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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05
Local JOttinss.

-V1rOquaS pOpulatlOu - 1,Vol.
Partial eclipse of the moon
next Friday night. W n :.
Jessie Day and wife arrived
here from Madison Wednesday.
Mrs. Fred Hill is here from
Baraboo on a visit with relatives.
Miss Nellie Crabtree, of Bloom
ington, is visiting at Mrs. K. Garner
Miss Mary Fuerstenberg has
returned from visit with relatives
in Iowa. 80 ~
Misses Maoelle Ressmeyer and
Vera. Place visited at Fennimore
this week. III 6
j. Richardson has the con
tract for doing the brick work on
the new asylum. to-. ~. y. !. \. !. I.
Misses Gertrude. and Jennie
Bradbury of Chicago are guests of
relatives in this vicinity. u
Geo. P. Goble went to Oshkosh
Thursday morning. He will take
a course Of instruction in embalm
ing.
"A car load of cut stone has ar
rived from Dubuque to complete
the top courses of the foundation
for the new asylum.
Mrs. W. Dyer entertained about
forty of her friends on Thursday.
An appetizing dinner was served
and an enjoyable time had.
Harry Barnett and family were
at Potosi Thursday to attend the
funeral of the six year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James McGirk.
Rev. Weatherbee, wife and
daughter, of Bloomington, were in
the city on Thursday. They were
guests of L. D. Eastman and family.
Miss Permelia c. Mahon, who
is well known as a reader and i'm
personator of marked ability, will
deliver a free Lecture on temperance,
at the Methodist church Monday
evening, Aug. 9TH, at o'clock.
Mrs. G. H. Basford has returned
home from Milwaukee Thursday
where she has been IN the hospital
for about month for treatment.
She is much improved in health,
which fact her many friends will
be glad to learn.
The district convention of
Young Peoples Christian Endeavor
society will meet in this city Aug.
16 and II. This convention CON-
prises several counties. the meet
ings will be held at the Congrega-
tional church and a number of strong
speakers will be present.
Farmers need not hesitate to
drive their colts to the fair, as no
automobiles will be allowed upon
the grounds, and the local chaffeurs
have expressed their willingness to
lay their machines up for those
days. The fair is purely an agri-
cultural event, not an exhibition of
prowess and achievement in a
mechanical way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05
Gutenberg, Iowa.

l have learned to use Shows systems
in the school here. When I started I
knew nothing about dressmak1ng, but
after three weeks training l have
learned to cut pattens to any measure
ment from any pitcures that I see. 1t
is very easy to learn and can not be
forgotten. I think the work is fine.
Age IA LUCILLE NoLTE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05
Dubuque, Iowa, Oct. 6. 1904.

DUUuqUe, iowa, OCI. Q. I5UE.
AS one Of the first pupils of Shows
College in Dubuque. I have had an op-
portunity to observe the work since
the beginning. From heresay ,observ-
ton, and personal experience. l can
recommend the results of the work as
prominently successful.
ANNIE G.. HARRINGTON.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05
Gutenberg, Iowa.

1t is my experience that with the
Snow Skirt System the present diff
cult styles can be produced with the
same ease as straight gored effects OF
ten years ago, and that a style and
tone can be impaired impossible to be
produced with patterns. I find it a
great assistance in that am certain OF
results and can do my work quickly
and easily.
Dress maker Mrs. Louis BEERMAN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05
Dubuque, Iowa. May Is, 1904.

Previous to entering Shows College
l had spent eight months in first
class dres shaking shop as an apprent-
ice, but upon finishing found myself
unable to do satisfactory work in cut
ting and fitting. However | am now
glad to be able to say that course IN
Shows College has given me such a
through knowledge that I can work
with entire confidence and success.
F. WATERS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05

Our devil saw some young peo-
pie out picnicking the other day
and the sight so inspired him that
he at once poetized:
She strayed into the pasture,
And, was naughty chigger
Appeared and left his trademark
Upon her lovely fgger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05
Dubuque. Iowa, Oct. %, 1903.

am using Shows Skirt System with
fine success. l consider the system a
very practical method and the in
structions in designing of an inestim-
able value to any dressmaker
M. E. Rose.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05

The First National Bank of Ian
caster
Buys and sells Foreign Exchange;
Pays interest on and IL months
deposits;
All kinds of checks cashed at par:
Makes collections;
Sends money anywhere at lowest
rates;
Has safety deposits forIrent,
And solicits share of your
business. sbtf2.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05

Soak your clothes in Galvanic
Soap suds and the dirt will be
thoroughly loosened.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05

COLLEGE!
A Branch of Shows Dress
making College Of Dubuque,
= Will be Established in
| A N C A s 7 { R.

Where ladies may come and
learn any and every part of
dressmaking that gives them any
trouble. In about two weeks a
class room will be opened and
placed in charge of trained ex-
perts.
You may attend all day or any
part of the day that is convenient,
you may come until fully salts
fed. Anyone wishing to know
more about the work may drop q
card to
SHOWS COLLEGE,
Lancaster, Wis.
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05
Modern Dogs Of Rar.

The German Army, fighting in Her.
rero land, under Gen. Won Trotha, en-
ploys q corps of 200 dogs. One Of these
dogs was recently struck and wounded
by a bullet in the engagement Of Opa-
jbo, while scouting In ffent of the
skirmishing line. He displayed the
greatest fearlessness tinder fire and
worked faultlessly until disabled.
The Japanese are using u number of
dogs for recpnnoitering purposes. They
are attached to long ropes and well
trained. Ths Russians are employing
dogs for sentry and messenger work.
Capt. Persidsky of the late Count
Keller's staff. writing from Odessa,
says: "In finding the wounded men
with which the tnillet fields are strewn
nothing has succeeded like our seven
dogs; their intelligence. especially the
English bred ones, is extraordinary"
I have been asked several times to sup
ply dogs to the Russian army, and only
quite recently was commissioned to
purchase sheep dogs In the highlands
for the German ambulance dog-train.
ing establishment. Perhaps instead Of
breeding and exporting dogs for for,
eign armies, we may some day find oul
dogs Of service to their own country.
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05
The Coal of Rich Americans.

Charlemagne Tower, the American
Ambassador to Germany, was speak
ing of the Americans love, for Paris
at a dinner he gave In Philadelphia.
"Our love for Paris is no doubt
great" he said, "but l am sure 1t Is
not so great as our European cousins
would have us believe. We all, Of
course, have heard the European say
ing, when a good American dies. he
goes to Paris In Berlin, from a
bearded French diplomat, l heard last
year a novel variant Of this. The
diplomat said he was sure would
sympathise with the profound and
ingenious emotion Of a young Ameri-
can girl, who lived, he said, in a bleak
western city. There were In those
days no institutes for the treatment
of rabies, save in Paris. The young
girls life was very monOtonous. One
day she burst into a neighbor's house,
almost beside herself with joyous ex-
element.
''Her dark eyes flashed: Her cheeks
had a delicate rose flush. Painting a
little she cried In tremulous voice:
"'Thank goodNess, we are going to
Paris at last. Dad has been bitten by
a mad dog""
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05
New Blood In Naval Engineering

From the Baltimore Sun
1t may be questioned, in view Of the
Bennington explosion, whether the
Navy Departments policy of restrict
ing engineering appointments In the
navy to graduates at Annapolis Is best
for the service. The graduates Of the
Naval Academy are bright fellows, no
doubt, but only a few of them have a
talent for mathematics, physics, me-
chanics and other like sciences that
underlie the engineers equipment. 1t
is we'll known that there Is difficulty In
getting from their number enough men
to take postgraduate courses at the
Boston Psychological School, and thus
prepare themselves for the engine room
and machine shop of the modern bat
tleShip or cruiser. The. result is that
the service is short of capable trained
men who know how to handle boilers,
engines, repair shops. electrical install
lation, etc. The Bennington is not the
first Of our warships to be injured by
reason Of insufficient attention In the
engineering department. The remedy,
it seems, is to inject some new blood
from civil life into the engineering de-
partments Of our ships. 1t ia all very
well to reserve good berths for the An
napolls graduates, but the, practice is
carried too far when it results in starv-
ing the engine rooms. There are man,
graduates yearly from our chronological
schools who are as capable as any tha,
can be found. The engineering depart
ment Of the navy ought to be recruited
in part from the outside talent, which
has been educated in the art of ship
construction, management and repair
II is possible to carry too far the policy
of keeping all appointments In the navy
for naval officers, especially when nc
exception is made Of classes Of ap.
pointments for which Annapolis grad.
yates have no especial qualifications
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05

the members were allowed to enter the
cluh, Which was palace Of white mar
nlc. All the servants were females.
Lady guests, however, were welcome.
The annual subscription to the club
was $1,000, but there were enormous
extra expenses, All dishes were served
on gold and silver plates The drapery
was of the coStlieSt material, and was
embroidered with jewels after designs
by Cyril. who, 1t will be remembered,
in company with his boon companions,
INDUCED in orgies similar to those mt
the club even at the front In Manchuria
until the Car recalled him.
King Edward is an enthusiastic
golfer, and has little course Of his
own ut Windsor.
The Princess of Wipd, who Is prom
incnt figure In the court circles at Ber-
lin, and whose husband Is in the line
of succession to the throne of Holland,
buys all the ill-used horses that come
to her notice and gives them the benefit
Of a stay in her well-appointed stables
and meadows.
While the Emperor of Germany does
not full to transact large amount of
public business during his various voy-
ages for rest and recreation, when
on his yacht at sea he Is a very diff
frrcnt man from the ruler Of a great
nation living in state at Berlin.
President Loubet Of France has taken
the barfOot cure; that Is, himself, wife
and daughter have gone barefoot, ex-
ccpt for light sandals, on all but cere-
monious occasions during this hot sum-
mcr. The sandals worn by the Presl-
dent and his family come from Africa
being the approved Arabian kind. The
President advises sandal wearing In
summer for these reasons: "The
naked foot not only benefits that men,
Der. keeping 1t cool and allowing 1t to
breathe, but benefits the whole physi-
cal system and the mental as well.
Libelate the foot of the customary en-
closures, socks and shoes, and your
nerves will grow stronger; if you are
excited or worried, it will wear Off
easier"
Van Calava
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05
HOW DAN KENT MISSED HIS
THANKSGIVING BANQUET.

but he let a lot of sentiment into II
Sentimental passages never look righ
TO sensible girl who reads them in {
letter from a man she has never seen
Besides, Dan wasn't exactly a master
Of rhetoric at that time. and what hI
wrote could have been cOuehed in term,
Of infinitely greater tact and delicacy
by any second rate romance writer
His first faux pas, however, was in in
closing post-oIlice order for $50, "e
loan, of course" he wrote. (which
trust you will accept until such time
SC.
1t was awful, of course, but Dan was
young and he meant to do kind office
TO the orphan girl In 0ldsburg. When
he mailed the letter it dawned upon
him that he had made an ass Of him
self. The more he conned over the
sentences which he had meant to be
the finest, tile surer he was that they
were coarse. impertinent, idiotic. She
would be offended at his tone, insulted
at his offer to loan her money. II
feel that there Is a bond of sympathy
between u.s." etc, had been the best he
could think Of as 'an approach" to the
mention Of loan, but now it sounded
inexpressibly silly.
He got her answer by return mail,
and when he tore open the envelope the
$50 fell on the floor. "Serves me
right" he gasped, but his eyes began to
bulge when he saw> the first line Of
the letter itself:
"Dear,dear friend" 1t began. "Sad,
sad, indeed must that heart be which
cannot be chcered by the sweet deli
cacy and soulful sympathy of friend
like you. o, how my lonesome heart
goes out responsive, and yet"
"Slush"
That's what Dan said. He could
hardly force himself to read 1t. If his
letter had been badly framed, hers was
the dregs of gush. A wild hope that
Kate Colvin hadn't written it seized
him, but the narrowest comparison
showed 1t to be her handwriting.
There was nothing absolutely immod-
est in her hysterical epistle, but it fair
ly oozed sentimentallty, which Dan
was sure he would always despise in Il
woman.
"Glad to get back my fifty, anyhow"
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05

he sneered, pocketing the order ant
tearing the letter with one angry jerk
Then he paused, put the torn edge ..
her communication together, and re-
read it. "Oh, how my lonely heart
goes out responsive" That line started
him, and he laughed till the bookkeepeI
stared and the stehographer Joined il
the merriment. $50.
"I'll get back at her." thought Dan
Kent, as he opened his desk. And he
spent two hours that evening trying to
outdO the florid periods of his Olds
burg protege. But he didn't send back
the fifty. On Saturday he got an an
swer that fairly scintillated with
flashes Of Cupil's arrows. He had sup
posed that his letter rose to every
fight of sentimental hyperbole, but i,
seemed commonplace and tawdry be-
side the glittering fabric Of her --latest
epistOlary composition.
lie had to get "The Children of the
Abbey" from the public library before
he could answer that letter, and, in or
der to stimulate her to a still more gen
erOus effusiOn, he wound up his ecstatit
billet With superbly servile petition
for her picture He said counterfeit
presentment" first, but for fear she't
regard that as mercenary alluslOn, ht
scratched the words away and substi
tuted stair image" The photograph
that arrived In the next letter was
worthy of the foolish girls correspond
ence. A simpering, weak smile, evi
IDENTIFY calculated to display two pretty
dimples and row of the white teeth
mass Of fluffy blond hair, falling al
most to the eyebrows: a white lawr
dress Of the style that had been con
sidered smart" few years ago; ban
gle rings on the dainty fingers!
"She looks the part" laughed Dan
"and II don't send her my picture
now this sport will come to a suddei
end"
The letter suggested an exchange
and Dan, In the exuberance of wha
seemed such capital joke, determined
to send her the picture Of his barber,
dashiHs yeung gallant with melanch0lj
black eyes and q tightly waxed vii
helm mustache.
1t was Kent's .irrepressible love o.
fun that led him into this thoughtles
and, for him. tinkind correspondence
But the. letters had passed SO rapid,
and with such increasing and almos
outlandish expressions of romantic
emotion that he had not taken time +
look at any but the funny side Of tn
affair. He had shown the letters to no
body, destroying them as soon, as the.
were read. When he had mailed tn
barber's photograph to Kate with hi
autograph on its back he resolved B
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05

The Kents-father and son-came &
Chicago when Dun was a small boy
so that the latter soon forgot about all
hc knew Of OldSburg and its people. II
lie Ind been older he might have been
gladder to forget it, for there misfor,
tune had Overtaken his family, his
mother had died, and his yague rec0l.
lection of the place pictured the one
long, dismal street down which he rode
in Il carriage TO the cemetery. where
the autumn leaves reeked In a cold rain
and the clay falling into grave sound
ed like the thump of his old toy drum.
Dan Kent, having a merry heart,
didn't want to cherish any such dreary
memories. So he had grown to man.
hood without revisiting the home of his
infancy. Not so his father. The old
man managed to stay away from the
scene OF his disaster till Joshua Colvin
died. Then he went to the funeral Of
LIS old friend and partner. and ever
after, up to the time OF his death, main-
tanned habit Of periodical visits TO the
old home town. Dan thought this odd
at first; then he began to suspect that
there was some DID,. long buried ro-
AhdhNV pNtNSSh lis AothtA ahu thc
Widow Colvin.
You're right, Dam" said the old
man, when his son twitted him about
the Oldsburg visits. I'D marry her
now IL wasn't so old and poor. and II
you take my advice you'll 90 after her
daughter, Kate"
They were like brothers in their
frank and loving relationship I'm those
days, and Dan. who liked to banter
his father, was almost glad to "have
something" on the old man. But when
the elder Kent grew feeble he talked
always more and more of the Colvlns.
II they were joke with Dan, they
were not so with his father.
II wish you'd go up and see them,"
lc would say. II can't any more, and
Dahl wish you'd see Kate-young
Kate. Bet you'd fall In love with her
in spite of yourself. l wish you would
and marry her."
And a few days before he died:
dan, If anything happens to Kate
or her mother, will you do what you
can for them? Promise. Dan. You'll
write to them, anyhow"
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05

When his father died. Dan grieved
like a man, and regained his spirits like
the wholesome, clean-hearted youth he
was; but he forgot about the Colvins
after he had answered the widows let.
ter of coincidence. He remembered
them again when he saw in the Olds-
burg Banner the obituary of Mrs. Kate
Niebling Colvin. He ought to have
gone to Oldsburg to comfort the orphan
girl, but he disliked funerals and he
couldn't get ever his gleenly impression
of the old town. So he wrote q letter
to Kate, as he had promised his
father, sending such words OF comfort
as stranger must, but offering to be
of any assistance in his power. He
scarcely expected q reply, but he got
one within a week.
1t was a stilted, studied letter. She
was grateful for kind words from the
son of her mothers kind friend. She
would do quite well, she Thought, when
she got back to her work as school
teacher. Her work might help her ia
forget. It was a dismal letter-just
like Oldsburg, he thought-and he did
not answer 1T. A month later he got
another from her. Would he kindly
buy for her kinyon's pedagogical chart
1t would cost about 81, which she in
closed. Il will be ever so much
Obliged" she concluded. He found the
chart, which cost So, and sent her a
note in which he said he was glad to
be Of service. He didn't mention that
he was loser by 81 In the transaction
Within a fortnight another letter
eaine to him from Kate Colvin, In
which she said that abe had Just
learned the chart had cost S3, perhaps
more, and that she would return the
balance the moment her salary wal
paid. They are in arrears with me fol
the last two MONTHS" the latter said
but I am sure they will pay us bsfOst
Christmas"
TO Dan Kent there was something
poignantly sad In the plain; simple, bu
accomplishing statement Of the coun
try school teachers poverty. Two dol
lass! He was making money anf
spending 1t as lavishly as a self-re
specting young man could. Evidentl.
poor Kate Colvin could not spare 5.
from a scanty hoard that might not b.
replenished ct Onoe. He was . gen
erous, tender fellow, and, somehow
that bald, almost childlike confession
Of girls lonely struggle for the bene
Ats which he won so easily and regard
ed 70 lightly, gave Q sharp sting to bi
gentle spirit and clouded his fadian
face.
Then he made natural but Q mol
egxegious mistake. He wanted to writ
q kidd. sympathetic and helpful letter
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05
GOSSIP FROH IBRUID.
Tales of Diplomatic and Court In.
tFigue.'

tTiaue.'
Tho Earl Of hiutO. Govprnur-Ciencral
OF Canada and sucteasOF to Lord Cuf-
1on KS NlcerUy OF India. first came Ia
Canada rs Military Secretary to Lord
LanSdOwne in lSSL Iie was then Lord
Melgund. Three years later he served
on the stan OF General Middleton IN
the Northwest rebellion and distin-
auishUl himself by his bravery. lie
was sent back 10 England for slapplna
the face OF the colonel of a Montreal
'eglment with whom he had i disagree
ment.
The reason given for the Cars re-
fusal TO permit the Grand Duke Cyril
to marry the divorced Grand Duchess
Of llesse. the Princess Victoria OF Sake
Coburg, Is that Cyril and his brother.
the Grand Duke Boris. had prominent
roles in the scandal which recently was
disclosed at kharkolf. both grand
dukes were members of the so-called
club Of Sybarites at kharkoif, where
indcscribable orgies took place. The
club, as | am informed, has only TWEEN
ty members, all the sons Of the first
families OF Russia. No males except
The Butler weekly times., 1905-10-05
Not q McaningIess Phrase.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

II Is not meaningless that earth is
called our "mother earth" II was
somehow from the earth that mankind
sprung at the dawn of life. It Is into
her arms he must 60 back when life is
ended. 1t is from her intimate. loving
touch that he must win the best in life
as long as life Is his.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-12
WON'T DRAW THE LINE
WILL VOTE INDEPEND-
 ENTLY ON TREATY.
No Caucuses Will Be Held by Mem- bers of Upper House on Receive ership of Government for
 San Domingo.

Washington. March 11.--Many Sena- tors are indulging in speculation as to the length of the session required to take action on the Santo Domingo treaty and whether party lines will be drawn taut when the convention comes to a vote.
 Thus far 1t has not developed that either partyAwill caucus, and in fact so much indifference as to the fate of the treaty has been manifested except in small circles of both parties that it is not believed there will be any attempt to line up the forces.
 Few Senators were at the Capitol to- day but nearly all of those who were in their committee rooms expressed the opinion that if there should not be a line up and they are agreed that one IS not likely, the treaty will be brought to a vote by the end of next week and that the special session may be ad- journed sine die next Saturday.
 The amendment made by Senator Hale, Saturday terminating the pro- |ceedings under the treaty at the ex- piration of ten years, unless extended by another treaty, If adopted will sat- isfy at least three Republican mem- bers who have been disposed to vote against the ratification of the treaty It is believed that this amendment will bring at least five Democratic votes for the treaty One Democrat said to- day that with the amendments adopted in the committee and that suggested by Senator Hale the treaty is in as good condition as could be demanded by his party and the question now to be considered is whether the party will vote for a treaty in any form which proposes that the United States shall take over the management of the f1nan- cial affairs of another government