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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

In Massachusetts plan has lately
been considered for the establishment
of a state commission which, if posi-.
BILE, should punish the wicked landlord
who excludes children from his prem
Uses. OF course there is no power that
can compel a man to lease his property
against his will; but, without taking
this proposed legislation too seriously
the mere suggestion Of it draws at
tention to the hardships of city chill
dren. Their troubles begin when they
are born. A trained nurse teaches
them not to cry, because crying disturbs
the occupants Of the other apartments.
When they are old enough to go out
doors, nurse or mother leads them
along brick walk or through the park
because it is so easy to get lost in a
big city, The city house has no yard
to play in; no garden to dig in. There
is no dog to romp with, no COWS or
chickens to feed, no mud suitable for
the kind Of pies mother used to make
The school age, or at any rate the early
L
recreation ground is in a basement or
a brick-paved yard. In the street the
boy is Ishmael, and the policeman, that
enemy of free-born America, is always
on hand There is no chance for snow-
balling or game of Scrub or ''three-
old-cat"; and two fingers held up just
before school let's out is, in the city,
a language as unknown as the cunei-
form inscriptions. The country is the
place to bring up children. One never
hears there of commissions like that
which, in Chicago, has just made a
long report on the growth of nervous
ness among the pupils Of the public
schools. There is more than joke in
the words which Holmes addressed to
the "boys" of his day:
Come back to the country, We children,
for shame!
Who have wandered for riches and
wandered for fame"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

The professional exposer, whose
name is legion nowadays, appeals to a
standing want in human nature. HE
that goeth about" says Hooker, ito
persuade a multitude that they are not
30 we'll governed as they ought to be
shall never lack attentive and favora-
bic hearers" There is one other point
peculiar to the exposer wherever you
find him. He is the maker of impossi-
BILE myths; he has an ambitious ina
gination. That is how he gets a wide
audience. His material-politics and
business, or bOth-is dry enough when
treated in a matter-of-fact way. 1t
must be treated in a matter-of-fction
way. Recourse must be had to the sI.b-
Ject matter of historical fiction-the
individual as the shaper of events in
stead of their product, the individual
as the weaver Of some gigantic web.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

hundred and twenty-five PAGES, Or, ap
proximately, three hundred and thirt
feet. Having gone that far, he turnet
a right angle, to the westward, and
followed by the timber-cruiser, set on
straight to the west, still pacing hi
way, and going parallel with the soutI
boundary Of the forty, and about tire,
hundred and thirty feet from it.
Turning then straight to the north
he paced two hundred and fifty pace.
that way, and then, turning eastward
paced three hundred and seventy-fye
This brought him back again to tn,
east line, up which he had started from
the witness tree.
1t Will be seen that, as the quarter
section was approximately five hun
dred PAGES on a side, he had come with
In three hundred and thirty feet OF
every tree in it-a fact any one whs
will draw map of it can verify. Be
hind him all the way walked the veter
an cruiser, relieved of the burden OF
finding his way, surveying intently the
trees by which he passed, and malkina
notes Of what the forty would cut.
Twenty thousand feet Of beech, forty
FIVE thousand Of maple, fifty thousand
OF hemlock, seventeen thousand OF
birch and one lone pine tree were In
the tract.
The next forty had a corner r11nnins
down into a swamp, and there ths
cruiser found quantity of cedar tie.
and posts and a handful of telegraph
poles, besides some fifty cords of spruce
and balsam pulp wood. The third wal
all hardwood and ran heavily to bircl
"a valuable forty.
Thus it went on through forty afte
forty. The cruiser went over a dozel
or more of them every day, and theii
contents, estimated with acute iudg
ment, went down in his notebook, to be
reported to the prospective buyer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
Pinned for a Looking Glass.

A ward patient in Roosevelt Hospital
grew gradually weaker without any APP
parent reason.
"She's fretting herself to death about
something" said the nurse. IF she
would confide in me 1 think she would
get better"
By and by the patient did open her
mind and heart.
IF could only see myself" she
walled, I'D feel different. know
must look like death, or you'd let me
have a looking glass"
1t was against the rules to supply
patients In that ward with mirrors,
but the nurse, recognizing the gravity
Of that particular case, smuggled IN a
small hand glass. The result was MI
raculous.
"Why, dear me-" said the sick WON
an, ST don't look half so bad as I sup
posed 1 did"
And from that hour she began to Inn
proye.-New York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
LAND-LOOKER's METHODS.
O~@~@%~~N~

~N~~N~S~~%O~~~@~~~N|N
Among the most picturesque figures
Of every part of the country in which
timber abounds are the timber cruisers,
or land-lOOkerS- whose profession
it is to inspect the standing timber
and report to their employers the guam
tity and quality of the marketable
wood upon a given tract of land. Their
methods vary in different regions. In
fact, each man has his own method /;
but the successful cruiser employs gen
orally some such system as that report
ed in the Outlook as the work Of a vet
eran of the Lake Superior country.
When the party had made their
camp, the veteran went out to locate
the quarter-section post from which he
was to make his start. The tract was
to be looked" by sections, and each
section by "forties." The post for
which he was looking was In the mid
die Of the south line of the first Sec
ton.
A short distance down the tote-road
from the camp stood a tree on which
was a white, fairly recent blaze, on
which someone had penciled, "14O PAGES
west by south to Quarter-section post"
Taking a compass from his pocket
the old man turned into the woods, and
with an eye to the needle rapidly paced
off the required distance west by south.
1t brought him to a fairly clear spot,
on the edge of which stood a very aged
beech tree, leaning toward the north,
and having the scar of an ancient blaze
on the sheltered side. The cedar post
which had once marked the corner was
gone, but this tree was one of the two
witness trees" one each side Of the
line, with which the original govern
ment surveyors had marked the place.
The next morning the veteran with
his line runner returned to the witness
tree to begin actual work. The "forty"
was, Of course, a quarter Of a quarter
section, and contained forty acres.
The line runner, taking his start
from the witness tree, set out, compass
IN hand, straight to the north, pacing
his distance rapidly but accurately one
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
His Lucid Answer.

One day as Pat halted at the top Of
the river bank, man famous for his
inquisitive mind stopped and asked:
''How long have you hauled water for
the village, my good MANI" "Tin years,
sor." "Ah! How many loads do you
take in a day." "From tin to fifteen,
sor." "Ah, yes! Now / have PROB
lem for you. How much water at this
Fate have you hauled in all, sir?" The
driver of the watering cart jerked his
thumb backward toward the river, and
replied: "All the water yez don't see
there now, sor."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
WHEN THE SAP RISES.
How Chinese Royalty Greets tn

How Chinese Royalty Greets the
Opening OF Spring.
The Chinese as a people live close
to nature, and have observed through
long centuries many graceful and sig
nifcant customs in connection with
seed time, harvest and the notable
events of the agricultural year.
Every year the emperor with his
own hands grasps the pillow handle and
drives the first furrUw he also gath
ers the first sheaves, both acts being
accompanied by solemn official and re-
ligious ceremonial. Every year the en-
press plants a mulberry tree, and some
Of the highest ladies of the court, ap-
pointed as guardians, of the cocoons,
make pilgrimages to the mulberry
groves and offer prayers for the health
and growth of the silkworms and the
success of the silk yield
Miss Carl, the American artist, who
was SO long a resident Of the imperial
court at Picking, was present at yet an
other ceremony in honor of the opening
Of the farmers year.
1.-THE awakening Of spring" she re-
cords, "the day when the sap is sup
posed to stir from its long sleep and
to feel the first throes of renewed life,
is cOmmemOrated in a pretty, homely
ceremony at the palace. The radish
and young shoots Of lettuce, the first
vegetables 70 feel the benefit of the
rising sap, are presented ON a silver
salver to the dowager empress by a
kneeling slave. She partakes of them.
and then gives them TO the young en-
press and ladies to taste of.
when her majesty raises the first
radish to her lips, the young empress,
princesses and ladies assembled in her
throne room repeat the wish for impe-
rial happiness, which is synonymous
for national prosperity This wish is
echoed by the high attendants in the
antechamber and re-echoed by the
slaves kneeling in the courts without,
and still echoed and re-echOed by ev-
cry inmate of the palace, until the
waves Of sound reach to the outer
walls. Then her majesty makes wish
that the sap may rise in such abun-
dance as to produce a fruitful season
that all the people Of the great en-
pire may enjoy peace and plenty.
'Thus are these first fruits Of the
awakening of spring partaken of with
a simple ceremony of praise and
thanksgiving. Thus are these homeIy
plants consecrated with wishes for the
good of the country and the happiness
Of it's rulers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

To the fact that all the fools are
not dead yet, especially the rich fools,
the newspapers of the day furnish
abundant evidence. 1t was one Of this
class living in Philadelphia who spent
$4,000 the other evening on the com
Ing OUT of his eldest daughter-a sum
of money expended in mere vain dis
play larger than the total income for
a year OF score of many Woodworking
and worthy men. More Of a fool by
several degrees was the wealthy wom-
an IN New Hampshire town who had
a pet dog buried the other day in a
costly casket trimmed with white satin
and adorned with cut flowers. Upon
such pabulUm as this does anarchism
feed and grow. The worst and most
dangerous elements of society today are
not to be found In the slumS nor In
the haunts Of vice, but in the mansions
Of men and women who make no better
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

John Burns, the representative Of
the labor party in the new English
cabinet, does not ignore the harmless
customs Of the official society in which
he now moves. He attended the recent
parliamentary dinner and prime min
listers reception clad in the regulation
uniform of his Office, a blue cloth suit
elaborately trimmed with gold braid, a
dress sword and plumed chapeau, and
they say that he adorned the gorgeous
clothes. Those American statesmen
who decline to wear evening clothes at
formal evening functions do not know
how well they would look in the cos
tune prescribed by social usage for
such occasions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

Whether shiftlessness Is a vice that
Is tncurable or a habit that can be
overcome it is, anyhow, a condition
that perpleXes and irritates relieving
officials. Shiftlessness is paying ones
last 30 cents for a circus ticket with
out learning where tomorrows break
fast is coming from. 1t is a refusal
to repair the leak in the roof when the
sun shines. 1t is killing the goose
that lays the golden eggs. 1t takes no
thought Of the morrow. 1t never lays
up anything for rainy day. 1t always
Ignores opportunities. 1t prefers to
rely on neighborhood bounty to bus
thing for itself. 1t won't work except
under the pressure Of necessity. 1t
never gets ahead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
Basis of Compliment.

"Why are people pleased with COM
pliments which they know are insin-
cere?"
mo compliment is wholly insincere,"
answered Miss Cayenne. eff it is not
prompted by admiration it at least indi-
Gates a respect for the influence you
can exert. "-Washingt Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
Not Understood Either W..

'Why don't you write your prescrip-
tons in plain English?"
"What's the use?" rejoined the physi-
clan. II write my bills in plain En-
glish and a lot of people don't seem to
make any sense of them Washington
Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
country.

1t mas now been discovered that our
coast defenses are very defective in a
most important particular. There are,
It Is said, by no means enough men to
man them. The existing companies of
coast artillery are away short of their
proper compliment of men and there
should be many more companies to gar
rlson the defenses already provided and
man sufficiently their guns.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

Two apostles Of the Mormon church
have been removed from their offices for
practicing polygamy. Yet nobody
seems to have noticed unusual disturb
ances In the vicinity Of Brigham
Young's grave.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

A Chicago husband sues for divorce
from his wife for the alleged reason
that she tried to kill him by putting
hair In his griddle cakes. Any expert
enced boarder will doubt the possibiI-
ity Of killing a man by that method.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

A Minnesota farmer who heard some
body say that men of his calling had
nothing to do in the winter replied
that winter was the busiest season of
all for while in the summer every farm
er attended to managing only his par
ticular share Of ground, in the winter
he had to spend all of his time tell
ing the President how to run the whole
country
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
A Long Time Rack.

Miss Chinn-I met Miss Gidday's
fiance to-day.
Miss Accommodated? Who is he?
Miss Chinn-Why, you told me you
knew her fiance very we'll
Miss Ascum-Oh! but that was near
ly a month ago. Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

America was discovered by a for
eigner," remarks immigration Commits
sioner Sargent. Oh, yes, but long after
It had been discovered by natives. The
American is still ahead
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
Uncle Eben.

when a man gets mo- money dan
he needs for victuals, house rent an
clothes" said Uncle Eben, hes either
got to be mighty sensible or mighty
to-. fully enjoy the bal
ance. "-Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
Too Much to Expect.

you must get up and investigate,
JOHN" she repeated, Il heard that
noise again and I'm convinced it's a
burglarp'
HUH" he grunted, sleepily, you
don't expect me to have the courage
of your convictions, do ?"-Phila-
delphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
Everything returned.

care you beginning to get any re-
turns, from your literary work."
eyes, indeed. I'm not getting any
thing else.'-Kansas City Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

In the British house Of commons re-
Gently Winston Churchill accused an
opponent Of archaeological 1nexacti-
tude. This seems to settle 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

Police Of st. Petersburg are to be
fitted with coats Of mail. In this coun-
try the innocent bystanders have great
er need of that protection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

Besides, John D., Jr., is deprived of
the pleasure of pointing with pride to
the time when he stood as a poor lad
at the bottom Of the ladder.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

Forecasting the weather at long
range was done with great success as
far back in history as the time Of Noah.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

What safe pcsi-lnortem dictum Ii
"heart failure!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

There are some women who can't
say that they saw a cow without re-
lating what dress they had on when
they saw 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

When boys are playing together,
about every five minutes this is heard
sYou haint my boss"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

When you have a picture taken,
does 1t make you mad for people to
say 1t looks too young for you?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

use of the opportunities which large
wealth has afforded them than to feed
their own follieS and vanities.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23

So many people say they can q,
things, and can't.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-10-29
NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due form
by the Democratic County Convention
for the Office of Deputy Sheriff for the
County Of Oahu, I earnestly request
the support of the electors Of the
County,
w. P. JARRETT.
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Claus sprs -. W q. Irwin.
ClaISSDT8Gk4lS&CO.
HONOLULU, II. l.
BANKERS

San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
National Bank OF san Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
BAN TRANCISCO-The Nevada Ma
tional Bank Of San Francisco.
LONDON-'r ion OF London q Smiths
Bank, 1t
NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
CHICAGo-Corn Exchange National
Bank.
PARIS-Credit Lyonnais.
BTRLIN-Dresdner Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA-The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Bank of New Zealand, and Bank Of
Australasia.
VICTORIA AND vANCOUvER-Bank
of BritiTh North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUsI- BSs.
Deposits Received, Loans Made on
Approved Security. Commercial and
Cvellers' Credits ISSUED. Bills Of Elk
Hhange Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due form
by the Democratic County Convention
for the office of Clerk for the County
of Oahu, I earnestly request the sup
port of the electors of the County.
MANLEY C. X. HOPKINS.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated FOR the of.
nee of Representative Fourth District
boy the DrnoeraiI. county Convention,
I request the support OF the electors
Of the District
EDWARD INGHANT
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due form
by the Republican County Convention
for the office of Supervisor for the
County of Oahu, I earnestly request
the support Of the electors Of the
County.
A. V. GEAR.
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NOMINATION NOTICE

Having been duly nominated by tho
Democratic Party for Che office OF Tor-
rI'0r.aI Senator, I request the support
Of the electors OF oahu in the come
Ing election
c. J. MCCARTHY.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due form
by the Democratic County Convention
for the office OF County Attorney for
the County OF oahu, I now ask for the
support Of the electors Of the County.
w. w THAYER.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due form
by the Democratic County Convention
for the Office Of Large
for the County Of oahu, I earnestly re-
quest the support Of the electors Of the
County.
f. r. HARVEY.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated In due form
by the Republican Party for the once
Of Representative from the Fourth
District, I earnestly ask the support %
the electors Of the district.
A. D. CASTRO.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated IN due form
by the Republican Party for the office
Of Representative from the Fourth
District, I earnestly ask the support
Of the electors Of the district.
JOHN a. HUGHES.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due form
by the Republican County Convention
for the office of County Attorney for
the County Of Oahu, I now ask for the
support Of the electors Of the County.
]. w. CATHCART.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due form
Ly the Republican County Convention
for the office of Supervisor for the
County of oahu, earnestly request the
support of the electors of the County.
CHAs. HUSTACE, JR.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated for the Of
flee Of County Auditor by the Demo-
cratic County Convention, I earnestly
request the support of the electors Of
the County.
CHAS. H. ROSE.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been duly nominated by the
Republican Party for the Office of Ter
ritorial Senator, 1 request the support
of the electors of oahu in the com.
ing election.
c. F. CHILLINGWORTH.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due form
by the Republican Party for the ONES
of Territorial Senator, I now ask the
support Of the electors of Oahu.
L. L. McCANDLBsB.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due fern
by the Republican County Convention
for the Office Of Representative, Fourth
District, I now ask for the support %
the electors Of the district.
.. A. c. LONG.
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NOMINATION. NOTICE

Having been nominated by he Re-
publican Party fur DO. ONCE of Req
rcs.utatvD from tHD Fourth District,
earnestly request tn, support ~ The
electors Of the district
w. y. RAwLu0B.
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated for re-eISo-
ton FOR the Off of County Audifsr
by the Republican County Convention.
earnestly request the support Of tie
electors Of the County.
JAMES BICKNELI.
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The Banks buys and receives for col
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NOMINATION NOTICE.

Having been nominated in due form
by the Republican County Convention
for the office of Sheriff for the County
of Oahu, I earnestly request the sup
port Of the electors Of the County.
ARTHUR NJ. BROWN.
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