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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
A Poetic Family.
'QEgsssF''

One day Mr.. Tait's premises were in
vaded by family consisting of father,
mother, son and two daughters, bear
ing a ponderous manuscript volume Of
poems, "all written by ourselves" as
the mother said in a joyous key. The
title was "a Poem For Every Day In
the Year and Two For Sundays" by
Mr.. and Mrs. Mullingar and their son
and daughters. Mr.. TAFT was non
plused, and the mother seemed inclined
to sit down and await his decision.
However, a visitor OPPORTUNITY arriv-
ing, they said they would call again.
They did SO, but the publisher was
mot at home" and they were turned
over to Mr.. Bertram, who assured Mrs.
Mullingar, with his best air of wisdom,
that poetry never paid.
"And yet" said the lady in a re-
proachful tone, "Sir Walter Scott made
thousands Of pounds by his poems"
Eyes, and so did Byron and Moore"
chimed in one of the daughters, with a
severe look, "and other poets too. Look
at Rogersv'
In vain was Mrs. Mullingar assured
that these were exceptional circum-
stances. She was confident their book
would sell. Mr.. Rertram at last got
out Of the scrape by suggesting that,
as Mr.. TAFT was unwilling to publish
books Of poetry, they should try Black
wood. He does not say whether Black
wood was duly grateful or whether he
published the book, but as it has never
been heard Of it is very probable he did
not.-Chambers' Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28

len, seated on tie ground befove her,
found his interest in Life returning.
Moreover, Th0mp on had ceased to
trouble him. He began to feel that
some time in the future matters would
adjust themselves properly. AS to the
present, he was content to sit at her
feet and listen to her full, rich voice.
One afternoon when the reading was
ended for the Cay and the sun made
long shadows of the tn IS Allen rose
and stood looking at ler thorghtfully.
"You see," he said, Il don't know
whether you are real Or only phan-
tom like Thompson. and SO l may
speak freely. If you are real, l love
you. If you are unreal-well, then |
want to stay here like this for the rest
Of my days"
The girl flushed scarlet She dropped
the book and fed across the grounds.
Allen stood watching her fight with a
puzzled frown.
Suppose she is just another phan-
tom like Thompson-suppos she ~"
he muttered, and the bare thought Of
such possibility made him sick at
heart.
.
1t came like a flash. Allen was wa k
ing toward the beeches one sunny art
ernoon when something seemed to snap
inside his skull. He stopped in his
tracks and stood for a moment dazed
and trembling. Then great joy we'll
ed up in him. The numbing fog had
fallen from his mind. Everything was
perfectly clear now 1t was all over;
he was well man again. He could
take up his life where he had dropped
it,
He made his way to the beeches and
sat down, but as he did SO sudden
fear frightened his throat. How about
this girl, who had come to mean so
much to him? Was she a reality, or
had she been only an image of his tired
brain? Suppose the latter were the
case.
He heard voices and lifted his eyes.
Across the lawn the superintendent
was approaching, and with him was
the girl. Allen leaped to his feet and
ran forward. sss-.,~'.-.'-
'.Thank God" he cried beside himself
with joy
The superintendent looked at him
narrowly for moment and then seized
his hand.
"Ah," he said, II thought it would
come. You may well thank God, Mr.
Allen. 1t was a narrow escape from
permanent trouble"
He turned to the girl beside him.
ooh, by the way, Mr.. Allen, this Is
my daughter
Allen laughed happily as he saw the
girls face crimson
ut was because Of her l thanked
God" said he quietly ,s<.slsssA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Roman Lamps.

Roman lamps were of many sizes
but most Of them very closely resem
bled what is at present denominated q
sauce or gravy boat. At one end there
was a ring, through which the finger
was passed when the light was carried
The body Of the vessel was filed with
oil. and at the other end there was q
small tube, through which rag wick
was passed. When this was lighted the
smoke and odor of the rancid fat EN-
ployed were extremely offensive. Many
Roman poets mention the abominable
effiuvium sent out by the lamps at the
feaStS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
what Gave the Earth It's Motto, >

You have often asked or had the
question asked of you, what gave the
earth it's daily motion, and how is the
force of that motion kept up?' but have
never been really satisfied with the an
swer given or the reasons therefor
which you were able to advance in ex-
PLANTATION. The astronomers are not
even agreed upon this question. Some
of them claim that the original initial
centrifugal force" was directed in a
line slightly TO one side Of the center
Of the globe, which would, of course
cause the earth to rotate upon it's axis.
and by the law Of inertia of matter
must continue to revolve at a uniform
rate of speed. This claw Of the inertia
Of matter" is to the effect that matter
once set in motion must continue to
move until arrested by some outside
force. Others claim that the motion is
compound resultant Of the motion Of
the earth in it's orbit and the attraction
Of the SUM-"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
WHY He secs Doubse.

The reason that a man sees double
who has gazed too long on the wine
when it is red is that the nerve centers
are changed by the action Of the alco-
hol. There is want Of harmony in the
action of the muscles which move the
eyeballs. Consequently instead Of both
eyes being focused simultaneously on
an object one eye receives an impress
sion independently Of the other. The
two impressions are communicated to
the brain, and the object is therefore
seen twice. The infamed condition and
loss Of energy in the brain centers from
overdoses of alcohol also account for
the staggering gait of an intoxicated
man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Mans Helpmeef.

She was not made out of his head to
top him, not out of his feet to be tram
pied upon by him, but out Of his side
to be equal with him, under his arm to
be protected and near his heart to be
loved Matthew Henry.
French historians must feel some,
what uneasy over a recent case in the
Paris courts. NJ. de Bertier de Sau-
cigny has brought suit against Arm
md Dayot for alleged defamation Of
his grandfather, Bertier de Sauvigny
in his illustrated history Of France, in
which the said grandfather is pictured
hanging from a lanmpost with the rope
around his neck, while the text says
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28

rest He StrOve vainly to grasp the
meaning of it all. He wouldn't mind
staying here if they only would con-
trive to keep Thompson decently in
his grave. If they did-if they only
did How tired he was!
Allen nodded somnoIently His chin
sank to his chest and he slept.
When he opened his eyes he was
aware some one was standing near
him. Heo half suspected it was
Thompson on another of his obnoxious
visits, but a second glance assured
him it was not. 1t was a woman--a
young and pretty woman-and she was
smiling pleasantly. Allen jumped to
his feet and lifted his hat.
Good afternoon" he said gravely.
Good afternoon" she returned.
you've been enjoying a nap, haven't
your
Il may have been DOING" he adj
mitted. He looked at her for a mo-
ment in troubled abstraction. "You
haven't any codicils you want put in
yonr will?' he asked anxiously.
Dear, no." she laughed.
Allen looked relieved.
you see," he explained, Everything
OF late is very unreal. presume you,
too, are unreal, but if you haven't any
wills to be fixed l shall be very glad
of your company"
She laughed again, and her laugh
was good to hear. It's infection set AL.
len smiling
won't you sit DOWN." he asked, mo-
tioning her to the seat
She caught up the magazine from the
ground. Cant read to your" she
asked.
"If you would be so good" said he.
II tried to read myself, but somehow
couldn't seem to grasp the thread of
things. l hope Thompson won't come
polling around" he added.
Thompson has been forbidden the
grounds" she said reassuringly. and.
opening the magazine, she began to
read in a sweet, low voice that soothed
Allen wonderfully. She read until sun
set, and Allen, to his infinite joy, found
he could grasp the meaning of all she
read.
After that they met at the beaches
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28

The hardy Boer voortrekkers had a
fine sense Of poetry in naming places
in South Africa. In the Transvaal
there is a place which rejoices in the
name Of Waachteenbeitjebe
fontein. "It is a name" says Cape
Town exchange, (which speaks Of lei
sure. whose gentle invitation to the
thirsty traveller to rest a little by the
brook beneath the cool shade Of the
tree calls up at once the thought Of a
green oasis in dry and barren land"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
THE REALM OF
UNHEALTHY
BY HARRY PRESTON
Copyright, 1905, by r. 3. Shelton

Allen strobe across the grounds in
the mellow warmth of that early sum
mer afternoon and sought his favorite
retreat-a rustic seat in the shadow Of
the beeches near the northern wall. Ee
opened a magazine he had borrowed
from the superintendent Office and
strove to interest himself in the pages,
but the articles seemed to be composed
of meaningless jumbles Of words, and
the illustrations seemed distorted and
unreal. He dropped the magazine with
a sigh and closed his eyes. He was
very, very tired.
He was afraid, too, that Thompson
would come along and worry him
about the codicils of that will. Thomr-
son had been dead these five years,
and, moreover, those codicils had been
fixed to his satisfaction long before his
demise, but Thompson seemed totally
Indifferent to the trouble he as caus-
ing. Instead Of staying peacefully i'll
his grave he came polzing along at any
old hour of the day or night asking
most absurd questions and making all
sorts of annoying suggestions.
Allen had spoken to the superintend-
ent about Thompson that very after
noon. He had said pointedly that If he
were to stay here they must keep
Thompson out. The superintendent
had been very kind. He had assured
Allen the matter would be attended to.
He babe him worry over it no more.
And then the superintendent had look
ed at him pityingly. Allen was keen
enough to recognize the pity in that
glance.
1t was strange that they should pity
him; everything was strange. Nothing
had been real since that day i'll the
courthouse when he was conducting
the states case against the election re-
peaters-when the walls had caved in
so suddenly and he had felt the
strange, tingling sensations in his toes
and finger tips and some one had put
his arms about him just as the black
ness had come on.
They told him-the doctors and the
nurses-that this place, where he had
awakened, was private sanitarium:
that be was overYQrked and must
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
The Money Lenders.

There are many examples Of Lord
Palmerston's ready wit in Sir M. E.
Grant Du1's book, "Notes From a
Diary" In a debate about the Jews
an orator rather bored the house by
enumerating many of the things which
the English owed to Hebrew initiative.
Lord Palmerston in reply gave the dis
cussion a sprightlier turn. IL quite
agree with the honorable gentleman -
he remarked. 'Many of us owe a
great deal to the Jews"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28

The Icelanders have a strange but
effective plan for preventing horses
straying away from any particular
spot. If two gentlemen happen to be
riding without attendants and wish to
leave their horses for any reason they
tie the head Of one horse to the tail of
the former. In this state it is utterly
impossible for the horses to move on,
either backward or forward If dis
posed to move at all it will be only in a
circle, and even then there must be
mutual agreement to turn their heads
the same way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
An Awful Finish

Hen-What makes you look so glum j?
Rooster-I've just been chased out Of
the wood shed with feather buster.
1t got so close to me that l recognized
the tails of three Of my family.-De-
troit Free Press.
Who do you think would be a good
man for that Officer" asked the rural
politician.
Well" answered Farmer Corntos-
sci, I'D look around and find some
body who lives in a house with q
leaky roof and a mortgage on it. Then
there won't be so much chance of his
coming back with the claim that he ac.
a~s@->--~I nff AZ nc, n r.,,oa;cI /.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
In and Out.

Although Foote undoubtedly enjoyed
his reputation as the greatest wit of
his day, he was quick to recognize and
appreciate wit in others.
On one occasion when passing by
the kings bench his attention was at
tracted by a BARRIERS shop, the owner
OF which, not being able to pay for
new glass in several panes which had
been broken before lds occupancy, had
substituted paper ones for them Over
the shop door was written this inscrip-
ton:
Here lives Jeremy Wright
Shaves as well as any man in England,
almost,
Not quite.
Fo0te, after laughing we'll over the
sign, became convinced that the owner
must be an eccentric but not a stupid
person. He determined to satisfy his
curiosity Immediately, so, putting his
head through one of the paper panes,
he inquired:
us Jeremy Wright at home pray?'
No, sir,' came the reply, as the bar
Der instantly thrust his head out
through another of the paper panes;
mo, sir. He has just popped OUT
"Goodr exclaimed the delighted
Foote, and he left the barber richer By
a guinea without his having exercised
his vocation of shaving upon the noted
wit, who hurried off, laughing. to tell
the story
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Priests and Boards.

The beardless priest is only a matter
Of custom, there being no edict upon
the subject. All of the popes from
Adrian VI. to Innocent XII. and all
the cardinals and other church clerics
during the same period were bearded
dignitaries. Ignatius Loyola, st. Fran
els Xavier, Francis Gle Sales, Vincent
de Paul and the Cardinals Bellarmine
and Ricbelieu all wore full boards.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
Mime. de Maintenon.

Once when Nine. de Maintenon, who
had risen from the gutter to grandeur
was looking pensively in the golden
pool at Versailles her companion, not
ing the fish in the cry stall water, OBJ
served, "How languid the carp are
eyes," replied the famous beauty, witt
a sigh, ''they are like me; they miss
their mud"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-28
slight Misunderstanding.

Let me see," said the minister who
was filling out the marriage certificate
and had forgotten the date, this IL
the seventh, is it not?"
mo, sir" snapped the bride, with
some show of Indignation This is
r..I.. ~. +I,ira Sc anr ono ehnllId oct
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-13

A sweet little wrapper for new ba.
by is of pink peau de scie, made with
out collar, 1t has nightingale sleeves.
the Sits tied with white ribbon and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-13

Men may be judged by the CON- pany
they keep, but it's an easy matter To
size up woman by her hat. Char-
acter will speak from. plume and 1r!-
ye1itv will smile from an aigrette.
dusty velvet crown stands for untld!-
ness and disorder. while flaring brims
and young garden of cambria roses
will often shelter head that isn't
heavily loaded with gray matter. 80
it is with the dozen and one de'aH5
Ci woman's head covering.
Women are not credited with be-
ing deep thinkers, but if one stops
tc consider how persistently Wo
man will mediate concerning the'
shape of her new bonnet she must al
least be considered a long thinker. L.
is often the case that she will select
husband offhand, giving the most
important affair of her life the consfd-
Grafton of half an hour and then fleeing
to the nearest matrimonial hitchins
post, while if asked to choose hat,
she will dwell on the subject week
ol so look through the shops as many
days longer and finally try on the en-
tire millinery display of the last shop,
picking out at the eleventh hour some
thing that is grandly hideous and hope
leSslv unbecomin9
With such matters as these ever
of prime misunderstanding a hat,
shopping a day for stickpin, picking
the trimming for a frock-how is IT.
POSSIBLE to expect mere woman to ac-
complish great deeds in the affairs OF
TIE world? The cause of all this?
You may guess it is womans vanity,
Sometimes it is so, but more often it is
mans praise. For does not woman
Gress for the sake of hearing some
man say that she looks charming? She
nay be in raptures about her new
chapeau. but one critical word from.
the husband of her heart and she loves
the hat no longer.
Next night the cook wears it to a
wake and is the envied of all the
mOurnerS.
just now is the interesting time
when the millinery shops are bulging
with pattern hats and women. Let
us walk into shop on Michigan ave-
nue. and see the sight. Some of the
hat hunters are there with faces hec-
tic and frenzied. It is a matter of
life and death. They stand before the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-13
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ON IN.
MIGRATION AND QUARANTINE.
HoW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars re.
ward for any case CT catarrh that
can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
cure.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned have known
F. ]. Cheney Tor the last fifteen years.
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fnan.
cially able tc carry out any obliga
tions made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale druggists. Toledo, O
Halls Catarrh cure Is taken In
ternally. acting directly upon thu
blood and mucous surfaces Of the ,sys-
tenn. Testimonials sent free. Price
rs cents per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
Take Halls family pills for consti
patton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-13
NOTICED IN THE SHOPS

In travelling about the shops these
days one will find that light colors
will be worn in pretty nearly every
thing Even shoes COME in for their
share of attention. One of the most
stylish productions in this line is the
tailor made" shoe. The whole top
is of imported English box cloth of
a light shade of gray, pearl or tan,
with about eight large black buttons.
These are very conspicuous. but quite
in good form: this season. There is
no lining to the shoe, except the nee
essary light lining for the sole and
the narrow seams are finished in true
tailor fashion. The shoe has a plain
toe and presents good appearance. 1t
is warm. durable and convenient. The
elose-fitting. neat top is a great i'm
provenient upon overgaiters.
Light colors, particularly light gray,
will be much worn in tailor-made cos
tunes. Other attractive shades are
tan, lavender, green (pretty, soft
olives), blue, etc. But the several
erays are perhaps the most popular.
Among the lace accessories are sets
OF collars and cuffs of daintiest en-
broidery. The collars are made will,
q snail round yoke for the collar aud
deep cuffs; the material is orga ad'e,
with edging and insertion of Irisl lace.
OF the same materials arc cheniie-
stses and half sleeves to attacl. to the
wc!l-Enown waist pattern.
.\!hCst without exception the even
ing c!oaks are in light, de!'cata colors
chan. pagne, light blue AMI paste!
shades-but most popularly white. Al
So there is always touch of bright
color somewhere. Agreat deal Of lace
aid buttons and ruffios are used fur
bellows galore.
A beautiful evening cloak Empire,
of course) is made of white broadclotn
with the eyelet embroidery. The
shoulders are shirred and the lining
is brocade
One very handsome French coat was
made with lace, circular ruffles of the
the material over ruffles of chiffon.
buttons and handsome embroidery.
through which glistened from under.
meath delicate green satin. The
inner lining was of brocade.
A sweet little wrapper for new ba.
by is of pink peau de scie, made with
out collar. 1t has nightingale sleeves.
the Sits tied with white ribbon and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-13
Lots For Sale.

Lots for sale" Lots-of what?
Lots of trouble, like as not;
Lots of fuss with equities
Titlas. deeds and lawyers fees:
Lots of talk with architects
Every man the job expects:
Lots of tiffs with carpenters.
Masons. plumbers, plasterers:
Lots of unexpected bills.
''Little extras pills:
Lots of city taxes due,
Gas and water. sewer. too:
Lots of advertising. then
Try and try and try again;
Lots of folks with half mind
And dozen faults to find:
Lots Of worry, pains untold,
Till the pesky thing is sold;
Lots of fine experience,
But Of prof1t-not five cents.
"Lots for sale'-and who will buy?
Lots Of people: no more I!
Puck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-13

Others are taking the ordeal calmly.
as they would struggle through a case
ci tonsilitis or as they would accept
the cooks notice to leave before din
Ter is served. Such ones are the be-
skirted philosophers who are able to
meet any emergency with fortitud2
and nerve power of great n.agniti-
oence.
Saleswomen, loaded to the chin with
various products OF the milliners
worllroom circle about awaiting that
exquisite moment when customer
will at last decide and the order be
taken, or waiting. perhaps. for that
less happy moment when the custom
er will resignedly pin on her old
weatherbeaten birds nest and wander
out, discouraged and alone, into other
lnarts, where plumed beauties bloom
for those who have money to pay fo1
the plucliing Of them.
Another picture: The little woman
with less money to spend and with no
particular ideas concerning the entic-
ing dictates of fashion is in depart
ment store gathering together hat
frame e and the little trimming that she
will adjust to her own liking.
A shop girl. perhaps of her own
class, assists her kindly to get the
best for her money and to make the
most satisfactory combination of trim
mings and fixings. The little girl goes
home with her treasures In a paper
bag and that night sits up until the
tiny hours doing the best she can with
the materials at her disposal. Some.
times she is happier and prettier In
her little home-manufactured 'bunnit
tnan is the grand lady in velvet who
sports Paris model that cost her
more dollars than the little shop gir1
will earn in two months time of work
and worry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-13

white ribbons at the neck. All the
edges are. scalloped and embroidered
with the buttonhole stitch.
Renaissance lace is very much used
for both cloaks and gowns. And truly
there could be nothing simpler and
h&ndsomer than this.
The gowns this season are so beau
tiful that one does not tire of seeing
them, one lovely creation after an
other. The princess style reigns al
most supreme, but even SO, there can
lot be too much of it. 1t is built on
lines distinctly artistic, and bears
grace and dignity that is unsurpassed
But women with aught but faultless
igure-beWare!
The three chief stones of the season
are turquoise, amethyst and the light
er sapphires. This is true of the lmi-
tation gems as we'll.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-13
WOMAN AND HER BONNET

mirrors and turn about as if on piv
3ts. lOOkin" at the hat that ornaments
each respective topknot. sizing ii up
f. Oh. north. south, west and even be
tween points 1t is Judged from front
and rear. studied fore and aft. A jib
CT pumes is moved about to change
the lines, while the bow of the hat
is tipped down or up, or the stern adj
iusted to the back comb or twisted
about one ear