in introducing and entertaining him.
But l received Il letter from Ellen
Darnley lauding him to the skies and
saying that had she been heart whole
and fancy free she didn't know what
might have happened"
He left Cynthia a prey to jealousy,
remorSe and regret She wrote Dick
that night telling him how glad she
was to hear he was having SO gay
time and how he must dread the
His reply was friendly and gave de
tails Of the good times he was having.
Tomorrow night" he concluded, lis
Miss Darnley's wedding, at which |
officiate as one of the ushers. The
bridesmaid whom l am TO fall in line
with after the ceremony has eyes like
that picture of Evangeline you are so
fond of. wish you could see her."
Cynthia threw the letter in the fire.
The next time Henry Ormsby called
he brought a paper from his pocket.
II want to read you about Ellen's
wedding" he said. 'Dick is given spe-
cial mention as cultured young man
from the east"
81 am sick of the sound of Ellen
Darnley's name, and Dicks, too" cried
Cynthia, forgetting Uncle Henry's
shrewdness.
81 know" he said sympathetically
ut is a bore to hear OF people you have
never met" And he discreetly turned
the conversation into other channels.
Two days later Dick was shown into
the library where Cynthia was sitting
before the fire as he had seen her last.
Her cheeks flushed at his sudden APP
pearance
"Why," she exclaimed, Ibid you ex-
pect to return so soon?'
NO" he replied "They telegraphed
me last night"
He forebore to say to whom 'they"
referred but Cynthia naturally inferred
that it was the firm. Later that even
ing Dick met Uncle Henry at the club.
Say, Crmsby," he said joyously, ''its
all right
"Why, my dear boy, when you are as
old as l you will know that nothing
succeeds like success. / told you I'd
fix it,
''You got Courtney to send me to
Denver"
''And the letters and Ellen Darnley's
wedding did the rest l saw the fruit
was ripe, and / telegraphed you to
come and pluck it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-02
Cafes Tn the Hungarian CauitaI.

The trees and the cafes in Pest are
Partisan, only there are more trees
and more cafes, and in Pest the cafes
do not have a crowded existence. There
is never the impression of a few tables
and a few chairs forced into a narrow
space. 1t seems as if, when the city
was laid out and when the buildings
were erected, special providence had
been made for tables and shrubbery in
front Of them in the same way that
space is calculated for gardens and
fountains and lakes in laying out an
exposition ground. If old Paris was
all on a hill ON one side of the Seine
and new Paris had been built since
1860 and the Partisan had the free life
of the gypsy in his heart and the Rus
slams fondness for room whether out
doors or in and art and architecture
had 1ourished in Hungary for CEN
turtles, there might be some reason for
that comparison which frequently oc-
ours to the hurrying tourist.-Freder.
ick Palmer in Scribners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-02
Drink and a Man.

This little verse, founded on Japa-
nese proverb, has been culled from the
works of an Englishwoman of busy
PEN. ~
At the punch bowls brink
Let US pause and think
What they say in Japan:
First the man takes a drink;
Then the drink takes a drink:
Then the drink takes the mani
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-02

The Platteville Journal has
changed hands. Clarence Crib BILE
is the new proprietor, R. Hunting
ton retiring. If Mr.. Gribble makes
of the Journal the success he has
made of the Platteville fair, of
which he is secretary, it will GER
tainly be hummer. We extend
the right hand of fellowship to him
and with it wish for his success.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-02

Rich men have their country
places, but poor men must be sati-
fed with farms.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-02
Aching Joints

In the fingers, toes, arms, and other
parts of the body, are joints that are
inflamed and swollen by Rheumatism
that acid condition of the blood which
affects the muscles also.
Sufferers dread TO move, especially
after sitting or lying long, and their
condition is commonly worse in wet
weather.
1T has been long time since we have
been without Hoods Sarsaparilla. My
father thinks he could not do without it.
He has been troubled with rheumatism
since he was boy, and Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is the only. medicine he can take that
will enable him to take his place in the
field" Miss ADA DoTY, Sidney, Iowa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-02
Hoods SarsapGriild
and Pitts

Remove the cause of rheumatism mo
outward application can. Take Them
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
MARKS ON MEXICAN MONEY.
Chinese Bankers Put On Their Seals
to Guarantee It's Cenuineness.

Chinese Bankers Put On Their Seals
to Guarantee Its Genuineness.
AS everybody knows, Mexican dol.
lars circulate in large quantities in
the Far East, especially In China and
the Philippines, where bankers send
large quantities of Mexican silver dol
lars every year.
A year ago reporter saw one OF
the Mexican pesos that had been in
circulation in China for some time,
and was surprised to find it covered
with small Chinese characters, like as
many seals. This dollar was shown
to LANG Hsun, Chinese minister, who
explained the presence of the marks
as follows:
The bankers, Of whom there are
hundreds in China, who receive Mexi.
can dollars, afiix to them their seals
to guarantee their legitimacy, and as
pesos circulate and go from one bank
to another they are being marked by
all the banks who receive them. In
case the peso proves to be illegal, the
banker who sealed it last has to
change it for good money and with
draw it from circulation.
When the pesos are completely
covered with seals they are sent back
to Mexico to be recoined, the expense
being paid by all the bankers whose
seals are seen on the coin. It is In
accordance with a recent agreement.
But it often happens that dollars. al.
though marked all over their two
faces. continue in circulation and are
highly esteemed, as the seals are SO
many guarantees that they are genu-
Inc. The decision to seal pesos was
taken because illegal coins began to
circulate IN China.-Mexican Herald.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
Cvcrstsppira TIC Li.c:t


When Meredith p. Gentry was &c
feated f. the governorship Of Ter
ressee by Andrew Johnson, afterwai :
president, he was much chagriae..
principally, lie said, because he "hal
been run over by that great calf"
he CONTEMPORARY designated John
son. Gentry's melancholy over the re
suit of the election increased as tins
passed and he went into a decli..a
SQksopie Of his friends visited hi:
ihbrder to cheer him up and, as wa
the custom in those days, emptje
several demijohns Of whisky durir..
the evening. 1t was very late befor.
they thought of retiring and then Ger
try announced that, as there was
clergyman present Carson Brown
low, he would request him to otler III
prayer before the company went t
bed. Brother Brownlow, whose sps
cialty was exhoptation, began to pray
He included everything in his pet
ton and at last said: .and o Lord,
in thy infinite mercy it be possible
have mercy also upon Andrew Jon,
son. Gentry was on his feet in
instant. Stop, Mr.. Brownlow, stop.
he exclaimed. You will exhaust tt
fount of infinite mercy"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

British Board of Trade returns show
ed that 69,16S aliens, exclusive Of
seamen, had arrived last year in the
United Kingdom from European
ports. This means an increase of
2,697 persons over the previous year,
and of 40,4S6, or 241 per cent, over
the year 1894
This was their distribution: Rus
slams and Poles, 30,046; Norwegians,
Swedes and Danes, 1902, Germans,
1902; Dutch, 3761; French, 6,495;
Austrians and Hugarians, 4,O05; Ital-
ians, 7,045; Roumanians, SOS; other
natfonalities, 5,047. Over the king
dom they settled SO that London had
36,374 OF the whole lot; Newhaven,
1881; Grimsby, 5,3S7; Hull, 1891;
Tyne ports, 2,04S; Dover, 2,043; other
ports, 1894.
Of course many Of these made them
selves instantly known to poor
boards. Poor law relief was granted
to 1861 aliens during the year White
chapel furnished 724 of these; Mile
End, 551, and st. George's-in-the-East,
1,011. In addition to this, there were
received by the Jewish and Russo
Jewish boards Of guardians 1892 ap-
phcatiuns for aid, representing the
distribution of 10000 persons. And in
every provincial town Of Importance
there was marked increase in the
number of destitute aliens.
simultaneously with this increasing
influx of aliens, the outward move
ment from the country Of native Brit
ish was greater than in any year
since 1889. Altogether 259,950 per-
sons-an increase of $4,000 over the
year before-left for on-European
countries. 1t is true that 130,952 OF
these remained within the bounds Of
the empire. Yet enough of them
have passed without to cast upon
Great Britain The suspicion that she
is swapping her own native popula-
tion for this of alien breed. In the
past fifty years as many as 1902 1888
British subjects have left their coun-
try to dwell in other lands. Last year
the United States shipped back to
England 7S9 immigrants, sos of them
British and Irish and the remainder
foreigners. These were barred as OBJ
jectionable, as being paupers, dis
eased, idiots, or persons who had vio-
lated the contract labor law.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
AT HOME ON THE scAFFoLD.
Bashful Contractor Not Fitted To-
Public Speaking Gives Odd Excuse.

BashfuI Contractor Not Fitted for
Public Speaking Gives Odd Excuse.
Elmer E. Johnston. executive com
missioner Of the Washington Worlds
fair exhibit is attracting a great deal
Of favorable attention in st. Louis
Recently Mr.. Johnston gave the St.
Louis people some strong advice
against extortion. and the other day
he told reporter q little story.
Seeing all these buildings up" he
said, reminds me OF hospital de6i
cation that attended last October
We had the builder Of the hospital
there and we called on him to make
a speech. He was big, rudy chap
timid and embarrassed. He got up
bowed awkwardly and began:
Ladies and gentlemen. I guess
an better fitted Cor the scafold THAI
Or public speaking"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
HAIL, The FLEA TRAP.
To Capture a Pest of California.

Fleadom has been startled by the
announcement that a Los Angeles
man has invented a flea trap. There
is weeping and wailing and gnashing
of teeth in the exclusive and other
circles of the puleX irritans, but joy
reigns supreme wherever this frisky
and elusive parasite makes life mis-
cradle. The authorities at Washing
ton evidently consider the product of
the Los Angeles inventor a boon to
mankind, for they have promptly is
sued patent to him, and we may ex-
pect, therefore, to hear soon that the
trap is in successful operation and
that all sufferers from the agile in
sect which is possessed of suctorial
proboscis are enjoying a gratifying
relief.
1t will be interesting ito know how
this newest of traps is constructed
and how it is to be used. Is it large
or is it small?If it is large and it is
the room, will it be taken for a mouse
trap and lure the small rodent quad
ruped to its fatal portals? Or if it is
small will man dangle it from his
watch chain or wear it under his sus-
penders? And will lovely woman
have it hanging from string of
beads, or, instead, conceal it beneath
her peekaboo shirt waist?
And what sort of bait will prove
most alluring to the intended victim?
Of course the trap will have to be
baited, otherwise Mr.. Flea and Mrs.
Flea and all the baby fleas and their
sisters will hop, skip and jump by the
trap, giving it but passing notice, con-
tinuing without let or hindrance their
jolly gymnastics and attendant feast
ing. Surely cheese cannot be used as
bait, for every man would then shun
his neighbor as though he were a
leper. Nor would sugar do for the
saccharine substance would attract
the members of the musca family,
commonly called flies. And no man
and no woman nowadays cares to
have any enc say, There are flies on
YOU"
The inventive genius of the south
land is to be heard from to enlighten
us as to these things. However we
must sing his praises, for he has done
nobly, indeed, in giving to .long-suf-
fering world an article that will have
as much terror for the plux irritans
as cyclones have for the Kansans, or
Japanese mines and torpedoes have
for the Muscovites. Before long we
shall be hearing this query in street
cars and on street corners: "HoW is
your flea trap working to ay?"-San
Francisco Call.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

One of the largest and most noticeable
business signs seen anywhere is that Of the
National Casket Co. on their mammoth new
factory at. Nashville, Tenn, made on wire
frame with aluminium letters six feet high
and enc hundred feet long, which can -
read from a long distance by day, IN ::
W. en- reproduced in electric lights, can pe
rea,t even further at night. This is the con-
Germ that is called on o furnish Caskets for
the most prominent people everywhere, in
Guiding among its recent orders, Caskets
for Presidents William Mckinley, BENJAMIN
Harrison and the late lamented Gen. John
B. Gordon, and yet whose goods can be had
through the smallest undertaken in every
town. From the lct taat they are called
on to furnish Ca. its for tie best citizens
everywhere. there mVt be some merit in
their claim that their goods ara the best,
branch OF such high class establishment
within her borders.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
BEAUTY BENEATH THE WAVES.
Diver Tells o< Remarkable Coral
formation

y
You may talk about the beauties
81 the Yosemite, Niagara Falls. the
AIDS, or any place on the top OF the
earth said a wel,-knovn gunner In
the United States Navy, "but they are
not to be compared with the beauties
'oi old ocean, particularly such as can
be seen from divers helmet"
You're right there" said another
sumner. Ehe lubbers do not know
what they have missed. I remember
once when ! was gunner's mate sit
ting for moro than an hour on the
huke OF an anchor I had been sent
down to recover and gazing with awe
on q beautiful coral bank. It was
really the most beautiful thing / ever
saw. Every color of the rainbow was
there and aside from that there was
enough variety in the strangeness of
the formation in the coral to keep
one busy several hours, cogitating on
the wonderful things nature had seen
ut to hide beneath the waves. l would
probably have remained for several
hours, gazing with rapture on the
bank. and was really thinking that
down there in the depths, away from
the noise and strife Of mother earth,
would suit me for the rest of my days,
when a 'soup-and-bully' tin thrown
over the side Of the ship dropped be-
tween me and the coral bank. My
dream was over. It was a case OF
quick transition from the sublime to
the ridiculous and Immediately gave
the signal to be hauled up
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
The New York Electoral Vote.

In every Presidential election be-
ginning with that of 1872 New York
has been preponderant among all Of
the states in the electoral college.
In every one of the twenty-nine cleo
tons for President thus far held, the
side which New York took turned
out to be the winning side, except in
four instances-in 1872, when it went
to Dewitt Clinton; in 1856, when it
declared for Fremont; in 1868, when
it was carried by Seymour, and in
1876, when Tilden got its electoral
vote.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
MADE THE ACCOUNT SQUARE.
Long Suffering Customer Even with
Restaurant Keeper.

Dobson was chuckling as he and his
wife emerged from the restaurant.
''George!" said his wife, whats
getting into you? For the last ten
minutes you have had so:nothing or
your mind and now, suddenly, ycu be-
gin giggling."
Mary, I don't want to go through
hfe with a secret in my BOSOM" said
Dobson after chuckling some more.
Remember the counterfeit 80 cent
piece that I got last winter?"
Eyes. It's the only money vow ever
succeeded in saving"
Its gone. gave it to the cashier
In the restaurant"
"By accident?"
mo. l did 1t in cold blood. I have
been thinking about doing it for a
long time.
How did your conscience permit
you to do such thing?"
That's the worst OF it. Every time
think about it it seems to make my
conscience feel better. We have been
patronizing that restaurant on occa
sions for year. The proprietor has
given us veal in the chicken salad
Goldfish in the deviled crabs. chickory
in the coffee and water in the cream
There has been reason for suspi
cion?"
I'VE have had evidence that would
convince any Jury. After l had given
him 50-cent piece with some lead
in 1t l tried to be ashamed of myself
but couldn't. 1t may have been con
trary to the statutes of the United
States, but it wGs poetic Justice"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

A. G. SPRAdUk. not rue lOTse,
and sometimes was unable even to ride
la a car. My condition was critical
when l sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
used three boxes and they cured me.
Now can go anywhere and do as
much as anybody. sleep well aud
feel no discomfort at ALL"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. For sale
BY all dealers. Price. so cts.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
Meteorological Tipping Bucket.

A tipping bucket attachment has
been added to the rain gauge OF the
weather bureau on top Of the Custom
House at St. Louis. It accurately
tells Of the amount Of precipitation.
The rSin is drained into a double
buckles! SO poised that it tips on re.
ceiving certain amount OF water.
Every movement of this kind is reg.
istered by an electrical connection.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

c1neS to cure
my kidneys. /
do not think
that any man
ever suffered as
l did and lived.
The pain In my
back was SO
bad that l could
not sleep at
night. l could
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
.TORTURINC PAIN.

Half This Mans Suherings Would Have
Killed Many q Person, But Doan's
Cured Him.
A. G. Spra que. stock dealer, OF Nor
NAL. Ill.,, writes: "For two whole years
/ was doing nothing but buying medi-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
Criminals Kept in Suspense

Criminals Kept In Suspense.
In France, when a convict is sen.
fenced to death by the guillotine, the
day of his execution is not named in
his presence, and he knows not when
he IS to be led forth until within ff.
teen minutes of the fatal moment.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

FITS permanently cured. No fits ornervous-
ness after first days use Of DR.. Khne's Great
NerveRestorer, f2trial bottle and treatisefroe
DR.. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 ArchSt. Pnila. Pa.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
A PROBLEM FOR ENGLAND.
The INCREASING Influx of Aliens a
Source of Uneasiness.

While We ponder and tremble over
the statistics of our own immigra-
ton it is cheering to learn that we
are not alone in our apprehension.
There is philistine comfort in know
ing that England is suffering even as
we. The London News says that the
tide of immigration flows steadily
on to England, increasing in volume
year by year. A recent issue of the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

Tiso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections OF throat and lungs-WM
Q. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

The dowager Duchess of Abercorn, agec
ninety-two, has $50 descendants.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

Smuggling by motor car has been deyel-
opcd into a fine art in Switzerland.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

In the course of few years the
dead weight of a railroad train has
been cut down from SO to SO per
cent
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25

Every fifth boy in India is at school.
and only every fiftieth girl.