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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

when they's a crowd. But I'll see how
the weather is, an how much work !
find to do. 1 amt done nothing yet to-
day but wait on folks about flowers an
grumble to myself Now don't set any
all can spare"
But after the children had gone she
turned and looked on the purple lilac and
SNOWFALL bushes; they seemed as full as
ever.
II be a stingy SOUL" she said. "What
if the Lord should put just as few as he
could on q bush? But, no, he loads 'em,
an I'm so selfish to divide 'em up
around" And as the day went on, her
thoughts were not on the work OF her
hands as usual. She thought of mother,
Of her ways and words and lizings; of the
younger sister who had bloomed as a
rose and faded quickly; of the dear old
father who, with most of his household
gone beyond, had been willing and even
glad to follow. Only two more appli-
cants came for flowers, but they were
amazed at the lavish way in which Miss
Vail filled their hands and arms, and felt
conscience stricken lest they had here
tofore misjudged her.
Memorial Day had never dawned more
fair. One could not help but feel sore
pity for the dead, who shave no more a
portion forever in anything under the
sun" The grass, the trees, the skies, the
mountaiNs-what are these to sealed
eyes? And yet, BLESSED are the dead,
they rest from their labor
Miss Vail, with a heaped basket of
blossoms on her arm, went early to the
cemetery. There were but few soldiers
graves in it, but each one was marked
with a flag to guide the veterans in their
bestowal of honors. On her way to her
own family plot she passed a new head
stone, then turned back and read the
inscription: "To the memory of Lottie
aged seventeen"
Suddenly tears dimmed the woman's
eyes, and she said softly: poor Lottie.
Such a child-only seventeen; perhaps
she was blamed overmuch. Lord, forgive
us ALP She knelt by the mound-such
short one, and measured its length
with purple spikes of lilac, tufts of
snow-howers, and her choicest bloom-a
large, white, pink-fringed peony.
On two Or three other graves she
dropped a flower for memory, and then
upon her own placed the rest. Somehow
the departed ones and very near to her.
The fragrant things laid above their quiet
hearts seemed to soothe and comfort her
own restless one, and make it more ten
der and loving. And when the drum
beats came rolling up the hill she stood
up and blessed the veterans, who through
long years remembered their own.
why, Hetty Vail! I'm glad to see
We! An do b'lieve you've been deco
ratin'."
"Yes, Auntis Dean, have. An 1t was
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

A Foolish Way Some Women Have.
We would all like our menfoIk to be
polite and polished. We hope, indeed.
that they are-at least, at heart. There
are some members of the sterner sex.
however, who never show up particu-
larly well in society, and some of these.
unfortunately, have wives who are all
too slow in approaching the fact.
They badger the poor husband to
perform services which are obviously
quite out of his sphere and which are
i'll and grudgingly done. That he ought
to be able to make himself generally
useful in the drawing room one must
admit. The man, too, who is some
thing of a ladies" man is certainly
more generally liked than he who is
less happy in small attentions, or, in
deed, at all uncouth.
At the same time the wife of a man
who is the least bit inclined to be a
rough diamond is utterly foolish if she
is constantly beWailing and seeking to
alter the fact. 1t were better if she
performed the small services for her
self and guests without comment. Bet
ter for all concerned.
The guest who is waited on by a
man who is more or less forced into it
is not happy. The temper of the wife
is worn and spoiled by the irritation
consequent on keeping him up to the
mark, while he himself is oft inclined
to stay away from the drawing room or
house altogether, when his presence
only means complaining and continual
prompting to do what he thinks unnec-
essary things.
No! train up man in the way he
should go, by all means, if he is likely
to prove amenable. Should he be of
sterner, less pliable, stuff, however, for
his and your own sake, recognize this,
and let him go his own, probably kind
ly though not gallant, way, rather than
be continually stirring him up.-Home
Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
Dressing the Hair.

No more does the well-groomed girl
dress her front hair in great floppy
rolls that tumble down on the fore
head to meet her eyebrows. No more
do the eyes sparkle out from under
her tangled tresses like a skye terriers
orbs. This was once the fashion. 1t
has "gone out" The best hairdressers
have firmly tabooed it. Girls are now
combing their hair in such manner as
to disclose to all observers the pleas
ant fact that Providence has really Civ
en- them nice, smooth, white foreheads.
In one of the coiffures now much
in vogue little curls are besprinkled
all over the top of the head as if they
grew there.
Another mode is the essence of sim
plicity. 1t is "early Victorian" You
part the hair in the middle, comb it out
each side and arrange it to stand out
over the ears. This demands a net for
the back hair.
A pretty innovation in the dress Golf
fure is the weaving of a ribbon of sill
yer, gold or tulle across the head.
among the puffs of hair, ending in a
knot or bow on one side, we'll toward
the back.
a Utility COrseTet Dress
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

so they should not be embarrassed by
her presence. After a little she caught
scraps Of talk which made her smile to
hear.
Jennie, hers like an angel, amt her 2"
"Sh-h-yes, Bobbie, but we must take
but one cake apiece, cause it amt po.
lite"
81 know, but I'm taking the teeniest
bites SOS to make it last; amt the milk
sweet an cold? Hers orful good to US,
Jennie!'
"'Deed so. But I'm gladder about the
flowers, cause pail be s'prised an
pleasedv'
''Now, youngsters, eat away; you'll
have to finish all them cakes. l baked
jar full only yesterday, an no use for
em to get real STALE for then Rover gets
em, an he's too fat an lazy now to
brea the"
Miss Hetty Vail passed on into the sit
ting room, leaving the door ajar.
'Oho-o! all them, Jennie, oh-o-ow
my! that's what she said. l wish't
we could have one for ma, or two, but
'twouldn't be polite to take any away.
Mebbe she'll have a good dinner to Mis-
Lakes; she does, sometimes, you know,
an she says it most chokes her when
she thinks how we can't have the least
est taste"
There amt no chillens lives here,
Jennie?'
mo; how nice it would be for 'em, so
clean and pretty, an lots of flowers an
an cakes, an big rooms, an-ohw
Miss Vail had entered suddenly.
No, there amt been no children living
in this house in many year. An Bob
bic, as you call him, minds me Of broth
er John; he was next my age, an only
ten when he died; but he had such hair
an eyes for all the world like this one.
All, well, sometimes / think them as gifts
out of this world airly is the best off.
But now I guess you better git along
home an put them flowers in water or
they'll look like a rag for tomorrow.
Come an see me sometimes, an I'll give
you some for yourselves. There is a
good many roses here an day-lilies."
"Ohl we'd love to come; an be you
goin' up to tn GENTRY tomorrow"
II don't know. l don't gen'ally go
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
Men Appreciate Tenderness.

The man who does not appreciate
tenderness from a woman has never vet
existed One may probably imagine he
does rot, Or he may dislike a super
abundance of attentions from the fair
sex however conceited he may be- but
he will appreciate one wonlan's tender
ness and care.
A man is not only called upon to
sacrifice many Of his bachelor enjoy
ments when ne becomes engaged, but
when he is married he has still other
trifes to forego. 1t is for the pleasure
and joy Of having a wife and home of
his own, that he is more than proud of
his partnership. Everything works so
smoothly that he is happy, very happy,
and still there comes to him a special
thrill Of sweetness when his wife puts
her arms around his neck and whispers
in his ear that she loves him-loves
him so very much. No girl could await
the alteration Of her lover with greater
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
Courtesy in the Home.


Marriage is life with the veneer
rubbed off. 1t is the one relationship
in the world in which men and women
feel that they can dispense with all
the amenities Of civilization, and in
which they have the courage Of their
rudeness.
Human beings have no idea how
many faults they possess, nor how they
look to others, until they hear the lit
any Of their shortcomings chanted with
relentless candor by their husbands or
wives.
Other people laugh at your good
story. Your wife feels called upon to
remind you that she has heard it forty
times before. Your people praise your
youthful vivacity. Your husband feels
free to tell you not to make a stupid
of yourself by acting like a schoolgirl
when you look like forty years old.
1t is on our husbands and wives we
flash out all the ill-temper and nerves
and irritability we have not dared vent
on customers and servants. 1t is our
husbands and wives who tell us the
things about ourselves that we don't
want to know.
Courtesy is the buffer which we in
terpose between ourselves and the I'M
pleasant facts of life. Nowhere else
is it so completely dispensed with,
which accounts for the number and
violence of thes family jars we hear
on every side.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
The Girl VINO Makes Friends.

The girl who makes friends wher-
ever she goes is delightful. She comes
into a room like a sea-breeze, fresh,
laughing, -nodding right and left with
happy impartiality. She is ready for
anything, and never throws cold water
on your plans. She generally sees the
funny side Of things, and she has such
a whole hearted way of describing
them that you feel as if you had seen
them yourself. She does not retail
gossip, though, and she does not know
how to be spiteful, or sarcastic, or bit
ter, and she never exaggerates to pro-
duce an impression. She knows how
to be clever and funny without being
unkind, or untruthful, or coarse. She
likes everybody, not considering it is
her duty to suspect anyone of evil
until they had been proved good. she
prefers to consider the world good and
honest until it proves itself otherwise.
She always gets along, for she has
friends everywhere. Her heart is big
enough to contain everybody, and she
never forgets her friends, or is forgot
ten by them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

only last year I told you you was foolisk
to trudge way out here on such an er.
rand. I've thought about it and other
things said"
Law, yes, / remember; but I didn'R
lay it up agin We, Hetty. It's sech COM
fort to me to keep a posy or two on my
graves, that low to keep it's long as I
can walk. An how we'll l remember
yer mother, Hetty. She was a rare,
good woman! Hew she loved the flowers.
dear heart! I'm right glad that you'vs
laid some laylocks so nigh to her, Hetty,
at last: it's very fttin', pears to me-"
Later, in wandering among the plots,
Miss Vail CHANGED upon her guests of the
day before.
"Oh, oh, Missus! so you did come. How
nice; and won't you step over an see
how fine pas fixed? Ma says It's just
like a garden bed!"
Miss Vail went and looked down upon
it, and scarcely heard the mothers
thanks for her kindness, in recalling the
reluctant bestowal of 1t.
Mother! o mother! some one has been
good to Lottier' cried the sister on her
return from the cemetery. "Her grave
was covered with flowers. Some one has
forgiven her, and loves her yet besides
us, mother. And we've felt so hard
and bitter to people; but some one loves
poor little Lottie.'
The living went home. The sun drift
ed beyond the hills and the stars came
out to watch:
"And then, perchance, Gods angels
walked
The low green graves among,
And all the dead more sweetly slept
The while they talked and sung"
-Cantral Christian Advocate
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
housekeeping Discoveries.

Use a wooden toOthpick to test
cakes, instead of a broom straw.
Rub glycerine over the window pane
to prevent it's becoming frosted.
Lay the fir balsam pillow on the
radiator for a few minutes, if you
want the whole room deliciously scent.
ed.
Potatoes may be deliciously baked on
an asbestos mat on top of the range.
Cover them with a tin pan and give
them about one hour.
Stewed prunes, pitted, spiced to taste
with vinegar, cinnamon and cloves,
sweetened and cooked to the right con-
sistency, make a delicious spiced sauce
to serve with chicken, turkey or veal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

joy than a man loves the tenderness
showered upon him by loving wife.
But just as some men grow lax in
their attentions to their young wives, so
do, too, many young wives forget to
keep ever burning the furnace of their
love upon the domestic hearth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

Il wonder, did it kill a man,
long, long time agof"
From dust of death and dew Of tears
Upsprings the finest flower;
So blooms the daughter of the post
To crown Memorial hour.
She brings the tribute Of the land
To deck its deathless brave
What wonder If they thrill to feel
Her step beside each grave?
Columbia, Empress of the West,
Alike on land and sea,
YoIr starry vestments wake acclaim
The banner of the free
0, Sovereign-Mother smile on us,
The while we kneel and pray
For those who died to live again
On each Memorial Day.
Martha McCulloch Williams, In Omaha
Bee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
THE DAY OF THE DEAD.

AZ throbbing drum and shrilling ffo
Call through this morn Of May,
The veteran thrills to youth again
The sad years drop away;
Again he's supple, strong and straight,
Part of a dauntless line
That sweeps the field and browns In cheers
The bullets fearsome whine.
To-day he is the households pride
Far greater than a king;
The grandchildren look up to him
With awe and wondering.
They fetch his hat, and touch his sword.
And, shuddering, whisper low:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
HANGING A GUERILLA.

He Accepted His Fate Without q
Word or "a Tear.
A shot had been fired at us as we rode
along the highway in column of fours,
and a trooper reeled and pitched from
his saddle, shot through the heart. The
shot was fired by guerrilla hidden in a
corn field, and we got the order to throw
down the fence and ride through the field.
He was captured at the far end of it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
Bright Eyes.

There is nothing that will keep the
eyes as bright and clear as one tea
spoonful of boracic acid dissolved in
one cupful of boiling water. Allow
this to cool and battle the eyes night
and morning, using a small bit of ab.
sorbent cotton dipped in the solution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
About Bathing.

Do not stay in the bath tub too long.
Ten minutes ought to be long enough
for a BATH A cold bath should not
take more than two or three minutes
for all one need do is to jump into
the water and out again and rub dry,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

Torchon lace is seen on a number Of
French summer gowns.
Embroidered white Isle stockings
will be worn with the white buckskin
pumps.
When embroidery is the principal
feature of ornamentation valencienneS
is often the only lace associated with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

it, or perhaps cluny is the one lace
chosen.
Some of the most gorgeous parasoIs
now have shell and amber handles,
matching the amber hatpins.
White Brussels net is always at
tractive at this time of year, and is
especially pretty for young girl.
Some of the most attractive evening
gowns of the moment are made of
crepe de chine with ribbon-wOrk en-
broidery.
The fichu bodice is the correct thing
for informal wear and many delight
full CONNECTIONS are fashioned in the
sheer fabrics of the season.
Organdie, Swiss, batiste and, in fact,
any of the dainty summer froczs make
charmingly pretty evening frocks,
trimmed not too fussily with insertions
Of valenciennes lace.
Artificial flowers now trim many of
the latest models for summer evening
gowns, skirt as well as bodice being
trimmed in this way with sprays of
lilies apple blossoms and maidenhair
fern.
For commencement gowns, only the
softest, droopiest of ribbon is used and
that is usually very wide. Louisine
and messaline and their kin are the
favorites, the same kind used for that
great hairbOW.
Plain Girls Who Become Pretty.
Ask anyone to explain why a certain
girl is regarded as pretty and see if
you get q direct answer. Probably you
will hear that ''she certainly is pretty,
but really don't know why, for she
has not good feature in her face, and
now come to think about it, I have
seen prettier compilations"
She may have a good figure, but that
does not alone make q girl worth look
ing at twice, and certainly does not
gain her reputation for prettiness.
The pretty GIRL you will find is i'm
'maculately fresh and neat looking. Her
hair looks well brushed, and is well and
becomingly arranged; her dress is we'll
chosen in color, and however simple in
style, it is thoroughly trim at the neck,
and there is never a suspicion of rags
or untidiness about her skirt braid or
her petticoat.
The ''little things" of that girls toilet
are not slurred over, and her hands and
feet are as dainty as care can make
them, fer her innate refinement makes
her abhor the dictum of the sloven that
''all that matters is the general effect
and little details are not worth bother
ing about"
Attention to these little details make
all the difference between the we'll and
badly dressed girl.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

Navy serge trimmed with white serge
gives US in this design a combination of
smartness and utility. Tiny gilt but
tons brighten the effect The chip hat
is trimmed on top only by a bow, with
roses and ribbon on the cachepeigne.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30

"You to be a Uncle whe
I up.'-Chicago
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-30
one DECORATION Day.
O~~~~~0~

81 LEASE, m, won't you give us
IL some pineys an laylocks. You've
- got so many YOU haVep,
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
MADISON & BURKE-FoR SALE.
ESfahlishafl Innnnrr 1870


Established January 1855
Real Estate Agents
Corner Fillmore and Sacramento sts
500. o.ooo-Davis ST.. in center ofSconmission n1er.
chants and only half block from belt
road; large lot; under lease $3.50 per
$50, ,0o0-Ca'iforpia-s corner: close to Fillmore
J frontages lot s1xl20: improvements
renting for $500 per month: small outlay
building could be raised and stores would
pay large. returns.
s4ooos n,s fine p, ests on Scott ST. near csfor
annum: must be sold: see this at once.
$40. Stevenson St. near Third: nne location
tor salcsroom or factory
marine view: in best residence district
on Green St: 10 rooms: large lot; this
includes $500 worth OF furniture.
$15, 000-Business corner on Pine St. near Fill
more; store and 2 fats of Z rooms and
bath each; rent $3.50 month.
S4.0OO--fremont ave-: cottage OF rooms and
bath: lot 25xs0 IT.; here Is your chance
to save paying rent.
gross st; fine artesian we'll on premises
marine view
So 2.000--Sutter St. near Fillmore: large lot "a
houses renting for s ssas syes Year I buy tsIs tMs
and raise the houses and put stores under
them and get $3.50 month rent for 1t:
barzain don't miss II.
$7.500-2 fnc fats Sacramento St. in hne
location; rent low. not having been ad-
vanced: sos month: worth Ss5.
SIS ,Oo0-Jackson St, In swell location: cottage,
rooms and BATH lot 34x137 IT.. lot
alone worth the money.
sl3.00o-G 4-room and bath hats on Central
ave-: rent S120 month.
S1,O00--Fine home of rooms and bath on
Cole ST.. In good location: lot 2J-feot
front. Buy this and stop paying rent
SG,ooo-Two fine rats; 10th ave-, near Lake
ST.; rent $50 month: 25x100.
81, ,T50--Cottage, rooms and bath: on Goth St
lot 40 IT. fronts buy this and save pay.
ing high rent.
s0,000--Two fine fats on Page St. near Polk
with and rooms and bath; lot 25N
ll2;G; rents low at Ss40
SIS, S,500-Devisadero ST.. near Sutter, business
property: lot 25xeO feet: store and tene-
ment: see this at once and get bargain
81. 000--Cottage OF rooms and bath; Cd ave.
car line: lot 25x120; mortgage
Sl2a0: rent S21 month.
81. G00--Cottage and lot 18th ST.. through tc
street; rooms and bath; finest
marine view.
81 2oO--Salmon ST.. near Broadway; lot 20x6t
to street: bargain.
MADISON & BURKE.
Cor. Fillmore and Sacramento SITS
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
HEALY & GILLESPIE.
HEALY & GILLESPIE.
HEALY < GILLESPIE.

HEALY & GILLESPIE
HElALY & GILLESPIE.
HEALY < GILLESPIE,
Real Estate and Rental Agents
244 Church St. Mar.Set.
S0.aoU-Iwo hlts and cottage; rent SO month
in the Mission; good location.
Corner-$9000; lot 50xI5, with store and room
ing-house of IL rooms; also cottage. ON
Railroad ave-: iesse will expire January
next; good business property, rented by
one tenant; this is snap: mortgage in
bank. $4,000.
cottages-$2000 cach in good condition: and
. rooms in each; South San Francisco;
mortgage OF $1,000 can remain in bank
$4,oc0-House of lG rooms and bath; 30 feet
front Railroad ave. by depth of 90
feet; you could not build the house for
that money; must be sold by order of
Corne7-sG5, 600: Mission ST. lot 65xll7: rent
$3.50 month. and rents be raised a
good deal higher; this is a good property
give Ii your attention.
S2,009-Cottage in Ocean View; lot 50x1J0; part
cash balance in rent.
$5,IJ9--Two fats and cottage: lot TOXIC; rent
So month in Mission warm belt.
Sl6.0UO-Three fats Haight St. rent SI21 30
month: these are good fats.
House 1000; house on Dolores ST.. near 24th
one of the handsomest houses I'm tho Mis-
sion. on the Van Ness of the Mission
must be seen to appreciate it; big lot
house has II modern rooms
House-s5000: in Oakland Sherman st.; S
rooms and bath: modern
Cofta ge-$4O00: and bath: In Oakland
on Sherman ST.. modern.
Six Flats-sl5.50o: rent $175 month: lot 4ox
100: location. 18th and Dolores SITS.
Cottage-S5000; rooms: in good condition; To-
cation. Lyon and Sacramento SITS.
Three nats-$S500: 4. ) and rooms and ba n:
and modern rent SS5: lot 2JxI0O;
Sacramento and Walnut SITS.
$50 .o00-c6rncr on Market st. lot i0ox11o:
ground lease per month S3T5.
CcinerST3. 900: stores and fiat; rent $500 month
lot S5xI0O, being the NV corner of De
visadero St. buildings in good condition
and rents be raised SIo0 without a
murmur.
Corner $4,000: store and hat good improve
ments; in the warm belt of the Mission;
good business property.
COrBer--SiS 600; southwest corner Point Lobos
ave. and Boyce St: lot 75xl25, with good
cd buildings; mortgage of $4,000 can re.
main property.
CottaEe-S425o; and bath; lot 3Jx1 -,
mortgage $500 can rennip
HEAlEY & GILLESPIE
HEALEY & GILLESPIE.
HEALEY & GILLESPIE.
"a Church ST.. Market.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02

$50. ooo--RENTS Ss25 per month: secured On a
I've wear lease: 3-sicry hrick building
lot S2:GzioO. elegant opportunity for IN
come and Investment; VIII never be
worth less than tAis figure: income oi
nearly SJe.e00 during the lime OF present
lease: BIGGEST THING ON THE MAR
kET TODAY. Investigate at once,