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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
ART OF CONVERSATION.
1t Should he FOstered and Studied
With Seriousness.

Caroline Hazard in her Education
Of Women" says. How few of us
study to put things persuasively, to
reach Il proper climax, to retire grace
fully from n subject" 1t is Il common
saying that the art of conversation has
disappeared from among rs, ana yet 1t
is an art held in honor by all men.
Telegraphic speech has taken the place
of the more careful and elaborate
forms of conference. But it is an art
which should be presented to all young
people and which they should study
with seriousness and attention. Moth
ing really inspires. nothing really Gre
ates enthusiasm but the perception OF
an ultimate ideal, whether it be in art
or music or in any other of the realms
of spiritual thought. This ideal OF
beauty has to come to the aid of every
form of expression, lifting and raising
it into it's own kingdom. The student
who has even begun on such q course
of training, who can see beauty in ev-
erything in the created world and in
the realm of thought, has certainly be-
gun to be beautiful in himself. For
beauty most truly passes into the per-
son who studies the beautiful. No one
can give out what he does not have to
give. He must first absorb beauty at
the great natural reservoirs and foun-
tains Of the beautiful before he himself
can become truly beautiful in life and
character and so able to transmit beau
ty to all around him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
THE GREAT CONDOR.
1t Is the Most Difficult Bird In the
World to Trap.

Probably the great condor is the most
difficult bird in the world to trap. One
of the great vultures, it inhabits lofty
peaks of the Andes, hardly accessible
to man. 1t builds it's nest among the
topmost crags, often on a ledge of some
precipice with an almost perpendicular
drop of many hundred feet.
An extremely wary bird, 1T shares
with it's congeners the proverbial "ea-
gle eye" and is thus able to see inn
mense distances while yet unseen by
man. It's wings have spread of
twelve feet, and, though it's flight is
heavy, it can sustain itself for long pc
RODS in the air.
TO trap it men ascend to its haunts
and shoot some animal of considerable
size. This is skinned, and man lies
down by the body under the skin and
waits, perhaps for hours. Soon con-
doris come flocking round until one set
ties on the skim when the man below
grips it's legs, filings the skin over it
and stabs it to death.
The strength of these birds is enor-
nous, and the condor hunters often
have their arms broken by strokes
from their powerful wings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30

If twelve persons were to agree to
dine together every day, but never sit
exactly in the same order around the
table, it would take them 100000
years at the rate of one dinner a day,
and they would have to eat more than
479,O0O,OO0 dinners before they could
get through all the possible arrange
ments in which they could place them
selves. A has only change; A, 3, q;
A, B, G, 6; four letters, "a; five, 120;
six, 720; seven, 5,O40; eight, 40,320;
nine, 362, $780, ten, 3,62S, 800; eleven,
39,91G, 800; twelve, 479,O01, 600.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
I'm for COntenDt,

In poisoning case before a War
rensDurg justice of the peace last
week the lawyer for the defense waxed
yituperatiye and was called down by
the court. A moment later he forgot
the reprimand and began again using
abusive language The justice, big,
200-pound man, arose and shaking his
fist at the 1awyer said: Young, man,
confound you. told you to hush.
Now, it you don't do it Ill whip the
devil out of you. The young lawyer
hushed very quickily.-Kansas City
Star I
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
The OFFENDING Handkerchief.

1t is in fact a grave sanitary ques-
ton whether the handkerchief does not
do more harm than good as it is ordi-
narily used. When we assume that the
nose does not need to be wiped, we face
a reasonably broad proposition as to
the danger of the handkerchief as
disease propagation Most nasal ca
tarrhs are of an infectious character,
notably those of grip origin.
Contrary to a general law of asepsls,
the handkerchief saturated with dis
ease germs, instead of being promptly
washed, is slowed for hours in the
pocket, with result that can be easily
Imagined. Is it any wonder then that
catarrh is constantly fostered by a sys-
TEN of auto infection Medical Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
ThistIes.

In the fourteenth century thistles
were used as food for cattle, and they
were considered as a crop. In the old
priory of Lindisfarne there is a note
IA the archives of 1344-45 of thick
leather gloves required for the harvest
crs of the thistle crop. 1t is curious
shat, though the thistle is the emblem
# Scotland, the Scot never seems able
30 say which kind Of thistle is the
true national emblem. 1t is said that a
thistle which resembles Carduus mari
anus was figured on the old coinage of
The day of James ", who was first to
put thistles on the Scotch money The
horn spoons sold in Edinburgh some
times have little silver thistles on the
end of the handles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
ANCIENT BABYLON.
Its Great Wall Was One of the Won
ders of Those Days.

Its Great Wall Was One of the Won
ders of Those Days.
According to Herodotus, the ancient
city of Babylon stood on broad level
plain and was an exact square of four
teen miles each way, making the entire
circuit of the city fifty-siX miles. 1t
was protected both by a wall and a
moat, the latter being broad and deep
and kept constantly filled with water.
But the wall was the wonder of won
ders, being 93 1-3 feet in width and an
even 200 feet in height. This monster
barrier was provided with 100 gates,
all of solid brass, the lintels and side
pieces being in bronze. Cross walls
ran along the banks of the Euphrates,
each provided with twenty-five gates.
which correspondent to the number Of
streets running in each direction from
the river.
The most remarkable edifice inside
the wall was the templeIof Bel, q pyra-
mid of eight square stadia. On the
summit of this pyramid stood pure
gold image of Bel forty feet high, two
other smaller figures of the same pre-
cious metal and a golden table forty feet
long and fifteen feet wide. This Won
derful city first came prominently into
the history of the world in the year TAT
3. c.. but since the time of Alexander
the Great it has been a ruin, the site
having at one time been entirely lost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
He Went Inside.

Senator Stewart, while travelling in
Nevada. stood OH the platform of the
coach and was approached by con
ductor
Senator" began the employe. touch
ing his cap respectively, Il dislike tt
remind you of rule II, which requires
passengers to ride inside the coaches
Il own this road" replied the sen
ator gruftiy. But even if didn't
own it, am not u privileged passenger
by reason of being prominent poll
tician?"
Il believe that platforms are foI
politicians to get in on. but not to
stand on replied the conductor
The senator stepped through the door
at once-New York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
GERMAN WORK PEOPLE.
Their Amusements Are Few and
Mostly Confined to Sunday.

4Amusements play a comparatively
small part in the lives of German work
people, and such as they have are most
" confined to Sunday. Games have
not taken hold of them; they go to no
football or cricket matches, although
there are matches, and other classes in
Germany show growing taste for
games and sports. | went to see a
football match between Dusseldorf and
neighboring manufacturing town. y
similar match anywhere in manufac-
turing England would have attracted
from 10000 to 10000 sons of toll, VINO
would have shouted themselves hoarse
from beginning to end. At the Ger
man match not one put i'll an appear
ance. When | left the field toward the
close of the game the spectators, who
lad slowly increased during the after
soon, numbered exactly siXty-fiye. They
were not workingmen, and they show
ed no excitement whatever. They
played the association game, not very
we'll. The national game in Germany
is kegel, kind of skittles, and it is
played at public houses, but not by
workingmen or seldom by them. They
play cards sometimes, but not a great
deal In short, games may be ruled
out as an item in industrial life. Thea
tiers and music halls count for more,
but for nothing like so much as in Eng
land and in America. They are less
numerous in proportion TO population
and are only visited by the working
classes to a limited extent on Saturday
and Sunday.-Detroit News and Trib-
I2e
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30

'There's one thing / never could
understand Every little while you'll
see an item in some paper about a
church floor giving way and letting a
lot of people fall through"
Il don't see what there is mysteri-
Gus about an accident of that kind It's
simply a case of too much weight
II know that But how do they
manage to get churches oyercrowded
so often?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
HERBERT SPENCER.
Ie Was a Great Phrase Maker and
Had Some Odd Ways.

Herbert Spencer was no llngulst.
Because of eye strain which affected
MS health he did not even know Ger
man His pamphlet on education was,
however translated into fifteen Ian
guages, including Japanese.
Spencer was a great phrase maker.
It was he who popularized the word
evolution" and explained one of the
phases of the Darwinian doctrine as
the survival of the fittest." lie also
introduced Comics coined word ''so-
GEOLOGY"
He was a bachelor and long lived in
boarding houses. Finally he set up
an establishment of his own, where he
could have about him people of his
own choosing. A favorite relaxation
IN his later years was to sit i'll the
open doorway of his house and listen
to a piano played in a distant apart
agent. He had the player trained. A
trump of his stick was the signal for
her to stop, another thump for the mil-
sic to proceed where it broke off.
Spencer was fond of playing billiards.
Once at Brighton he invited smart
youth to Il game. The philosopher had
four strokes and scored two while the
youth ran out. Mr.. Spencer put away
mis- cue with deliberation and said to
Ills opponent "a moderate degree of
expertness in a game Of skill is agree
able and even creditable. Such dexter
ity as you show is evidence of mis-
spent youth. Good afternoon"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
Poet Riley on His Native Heath.

= POeI HlIcy OH HIS NdhlNc
Several years ago James Whitcomb
Riley returned to his native town,
Greenfield, Ind, for the purpose of Civ
ing a reading. the proceeds of which
were for some charitable purpose. 1t
had been many years since he had Wis
tied the old town, and as the affair had
been we'll advertised people poured in
from all sections of the county. Riley
arrived on an evening train. The ''old
band was at the station to meet him.
The poet was put in a low necked car
rage with reception committee, and,
headed by the band, a procession was
formed of citizens, and they paraded
the business streets. A very old man
leaned up against the Gympnd House,
hotel of Riley's day, and as the car
riage passed he squinted one eye and
out of the opposite corner of his mouth
said, eve seen the time in this here
burg when they would have got a
brass band to git Jimmie Riley out Of
town. Cleveland Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
NUMBER ON PAPER MONEY.
How to Tell without Seeing the Fig
ures If 1t Is Odd or Even.

How to Tell without Seeing the Fig
ures if 1t Is Odd or Even.
IF any one comes up to you and
wants to bet you that he can tell
whether the number of any of Uncle
Sans paper money is odd or even by
looking at that part of the bill on which
the number does not appear, shun him
as you would the plague said guest
at the Hotel Mckay the other night.
"Why? What is the joker asked
another guest.
"Only this" repiied the first: Il was
out this afternoon with 4 number OF
men with whom l have business deal
ings. We ate lunch, and then one man
wanted to bet me that he could call
the even or odd on the number of any
bill [ had, the loser to pay for the
lunch. l took bill from my pocket.
folded it so that the number did not
show. and after he had looked at it he
said Even
''It was even. Soon afterward | got
stuck for the cigars the same way.
After had been done four or five times
they explained to me that all of the
bills marked "a and &C. were odd, while
those marked 'B' and ID were even.
1t cost about So to find it out, but
guess it was good investment at that.
1t is the same on all bills. BE careful
when attempting to do the work not to
take the series letter in front Of the
number, but hunt for small letter on
the left hand side of the bill. Duluth
Herald
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
Accurate Painters.

The famous Tintoretto, in painting
of the Israelites gathering mamma,
showed them armed with guns, and a
latter day Neapolitan artist has depict
ed the holy family crossing the Nile, in
their flight into Egypt, in a magnifi-
Gently ornamented barge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30

Friend-I'm glad to see you so much
better, old man. Does the doctor ex-
pect you to be out soon?
Inyalid-Well l think he expects me
soon to be out the amount of his bill.
He sent it in today-Exchange
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
What Did She Mean?

Kitty-Do you think Nellie Breese is
zeal nice?
Bessie don't know. Why?
kitty told her Fred Simmons gave
me a very flattering compliment, and
she said any compliment that Fred
c0uld give me must be fiattering.-Bos-
SOn Transcript
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30

'Would you still want me to be your
wife if my father was a poor man
asked the beautiful heiress.
YES" the duke replied after little
pause SIN that case l would be
enough of a curiosity to get rich ex-
hibiting myself. Chicago Record Her
al III
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
A Mean Dig.

Mrs. Bragg gave quite a nice little
luncheon the other day. Didn't Mrs.
Jenkins tell you?
Mrs. Sly-No.
Mrs. Bragg-Strange! Why, she was
one of my guests.
Mrs. Sly-Yes, she told me that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
State Superintendent

In accordance with the above sug-
gestion, teachers are advised to list
en- to no strangers who may come
into their schools to solicit subscrip-
tons to The National Educational
Union, Cor any other Union, or for
any Cyclopedia, Subscription Book,
Library, or any other plan to de-
fraud.
Sign no paper of any description;
brand as false any statement that
they have my assent to, or approval
of, any scheme or enterprise which
they may represent.
To school boards, / respectfully
suggest careful reading of Sec.
436, Page 35 of the School Laws OF
Wisconsin.
This section refers particularly to
the purchase Of school supplies,
and is intended to protect the dis
trict against the purchas of worth
less articles, which have not been
approved by either State or County
Superintendent, and against the
payment of exorbitant prices for or
binary material. All articles OF
school apparatus should be pun
chased through some responsible
Supply House and not from travel
ing agents, who have no scruples in
selling worthless material at ex-
travagant prices.
Truly yours,
CHAS. III. NYE,
County Superintendent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
Not Enough.

Young Husband-I have found a
place where we can board and have
ali the comforts of home
Young Wife-But we shall want the
counterpanes, too, dear-Chicago Trib-
Epe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
Wrecking a woman,s Life.

When q woman says to man, you
wrecked my life" it may mean nothing
more than that he married her and
made her a wife, whereas she might
Dave been an artiste.-Atchison Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30

Bobby-Pa, did you ever see an arm
of the sea?
Father-Yes.
where was it?
1T was hugging the shore the last
l saw of it."-Smart Set.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
An ADpeal,

The Owner-See here. That trunk
never did you any harm, did it?
The Porter-Any harm? OF course
not.
The Owner-Well, then, don't treat it
as if it did Brooklyn Life
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30

bladder specialist and is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid catarrh of the bladder and
Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-RoOttis not rec
commended for everything butt you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found Just the remedy you need. It has
been tested in so many ways IN hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful i'll every case that
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers Of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have sample
bottle sent free by mail, also book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, ana now to
findoutif YOU have kidney or bladder trou-
bic. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
s 1 es., & Ri Psi hil%sr
N. Y. The regular ~ :!
fifty-cent and one - =
dollar size bottles are Home OF svAmpRcOs
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, N. Y, on
every bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30

cures made Dy LII.
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
1t is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century;
discoveries fteryears
of scientific research
by DIR. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30

When a clumsy man has stepped on
a lady's trailing skirt, before lie begins
to apologize he should always get off
the skirt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
Notice to Teachers and School Officers

OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPER1NTEND-
ENT, LANCASTER, WIS, JAN. %,
1904.
The attention of teachers and
school officers Of Grant county is
called to the following circular re-
ceived at this office ON Saturday
last:
OFFICE OF STATE SUPERINTENDENT.
Madison, Wis, January %, 1904.
To County Superintendent:
Ii reports that reach this office are
correct, there are several persons rep
resenting themselves as agents OF the
National Educational Union of Chi
cago," whatever that may be, canvass
ing at this time among the country
teachers in this state.
The superintendent of WalwOrth
county, and the superintendent OF
Sank county have had experience with
the men in question. In Sank they
represented that they were sent out by
the county superintendent, and they
were getting ''charter members" Those
who signed as charter members" did
not know that there was fee and
that that they were signing notes. 1t
is needless for me to suggest that you
should be on your guard, and should
also guard your teachers and diStricG
boards against those men to the
extent of your ability. They are oper-
ating on large scale, and may vary
their methods in different places.
Yonrs respectfully,
a.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30

A man may be won by fattery, He
can be retained only by cookery Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-30
10 YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Kidney Trouble Makes You MiSeI

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-06-25
Strong Lannuaue.

Fredericksburg, Ind, June 20.-Rev.
Enoch P. Stevens of this place uses
strong language in speaking OF Dodd's
Kidney Pills and he gives good rea,
sons for what he says:
IL can't praise Dodds Kidney Pills
too much" says Mr.. Stevens. They
have done me so much good. was
troubled with my kidneys 80 much
that had to get up two or three tiynes
In the night and sometimes In the
day when starting to the waterhouss
the water would come from me before
getting there. Two boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills cured me entirely.
81 have recommended Dodd's Kid
ney Pills to many people and have
never yet heard Of failure. Dodd's
Kidney pills are the things for kid
ney disease and rheumatism"
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure
the kidneys. Good kidneys ensure
pure blood. Pure blood means good
health
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-06-25
Ancient WhIstIInn Jars.

Among the ruined cities of Peru
nearly fifty different kinds of musical
instruments have been found. Unique
among these are many double
whlstling jars or musical water bot
ties. Near the top of the first or
front Jar. which is usually surmount-
ed by a human or animal figure, 10
the opening Of the whistle. When the
jars have been partly filed and are
swung backward and forward, mum.
Der of whistling sounds are produced.
AS the vessel swings forward and up
ward, the water is lowered in the
first jar and rises in the other. In
the backward motion it rushes back
into the first, forcing the air out
through the whistle.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-06-25
What la a Bllllonf

In the English system of numers
ton, a billion is a million OF millions.
and a trillion is a million of billions.
In tho French system, which is usual
ly followed In the United States, q
thousand million is called billion. q
thousand billion trillion, and so on
Situated as we are, British country
adjoining the United States, II Is but
natural that both systems should be
in use here, and this. of course. leads
to confusion. The English system In
defended on the ground that 1t Is at
least as convenient and agrees (which
the other does mott with the etymo
logical formation Of the words--ths
billion. trillion, quadrillion. etc., be
ing respectively the second. third
fourth, etc, powers Of million. In
both systems the million is the same
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-06-25
Excellent Opportunity to Arrange for
Your Reception at st. Louis, During
the Fair. Free.

If you intend going to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, st. Louis, Mis-
souri,, opened by President Roosevelt
April 30th, 1904 it will be very much
to your advantage to correspond with
Mr.. +. H. Worsley. No. All Dooley
block, Salt Lake City. Utah.
Mr.. Worsley has arranged to have all
his parties met at the st. Louis depot
and escorted to their lodgings, which
will be reserved in advance.
Information relative to passenger
rates, stop-overs. ticket limits, hotel
rates and all other necessary informa-
ton asked for will be cheerfully given
free of charge. This will especially
be of benefit 10 those desiring to travel
with Utah parties or in parties of four
or five. School teachers will also
hear something to their interests by
writing above party.