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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
UlNpOWN IWlNQDS

Mrs. Hetty Rowland Robinson
Green, believed to be the richest wom-
an in America, celebrated her list
birthday the other day. "Hetty Green"
as she is Familiarity known, has her
place of business in the Chemical bank,
at Broadway and Duane street, New
York, but lives in humble quarters in
Hoboken, n. j., and to escape the as
SCISSOR, has her official residence at
Bellows Falls, Vt.
No one knows except Hetty Green
how much Hetty Green is worth. 1t
may be found out when it comes to
her death, but there is no certainty
about this. For if the same secrecy
rules in the disposition she shall make
Of her great wealth that has obtained
throughout the careers of this remark
able woman in all her dealings, the
public will be left a-guessing. Keen
lOokouts Of the financial world to-day
rate her at $1O0OOO,OOO. And there
are still others who would put it as
high as $125,OOO,OOO.
But no matter whether it is $50, OOO,-
600 more or less, it is not likely that
Hetty Green will ever follow the ways
of life that wealth would mark out for
the majority Of men and women. She
lives, works and directs great schemes
Of finance with the sole purpose of
leaving her son the richest man in the
world. What other women Of wealth
have given up to lives of ease, to So
cial ambitions and to endeavors which
money may further in the sphere of
her sex, Hetty Green has consecrated,
with a pertinacity and will which but
few men of the time have shown, her
whole existence to the achievement Of
money making.
Hetty Green has not made some
thing out Of nothing. The hoard of
gold which she has piled up for her
son Ned did not grow from a thousand.
1t began with millions Hetty Green
is a Down Easter. Her progenitors,
the Howlands, came over in the May
flower and settled in New Bedford,
Mass. Her father was one of the old
masters Of the nearly dead whaling in
dustry. Along in 1865 he died, be-
queathing to her fortune wrung from
the blubber of years of voyages on all
the seas. In 1867 she married Ed
ward H. Green, who had come home,
after twenty years spent in the Far
East, with more than a million made
in the tea trade.
Before Harriet Rowland Robinson
became the wife of Edward Green she
made him sign an agreement that none
Of her money or belongings should ever
be held liable for expenses or debts
incurred by him. That agreement was
never broken. Green lost all his money
in Wall street. Up to the time Of his
death, in 1902, he subsisted on an al
lOwance which she made him.
There was separation after Green
lost his money, but in the end, when
death was claiming the husband, the
wife went to him in his old family
home at Bellows Falls, VT, and nursed
him.
Before Hetty Green and her husband
decided to live apart two children had
come to them-the son, who is now
80 years old, and who was born in Lon
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

appears on the scene. This at once
frightens off the jungle cock, which,
instead Of taking to flight, bends it's
head low and runs off, and meeting
with the nooses, is almost certain to be
caught by the neck or legs.
The man quickly bags it, readjusts
his snares and goes back to his place
Of concealment, and the challenge and
growing go on again, till all the cocks
in the neighborhood are secured in this
way in the course of morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

A fine example of what public me-
mortal should be is the monument to
]. Sterling Morton, recently unveiled
at Arbor Lodge, Nebraska City, Neb.
The memorial consists of a stone seat
round the outer edge of a curved plat
form, forming a background for a ped
estal that stands at about the center
Of the circle Of which the curve Is a
part. The pedestal is surmounted by
q statue Of Morton. 1t makes such a
combination of the useful and the
beautiful that it will appeal to future
generations as no mere statue could
appeal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

A vital, living, burning truth is be-
ing forced down the threats of a class
of Americans, who shout loudly that
they are good citizens, and who are
not. 1t is that the common. every
day, rugged honesty that is a part
and parcel of every successful bust
ness is none too good for public Of
fees. This country is full of men
holding both large and small places,
who have one standard Of rectitude
for their private life and another for
the conduct of their political hold
ings. They graft in a manner to
make a thief blush. They find no sin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Error sometimes tells the truth. A
line which was inadvertently left in a
newspaper form made the account of
a football game read: Colby Acad.
envy defeated Concord High by a score
OF to in lonscgv- booO2. tcooquest-
ohwtaOkgTA hard gridiron battle at
New London Saturday." Anybody who
has seen or heard a football game
knows how true that account Is just
as it stands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

1t is not wholly clear why SO many
multi-millionaires, most of them cap
tains Of industry, should have such
f1ippant regard for their marital cOndi-
tions. 1t is still less clear why the
charmers who lure them from the path
Of domestic duty are usually either the
chorus girls or the show girls Of the
musical comedy stage. 1t is more sim
guIar than either that most Of the
susceptible millionaires either belong
in Pittsburg or have been graduated
from some Of it's metallic industries
and Joined the "frenZied financierS" Of
Wall street. There are many other
strange features Of this peculiar situa-
ton of affairs relating to trust bust
to be epidemic, for, if Mr.. Carey is
to be believed, he is not the only
"frightful example" There are many
others, and If he is pressed to the
wall too hard he will 'peach" upon
scores Of his fellows who are in the
same boat with him, have been to the
same banquets, and perhaps drank
from the same slippers, and are only
waiting the fitting time to make do
nestle transfers, as he has been ar
ranging to do. Still another singular
feature Of these extraordinary opera
tons is the cool and nonchalant man.
ner in which the magnates announce
that the differences between them and
their wives are not due to any breach
Of the moral code on their part, and
that If their wives are DESTROYS Of OBJ
tanning divorces they will not stand in
the way, but, on the other hand, will
kindly aid them in every possible way
to do so. The business view Of the
proceedings taken by these gentlemen
is also peculiar and quite novel. Per-
haps it is an outgrowth Of the modern
business-like way Of doing things,
which admits of no consideration of
sentiment, much less of any confession
Of moral turpitude. Having decided
to secure the privilege Of marrying a
younger, prettier and sprightlier wife
by the consent Of the law and prear-
ranged it with her upon money basis,
he makes public the 'irreconcilable diff
ferences' between him and the first
wife. then calls her, her relatives and
her and his lawyers together and ar
ranges for a basis of separation, the
first wife coming off much the second
best, considering the fact that she be-
gan with him when young and helped
him struggle up until he had acquired
millions enough to qualify him for
mating with a show girl. In a bust
ness operation Of this kind, however,
the rights of the party Of the second
part ought to be more adequately pro-
tected. If, as Mr.. Corey says, there
are plenty of other millionaires in the
same boat with himself, then some
means should be devised SO that when
their wives have to make way for the
stage divtnities they shall be amply
compensated. Perhaps some form of
insurance against accidents of this
kind might be devised, with the con-
dition that the millionaires themselves
should not control the business as off
GERS or directors. Or, some way might
be found to bond these gentlemen to
heavy indemnities, to be paid over
when the differences" become so ''un-
reconcilable' that the chorus girl is
publicly acknowledged.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

The work Of Washington is not yet
finished. An association Of Hungari-
ans in New York is arranging for the
erection Of a statue Of the first Presi-
dent in public square in Budapest,
that the liberty-loving people may be
inspired by the example of a life of
unselfsh patriotism.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
Amending the Declaration.

"From a hasty examination" said
the doctor, 81 am decidedly Of the
opinion that you are suffering from the
peculiar trouble known as clergy
mans sore throat''
'The you sayr' exclaimed the
caller.
ct is quite possible, however, that
1 may be wrong. l will make another
examination
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
Motoring on Rural Roads.

Hi, there, boy! Where will that
road take us?' "Ter Jail, mister, If
the constable what's watching round
the bend ketches ye."-Baltimore
American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

and terrible urinary disorders ran me
down from 16S to 100 pounds. Doctors
told me l had diabetes and could not
live. was wretched and hopeless
when began using Doan's Kidney
Pills, but they cured me eight years
ago and I've been well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box,
Foster-AIilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Unofficial returns indicate that the
Santa Claus casualties for the entire
country were no more numerous than
they sometimes are at a single foot
ball game. Evidently Santa is able to
learn from experience.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

I've reached70 and
hope to live many
years longer. But
twenty years ago I
had kidney trouble
so bad l could not
W ork. Backache
was persistent and
it was agony to lift
anything. Gravel,
W h irli n G head
aches diZZin acS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Mexico, with a comfortable surplus
on hand, cheerfully corroborates Fred
Grants assertion that it is easier to
handle than a deficit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Mr.. Bailey Of Texas thinks there
are not four dishonest men in the
United States Senate. We nominate
Mr.. Bailey for President of the Anal
gamated Association Of Optimists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Lobbyists have been warned by sew
eral governors to keep away, but there
still seems to be plenty Of room for
them at Washington.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

A shortage in the Cuban tobacco
crop is reported. 1t is not believed
however, that it will make much dir
ference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Americans" says Editor Lafe
Young, "are robbed, despoiled and
treated with contempt in every coun-
try Of the world" Especially in
America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Philanthropist Ryan is 81 years old,
a giant in stature, and in perfect
physical condition. He had no occa-
sion, therefore, to go into the insur-
ance business for his health-and
perhaps he didn't.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
The Proper Tactics

Drill Sergeant Ito raw recruit, who
is slow in grasping the tactical details)
Now, Murphy, how would you use
your sword if your opponent tented
Murphy-Begorra, I'd just tickle
him with the pint Of it to see if he
was afther fakin'.-Harper's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
Explained.

See here" said the lady, "you told
me that work would only cost me S13.
and here you've sent in a bill for S14."
"Yes'm," replied the carpenter, you
see. when l came to think the thing
over afterward, l was afraid maybe
you might be superstitious about that
13."-Philadelphi Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
E1rs4 nR His Kind

Tell me, darling" said the earnest
lover, IAN l the first fance you ever
had?"
WELL" replied the giddy girl,
you're the-er-frst red-headed
fiance." = Catholic Standard and
Times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Inventor Holland says we shall soon
be flying like birds. With apologies
for the use of slang, his remarks seem
to have more to do with bugs"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

1.-THE most attractive young men re-
ceiye the smallest salaries" says q
Chicago club woman. Possibly; but
why should she be personal about it?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

The people of the United States in
stinctively shudder at the word go
lonial," but accept "insular." There is
no real difference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

A mothers willingness to make sac
riflces for her children includes her
Dons-in-laW, but fathers doesn't
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

A funny thing about Mark Twain
Is that while he himself is 20 years
old his stories are all new.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

To a great extent Mr.. Depew has
been relieved of the burden Of making
after dinner speeches.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Public ownership Of lead pencils
has been tried in a Kansas school cpd
found to be II. G.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

News item: Russia has declared for
universal suffering
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

OF all the praise given a man by
his kin, that which he gets from his
father-in-law is least apt to be eXag-
gerated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
TWENTY YEARS OF 1T.

Emaciated by Diabetes, Tortured
with Gravel and Kidney Pains.
Henry Soule, cobbler, of Hammonds-
port, n. Y, says: "Since Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me eight wears ago.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

In all the trouble over other things
no one has ever criticised James H.
Hyde'S French accent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

Those Pittsburg steel kings do not
seem to have spent all their time
building great fortunes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

You hear He was one of the best
men that ever lived" oftener than He
is one Of the best men that ever lived"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
5 Tons Grass Hav Free

Everybody loves lots and lots of fodder
Tor hogs, cows, sheep and swine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31

When abusing a man in fun, don't
go too far.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-10-24

1t is mistake To suppose that cold
drinks are necessary To relieve thirst.
Very cold drinks. rs Il rule, increase
the feverish condition of the mouth
and stomach and so create thirst. EX-
pericnce shows 1t to be fact that hot
drinks relieve the thirst and cool off
the body when it Is In an abnormally
hented condition better than ice cold
drinks. 1t Is far better and safer to
avoid the use of drinks below 60 de-
grees. In fact, a higher temperature Is
to be preferred, and those who are
much troubled with thirst will do well
to try the advantages to be derived
from hot drinks Instead of cold fluids.
to which they have been accustomed.
Hot drinks also have the advantage
of aiding digestion instead of causing
debility of the stomach and bowels.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-10-24

When the visitor approached the
diplomatic gallery of the senate cham
her the doorl,ccper informed him, says
writer IN the Philadelphia Ledger,
that the gallery was reserved for for
elgu representatives.
1t Is hey Z" said the visitor. Well
I waut to tell YOU right now that this
is il free country, and this Is the sen
ate of the United States. and de
nand admission in the name Of Ameri-
can citizenship"
oh! said the doorl>ccper. why
didn't You say al first that You were
an American citizen lust step around
10 the second door from here. That
gallery Is reserved for American clti.
ZcnS
With chest pulled up the stranger
betooll himself to the door Indicated
and was AZ once admitted to the pub
lie gallcry
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-10-24
PRACTICAL PICTURES.


Substantial Dinner.
There is a practical minded million
are who has invented a substitute for
valuable pictures which it is hoped will
not commend itself to others He has
had large number of bank notes
framed, and these are hung upon the
wall where the pictures should be.
In the drawing room Is one frame
that contains bank note for 100000.
and he says: There is the money in
case find picture which is sufficient.
ly valuable to pay that price for 1t,
Meanwhile the note tells its own tale
and saves me from explaining to my
visitors that this picture cost so much,
rs most other rich men do.
The chief pleasure of these collectors
appears to arise not from the beauty of
the work, but from the cost of It, then
why not have checks or bank notes for
n large sum hung on the walls, as | dc?
Besides, | find that 1t is much more in.
teresting to my visitors, for most of
them look long and carefully at the
bank notes who would but glance at
the work of art"
This eccentric man gave IA dinner on
the same principle. In the soup plates
there was no soup. but sovereigns; for
fish We're served lYe-pound notes, for
game checks and for sweets shares in IL
thriving company, and there was not n
guest who did not enjoy this enter.
talnment more than any he or she had
ever before been present at.-London
Truth
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-10-24
He LAMBERTVILLE RECORD,
OCTOBER 90. 1900.
Tie DYNAMlTER.
Fe Must lie "a Man of Many Parts
With Nerve und Goodness.


With Nerve und Goodness.
In an article ON dynamite; the Pow
er TniamabIc" Samuel Hopkins Adj
ANS thus describes the man who han
dies the explosive ana his ways:
The finished type Of the dynamitcr
Is the man who has had the ability to
rise and the luck 10 survive long
enough to graduate from the plant and
become an agent In his best embodi-
ment the explosive agent is something
II Il chemist. something of quarry
Hau something Of an electrician,
good deal of a mincralOgist and above
all Il man of resource and GOODNESS. 1t
is he who does the exploding. The fac
tory gets notice from a railroad that
contract is open for the destruction OF
Il ledge Of rock which blocks their line
IF advance Away goes the agent, with
his gripsack full of ready made de-
sfructI9n, TO look the thing over. First
IL draws upon his mineralogic lore to
determine the nature Of the rock If it
is very hard he uses a high grade OF
his explosive, which delivers quick,
shdtfcring blow In case of soft rock
the lower grade supplies blast which
viii produce a wider effect although it
viii not break the dislodged rock into
sneh small pieces Next as a quarry
man lie considers the nature of the
ledge and the Indicated assures or
veins and plans his drilling according
y. Then he must attend to the drilling
Of the holes. the tamping of the charge
aud-here his electrical knowledge is
called for the arrangement of the bat
tcries. After few blasts he gives the
railroad company his estimate, and II
II IS accepted he may oversee the job
himself
soffen ne meets his rivals on the
ground Then comes the tug of war.
Tricks of the trade are many and not
all of them scrupulous. Where many
agents are gathered together it seems
10 be Il point of honor with every man
to handle his particular article with
the utmost apparent carelessness,
While lie manifests shrinking timid-
ity toward the products of his com
petitors. This Is TO impress the out
sidcr So the agent will toss about
twenty-five pound package Of dyna-
mite like 50 much meal, kick it, drop
ii over fences or down lodges and gen
orally maltrrat it, If the dynamite Is
fresh this IS all right, but occasionally
something goes wrong, and theory, to
gether with the theorst, is blown to
atoms in practice. Theoretically
high explosive should detonatc only
when set off by means Of illuminate
of mercury cap, aud some of the safe
~ explosives apparently live up to
his But anything with nitroglycerin
in it is best treated with considera-
ton. for nitro Is very uncertain
annniltY."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-10-24
STAIN REMOVERS.

Grass Stains Alcohol or molasses
Blood Stains. Soak In cold soapsuds
10 which "a little kerosene has been
added
Fresh Paint Try kerosene, vaseline
or machine oil; then wash with soap
and cold water.
Ink Stains. Dip into boiling water,
spread over Il bnsin rub well with
salts of sorrcl; then rinse thoroughly.
Wine Stains, sprinkle thickly with
salt while still wet If dried wet with
boiling water, rub thoroughly with salt
and pour boiling wafer through.
Rust Wet in cold water, spread on
the grass; then apply to each spot ordI-
nary table salt wet with lemon juice.
As fast MS it dries renew the applica-
ton As soon ms the stain Is removed
rinse thoroughly,
Indcibe Ink Soak in II solution of
common salt; then wash with diluted
ammonia Ritisc well. Jaycllc water
and a solution of oNalic acid will also
remove indclihle ink. liinsing must
follow immediately aud thoroughly
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-10-24
WATER IN TURKEY.
Must Meet Many Conditions 40 lie "A
Perfect beverage.

Turks are extremely particular,
writes IA traveller, lin regard to the
quality of the water they drink and
are willing to be at much trouble and
expense to obtain water OF the KIND
they prefer. 10 be perfect beverage
water must issue from rock, fall from
II height. be of medium temperature,
flow rapidly and coplously, taste sweet
spring In high and lonely ground and
run from south to north or from east
TO west. The excellence of any water
Is accordingly determined by the num-
Der of these conditions 1t fultillS. 1t Is
remarkable how much pleasure Turks
find In visiting II famous spring In the
country, to spend the whole day beside
1t under the shade of trees, doing little
else than drink carafe after carafe of
the water as the elixir of life. Resorts
of this description abound on the shores
and In the valleys of the upper Bos-
p0rus under such names aS the Water
of Life, the Silver Water, the Water
Under the Chestnut Tree, the Water
Beside the IInzels The spectacle of
the great gatherings there ON Fridays,
nrraycd In bridal colors, seated tier
above tier on the terraccd platforms
built against the green slope of the
hill, the women above, the men be-
low, NIL In the deep shade of tho
branches meeting overhead forms n
picture beyond painters power to re-
produce. Chicago News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-10-24

Dean Swift roundly denounced the
poets of his day who had introduced
the "barbarous custom of abbreviuting
words to fit them to the measure of
their verses Swift instances "drudg'd'
and "disturb'd" us mortal offenses
The custom SO introduced had begun IL
dominate prose Another cause Dor
rowed. Swift suggested, from the clip
ping process which he held had con
tributed to the manning of the Ian
guage. lis Il foolish opinion advanced
Of late years that we ought to spell ex-
aetly as we speak; which, besides the
obvious Inconvenience of utterly de
stroyng our etymology, would be Il
thing we should never see the end Of"