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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

count of the Greece The goldfish near
by showed their Films. and the Poles
Of the globe in the corner were dis.
tinctly visible.
At length the mother returned, In
her Russian Blue Paris gown trimmed
in Valenciennes, her breath fragrant
with Russian tea, telling the baby he
had been regular Spartan for waiting
SO patiently while she had been Roman
elsewhere, and declaring she would
never let another Dago by without get
ting him a Canary; that she had prom
ised it to him, honest Injun, and didn't
want him to think she was a Welsher.
Then she gave him a Brazil nut and
piece of tamale favored with Chilli
sauce, declared she was colder than
Greenland, called the colored attendant
Hottentot and tipped him with a
Canadian dime, murmuring something
derogatory to Dutch treats and started
home.
On the way she stopped and ordered
some Brussels sprouts and the material
for a Spanish stew, sampled some
cream Of Tartar and hustled in.
: And yet she expects that child to
grow up loyal Baltimore
American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
He Proved Tt.

II want to know" asked the man in
the elevated train, "why it is that am
not allowed to stand out there on the
platform. The guard has just driven
me in. He said there was room in
side, and | told him l knew it. He
then proceeded to tell me I had no
right to stand outside, and I got mad.
By George! l had a right to get mad.
| wanted to know why I had a right
to stand outside last night when the
cars were damned full and when men
were hanging by their teeth to straps.
Did you ever hear a guard Oil an ele.
waited train object to anyone standing
outside when the cars are full? No,
you didn't. But you just try it when
the cars are not crowded. It's all a
question of who wants to boss; that's
what it is. I'm going out there and
stand on the platform, if l freeze to
death. I'll see who can run me-"
And he did go out. But he came
back in few minutes and said:
81 proved what | wanted to prove
I'm running myself It's too cold Out
there to ride all the way DOWNTOWN
Chicago Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

I shall go to the station without re-
sistance. In any case 1 shall not pat!
ronize the place again, nor shall 1 rec.
ommend my friends to do So
"The proprietor had been attracted
to the spot by the sound Of my voice,
which | made perfectly audible. He
asked me what / had to complain of.
1 replied that never complained. Also
I advised him to fire the waiter and to
see that those remaining performed
their duties properly. Then / left. He
didn't call the police, and has not in
stituted suit against me-"
The dissatisfied man looked rather
puzzled. You don't call that COM
planning then?' he asked.
Certainly not 1 dispassionately
stated my case and found my own
remedy. At home my remedy is diff
ferent. If unfit food is served to me
1 throw it out Of the window or under
the table without a word Of reproach.
That answers the purpose just as we'll
as grumbling. 1 noticed on a street
car recently that the conductor was in
solent to woman passenger. I did
not report him. / took him by the
collar and shook him. A report is usu-
ally disregarded, I understand. When
a cabman oyercharges me l never kick
just have him arrested and have
done with it. Or if it is a lonely spot
l am willing to fight him for the fare
l allow no man or woman to impose
on me if I can help it. If they do
take my medicine. If everybody did
the same there would be more reforms
in a day than could be brought about
by complaints in ten years."
WELL" said the dissatisfied looking
man, sit strikes me that you are a
pretty strenuous kicker yourself"
ITS odd you don't see the differ
ence," said the comforta ble-looking
man.-Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND.
Medicine, Says Conan Doyle, Is Ex-
ce1Ient Ira III ng.


At recent dinner Sir Conan Doyle
began his speech by recalling that
While he was in America his health
had once been proposed by man who
said that, while report made their
guest a DOCTOR it was a sinister fact
that no living patient of his had ever
been seen. Apparently realizing that
even in England there was some doubt
as to his medical abilities, Sir Conan
said that at least his medical expert
ence had been extremely varied, and
that few doctors had seen as many
sides Of the profession as himself. He
had, he explained, served as surgeon
on a whaling ship had been in South
Africa as an army doctor and in Eng
land itself had practiced both in the
country and in the London slums.
He had even arrived at the dignity
of an Office in a London street much
favored by doctors, where he had
waited for patronage as an ophthal-
mic surgeon. That the waiting was
for the most part vain, and therefore
a dreary business, seems to have
turned him definitely to writing, for
it was soon after this last professional
experiment began that he produced
the first Of those admirable short
stories, the enthusiastic welcome Of
which by the public determined his
career.
Sir Conan declared, however, that
his training as doctor had been very
far from a waste Of time, and he ex-
pressed the opinion that such training
was the very best a man could have
for almost any work in life.
There was time," he said, when
young man who was going to do
anything in the world was passed me-
chanically through the bar. / believe
the time will come when the similar
young man will be passed through
medicine, because I know no other
means by which he could get to the
fundamental and absolute facts of life.
The mere fact that in his training a
man has to undergo SO searching an
ordeal in the most critical years Of his
life and pays such enormous attention
to detail is in itself evidence that he
receives a splendid training. l have
always said that for a man who has
mastered 'Grays Anatomy life has
no future terros. If our young army
officers had five years. study in the
same sense that the young medical
man has five years study VIC should
become the terror Of Europe" New
York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
FALLING WITH A PARACHUTE.

No.~-o-O~-~-o-~0O~
Many persons who have watched a
balloon ascent and the subsequent drop
Of the aeronaut by the aid Of para
chute must have wondered what the
sensation is like. In Outing man
who has had the experience many
times tells how it feels to drop through
the air from balloon. The account
is all the more interesting because it
deals with his first attempt.
The band struck up, he says, and the
crowd applauded as came up. The
parachute was stretched out from the
straining balloon. As the man with
me snapped the hooks on the ring, he
showed me Were the rope hung, and
told me how to pull it when cutting
loose. He was the excited one. |
was in a semi-stupor.
LET her go"'
With a cleaving of the air and a
rush Of sound like the coming Of a
cyclone, the balloon shot up. l grasp
ed the bar and scared. l tried to
swing up on the bar, but the rush of
the ascent Strengthened me out like a
rod of iron. l thought my arms would
be pulled out A deathly sickness
came over me. Then the motion be-
came more easy, and l swung up on
the bar. / was accustomed to gazing
down from heights, and / felt no fear
as l stared at the fading crowd. |
could see them waving their hats and
could hear the band playing. l was
conscious Of a pleasant, dreamy SEN
sation and Of a steady. easy rising.
Then the crowd appeared smaller
and seemed to be walking away from
me. l had commenced to drift. Now
was the time to cut loose. l wished
/ might stay where l was. Taking
chances with that limp bag of para
chute did not look safe. But it had
to be done.
caught hold Of the rope, braced my
self, and gave a short, hard pull.
Vhish! My breath left me! For
the first time fear, deadly fear, en-
tered my heart. The jerk nearly I'M
seated me, but in a moment l was sail
ing pleasantly through space.
Then I began to calculate as to the
manner in which to strike the ground.
Like many other problems, it settled
itself. | struck in a corn-feld, was
dragged and badly scratched, lost con-
seriousness, and came to myself in the
arms of my manager, who was greatly
relieved to see me return to life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
THE HOTEL CLERKS MEMORY.
Ability in Remem bering the Names of
Patrons Takes Years OF Training.

Ability in Remern bering the Names of
Patrons Takes Years OF Training.
Probably no other class of men can
remember names of people so we'll as
hotel clerks, and to a person who has
never given the question a thought or
watched them speak to people stop
ping at their houses, when hundreds
pass in and out every day, close
study of the case would not be with
out interest. The memory of the best
clerks in the business is nothing short
Of marvellous, and it takes years Of
training to acquire the art.
For instance, a man will come in
and register. The clerk never has
seen him before, but he always
watches him write his name and
makes picture of him, together with
that name, in his mind. Maybe forty
or fifty more strangers will come to
the desk and put their names on the
book, ask for keys and letters, and
continually come and go before that
other man comes around again. But
when he does return and, maybe, says:
"Give me my mail, please, if l have
any," the clerk does not have to ask
him his name, as any other man
would do, but simply runs over the
letters, OF hands him the bunch which
has the names beginning with the first
letter Of the guests name
1T is all the result Of practice, as
in any other line Of business" said
w. B. Riley, in the Midland Hotel, last
night. ''It is necessary that hotel
clerks learn to remember names well.
Maybe a man who has been in the ho-
tel only short time will come up to
the desk and the clerk will speak to
him as if he knew him. Then if the
man calls for his key, and you could
not remember his name or what the
number Of his room you would be in
sad predicament. Many times a
clerk will turn to the key case, not
remembering the mans name but a
look at the case will recall the num-
Der to his memory and he will be
all right. Then again a man will come
to the desk and ask for his mail. By
glancing at the register and seeing his
initials, though before you looked you
had forgotten them, his name will flash
into your mind, and he will never
know you didn't remember instantly.
When man stays at the house q few
days his name will seldom be forgot
ten if he comes again. kansas City
Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
improved Postal Cars.

Steel postal cars are already being
built by a responsible company in
Pittsburg, and their general adoption
by railroads would be welcomed by
the clerks i'll the railway mail service,
whose wooden cars occupy places in
passenger trains, rendering them pc.
culiarly subject to being ground UP
in collisions. 1t is the purpose of the
company to extend its all-steel con.
struction to baggage and then to pas.
senger cars. The first cost to the
railroads would not be far in excess
Of that Of wooden cars, it is said,
while they would last much longer
and cost less for maintenance
Springfield Republican.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

In an article in the Independent on
the 'Value Rank of the American Peo-
ple," Edward A. Ross looks with some
concern on the flood of immigration
which now taps lower human levels
than the earlier tide" He thinks that
the immigrants from Croatia and Dal-
malta, Sicily and Armenia, even
though they catch step with us, will,
nevertheless, impede our progress. He
speaks of them as the "beaten mem
bers Of beaten Breeds" This is much
the same kind of talk that was heard
when the Irish immigrant came to this
country in such swarnss as to alarm
the thoughtful student Of race des-
tiny. 1t might have been heard when
train loads of Scand'navians were
pouring into the West. Now the COM
plant is that they have ceased to come,
and they are spoken Of as the human
piers that support our civilization"
The Jew might have been considered
q beaten member of beaten Breed"
but the typical American" now finds
sional life and art in that same beaten
breed. AS to the Armenians, place q
native American, even a simon pure
Yankee, in the same conditions which
the Armenian finds himself in when
he arrives here and the chances are
about one to three that he will be out
stripped in business by the beaten
member from the, lower human level"
The country need feel no great alarm
from the present immigration from
southern Europe: The wonderful trans
formation Which the beaten breeds I'M
dergo when they have half a chance to
show their mettle, and the dissipation
of all the former fears. over similar
conditions which Mr.. Ross now OBJ
serves, should make the Anglo-SaXon
American speak with extreme caution
Of the present immigrants. Especially
when schools are more plentiful than
ever and Americanizing influences
more potent than in former times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
Women Cross Chasm on Log

A hazardous feat was performed by
Mrs. John Ahl,. wife of a pioneer, who
lives at the mouth Of the Homi- Homi
River, and a young woman from Bos-
ton, says, the Tacoma News.
The two were sightseeing up the
Homi-Homi and had arrived at the
great waterfall at the foot of the up
per canyon. Seeing that a tree had
fallen across the canyon above the
waterfall, making a rude bridge, and
desiring to cross. to the other side, the
two climbed around the falls to the
top of the canyon and walked across
the log.
The Boston girl took the lead and
the log swayed dangerously as they
crossed. The distance from the log
to where the foaming waters beneath
pitched over the precipice is between
800 and $50 feet. Both the women
passed safely over, and did not real
ize until later that they were the first
persons, so far as known, who had
made the perilous trip, where a slip
would mean instant death.
Since Mrs Ali and her companion
made the trip the ranchers have been
bantering one another to follow suit,
but no one has yet made the attempt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

we need line upon line, and precept
upon precept as to What constitutes
real success in life. Especially do we
need this in our day when nearly
everything is measured by dollars.
And we may. start out by saying that
society's standard is wrong-that the
narrowest, meanest, least satisfactory
life is the life devoted entirely to sue
cessful moheyg getting. The man whose
life is given up to the small aims and
small strivings of accommodating dollars
is to be pitied. He does not succeed
in life. He is the slave OF low ideals.
He makes himself hated through his
self-centered life Such a man is mad
because his neighbor has more than
he. He works not because he needs
money, but to display that which mon
ey buys. That is not life. 1t is Misery
spelled with a big Nj. Yet the man
who devotes himself entirely to such
q life is called successful 1t is q lie
on the face of it. Successful life, is
something full and wide and deep, not
something narrow and shallow. 1t is
something within rather than outside.
TO really live one must know the story
Of humanitys strivings in the past;
must be in sympathetic touch with his
times; must be in harmony with self
and God. One must have the wider
view. The successful man is the man
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

who lives most, whose interests In life
are most vital, whose sympathies are
broadcast, whose charity is widest,
who sees most, feels most, loves most
enjoys most. Success along any other
line is only successful failure. Any
thing less than this abundant, full life
costs more than it comes to. Almost
anyone can make living. Not every
enc can make life. 1t is easy to pile
up dollars. 1t is not so easy to keep
the dollars from becoming barrier to
the glorious vision Of real living.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

The CRATER is indeed a traitor-and
Of the meanest kind. He takes advan-
tage Of a place, given him by the grace
Of the people, to rob the people. His
philosophy that he is in public posi-
ton to levy toll on public funds is the
philosophy ia traitor. = His pract
of dividing UP OF taking money on the
side is the practice Of traitor. And
this grating strikes at the vitals Of
American principles. 1t makes a gov
eminent Of the grafters, by the graft
ers, and for the grafters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
Changes OF the Times,

1T used to please me- said Olden,
Ito have the barber ask me if I want.
ed g shave when was a youngster."
"Yes?"
Eyes, and now he sometimes fatteri
me by asking if | want haircut
philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
Brilliant Outlook

1.-The future looks bright, does it?r
asked the minister.
"Just tolerable." replied the SIGH
man.
Little while ago he said it wa,
blazin'," said the prospective widow
Atlanta Constitution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

59lDowager Empress -Tsi Ann is hay
ing her Chinese soldiers separated
from their pigtails and put into Eu-
ropean dress. In China the soldier will
not only have to fight for his country
but give up his hope of heaven for it.
The price looks pretty big
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
Not Fit for Publication.

"Now, Tommy" said the teacher,
"what is this word I have written on
the board-s-l-o-Ww
Dunno"
"Oh, yes, you do-7think. What does
your papa call you when you go on an
errand and don't get back for a long
timer"
you'd lick me if I told yer, ma'amv'
Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

For some time trolley cars have been
running out from Cairo to the pyra-
mids and we have become hardened
to hearing the station agent at Joppa
shout: "All aboard for Jerusalem -
SO perhaps we should receive with
stoicism the news that the City Coun-
Gil of Venice has bought several cleo
trio launches for use on the Grand
canal Did not the pope the other day
remark that if he were little younger
ne would buy a bicycle, and is not a
London company threatening to set up
stamp mills at King Solomons mines
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

A light heart is great help to work
ing hands. A New Orleans newspaper
prints talk with a man who says he
has known great many cotton-plant-
ers who would not hire negro cotton
picker unless they were satisfied that
the negro sang as he worked. The best
pickers are generally the best singers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
Approaching a Great Man

Diffident Customer-Beg pardon, sir,
but are you the proprietor of this
store?
Masterful Man-No sir, / am not the
proprietor, I'm the foorwalker!
Diffident Customer hope you'll
pardon me, | assure you, l meant no
offense.-Boston Transcript
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

The treatment accorded to the-native
millions of the Congo Free State by
King Leopold's agents is now a matter
OF spirited controversy. There is APP
parently as much need of a humane
society" among the nations as there
is Of looking after the defenseless
classes Of 4 great city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

Probably Mr.. Thomas W. Lawson
feels that he has had $25O,0OO worth
Of satisfaction out of the bunch of
capitalists he is showing up, let that
libel suit go as it may.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

A dispatch from Washington says
money is plentiful. The great trouble,
however, is that no matter how plenti-
full money may belt always neces-
sary to do something before one can
get any Of it. Eea nj sH
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

One of the most discouraging signs
Of the times is found III what the mag
azines can print about prominent peo-
pie without being sued for libel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
Baby OameIs Are Pets.

Baby camels are great pets in South
Africa and are Eursed and tended and
even carried about by their attendants.
The very young camel is an awkward
creature, with a long neck and uncer-
tain legs. During the first few months
they weigh no more than an ordinary
doc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

King Alfonso refuses to give more
than eight hours a day to royal bust
ness. ALI is not going to take any
chances Of losing his card in Council
No. 1, Kings Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

When the Gar thinks of the zemst-
vos he feels, perhaps, as Mr.. Cleveland
did when he had Congress on his
hands ~a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

Sir Edward Clarke evidently is one
of those peryerse persons who, can't
see why blood should be any thicker
than water when there's no money in
it. -t.a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
Japan,s Cheap Postal Service.

Japan has the cheapest postal SER
vice IN the world. For two sen, which
is about seven-tenths Of a cent, letters
are conveyed all over the country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

Farmers along the Mississippi are
feeding clans to their hogs. Thus has
the honest farmer at last taken to the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

Every one has his vanity card to
play. The preacher gets man int
the fold by telling him of the great
influence" he has upon others.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

1t is rarely that murder mystery
ever measures up to the beautiful the
cries advanced by the police and news
paper sleuths.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

The trouble with a man marrying
the only daughter in family is that
he also gets all the enlarged pictures
on her fathers walls.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
The Double Cocoon.

The latest breeding freak is a dou-
ble-cocoon race Of silk worms, which
has been bred in Japan.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

Give the doctor his due. 1t might
have been an undertaken who invent
ed the quick lunch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

Let woman talk and she cares not
who does the thinking.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

A Baltimore doctor wants to know
what we shall do with our old men. y
Try kindness on them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

She-It must be awfully nice to be
famous. How l wish had a name.
He-Permit me to offer you mine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04

Few things cost less than encourage
ment, and fewer still are worth more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-04
Human Hair.

The finest human hair is golden, and
red is the coarSeSt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-10-19
w1LLOwDALE.

Mrs. John Lockhart who has been
quite Ill is able 10 be up.
Allie Lewis OF the Dickinson county
high school spent Sunday a. home
Mrs. Geo. Rssber and little girl
spent Saturday with home folks.
Mrs.. Andrew Haldsmau Of GlsscO
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harmon
Keller.
Mrs. W. G. Le sis visited Saturday
10 Chapman.
On sccount'oi quarterly meeting at
Buckeye school house next Sunday
Rev. Burkholder will be unable to
preach here.
Mrs. Brspt and family Of Min
ueapOlls visited Saturday and Sunday
with Geo. BIundsr6eld's and accom-
panied them to the Dunkard love
feast st Buckeye.
Mrs. Harmon Keller is enjoying 8
visit from her mother, Mrs. Olson,
Of Bennington.