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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
Be A Booster.

Boosting" IS slang word that
fits admirably into American speech.
There is no other that quite conveys
the meaning.
The word Jolly" is another bit
of colloquialism useful in it's way.
But there is a wide difference be-
tween a jolly and a boost. To
jolly is to 1atter To boost is to
put forth a sincere effort. The
joll1er uses his lips only. The
booster acts from the heart. The
latter is sincere. He believes, there
fore he boosts. Re has a good rea-
son for boosting. That which he
boosts deserves to be boosted.
Take man who boosts his town.
It is the center of the universe
to him. His property is there. His
home, His family. His future.
Even his grave. He boosts his town
and because he believes it is worth
boosting. He is an admirable fell
low, the booster.
Sometimes he may appear to be a
''knocker. The knocker is the OPP
posite of the booster. He knocks
because he is a booster. He wants
better government. He knocks in
order that he may boost. When
things are put up right he begins
to boost again.
One Of the beauties about BOOST
ing your community, for instance,
is the reaction of it. When Eyou
boost your town you boost yourself,
and boosting makes the booster
happy.
A newspaper writer says boost
ing is tie soul Of work. That. is q
fine defini -iol. Work, effort Of any
sort, without enthusiasm, is but q
treadmill, a dreary round Of COM
monplaces. There is no soul in it.
Work without soul in it IS drudgerY.
Be a booster. Put soul into eff
fort.
And thus every boost in behalf OF
your town, or your church or your
cause-whatever 1t may be will be-
come a constant series Of happy ac-
complishments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Held Interesting Meeting at City
Hall Monday Evening.

Lancaster Commercial club held
another enthusiastic meeting at the
city hall Monday evening, a good
attendance being present.
Pres. r. B. Showalter presided.
Secy. NARROW read the minutes of
last meeting which were approved.
}. Z. Webb as chairman Of the
rest room committee reported that
the room was furnished and In use.
Secy. NARROW reported that at the
meeting OF the Southern Dental as
ISOLATION which he attended in Mil
waukee last week, he was successful
in getting the annual session of the
organization next year for Lancas-
ter. The society was organized in
Lancaster twelve years ago with a
membership of thirteen and it is
very proper that it hold it's 18th an
nual meeting in this city. The as
ISOLATION now has a membership of
nearly 200. The session next year
will be held here IN May.
DR.. Marlow's action in landing
the convention IN Lancaster was
ratified by unanimous vote and he
was also given a vote of thanks for
his activity.
The matter Of additional train
service again came up for discus
sion. W. A. Johnson not being
present 20 report as chairman Of the
committee, no further action was
taken.
Meeting was very enthusiastic
and harmonious.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
Go F1shin'.

Whed spring comes Nature woos
you back to her bosom. You feel
the delicious languor of boyhocd
steal upon you. You want to be in
the sun. Or you want to dig in the
earth little. Suddenly you straight
en- up and say to your fellows: I'm
goin' fishin'. /" under an impulse
of that kind it is always proper to
c 1T off the final "g~n)
There is no doubt you have cor
rectly diagnosed your ailment,
which is spring fever''-plus. And
the recipe is a specific. You feel
just as Simon Peter did when under
like impulse he said, IT go a-fish-
ing"
You get out the tackle and
straighten it. You don an old suit.
You dig in your back yard for
worms. Then you start out for
your favorate fishing place. Via a
log or big rock you dangle your
enticements. But the fish are not
in biting mood. By degrees your
pole droops into the water and you
have forgotten what you came for.
The fact is (save for the jibes of
your intimates) you do not care
particularly whether any fish are
caught or not. Is it not so?
You simply wanted to get away
from the cares of business and the
strain of civilization long enough
to hear again the call Of the wild
and renew the natural man. 1t was
Nature saying: Relax. The bow
that is always bent will lose its
spring"
Your string Of fish may be minus,
but you have obeyed the primal in
stinct. You have been a boy fol
awhile, rocked in Natures cradle,
crooned over by Natures lullaby.
The only cure for ''that tired feel
ing" is to go fshin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06

W. F. Joeckel goes to Lake
Mills today on business.
M. Mcdonald is in Chicago pur-
chasing an extensive stock of goods
for the week Of the carnival and
4th Of July.
Rev. w. J. @. Bond of BOscObel
delivered the baccalaureate address
to graduates of the Mineral Point
high school Sunday. Pres Salisbury,
of the Whitewater Normal delivers
the commencement address Friday.
why, Pat, for heavens sake
what is the matter?" Well, sor, I
swallied a pertater bug, and al
though, sor, / took some Iarrus-
green widin five minutes after, ter
kill tn haste, shtill he's just raisin'
the divil inside O me, sor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
Their Number Rapidly Diminishing,

Sometimes in passing along the
street, we meet a man who in the
lett lapel OF his coat wears 8 little
plain, modest, unassuming bronze
button. The coat is often old and
rusty; the face scanned and fuIrow-
ed by the toll and suffering of adj
verse years; perhaps above it hangs
an empty sleeve, and below IL
stumps wooden peg. But when
we meet the man who wears that
button. we don our hat and stand
uncovered in his presence veal to
us the very dust his weary feet had
pressed is holy ground; for we know
that man, in the dark hour of the
nations peril, barred his breast to TO
the hell of battle to keep the flag of
our country in the Union sky.
Maybe at Donelsop, he r ached
the inner trench; at Shiloh, held
the broken line; at chattanooga,
climbed the flame swept hill, or
stormed the clouds on Lookout
Heights. He was not born nor bred
to soldier life. His country's sum-
mons called him from the plow, the
bench, the forge, the loom, the
mine, the store, the Office, the col
lege, the sanctuary. He did not
fight for greed of gold, to find adj
venture or to win renown. He loved
the peace Of quiet ways, and yet
he broke the clasp of clinging arms,
turning from the witching glance
Of tender eyes, left goodbye kisses
on tiny lips, to look death IN the
face on desperate fields. And wheL
the war was over, he quietly took
up the broken threads Of love and
life as best he could, a better citizen
for having been so good a soldier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
SCHOOL DAYS END.
This Week a Busy One. Eighteen
Students to Graduate.

This is busy week in school.
Next Friday marks the final close
OF school for some, while to others
1t is the end of a years work, and
the beginning of a delightful vaca-
ton.
70 those, who upon next Friday
sever their connection permanently
with the high school, this week will
be one of marked Importance in
their lives. 1t marks the end of the
happiest days of their LIES, it means
the breaking Of the common ties
that have held classmates together
and 1t maps out a future entirely
different from the past. Hereto
fore, through all their lives, the
members Of the class have solved
the problems of the daily lessons
together, they have shared with
each other in bearing the trouble
that accompanies school life; they
have associated with each other
both in and out of school and they
have lived together as a unit.
Hereafter, the problems of their
lives will not assume the regularity
OF those Of the past; there will be
no one to share their burdens with
them; they will have new associates,
new acquaintance will take the
place of old ones, and they will fol-
low their several vocations throue b
life as in 1ividuals. In the past,
they have had their work mapped
out for them by teachers and they
have solved difficulties by the aid
of their instructors, in the future,
circumstances will necessitate way
and their own efforts, self-confidence
and energy will solve the problems
Of life. Their past has been affect
ed largely by competent tutors,
their futures will depend largely
upon what they make it.
Their environments will assume
a new and different character, and
that part of their lives which is
now occupied by the school duties,
will have substitute. They are
about to begin upon a new life with
troubles and tolls heretofore not ex-
perienced and they can best meet
them by perseverance. But do not
attempt to deal with these problems
until you have reached them.
Enjoy life while you may and be
disposed to look upon the bright
and beautiful side. In the words
of a philosopher ''po not trouble
trouble until trouble troubles you, I"
and you will best succeed with
what you undertake. Enjoy the
remaining days of your school life
for they will not return again, and
when your valedictorian has said
farewell" to your school, your
favorite haunts, your schoolmates
and your teachers, remember that
it is final and you will no longer be
a student, but man or woman of
the world.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
Wisconsin Is Best.

Occasionally good man grows
dissati sfied with Wisconsin; the
milk is too yellow or the honey too
sweet and he doesn't like to have
them flow over his land. Anyway
he parts with his farm, sells his live
stock and other things too numerous
to mention and moves to Kansas.
There he takes his good Wisconsin
money and buys farm which is TO-
day, tomorrow is not, or he tries
Colorado and slushes around IN the
mud irrigating strip of bottom SO
narrow that a cow couldn't jump IN
a field because she jumps oyer 1t.
Then he hears of Texas and goes
down to hunt the bag Of gold on
the rainbow; in the daytime he
scratches sandburs out of his flesh
and at night the tarantulas nibble
at his feet and cent1pedes crawl over
his face. When his money is all
gone he feels like he did the first
night he stayed away from home.
He yearns for good old Wisconsin
and the Yearn sticks in his throat
and chokes him until tea1s come
into his eyes. He would give a
months work to see the cows stand
ing at the bars on his old Wisconsin
farm and hear the horn blow for
supper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
Fourth of July Celebration at Lancaster.

EDITOR HERALD: Thirty years
after our great centennial celebration
OF 1876, comes this YER Grant
county's new courthouse should be
open for inspection by all its own
ers. The centennial box sealed up
thirty years ago, not to be opened
for 100 years, should be brought out
by the county clerk and placed on
exhibition upon the speakers stand.
where all may read the inscriptions
upon it. Some of the children who
see it now will doubtless live to see
it opened in 1875. A centenarlan.
the venerable Robert Lumpk1n, of
Bloomington, whose life spanned all
the way across the first century of
our national existence, deposited in
that box the early history of each
town, village and city of Grant
county, gathered from early settlers
then living, since dead, and other
interesting and important matter
and data. Perhaps some youth
who sees that of July 4th this year
may be the one to open it, and
bring those deposits to light.
Our country has had wonderful
progress and development in the
last 80 years. Lancaster should duly
celebrate her both birthday. Let
us have another celebration that
will be remembered.
A. r.. BUSHNELL.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06

grieved upon beholding the awful
havoc which the revolving elements
have wrought on one of the fairest
structures in all that land of things
OF beauty. The interior scenes are
the most appalling and picture
plainly the deplorabIe fate of the
almost priceless Mosaics which were
the pride of all connected with the
university, and which have been
ruined practically beyond power of
repair.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
A Kind Brother.

When e'er at school some bigger boy
Would pound me till I'd smart,
My brother'd jump into the fray.
And kindly take my part.
When e'er at home our mother gave
To us each half a tart,
My brother would get me off alone
And kindly take my part.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
Darlington Man Drops Dead.

Thomas Crow of Darlington drop
ped dead at a recess in the initia-
ton ceremony Of the Knights of
Columbus convention at GAINESVILLE
Sunday. Six hundred delegates
from Illinois and Wisconsin cities
were present. Mr.. Crow was a
prominent grain merchant of Darl-
ington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
Pretty Romance.

A Boscobel man sent a shirt to the
laundry and by mistake woman's
nightie was returned to him. He
looked her up, mingled his bushes
with hers while he exchanged the
goods, and later married her.
How's that for a romantic shirt tale
in society circles?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-06
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid'S Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk Tufiey.

James Elwell and Lettie Shine,
both of Waterloo.
Gilbert Dooley, Blue River and
Katherine Musley, Boscobel.
Martin Richards and Mary Wed
erhOlt both Of Jamestown.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-11
CHARACTERISTICALLY
AMERICAN.

An industrial Journal correspo. ID
ent tells OF seeing three sS-a-~c..k
young fellows. all smoking cigars. all
uhg in row in shoe-hipsllips
place. each getting shine" and all
going thence 10 barber TO be sha-
we'd. Then it figures out that neither
OF the three things was a necessary
of life. Smoking might better walt
ON more ability to pay and each night
shine" his own shoes and shave
himself Yet their practice costs each
so cents week. at least. or $26 a
year which is more than per cent
Interest on $500. True enough. This
is fair illustration or the difference
between American wastefulness and
the thrift any one may see in nearly
every civilized country on the globe
save ours alone Chicago Chronicle.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-11
WANT BRYAN TO
GIVE HIS AID.
Democrats Are Asking Ncbraskan TO
Take stump During Campaign

Washington. July While VIII
liam Jennings Bryan Is still evnding
u formal recognition ms his party's
leader he Is having the responsible
tiles OF that position thrust upon
him. Chairman Griggs OF the Dom
ocratic congressional committee has
urgent appeals for promise that
The Nebraskan will take the stump
this rnli.
Mr.. Bryan has been told by Griggs
and other Democrats who form the
strategy board OF the congressional
campaign that, in their opinion. he
can win number of districts for
them II he viii take on coat and
plunge into the fight. They have even
suggested that his assistance might
mean the difference between u Demo-
cratic or Republican complexion Of
The next house So far Mr.. Bryan has
given no reply Those who arc thus
urging him regard his silence as at
least favorable If he declines to
give them decision until his return
TO this country, when he can look in
10 the situation for himself. they say
they viii be able 10 meet him at the
dock with such evidence OF districts
grown doubtful that he viii be un-
able 10 refuse his aid.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-11
THE NAvY'S
MARKSMANSHIP

The criterion of target practice
is the actual number OF hits per min
ute.r SAYS Secretary OF the Navy
Bonaparte Many ships now average
between IS and 30 per cent OF hits
with all their main battery guns.
whereas I'm former DAYS the percent
age was rarely more than 80. even
though firing slowly at target more
than seven times hs large as the
present one. Then the target was
100 feet long and 2S feet high: today
IL is 81 feet long and 10 feet high.
This Increase in hitting ability Is duo
TO the assiruous training in the tar
get practices which have been car
ried ont under the new system adopt
ed and also To Improvement In or
dinance. Going back to 1898. when
sights aud other parts of the equip
ment We're poorly developed, our
firing was both sluw aud inaccurate.
At that time e Was considered sat
isfactory II is-inch gun fred one
shot in i've minutes. hut with each
subsequent improvement IN ordinance
the rapiduty was somewhat lncreas-
ed, and by carrying out systematic
target practice the present striking
efficiency has been attained For
example the heavy turret guns that
were but few years ago allowed
fve minutes in which To fire shot,
have recently fired three shots and
made three hits IN one minute. "--
Harper's Weekly.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-11
ANOTHER WITNESS
AGAINST THAW

New York. July 1O.--The direct
testimony that Thaw contemplated
the numbering Of White and made
threats against the lifo Of the latter.
may Dee obtained today. when Mrs.
Bcafricc Schwartz is examined by
Assistant District Attorney Garyin.
IT, was a. her table that Thaw is said
TO have made the threat against
Whites life Mrs Schwartz was pres-
ent when the incident occurred. She
knows much OF The relations between
Tbaw and Miss Ncsblt while abroad
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-11
THE pITTSBURG
MILLIONAIRE

The r!'tsburg millionaire who has
rapidly acquired money. without nc.
quirins sense. has become dist,no.
tive tyne Tie Is familiar neare
under sensational headlines OF news
papers all over the world. ue e.
heard OF IN connection with rockies
gambling at Monte Carlo. with vile
dcsorlion and entanglement WITH ,ho-
ras ieroinos and artist models. aud
with murder prompted ~ the emo
tional insanity that comes OF the paco
that kills.
The Pittsburg millionaire Is rs
thoroughly established in his place
as hero of up-to-date scandal and v.re
as the "Florodora" girl is In hers as
heroine.
Thaw, Corey and Hartio are now
in the courts. the first IN answer for
murder committed in defense of his
actress-wife's honor" which he
himself had ruined in the midst Of all
decent people; the second to answer
to divorce suit based ON his al
legged mratuation eor an actress. and
the third TO end his marital troubles
AT his own request.
II is a long time since the courts
were free from the scandals OF the
Piltsburg millionaire. The elder
rhaw and his Indian Princess. -
James L. Clark and his violet
BRIDE Hart McKeeu and his remar-
riage within an hour after his dl-
yorce Lawrence e. phipps. who had
the deccncy to get divorce quietly
and John 4. Moorhead. who ran
away with his mothers French maid
all these have given to the name
OF the Pittshurg millionaire mean
ing that will cling for many years
TO come.
Ia this country OF boundless op-
poriunity men may. unfortunatcly.
acquire money without acquiring
worth of character The two acaui-
sitions do not necessarily go togeth-
en- Indeed. the one often dcadens
what little there may have been of
tho other.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-11
FIND NO QUIET FOR
HONEYMOON.
lOngwosrtl Paid Much Attention nv
Public Ia Paris.

Paris, July O. Mrs. Longworlh's
Expressed desire TO enjoy In Paris at
last real honeymoon has not so far
proved practicable. though the cm-
bassy seconded her secretary I'm maxi
ing an effort TO allay the storm of
enthusiasm and public intcrcst by an
Inspired communication. stating that
the Longworths' visit is entirely un-
official.
But the interest Of the public aud
the press continues undated and
The crowds beFeging pcrsistcntly
The embassy gates defeat all at
tcmpts at tranquility.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-11
VAUDEVILLE ON
EXPRESS TRAINS.
Erie Railroad Man Predicts Inaagu-
ration of Such THING in Near
Future.

That the passangors on the fast
express trains of 'he big trunk lines
OF the United States will he enter
tanned by vaudeville performances.
etc, while being whlrlcd across the
country is believed by j. d. Brown
assistant genernl passenger agent
OF the Erie railroad. to be an inno-
walton that will be undertaken nv
railroads In the near future. lie he
lioves that the radical departure Is
practical and that the road that In
anguatcs 1t viii nh long felt want
aud viii make decided hit with the
travelling public.
For several years, said Brown
Yesterday. "all the big lines of the
country have been constantly vylng
with each other I'm cauipping thelr
fast through trains with all modern
comforts and convcnlcnccs I'm their
efforts To make the iourneys of their
patrons AK pleasant aud luxurious M
possible. In this respect number
of the crack llyers have about reach.
cd perfection. hut in spite OF all
tho luxury and cl, gancc with which
some Of these trains are equippcd the
traveller Is Obliged 20 provide HIS
own entertainment and amusement
No matter how luxurious car may
be- most passengers usually lind
long journey monotonous and tod
ious before they reach their dostlna-
ton and would hail with delight any
form of amusement
Take, for Instance. the trip from
Chicago To the Pacific coast. That
journey takes about three DAYS. Very
few passengers can amuso themselves
all that time I'm reading. playing cards
or looking al the scenery and thoy
would gladly welcome any diversion
to break tho monotony. II would
be very easy to provide theatrical
performance or concert on train.
nave seen 1t done, aud IT proved n
big sucsoss.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-11
A BIG SALE
or Valuable Lot on Which 10 Erect
Wholesale House.

\ number OF our local capitalists
have combined 20 erect building
and establish Wholesale dry goods
and notions house In the city OF Blue
field. The lot. one Of the best IN
the city. has been purcased ana the
organization perfected and charter
procured. There Is no doubt about
the enterprise and It's establishment
for our best citizens are behind the
move. over ten thousand was paid
for the lot and the building 10 be
erected will be something out of the
ordinary It is said that some Ro-
anoke capital Will be invested fin the
enterprise. but the greater portiop
comes from our own citizens. OF
course we think fl Is bound 10 be "a
paying investment and Il Is some
thing very much needed I'm our CITY.
Let as All congratulate one another
upon the wonderful strides Blue
field Is making I'm the onward march
to a greater prosperity. Let II be n
race IN the erection Of the buildings
between our magnificent hotel struct-
ure and our big Wholesale building.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-11
A CRAZY WIT.

, While wedding breakfast was
being held In a restaurant az Fres-
-ues les Rungis. naval officer In un-
form entered the room. and was In
vited to preside over the feast. He
made himself very agreeable. sang
songs and delivered speeches. He
was proposing the brides health
when two policemen rushed In and
arrested him as an escaped unatic
from neighboring asylum. II is
htEther asserted that he thereupon
politely turned to the officers and
said: Il think you have made mis-
take, gentlemen, There" pointing
10 the bridegroom, "is the man YOU
want."-London Tribune.