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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
Rossetti Taken at His word.


When ROssetti was a student of art
he one day happened to go with some
fellow-students to the east end of Lon
don. There, at a wharfSide inn, he
saw an immense canvas on the bar
room wall. After laughing at it for
some time, and thus provoking the inn
keepers wrath, the following converse
ton took place:
"Where did you get that picture?"
ooh, never mind, young man, where
got it,
what price do you set on it?"
'MOre than you can Afford
'Indeed!" said Rossetti. ''Now, how
Much?"
'Three thousand pounds replied the
innkeeper.
At this there was a loud burst OF
laughter from the young artists.
do you know how much 1 would
give you for your $4,000 picture?"
"How much?" asked the innkeeper.
'Three pounds" said Rossetti.
'DOne," said the innkeeper, prompt.
ly; and to his amaZement and amuse-
ment Rossetti found himself the owner
of the colossal daub.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA
a Desperately Serious Case Cured By
DR.. Williams Pink Pills,

Brought to the very verge of starya-
ton by the rejection of all nourishment.
her vitality almost destroyed, the re-
covery OF Mrs. J. A. Wyatt, of No. 1889
Seventh street, Des Moines, Iowa.
seemed hopeless. Her physicians utterly
failed to reach the seat of the difficulty
and death must have resulted if she had
not pursued an independent course sug-
gested by her sisters experience.
Mrs Wyatt says: "Ihad pain in the
region of the heart, palpitation and
shortness of breath so that 1 could not
walk very fast. My head ached very
badly and 1 was seized with vomiting
spells whenever I took any food. A doc
tor was called who pronounced the
trouble gastritis, but he gave me no re-
lief. Then tried a second doctor with
out benefit. BY this time had become
very weak. could not keep the most
delicate broth on my stomach, and at
the end of a month J was scarcely more
than skin and bone and was really starry
ing to death.
"Then RECALLED how much benefit my
sister had got from DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and decided to take them i'll place
of the DOCTORS medicine. 1t proved a
wise decision for they helped me as
nothing else had done. Soon I could
take weak tea and crackers and steadily
more nourishment. In two weeks was
able to leave my bed. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills were the only thing that
checked the vomiting and as soon as that
was stopped my other difficulties left me.
l have vigorous appetite now and am
able to attend to all the duties of my
home. praise DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People to all my friends because
l am thoroughly convinced of their
merit
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold bv all
druggists and by the DR. Williams Med
icine Co., Schenectady, NY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
Mr.. HoweIIs, Office Hours.

William Dean Howells is a most cor
dial and brotherly man for any young
writer to meet. He takes keen inter-
est in everybody's work, and is full Of
helpful suggestions.
Some years ago he accepted the edit
orship of a New York magazine. It is
said that he supposed that his name,
more than personal service, was what
was wanted, so he was not particularly
punctual as to attendance But the
proprietor soon disabused him of this
notion. II want you to understand, Mr.
Howells," he said, one day, that our
office hours are from to s."
Very good" said Mr.. Howells, and,
picking up his hat, he bowed and de-
parted, and no persuasion could induce
him to "Reminiscences Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
Dewey Has a Boys Jaunty Air.

Admiral Dewey, dapper, sprightly
and smiling, is familiar figure on
Washington street He walks with
the jaunty spring Of a boy and takes
a keen interest in the street sights. An
amiable man is the head Of the active
branch of the sea defense, and one who
takes the good and i'll of life with
cheerful philosophy. But one thing
upsets the serenity of the hero, and
Christmas time is the most trying in
the year. People will send him gifts
-lounging robes, pillows, footstools and
other emblems of i'll health and feeble
ness. The admiral hates the sight Of
a walking cane as pious Christian is
supposed to hate the evil one, and he
bundles all such presents off to home
for the aged. He will barely ac1nowl-
edge such gift politely. AS he is to
be seen daily on the principal thorough
fares of Washington, always without
cane, he is COMPOUNDED to think that his
friends exercise so little tact. Accord
ing to the admiral, he hopes 1t will be
twenty years before he will need
stick, and in the meantime ne does not
wish to collect a museum of canes in
his Washington home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

The legend that Poe wrote 'CThe Ra-
ven" in the FOrdham cottage in New
York, which was supported for a time
by the exhibit of a stuffed bird at one
end, has been set at rest in the intro
duction to the four-volume India paper
edition of Poe's works, published by A.
S. Barnes & Company. The writer
shows that it was not until 1916, a year
after the appearance of ''The Raven"
that Poe took up his residence in the
Fordham cottage, where he lived until
1849, and where he wrote "The Bells"
"Annabel Lee" and other poetry, as
we'll as several prose tales.-New York
Times.
1t is always interesting to know the
methods Of composition of any success
full author. Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,
for example, is a most careful literary
workman. She invariably thinks out
the climax of her story first, and then
writes without copying and with very
ittle correction. The details of the
final scenes of her novels and short
stories, even the wording, are clearly
in her mind before she begins to write
the opening paragraphs. That this
method possesses q distinct merit Of it's
own is clearly shown in the latest work
from her pen, 1.-THE Debtor" which is
attaining success in England nearly
equal to that in America.
The Rev. Washington GLADDEN.,
whose book, '"The New Idolatry." re-
Gently published, contains his famous
utterance on tainted money, has been
an appreciative reader Of Peter Roseg-
gers II. n. r. L." a book which pur-
ports to be an account of the New Tes-
lament written from memory by peas
ant prisoner awaiting the carrying out
Of a sentence of death. DR.. GLADDEN.
writes Of the book: 81 have found in
1t not little deep insight and clear in
depreciation. The authors Imagination
has had free range, and he has pre-
sented to US many pictures Of great Wv
idness, and has thrown light on many
of the acts and words of Jesus. 1t is
utterly reverent and devout, and while
it helps us to realize the human Christ,
it takes nothing from his essential di-
vineness."
Those who are writing biographies
of the late Henry Harland will prob
ably fall into the common error and
state that his birthplace was st. Peters
burg. Such is the information given in
Who's Who, but Mr.. Harland himself is
the authority for the statement that
1t is inaccurate. Mr.. Harland was
born, as Who's Who states, in 1861,
but the question of the placetis COM
plicated by the fact that Mr.. Harland
himself disagrees with the records. Be
fore court of law, Mr.. Harland would
have had to confess that he was born
in prosaic Brooklyn, but otherwise
would never admit it. He always claim
ed as the place of his nativity, Nor
witch, Conn, which town he called "the
rose, not only of New England, but of
the world" He would explain this dis
agreement with the records by saying
that he was born in Brooklyn only by
accident, not by rights, consultation or
authority.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
NEGRO DOES NOT FEAR DEATH.
Brings the Idea of Rest From Labor
and Relief From Sorrow.

Brings the Idea of Rest From Labor
and Relief From Sorrow.
The contemplation of death, which
brings terror to many and to almost all
men sadness, brings to the negro the
idea Of rest from labor and surcease
Of sorrow. Hence one finds more prep
aration by him for that fatal last
event than for living, moving, and hav-
ing his being on earth. Death, too, is
q certain vindicator of equality; not
that the negro is glad when an Aryan,
though a hostile one, goes to the land
Of darkness, but he points significantly
and with melancholy satisfaction to
the fact that poor Nose, who died a So
cial pariah yesterday, occupies as much
Of his mother earth as the dead col
Onel who lorded it over him so hauGbIt-
lily but short fortnight ago. Through
all his Ticissitudes hope is the black
mans priceless asset. This he never
loses, how gloomy soever the way. For
him there is always something in the
future, no matter how distant. A
negro Of uncommon ability, the advo-
cate of a new education for negroes,
has told them that in a thousand years
they would be fitted to partake of the
things the Aryan now enjoys, and this
promise of remote enjoyment the blacks
hail with enthusiasm. Was there ever
sublimer faith? The very heart-wail-
ings Of the negro speak of a brighter
beyond. OF joy he cannot be bereft !;
his buoyancy overtops any sorrow. Pes
simism seldom knows him. One mir
acle of deliverance has been performed
for him, and he is confidently expect
ing another-Atlantic Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
A DOGS FAITHFULNEss,
His Efforts to Help His Master,
Caught in SnOvvstoru1.

His Efforts to Help His Master,
Caught in SnOwstorrn.
William Vienas has probably per-
ished in the snow between Hyampom
and this place, says the Hayfork CORE
spondence Of the Sacramento Bee. That
conclusion was reached when J. w.
Lattimer arrived here coming by way
OF Peanut, and was disappointed in not
finding Vienas in town.
Vienas and Lattimer were working
In the copper mine near Hyampom.
Vienas left the mines, expecting to go
through to Hayfork, a distance of
twenty-five miles, in one day. He did
not even take along a bite of food and
his faithful dog accompanied him. Lat
timer remained alone in camp.
Five days later the dog came back
to camp again in a half-starved condi-
ton, making great demonstrations be-
fore Lattimer, who could neither under
stand It's strange actions nor induce il
to partake Of food. The dog remained
IN camp about an hour and struck out
over the mountains toward Hayfork,
arriving here the same day. The faith
full animal again tried to make his
troubles known, but no one could un-
derstand the message the dumb crea-
ture had to convey. The dog whined
and refused to be comforted, although
it did finally partake of food.
When Lattimer arrived here and did
not find Vienas the meaning Of the
dogs strange actions was understood.
Lattimer is sure that Vienas persisted
in the storm that sprung up at midday
and that the dog kept faithful vigil
over his masters body for five days,
when hunger or instinct, or both, i'm
PEELED it to return, first to Hyampom
and then to Hayfork, for succor for
VienaS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
Wanted to Know too NIucb.

Recently there was q series of burg
laries committed in the fashionable Sec
ton of Baltimore. So anxious were the
police authorities to apprehend the cul-
prits that instructions were issued to
the roundsmen to exercise eXtraordin-
airy vigilance during their tours of in
spection.
On one occasion, just after midnight,
an officer saw emerging noiseleSsly
from a house in Eutaw place a young
man, who hastily darted down the
street. The officer made after him as
rapidly as possible. When he had
stopped the young man, he said:
Didn't you come out of that corner
house just now?"
The young fellow, though of quite a
respectable air, seemed i'll at ease. al
did," he answered, with some confu-
sion.
do you live in that house?" sternly
demanded the officer.
That's an impertinent question" re.
piled the young man in tone of great
indignation. Il don't see what bust
ness Of yours it is, SO long as her faith.
er doesn't object Success Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
A PERFECT HAND.
How Its Appearance Became FamiI-
lar to the Public.

How Its Appearance Became Famf1.
lar to the Public.
The story of how probably the most
perfect feminine hand in America be-
came known to the people is rather in
tereSting.
AS the story goes the possessor of the
hand was with some friends in a photo
grapher's one day and while talking,
held up a piece of candy. The pose of
the hand with its perfect contour and
faultless shape attracted the attention
Of the artist who proposed to photo
graph it. The result was a beautiful
picture kept in the family until one
day, after reading a letter from some
one inquiring as to who wrote the Pos
Mr.. Post said to his wife, 1--WE receive
SO many inquiries of this kind, that it
is evident some people are curious to
know, suppose we let the advertising
department have that picture Of your
hand to print and name it "a Help
Ing Hand" Mrs. Post has assisted
him in preparation Of some Of the
most famous advertisements
There was q natural shrinking from
the publicity, but with an agreement
that no name would accompany the
picture its use was granted.
The case was presented in the light
of extending a welcoming hand to the
friends of Postum and Grape-Nuts, so
the picture appeared on the back Gov
ers Of many of the January and Febru-
airy magazines and became known to
millions of people.
Many artists have commented upon
1t as probably the most perfect hand
In the world.
The advertising department of the
Postum Co. did not seem able to resist
the temptation to enlist the curiosity
Of the public, by refraining from Civ
ing the name OF the owner when the
picture appeared, but stated that the
name would be given later in one Of
the newspaper announcements, thus
seeking to induce the readers to look
for and read the forthcoming advertise
ments to learn the name Of the owner.
Ihls combination or art and COM
merce and the multitude of inquiries
furnishes an excellent illustration of
the interest the public takes in the
personal and family life of large man
ufacturers, whose names become house
hold words through extensive and con
tinuOus announcements In newspaper
and periodicals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
RARE RELIC OF NAPOLEON.

Houston Man Has Cast from One of
the Five Death Masks Made
Frank S. Pendleton is in possession
Of a plaster of paris cast from the death
mask of the great Napoleon, says the
Houston Chronicle. There are now
only four of these masks in existence.
DR.. Antomarchi, physician of the
worlds greatest military genius at st.
Helena, made five. One of them went
to London and four were carried to
Mexico by the Zacatecas, one to Mex
leo and one to Vera Cruz. One of those
taken to ZacatecaS has been lost and
the other is the one from which the
cast now in possession Of Mr.. PendIe-
ton was made.
Of course, only the face is shown in
the cast, and on the side of the base
of the cast is the following inscription ::
Napoleon Imp. EFT. Roi Subscribcion,
DR.. Antomarchi, 1888"
The face, though calm in the repose
of death, with lips slightly parted, is
the impersOnatiOn Of force. The chin
bespeaks the bulldog determination
which characterized the man in life.
The prominent cheekbones tell that
a trace of cruelty blended with his de-
termination when obstacles blocked the
way to his desires, strikingly evidenced
by his putting away the only woman
who ever loved him by the cruel hand
of ambition.
The faculty of reasoning Is brought
out in bold relief, against the base Of
his massive forehead, and the firm lines
of the mouth are a striking feature of
the face Of the man whose personal
magnetism changed mems blood to mott
en- steel kissing through hearts of ice
to fight like demons at his command.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
SAVES YARDsTIcK WORK.
Machine for Measuring Bolt of
Cloth Without UnroIIing.

Machine for Measuring Bolt of
Cloth without UnrOIHnS.
The laborious determination of the
number of yards of material in a bolt
or roll of cloth by actual yard-stick
measurement may be avoided in the
future by the application Of an In
genious semiautomatic measuring and
computing device shown in the illus
tration. This device is the invention
of a subject Of the Car of Russia,
who now resides in New York city. In
computing the number Of yards con-
tanned in a roll a prong at one end Of
the measuring board is inserted be-
tween the board, on which all cloth
or other textile material is wound, and
an indicating finger moved to the ex-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

Everything is by comparison. Said Il
woman recently of a young married
couple whose families are counted "im-
mensely rich :" ''They really cannot live
ON their income; it is shocking to pinch
as they must. Why, you know, his faith
er only gives him $4,000 a year. He
has a salary of $4,000 and she has an
allowance from her family of $4,000
only $4,000, with a 100000 house to
keep up. It's outrageous with all the
money there Is in those two families ~
twenty-five thousand dollars income
and a completely furnished house and
yet counted paupers by the world IN
which they move. Better change the
orbit and cone into one Of common
sense
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
WHENCE Come Microhes.

A writer in LIE Figaro of Paris CDR
OK at the close of a long article on
the origin of microbes declares that the
bacillus of consumption originally came
from blades of rye, wheat and corn
and that the human lung is its adopted
abode, where it would perish were it
not replenished. That rare atmos-
pheres are beneficial to consumptives
is not because they are thin, but be-
cause rye, wheat, corn, etc., are not
grown there.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

Wireless telegraphy, from marvel
ously interesting scientific demonstra-
ton, has become an accepted CONNER
cial fact. Nowadays ships on the seas,
that once were as entirely cut off from
communication with the land as though
they were on another planet, are now
constantly within speaking distance of
some wireless station or some sister
vessel. 1t Is all wonderful and awe
Inspiring and recalls that day only
three-quarters Of a century ago when
the first pious message Of wonderment
was transmitted between New York and
Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, who is
attempting to make a flying machine
from four-sided kites attached to one
another, has succeeded in building one
which with a good wind will lift a man
weighing a hundred and sixty-tive
pounds and hold him suspended in the
air. His kite weighed sixty lone pounds,
and carried load of ropes weighing
Sixty-two pounds. The total load of the
kite, exclusive of its own weight, was
therefore two hundred and twenty-sev-
en- pounds. If DR.. Bell should add to
his achievement of giving the telephone
to the world that of successfully solv-
ing the problem of aerial navigation, he
would enjoy a unique fame
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

is enacted forbidding any thing, that
thing will no longer be done. Men and
women trust in the efficacy of stat
Ute, forgetting that in a free country
law is really nothing more than the
will of the majority. Many a statute
which has been passed because no
one could raise an objection to its de-
STABILITY has been so remote from the
general state of public and private
practice that it has never been en-
forced. The possibility Of enforcing
law is one Of the last things thought
Of by those who put their faith in
printed rules. Take the matter of the
regulation by Congress Of campaign
contributions to the national party
committees. Few if any dispute the
desirability Of freeing the successful
candidates Of all parties from that
sense of obligation to large corpora
lions which inevitably follows when
those corporations have contributed
generously to the expense Of the cam
paign for their election. But it does
not yet appear how Congress, with it's
present powers, can regulate the con-
tributions of corporations over which
it has no control, or can interfere in
the activities of voluntary party COM
mittees with no legal standing. Yet
way may still be found to meet the
public demand. The effective remedy
for abuses lies in an awakened public
sentiment rather than in new laws.
Laws are important and necessary, but
one should never forget that the pas
sage Of a law is the smallest part of q
great reform. The struggle comes
when the law is to be enforced, and
the struggle is especially hard when
the law is in advance of public senti-
ment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
Both Had Suffered.

'When Greek meets Greek both
get smashed. is the moral of the Incl
dent quoted from the New York
World. Another conclusion to be drawn
from the tale is that pas" mode of
action was forcible and decisive.
4 small boy rushed into 4 drug store
and eXcitedly called for some liniment
and cement. When asked why he de
sired them both at once, he said, nerv.
oUsly:
PA hit ma with a cup
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

Recent disclosures have brought to
the front the question: Is any man
worth a salary of 100000 a year? One
hundred thousand dollars is fortune.
To the man working for an ordinary
salary it might we'll seem impossible
for any one to earn it by per-
sonal services during one year Even
some successful business men believe
that there should be a limit. But, after
all, is it not merely a question of de-
mand and supply? As a rule, men are
not paid more than they are worth.
Givers Of the big salaries usually get
full value in return whether the recipi-
ents work two hours n day or eighteen.
But this rule does not apply to salaries
voted by rings or cliQues in control Of
other peoples money-as in the case OF
the big life Insurance companies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

mo man who hazes," says Admiral
Dewey, ''is less than a coward" For
tunately for ones faith in human. ma
ture there is an answer to that. Man
In the vocabulary of colleges means
"boy," and most boys live to learn.
Many youth who has done wrong of
one sort or another grows to be a sensi-
BILE, courageous man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

The army snob who has been rebuked
by the President probably thinks the
President is a rude, rough fellow who
Isn't worth considering by such gentle
men as he.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

Jack London speaks of the Russian
assassin as his comrade. This may
make 'The Call Of the Wild" one Of the
six best sellers In Moscow
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14
The Pessimfst Again.

Here's Niagara going to dry up in
5000 years and the sun to cool off in
2O,OOO,OG0"
well, what Of it?'
what Of it? Well, amt it enough
to make a man feel mighty helpless
over the uncertainty of all mundane
thing? -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

The Pennsylvania railroad has
bought another entire town in West
Virginia. The Pennsylvania seems to
have been converted to the municipal
ownership theory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

avoid reading tales that end badly
counsels somebody who is telling the
people how to live a hundred years
It is too true, alas, that many a prom
Using story winds up with the adver-
tisement of some patent medicine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

J. Ogden Armour's recent statement
In the Saturday Evening Post that the
refrigerator car service paid a fair re-
turn" on the investment, is accepted as
true, in view Of the voluntary reduc-
ton Of 10 per cent in rates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-14

The organization Of a poison trust
might advance the price of adulterants
and thus lead by a roundabout way to
an improvement in the quality Of man
ufactured foods.