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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

The boy of to-day has little to fear
that the field is becoming overcrowd-
ed in our own country. 1t is just be-
ing opened. 1t is for the young men
who are just beginning to think what
wonderful world this is, to study
well the achievements of the past and
to see in what manner they are to be
improved. Never did the world call
more loudly, more persistently, for
young men with loree, energy and
purpOse-yOung men trained to do
some thing-than to-day. And every
year that cry grows louder, more in
sistent. But the times demand men
of large, liberal, energetic minds, and
the man who insists on doing business
in the old-fashioned, humdrum way is
as much behind the procession as is
the man who insists on travelling with
an OK team instead Of by railway.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
Holy Man of Tibet,

Some wonderful things are said to
have been performed recently by the
tashi lama Of Shigatse, the most holy
Of the holy men of Tibet. The pro-
ceedings connected with his visit to
the tower at Benares, where Buddha
is supposed to have first preached to
his five Brahmin disciples, is thus de-
scribed in the Statesman of Calcutta
Around this tower the tashi lama
burnt three maunds $50 pounds) Of
clarified butter, lighted nearly 300
lamps, scattered flowers and cakes in
abundance, and uttered prayers in
alteration of Buddha for more than an
hour. After circumambulating the
tower several times, the tashi lama
himself assumed the form of Buddha,
while other lamas and laymen wor-
SHIPPED him instead of the tower"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
WAS AN OFFICER BY BIRTH.
Born a Lieutenant-COIOneIa and Proud
of 1t, but Could Not Drill.

Born a Lfeutenant-COiOnela and Proud
of 1t, but Could Not Drill.
At an election before the union Dick
Martin was opposed by Giles Eyre Of
Eyrecourt, a territorial magnate and
thorough sportsman, renowned alike for
his reckless extravaganza and dare
devil bravery, says Blackwood's Maya
zine. He was, however, totally litter
ate, a circumstance less regarded then
than at the present time. The hust-
ings in those days used to be erected
in Eyre square, in Galway, sufficiently
close to each other to enable the rival
candidates for popular favor to eX-
change banter and other sallies of wit.
Advancing to the front of his booth with
folded paper in his hand Dick Mar
tin exclaimed:
II declare solemnly, before all here
assembled, that l am willing this mo-
ment to retire from this contest and 10
allow Col. Eyre to return unopposed If
he will only sign this declaration which
hold in my hand"
!. This, however, it was not possible for
Giles Eyre to do-not from any dissent
to the views set forth in the document
in question, but because, as Dick Mar
tin was well aware, he was totally I'M
able to write his own name.
Lord Clanricarde was at that time
Colonel Of the Galway militia, and
Giles Eyre filled the post Of Lieutenant
Colonel. He had, however, not much
more acquaintance with drill than he
had with reading and writing. A gen
eral officer having on one occasion
come down from Dublin on a tour of in
spection, Giles Eyre had to put the regi-
ment through it's facings before him.
In minutes he had reduced the regi-
ment to absolute chaos, no man know
ing which was his front nor in which
direction he was expected to advance
Devil take you, sir" roared the in
specting officer, black with fury. who
made you a lieutenant colonel?"
mo one made me a lieutenant-colo-
nel,'' Giles Eyre returned, haughtily.
Il should not allow myself to be made
lieutenant-colonel by any one. L was
born So"
Nor was this an idle boast, for chill
dren were frequently appointed to high
military posts while still in their era
dies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
Particular.

"Any man with a sense Of humop,"
once observed Frank Daniels, the come
dian, "can always find something to
his entertainment if lie will stand near
the box office of the 'opry-house' in any
small town and listen to the Rubes as
they make known their wants to the
man who peddles the tickets.
"Out in Ohio one afternoon l was
standing near the box office window a
few minutes before the beginning of a
matinee given by a friends combina-
ton. A fine old boy from the country
one of the kind that sees about one
show in two years-approached the
window, his roll in hand, and delivered
himself of the following:
Say, young Teller" Gin voice loud
enough to be heard a block away
Gimme good seat! 1 want it right
down the middle lane and close up to
the exercises "-Harpers Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
He Had Lost His Way.

Opie Read recently made a
through Arkansas on horseback
lost his way, and rode up to WI
squatter was sitting, his fiddle |
side.
"Jes' ridin' or goin' somewh
asked the squatter, with little SD
interest.
II was gOin' somewhere" ans
Opie, ''but I've lost my way, an,
I'm just riding. How do you ;
the next town."
'Ridin' or walkin'?'
"Where do l hit the road?"
'Hit it on the side or in the d
or if you-all git close huff you-a
hit it with a stick"
"Are there any forks to the rof
"No forks tall, mister; jes' st
as a string"
You're a Id fool" Mr.. Rea6
losing his temper.
Yes, sir, maybe So" answere
squatter, taking up the fiddle
drawing the bow carelessly owe
strings, ''but 1 amt lost"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

Gov. johnson of Minnesota has made
an interesting contribution to a very
old discussion-the relation between
wealth and happiness. GIVE me Meth
er poverty nor riches" eXhaustS the
whole subject in principle, and no one
will dissent from the Governors varia-
ton upon that wise formula in the OBJ
servation that 1.-The most vicious stand
ard Of success is that which sets up
dollars and cents as the height of hui
man ambition" But the definitions of
poverty and Of riches change with the
progress of society and the develop
ment Of needs, tastes and the means
Of gratifying them. Gov. Johnson is
certainly modern" in his interpretl-
ton Of the Old Testament prayer. The
happy medium between poverty and
riches he finds in $4,000 a year. The
man who lives right, he says, doesn't
need any more, the implication being
that he who must manage on a smaller
income will generally be conscious of
privatiOn and unsatistied but legitimate
and rational desires. It would be III
teresting to know how the figure rep
resenting complete happiness under
right living and high thinking was
evolved. The advocates of the simple
life would regard the ambition 20
achieve the $4,000 plane as hardly less
demoralizing, Irrational and pernicioUs
than the ambition to accumulate mill
ions. We know simple life propaganda
lists who earnestly protest that a per-
son, If unmarried, can be perfectly
happy on $12 a week, though their con-
ception of happiness includes reason
able satisfaction of esthetic and liter
airy and social needs. They make pro-
vision in thetical-budgets
for concerts, the theater and the OPERA
Books and periodicals, of course, are to
be had at the libraries and good news
papers are within the reach of every
ore. Travel is no doubt out Of tie
question on that allowance, but they
dwell on the joys of walking in the
country and on the pleasures to be de-
rived from liberal use Of the interur-
ban trolley. This ideal is certainly
more inspiring to the overwhelming
majority of the people of even the most
prosperous country of the world than
Gov. Johnson's $4,000 standard Of
happiness. The workman, the clerk,
the average professional man, the farm
err, might as we'll think Of q million as
Of $4,000, and the latter amount is
needed" consciously, by very few. On
the other hand, the man who honestly
acquires millions may need" them for
benevolent purposes and spend many
times $4,000 year while conforming
to the highest requirements of social
and individual morality. After all, the
fundamental question is how great
wealth is accumulated. The real prob.
lem is to secure equal opportunity, to
prevent unjust special privilege and
the abuse Of the power of monopoly
conferred by society itself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

scribe as that of being schoolmastered.
Instead Of following q natural normal
development upon the lines laid down
by the great writer's of our literature
sets of artificial rules have been and
from time to time still are announced.
At the present day these attempts at
schoolmastering the speech are going
on all the while before our eyes. One
point there is which the average man
of education, or rather the man Of av
erage education, seems wholly incapa
BILE of comprehending, He cannot be
made to see that it is the meaning
which living men put into the words
they use that is alone of any signifi-
canoe; that of very trifing significance
is the meaning that dead men have Civ
en- to those from which the former
have come. To the prevalence of this
hallucination-for halluc1nation it is in
the strict genealogical sense Of that
term-we owe the efforts constantly
put forth to alter the speech of our
fathers and to limit freedom Of eX
preston.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
OUT-OF-DOOR MEN.

Test of Out-of-DOor Spirit Is Enjoy
ment of Winter Weather.
1.-THE Test of the out-of door spirit"
says a writer in the Spectator, sis the
enjoyment of winter weather. Some
may not have the robust body to which
frost is tonic or windy rain companions
able, and yet have the real desire to-
wards the heavy pillow or the frozen
stream or the muddy tumult of a west
ern gale" says the Detroit Free Press.
MANY people fatter themselves that
they are Observation-Disclosures by vir-
tue of q country cottage, which they
enjoy, or pretend to enjoy, when skies
are hot enough to tempt even q do
nestle cat to prefer the sun to a kitch-
en- fire. But to love the country-that
common boasts something more than
to appreciate the luxury of haycOck,
or the leisure of a book in the shade,
or the slumber of boat under the
alders. The Vatican groups make
idyllic pictures, but they are not COM
posed Of country-lovers. With a touch
Of frost their joy would drop from
them like the needles shaken from out
the gusty pine and leafiess boughs be
skeleton at the feast, q memento
mort to scared jewellers. A dweller in
the country who likes to traipse the
whole circle of the year away from
comfortable clOseness of many neigh
bors and his home is a little insulted
by normal view Of his life: How de
lightful in summer, how dreary in win
terri The criticism is blind to the proper
source of pleasure in country things.
They would satisfy no one long if they
did no more than minister to passive
senses and an idle body. The best COM
panion is q competitive companion, who
makes you prove your friendship and
your philosophy by a recurrent chal-
lenge.
I'm men of all sorts you may trace
the incorrigible interdependence of
open air exercise and intellectual ener-
gy," is our authors conclusion. 'There
is an indispensable need of muscular
activity to the maintenance of a mas
terful intellect" To be able to live in
the open and feel a seIf-reliant readi-
ness in any crisis are the gifts which
outdoor sports, like big game hunting,
give the real live man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

support 1t in position where the drip
will pass into small pan adjacent to
the holder, the support being so ar
ranged that as the upper end of the
umbrella is moved the lower end In
serted in the holder will not become
broken. The holder is formed at the
top into a socket to receive an UNI
brella, the socket being In two parts.
The lower part is solid and is pivOted
by rivets between two upright Tugs on
the base and has two shoulders, which
limit the swinging movement of the
socket. The upper part of the socket Is
hollow and is provided with a spout
connecting with the hollow portion, the
whole being bound by a spring. The
resiliency Of the spring permits the
upper part to swing in any direction
and when released to return to it's nor
NAL position. Assuming that the base
is secured to a floor near wall, it will
be incOnspicuous. When a wet umbrella
Is placed in the holder, the water
passes into the hollow section and out
through the spout on to the base, which
is formed into pan for this purpose.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
CLIPPING THE HORf
RECOMMENDED BY LEAF
VETERINARIANS.
Clipping Improves the Health
the Horse, Makes Him Feel
ter, Work Better, ana liner
His Value.

"a horse is a valuable asset
should receive the best care DO.
He should be well fed, comic
stabbed, carefully groOmed and
in the early spring. If he re
these attentions he will work we
improve in value. 4 hGrse lives
artificial conditions. In his wild
he required none of these ate
for he was able to look out for b
The domesticated animal, being
under conditions that are in then
artificial, must be kept in condit
such work.
The clipping of a horse in thi
spring Is now conceded Dy all til
ing veterinarians to be rs esscT
a horses well being as sh0eing
giving him a comfortable bed to
Farmers in England and Franc
been clipping their horses for
years, and American farmers q
slow to realize its advantage
clipped horse dries out rapidly
hard days work, and will rest &C
ably and be refreshed for the We
following day. An unclipped h
liable to catch the heaves, pneU
and all sorts of colds, rheumatisl
More especially is this so in the
spring, when his hair IS long a
is 'soft" If worked hard he wi
spire freely and the moisture W
held by his long hair, and the foo
should go to nourish him will be
to replenish the heat that is beini
stantly taken from his body by
mass of cold wet hair. If clippe,
perspiration will evaporate almC
soon as secreted, and when put
stable he TaSts comfortably and
food does him good.
Some years ago a Buffalo stree
company tested the value Of eli
in the following manner: They c
300 horses, and 250 OF these
clipped early in the spring and
were not clipped. A careful recor
kept OF results, and it was found
of the 250 unclipped horses 153
afflicted with coughs and pneur
while of the go clipped not one
of sickness was reported.
A man would not expect to
very good health if he did hard n
work clothed with heavy underw
heavy suit and Il fur OvercOat.
after perspiring freely, as he nat
would, go to sleep without rer
same. 1t is just as ridiculous to
horse to be in perfect hea
worked under the same condition
If you would get the best +,
from your investment III your
treat him right, and be sure az
him in the early spring.
A first-class housekeeping m;
can be bought at nearly any har
store for less than $7.00."-HOr'
riel1.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

It would seem that an analysis of the
soil should be the very first step in
scientific farming. To know what a
given soil contains, what it needs and
what it will produce most proitably
can be ascertained only through two
processes analysis and long expe-
rience. Experience has taught the
farmers Of the country a great deal,
but what they have learned by sue
cessive crop raising could have been
shown them many years ago through a
scientific study of the soil and the fur
nishing of official maps setting forth
the results of such investigation. 1t
will be costly thing to put on rec
ord a true showing of soil vaues,
which often change radically within
short distances. But when such a rec
ord is made it will serve a great pur-
pose for many years to come, and it
will be used as a basis for other scien-
tific developments along the lines of
specialized farming.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

There is much truth in the saying
that a pestilence does more harm, in
many cases, by the panic it causes
than by the loss of life which is it's
most alarming effect Great suffering
comes from the checking of business
and the lack of employment. whole
city may be demoralized and subjected
to losses of the gravest character. But
in the long run there is a very impor-
tant factor on the other side. A dread
ed pestilence is a warning imperative
" needed, it seems, to force sanitary
progress in many cities and countries.
1t is a hard lesson, but the only one
needed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
STEEL MAY REPLACE WOOD TIE.
There rs a Chance Great Drain on
Forests Will Cease.

There rs a Chance Great Drain on
Forests VIII Cease.
The friends of the forest may be graf
flied by the cessation of a great drain
upon timber through the cessation
Of its use as cross-ties for rail-
ways. With an average OF 2,SUo
to the mile, American roads con-
sumo 100000 ties per annum. AS
the yield is two ties to the tree, 3O,OOO,-
600 trees are consumed annually Tor
this purpose. The average life OF q
wood tie is eight years. The steel tie
is now coming into use. They weigh
thirteen to the ton and cost So apiece.
But their life is % years, so that in the
end they cost no more than wood tie
that has to be relaid three times IN
that period. To replace wood with steel
on American railways would require
60,OO0,OO0 tons Of steel, without count
ing the electric cable, elevated and
horse street roads in the country, says
the San Francisco Call.
The use of structural iron and steel
IN building in place Of the wooden
frame has greatly economical the tim
Der Of the country, though this econ
omy is, unfortunately, offset by the in
satiate wood-pulp mill With steel ties
on our railroads and the substitution of
some annual crop for paper pulp our
forests would stand some chance for
their lives. It is not settled yet that
steel VIII serve the purpose Of wood for
ties for lack Of fexibility. The wood
tie bends and RECEIVERS its lines. This
prevents the hard hammering that
shakes apart the joints of cars and in
creases the wear Of wheels. Only use
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
THE EDITOR
Explains How to Keep Up NJ
and Physical VIgOr.

Explains How to Keep Up NJ
and Physical VIgOr.
A New Jersey editor writes:
"A long indulgence in improper
brought on a condition of nervous
pepsia, nearly three years ago, ;
we're that l had to quit work en-
| put myself on a strict regim
Grape-Nuts food, with plenty o.
soor exercise, and in a few d
found my stomach so far restore,
the process of digestion gave me
ure instead of distress.
1T also built up my strength
l was able to resume my bu
which is onerous, as l not onl
my own paper but also do grea
Of outside writing.
Il find that the Grape-Nuts q
ables me to write with greater
than ever before, and without til
ing of brain-fag with which L
be troubled. As to bodily vigor-
and do walk miles every day
fatigue-a few squares used to
me before began to live on
Nuts :" Name given by Postum {
tie Greek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the lit
THE Road TO MELVILLE" In pI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

1t is said that Francis Cation, per-
haps the leading student of finger
prints, tempers with scientific caution
the familiar assertion that no two
mems finger tips are alike and con-
tents himself with saying that the
chance of duplication is one in 64,OOO,-
600. This seems to be one of the few
departments in which official police
really accomplish more surprising per-
formances than the writer's Of detec-
tive stories dare to ascribe to their
heroes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

can determine whether steel will do.
The Pennsylvania road has already
put steel on important parts of its
track, and if it be approved by that
road it's use will soon become general
and the section gang will be relieved of
much of the work heretofore required
of it. If it be found fit its use will give
a great impulse to the production of
steel as the material for ties.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
Such n Dear Girl.

"Come, now,' said her father, after
she had kissed him effusively two or
three times, what is it you want? Out
with it,"
81 don't want anything replied the
dear girl. Il want to give you some
thing"
Indeed? What is it?"
"a son-in-law. Jack asked me to
speak to you about Philadelphia
Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
A Drawback.

Mrs. Hauskeep-Delia, l don't
you to be entertaining that
man in the kitchen any more.
Delia-But Miss Edith is in th
lor most O. the toim, ma'am,
didn't think Mr.. O'Flynn would
her society, her bein' strange to
Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
All Old.

Everything heah," said Lord Broke
leigh, lis SO distressingly new, y
know. Now, ouah estate in Kent is
old, oldah than any Of youah cities.
There is nothing new upon it,"
"No?" replied Miss Amy Reckan,
mot even the mortgage, suppose
Philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
For Hanging Pictures.

When preparing picture to be hung
upon the wall everything depends upon
the points at which the fastenings are
placed on the side Although these may
be inserted by an experienced person,
the probabilities are that the purchaser
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

A speaker at the suffrage convention
said that Mr.. Cleveland had actually
helped the movement by his attacks
and sneers. She did not go SO far,
however, as to suggest a resolution of
thanks to him by the suffrage socie-
ties, or an appeal to persevere.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

Mrs. Yerkes has married again.
Those who were sympathizing with her
over the alleged troubles with her late
husband have suddenly wiped their
eyes and gone about their legitimate
business somewhat disguised.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

odd, isn't it, that the spirit of rev
olution seems to be contagious"
Not at all. 1t is only the natural
thing fer a revolution to go around. -
Baltimore American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

Ernest Fownes, an amateur British
humorist, was held at quarantine be-
cause he sprung one of his jokes on
the officials, and they thought him a
lunatic. Details Of joke not given, but
1t ought to go in Punch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

King Christian wasn't much Of
success. His estate is far short of a
million dollars. Recently a Pittsburg
man died leaving an estate Of almost
$2O0,000,000, and the public made no
fuss at all over his death. Reputa-
lions are easily gained in Europe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
Umbrella Holder.

Umbrella holders have heretofore
been made Of large design to hold
half dozen or more umbrellas, making
the cost, Of course considerable. One
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

A German professor says that think
Ing is more exhausting than any ply
steal exercise. Even those who only
think they think often tire themselves
and others.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
March FoIIo,yed NTay.

Ella-What became Of that fellow
who used to serenade you by singing,
"Oh, that we two were maying?
Stella-Father sent him marching
New York Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21

It seems like a useless waste of en-
ergy to make automobiles that go faster
than anybody but a daredevil cares to
ride
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
HOLDS THE UMBRELLA.

of the latest novelties is an umbrella
holder constructed on entirely different
lines and designed to hold one umbrella
only. 1t is an invention Of an Iowa
man and is placed OH the floor to re-
ceive the end Of an umbrella and to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-21
No Vacancies.

Silliman-Have you any vacancies in
your office, sir? =
StOcksOn BOnds-No, and / don't
want any vacancies in my office.
Good morning, sir.-New York Tele-
gram.