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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14
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one hundred years ago the fastest
land travel in the world was on the
Great North Road, in England, after
1t had been put into it's best condition.
There the York mail coach tore along
at the rate Of ninety miles a day, and
many persons confidently predicted
divine vengeance on such unseemly
haste.
There is large promontory in the
Aegean Sea, known as Haydn Horoo,
which extends three thousand feet
above the level Of the water. AS the
sun swings around the shadow of this
mountain touches one by one a circle
of islands separated by regular inter-
walls, which act as hour marks on tho
largest sun dial in the world.
In table covering different coun-
tries France ranks seventh among saw
Ing nations, following Denmark, Switz-
erland, Belgium, Sweden, Norway and
Germany. Another table, dealing with.
the average per capita of population,
puts France tenth, or behind Den
mark, Switzerland, Germany, Norway,
Australia, Belgium, the United States,
Austria and Sweden.
Total American imports Of bananas
and cocoanuts last year were to June
30, 1904, tWenty-seven million punches
Of bananas and seventy-five million,
cocoanuts, Of which New Orleans re-
ceiyed in direct shipments nine MILL
ion punches of bananas, Mobile four,
million, Baltimore three million, New
York 100000, Boston four million
and Philadelphia 100000.
The size of the Atlantic waves has
been carefully measured for the Wash
lngton photographic Bureau. In height
the waves usually average about
thirty feet, but in rough weather they
attain from forty to forty eight feet.
In storms they are often from five
hundred to six hundred feet long and
last ten or eleven seconds, while the
longest yet known measured half q
mile and did not spend itself for twen-
ty-three seconds.
A gardener discovered the fact that
trees are often sent to an untimely
death by poison, usually arsenic. The
reason for this does not appear until
one hears the mans explanation. Sup
pose a man has rented a house which
has too much shade, the law will not
allow him to have one or more Of the
trees cut down without the consent Of
the owner. AS it often happens that
tenants and landlords hold different
views on the subject of shade, the
trees remain as bone of contention.
It is then that the gardener is called
to administer a dose Of poison, for
when a tree is dead the tenant may
have it removed. Five cents worth Of
arsenic is sufficient to kill large tree.
A hole Is made in the trunk, arsenici
dropped in and nature does the rest.
1t never fails.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Criticism on the gambling scenes laid
in Hall Gaines book, '"The Prodigal
Son." has been the means of inducing
the author to visit several gambling
places on the Riviera recently, says q
Monte Carlo correspondent of the Kan.
sas City Journal, so that there may be
lacking no accuracy Or realism when
the dramatized work is produced in
London.
Certain critics, in dealing with the
book, have found fault with the de.
scription of what they wrongly assume
tobe roulette. AS a matter of fact, what
the author described was baccarat. Elk.
perienced baccarat players have, how.
ever, pointed out to him weak points
in this scene and he came to the Ri
viera expressly to study the game in its
various and most eXuberant forms. I'm
der the guidance of one of the best.
known European gamblers and plung.
ers, he visited all the notorious clubs
casinos and gambling dens on the Ri
viera, and while his guide played bac-
carat Mr.. Game took quiet notes of all
chat went on.
At hall known as 'Cercle," or so.
called club, at Nice, Mr.. Game stood be
hind the chair of his companion while
in less than he hour he lost over $780,
600. After this no one will in future be
able to reproach him with not being
personally acquainted with the modern
manners and methods of "The ProdigaI
Son I"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Among the permanent funds Of the
Methodist church is one for the sup
port Of superannuated ministers. The
question was recently raised in New
York why Methodist preachers cannot
save enough from their salaries to sup
port them in old age. Figures have
been given which are sufficient an
swer. There were 797 pastors in the
three Metropolitan annual conferences
in 19O4-'O5, these being the confer
ences in New York City. These pas
tors may be divided into four classes.
The members of the first class, num-
bering 225, receive $1,000 per year or
more, those in the second, numbering
1874, $1,000 to $1,000; those in the
third, numbering I'll, 5000 to $1,000;
and those in the fourth, numbering
1T, 5000 or less. The salaries paid the
ablest and most eloquent Methodist
preachers in the metropolis are no
more than are received by many men
in subordinate places in large business
concerns. The salaries of many Of
their humber brethren are less than
half as large as the wages Of a good
mechanic. Outside the cities, both in
New York and in other States, salaries
are smaller. "My college chum," a
distinguished New York lawyer, Is
quoted as saying, was my equal in
every respect, and in some respects
my superior. After twenty-five years
Of successful ministerial work I dis
covered that his annual income when
in his prime was the exact amount I
paid for the care Of my horse at the
livery stable" In the rural districts
the pay Of a pastor is often much less
than the keep Of a city horse. The
smallness Of the salaries of Methodist
preachers is partly due to the fact
that in every community this church
draws to 1t many poor people, but it
is more largely owing to the noble,
time honored policy Of Methodism Of
having "a church for every pastor and
a pastor for every church." The flock
may, not number dozen. It may be
in mining camp in Alaska. 1t may
be in city slum. However small, re-
mote, or inaccessible, it must and will
have shepherd Wesley and White
field didn't believe in waiting for peo-
pie to come in and get the gospel.
They took it to them wherever they
were, and their successors have been
doing likewise ever since. A man has
to pinch and squeeze to rear and edu-
cate family and dress as q preacher
is expected to on 81 800 a year. espe-
cially In a city The fact that thou
sands Of educated men gladly and la
boriously serve their church for much
less shows that the age is not so COM
mercial as 1t is sometimes represented,
and that religious heroism Is not dead.
The superannuated ministers Of the
Methodist church accept their annui-
ties without regarding them as aims.
and well they may, for they have
earned all they get.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

''There's one thing can't understand
about farming" said the city chap who
had contracted with a farmer for a
weeks board, as he watched the hired
man turning the soil.
"What be that, young feller?" queried
the honest old granger, as he bit off a
generous hunk of homemade tobacco.
II can't understand" said the city
chap, "why the ground was placed bot
tom side up, so that it has to be turned
over with a plow before the crops can be
planted"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Very little lie known Of HobDema's
life. He appears to have been born at
Amsterdam In 1888, but as we have
seen, other towns claimed to be his
birthplace. 1t lis probable that he was
the pupil of Jacob van RuySdael and
certain that he lived in Amsterdam. He
died poor, his last lodging being in the
Roosegraft, the street in which Rem
brandt, also poor, had died forty years
before. His works were little appreci-
ated in Holland until nearly hundred
years after his death, and most of
them found their way to England
St Nicholas
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

In warning his church against the
danger Of yielding to selfshness and
greed in business transactions the
Pope touches the keynote Of the dan
gers to modern commercial peace and
prosperity. By throwing his great in
fuence upon the side of fair dealing
between man and man the head Of the
Catholic church takes step worthy
Of imitation by all teachers and spirit
ual advisers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14
Revolt of American ManOOd.

Some day there is going to be ter
rible revolt in this country against the
boiled shirt. We are not going to wear
boards on our bosoms surmounted by
picket fences when the laundryman
feels cross and cuts saw-edge on our
collars. American manhood is going
to rise in its might some day and care
fully drop the starched shirt over into
the next lot, where the tin cans are.
To-day we haven't the nerve to do it.
We are under the domination Of social
and commercial propriety to such an
extent that we do not dare to arise
and proclaim our freedom in the name
Of liberty Of person and freedom of
conscience. Some day we will wear
soft shirts and flowing collars and the
man who wears a starched board on
his bosom and a sheet-iron ring around
his neck will be known for the con.
ceited and artificial ass that he really
minneapolis Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

in the most favorable light. If every
Vassar girl submits such answers to
the questions propounded the institu-
ton may declare itself an abiding
place Of cherubim and seraphim. AS
an indication Of loyalty to their sex
and the college maybe many of the
students will send in such responses.
Here's hoping they will!
If they do they may not gain pres
tige for the philosophy departments
process Of conscience sounding, but
who cares? They will be standing up
for the monumental graces Of their glo-
rious sex. And that's the main thing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14
THE vASSAR CONSCIENCE.
Ten Questions Which Search Fair
Students Utmost Thoughts.


The young ladies who are engaged
IN the violent exercise of acquiring
knowledge at Vassar have been invit-
ed by the department. of philosophy to
step right up and have their conscience
probed, says the Louisville Courier
Journal. In the fractional part of
iiffy the inquisitive department ex.
poets to know by their own confessions
just what sort Of girls the students
are. The method is very simple. 1t
consists merely Of asking questions
ten Questions-as follows:
/. If the conductor neglected to take
your fare, would you keep the money?
2. Would you tell your teacher be-
forehand that your lesson was not pre-
pared or would you run the risk Of not
being called on? If partially prepared,
would you bluff if called on?
3. Would you purposely avoid in
class or examination a girl who you
thought would cheat in order not to
have to report her?
4. Would you eXaggerate in order to
add interest to conversation or tell
white lie to save peoples feelings?
5. Would you take another's plot in
developing a supposedly original story?
6. Is it wrong to tell credulous girl
harmless but outlandish and untrue
stories?
z. Is it honorable to use pony
/. e., an interlinear translation-in pre-
pairing a lesson?
s. If you accidentally saw on your
neighbours examination paper one point
which would enable you to solve
whole problem, would you take it?
9. Would you allow person to have
an ungrounded unfavorable opinion of
you?
10. Which is more honorable, to
cheat openly or secretly?
Of course, people, especially human
people, are in the habit of admitting
twenty eight or even thirty A<&laes a
day all their weak points. If they
wink at certain shady habits or
thoughts they tell everybody about it
right away. OF course, Of course!
Hence, do you grasp the effectiveness
and logic of the philosophy department
in its present undertaking?
Far be it from anybody in Kentucky
to insinuate that the Vassar maidens
are anything but the perfection of hon
esty and virtue-in this wise differing
little from Kentucky maidens-and so
the following responses are offered as
q pattern for the students to work by:
/. No, indeed; I'd get out a manda-
tory injunction, if need be, to force the
railway company to take my fare
2. The idea! Such a question is pre-
posterous! 1 always go prepared.
2. Sure! wouldn't have anything
to do with any girl who would do such
a naughty thing.
4. Exaggerate? I've never exagger-
ated in my life.
5. I'm capable of inyenting my own
plots, thank you.
6. A story is a story, whether told
credulous or incredulous girls, so it
would never occur to me to be so
wicked.
z. Not If the faculty can find it out.
s. Nay, maya thousand times nay.
8. How could 1 keep her from it?
10. Neither way is honorable, so l
pass.
This list of model replies naturally
presents the supposititIous respondent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14
Made Trouble.

Elder-Do you really think it's dan
gerous to dye the hair?
Kidder-It is, indeed. I knew a fell
low about your age who did it and
the first thing he knew he was mar
ried to a widow with five Children
Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

"All for your the lover cried
To the maid with eyes of blue;
"All the world l lay aside
All for you!
II will gain heap of gold,
Jewels rare of every hue;
Earth's delights l will unfold
All for you!
"All nay life | consecrate
To your service-I will do
Deeds that men shall reckon great,
All for you!
81 shall" But, as if in doubt,
She refused to hear him through,
Murm'ring, "That will be about
All for your
Cleveland Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14
BALD HEADS COVERED
With Luxuriant Hair and Sca1y Sca1ps
C1eansed and Purified by Cuticura

WITH AuXuTlauC mar anu SCa1y SCa1ps
C1eansed and Purified by Cuticura
Soap,
Assisted by dressings of Cuticura, the
great skin cure. This treatment at
once stops falling hair, removes crusts,
scales and dandruff, destroys hair par
asites, soothes irritated, itching sur
faces, stimulates the hair follicles,
loosens the scalp skin, supplies the
roots with energy and nourishment,
and makes the hair grow upon sweet,
wholesome, healthy scalp, when all
else fails. Complete external and in
ternal treatment for every humor,
from pimples to scrofula, from infancy
to age. consisting Of Cuticura Soap,
Ointment. and PILLS, price $1.OO. A
single set is often sufficient to cure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

safety valve. It provides way FOR
unnecessary and harmful steam,
which, If confined, may result In
ruinous explosion. Good humor dwells
in the house Of comfort; it waters the
plants, feeds the canary, draws the
curtains to admit the sunlight and at
evening time it lights the lamp.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

After a career Of unbridled crime
lasting for several hundred years John
Doe and Richard Roe are charged
with being mixed up in the Equitable
Life Assurance case.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

There is a dispute over the identity
OF the father" Of the American navy.
Why not content ourselves with the
knowledge that whoever he was he
left long line Of worthy descendants?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Mrs Chadwick's massage roller sold
at auction for a half dollar. There
was certainty Of lively bidding for
Cassie's recipe for nerve tonic, but
unfortunately the prescription was not
forthcoming.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Some folks try to grin and bear
their bumps, while others think the
proper caper Is to point out the sore
spots and try to convince everybody
that the real injury has been done to
the fellow who did the humping.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Poor Nan Patterson probably will
have to go to her grave without know
Ing whether or not she killed Caesar
Young
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Are we to infer that DR.. GLADDEN.
would not countenance the use OF
Standard Oil products for purposes Of
church illumination, either?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

But why should Andrew Carnegie
hastily conclude that an heiress is COM
PEELED to choose between an affection
ate coachman and worthless duke?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Ills seems to be the difference: She
is an old maid If she is old fashioned
and admits it, but she is bachelor girl
If she fights hard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Scientists are now trying to find out
why men Decome baldheaded. We have
always inclined to the opinion that it
is because the hair comes out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

A 14-year-old boy is practicing law
In New York. This looks like an in
fringement on the rights Of our run
down politicians. Is there to be no
place left for the defeated candidates?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

AS Carnegie is going to give away
ell his money it is quite evident that
the coachman married his niece for
love alone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

The precocious schoolboy who said
that the mo" after kansas City"
stood for "misnomer" was not so far
wrong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

A thing always to be cultivated is
good humor. No prop to trouble has
yet been discovered the equal in
strength Of good nature 1t is just as
much an obligation Of men to fight
against depression as it is to fight
against oppression, and yet men yield
readily to depression and say they will
die before they will submit to oppres-
sion. They begin at the wrong place
with their heroics. Good humor is the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Admiral Melville says we need
$6O0,000,000 for our navy. We sus-
pect that the Admiral is trying to
make Hobson look like piker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

He who would succeed in any line
of business must first plan his work,
then work his plan.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

'"The public is timid," says George
Gould. Has George ever tried the get
rich-quick bait?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

A defalcation usually grows in IN
verse ratio to the way millionaire's
estate dwindles after his death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Times saddest tragedies are Written
IN wrinkles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

A man takes an interest liz some.
thing all his life; when he is cid, it Is
patent medicine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Whoever first suggested the hour
glass waist should be doing time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

An old bachelor says love is more
ike a pestilence than q disease.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Foreign shipyards have received
very heavy orders for 1905 delivery
Of steam tonnage, but throughout the
United Kingdom not a single new or
der has been received for a deep-wa-
ter sailing vessel. The doom of the
sailer has become sometime more
than a figure Of speech and never
again will the white-winged argosies
OF trade play the prominent part
which In the past they have taken in
the worlds commerce. With the pass
ing Of the sailer there also departs
from the literary field a theme which
from the earliest ages has supplied
great material for romance and story.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

One can pick out a self-made man
by the good English he doesn't use.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14

Is there any reason why our schools
should limit themselves simply to put
ting children through q certain course
Of study? We think not In our opin-
ion, If the schools fail in discipline, If
they fail in developing spirit Of
obedience, they fail in discharging
their most vital function and at the
most vital point. And it seems to lis
that this failure is one for which the
schools may very justly be held re-
sponsible. For the very theory on
which the State proceeds in this mat
ter Of public education is that through
education the children will be properly
trained along the line Of good citizen
ship. But they can not be good citl-
zens unless they learn to be obedient
to law, in some way, therefore, the
schools must inculcate this obedience.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-10-05
Bridge Whist Club.

The ladies of the Bridge Whist
Club entertained their husbands
last Thursday evening at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Jacob Pfeiffer, on
West Main Street. Owing to ig-
norance Of "bridge," prevailing
among the male guests, pedro was
voted the game of the evening.
Five tables were occupied. Judge
and Mrs. o. W. II. Wright took
the ladies' and gentlemen's prizes,
respectively, while the "booby"
prizes were awarded Mesdames G.
F. Aplin and Chas. Rose. Mrs.
Karn Ferguson and Misses Nab, l
Rose and Florence Rempel, daugh-
ters of club members, and Miss
Lucille Allen, were guests of the
club. Refreshments were served
after the games, two tables being
spread.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-10-05
w. r. M. Society.

The Woman's Foreign Mission
ary Society held their regular
monthly meeting Tuesday after
noon at Mrs. T. B. Whites. The
program was dispensed with, and
most of the meeting was occupied
with the annual election of officers.
The following were elected: Mrs.
G. o. Allen, President; Mrs. Oliver
Brook, First Vice President; Mrs.
Moses Strawn, Second Vice Presi-
dent; Mrs. Albert Stiers, Core
spending Secretary; Mrs. j. c,
Morgan, Recording Secretary; and
Mrs. I. N. Stiers, Treasurer,
Among the various plans for the
future discussed was the chrysan
themum show to be given, if pos
sible, by the ladies.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-10-05
Gard Party.

OdIQ Itys
One Of the prominent events of
the opening social season was the
party given Friday evening by
Mrs. L. Warner and Mrs. n. j..
Woodworth, at the formers resi-
deuce on Main Street. The par
lors were beautifully decorated
with profusion of golden-rod,
and presented very handsome ap-
pearance. Thirteen tables OF
pedro were set for the evening.
Mrs. Harry Ambrose won the first
prize at cards, a silver fork; the
second, silk shawl, was awarded
Mrs. Rose Donovan. Mrs. Chas.
Rose had the distinction of hold
ing the greatest number of "four'
time" hands, and was pres
ented with a beautiful comb. The
BOBBY prize, book, was taken by
Mrs. John Pickering, of Lancas
ter. Light refreshments, of ic'
cream and cake, were served lat
in the evening. Fifty-six guests
representing the elite of Logar
society, were present to testify t,
the charming hospitality of thei
hostesses.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-10-05
Twice Five.

Twice Five.
The Twice Five Club opened
their seasons meetings Monday
evening, at the residence of DR..
and Mrs. G. F. Aplin. The ques-
tion slated for the evening was
"Should the Congregationalists
bave accepted the gift of Mr..
Rockefeller" Both sides were
ably discussed by Judge S. H.
Bright and Rev. Il. B. White, and
an interesting general discussion
followed. Refreshments were
served by Mrs. Aplin, assisted by
Miss Edith Leyshon. Rev. and
Mrs. Charles Wilson were guests
of the club.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-10-05

and May GurlIe, and Mrs. Charles
Fairbanks; being the component
parts of the G.. B. G. Club, of
which Mrs. Snider was member
before her marriage. The girls
with their genial host, Mr.. Will
Snider. were entertained by Mrs.
j. j. Snlder Wednesday evening.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-10-05
Surprise Party.

The Ladies' Auxiliary, knights
of st. John, gave surprise party
for Miss Rose Stalter, at her home
on Henrietta Street, last Thursday
evening. Cards, games and music
consumed a pleasant time, fine
supper being served at 10:30.
About fifty of the ladies were pres
ent. The party was in the nature
of farewell, as Miss Stalter left
Monday for Somerset where she
will make her home with her
uncle, William Snider.