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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
Street Crowds in Caracas.

One Of the features of the civ of
Caracas, Venezuela, that most strongly
impresses a foreigner is the rapiditv
with which a crowd gathers in the
streets. This is best exempIified when
some of the many wandering musicians.
in whom Caracas abounds, prepare to
give an imprOmptu open air concert.
Their first notes no sooner echo
through the neighborhood than there
gathers to listen a vast throng that al
most blocks up the thOroughfare The
cobblers and all the other tenants of
the entries, having no doors to open or
stairs to descend, are on the spot al
most instanter. They eagerly drink in
the music, but at the same time bear
a wary eye upon the hats of the mu-
sicians, and no sooner do they OBJ
serve the slightest indication that one
is about to be taken off for the purpose
of taking up a collection by passing it
around among the crowd than they dis
appear even more quickly than they
came.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
Paris Artists in Novel plea.

Paris artists have started an agita-
ton to secure from the government a
concession of walled space In the public
park at Saint Cloud with permission to
have nude models pose therein for
their pictures, says a Paris cable to the
Chicago Record-Herald. They com
plain that without such facilities as
this all painting must become mawkish
and artificial studio stuff, uninspired
and uninspiring. They contend that
without the reality Of the outdoor
background and the presence of nature
no great originality can be developed
and no advance hoped for along the
lines to which impressionism pointed
the way. The chances of success in the
project cannot as yet be gagged.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
LONG-LOST MEDAL FOUND.

Recovered in n PIOwed Field After
Fully Twenty Years Burial.
Remarkable, indeed, is the story Of a
Maltese cross medal, the property Of
Mrs. Eta p. Talbot Of Chaneyville,
Calvert County, Md, lost twenty years
ago, and recently found and restC red
to her, says the Washington Times.
The medal disappeared from the sit
ting room Of her home and in some I'M
accountable way was carried to dis
tant field on her fathers estate, where
it turned up, unchanged and as bright
as the day it came from the store, on
the point Of a field hands pl0wshait.
Mrs. Talbot won the medal as a
prize in one of her classes at college
more than a score Of years ago, and
she wore it as brooch in her gown.
The medal had long been forgotten
when Mrs. Talbot was called to the
door a day or two ago to see the
strange find made by one of her en-
ployes in the fields. One glance at the
long-lost medal was sufficient to iden-
tify it as her property and to recall the
story Of its loss.
AS she told the tale Rfterward she
was leaning over the sitting-room fire
one day in February, 1885, when the
pin to her cherished medal became un-
fastened and the bit Of gold dropped
downward. The ring Of metal striking
metal was all that Mrs. Talbot heard.
A search, instituted Immediately and
continued until every crack and Granny
had been examined, failed to show trace
Of the missing cross. Finally it was
given up as lost, on the theory that it
had fallen into the fire and melted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
Old Black Joe.

Old Black Joe.
Gone are the days when my heart was
young and gay;
Gone are the friends from the cotton
fields away;
Gone from the earth to better world l
know.
I hear those gentle voices calling Old
Black Joe.
Chorus.
I'm coming. I'm coming; for my head is
bending low;
hear those gentle voices calling Old
Black Joe.
Why do 1 weep, when my heart should
know no pain?
Why do 1 sigh that my friends come not
again
Grieving for forms now departed long ago,
1 hear their gentle voices calling Old
Black Joe.
Where are the hearts once so happy and
so free?
The children so dear that I held upon my
knee?
Gone to the shore where my soul has
longed to go;
hear their gentle voices calling Old
Black Joe.
Stephen G. Foster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

According to the most reliable fig
ures that can be obtained, the number
Of accidents by automobiles in 1905 is
ten times greater in proportion than
the number Of accidents caused bv
horses. Out Of one hundred accidents
the average taken is eighty-two caused
by horses, nine by railways AMI five
by automobiles. But there are seven
teen or eighteen million horses in the
country and only about a hundred thou
sand automobiles, so that there is about
one automobile for about one hundred
and seventy horses, which makes the
automobile ten times as destructive as
a horse. The automobile is supposed
to be entirely under the control Of the
driver, while the horse has a will Of
his own and the inference is that a
horse is more or less difficult to control
for this reason. Why is it this theory
does not work out in practice?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

Several railroad companies have Of
late undertaken the part Of school
teacher. Five years ago the Good
Roads Train" went south from Chicago
laden with model apparatus for making
roads, and manned by experts who gave
practical demonstrations in road-mak-
ing. A hundred thousand farmers in
Nebraska, Kansas, iowa, Illinois, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Missouri and the Da-
kotas remember the "Seed Corn Spe-
ciaI and other agricultural COLLEGES on
wheels which came through a year or
so ago, distributing the best informa-
ton that could be gathered by the State
universities and the State and national
departments Of agriculture. Recently
a northern New England railroad com
pany took up this idea, already familiar
in the South and West, and sent out a
Better Farming Special" Several 9th
er companies have done much to build
up and beautify towns on which the
prosperity Of their business depends.
The 'peripatetic schools" are support
ed partly by the railroads, partly by
other associations or companies inter-
ested in the prosperity Of the country.
The railway companies do a service to
the people to whom they bring knowI-
edge and encouragement, and in turn
they profit by the increase of produc-
ton along their lines.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
He had his story, and Esther Garland

he had his story, and Esther Garland
read it In the next mornings paper.
1t was a sensational tale of corrupt
morals among pupils at the Wayland
high school, and it limited at scandal
involving the ''best families" Irene
Prices elopement was declared merely
a beginning of disclosures. Her close
confdante, Esther Garland, persisted,
as yet, in guarding the secrets Of her
runaway friends, but she had already
confessed, with tears, that she herself
had made a deliberate practice of de
ceiving her mother as to her own
whereabouts after school hours.
Esther dropped the paper and faced
her mistaze-alone. She had exerted
a wrong influence on her little sister
and on every girl who had been near
her at that game, including Irene. She
had brought added scandal on her
school. She had caused herself to be
publicly spoken of in a way that cast
repr0ach on her dead fathers name
Worst Of all, she had put to shame the
confidence Of the best mother in the
World-the mother who was lying now
III an upper room, worn by a sleepless
night and hurt to the heart
And this-all this-the result of one,
apparently trivial act Of deceit =
Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
GLASSES WILL NOT INSURE.

Specialized Man Not Unusually Pro-
tected by Law Against Assault.
tits the common opinion that for
striking a man with glasses on there
is a severer penalty than for striking
him under similar circumstances when
he is not wearing glasses. Careful
search, however, does not bring forth
any statutory provision which declares
the offense greater when the man who
is struck wears glasses.
The prevalence Of this idea is due, nc
doubt, to the probability of the judge
in such cases giving the convicted the
extreme penalty. The legal term for
assault under such circumstances is
mayhem" signifying that the assail-
ant has, In one way or another, de.
prived his victim of the power Of de.
Tending himself.
During an alteration from which a
struggle is apt to ensue any one wear
them, unobseryed; if possible, however,
because if noticed it might act as a sig
nal to begin hostiIitiesv
Many think that glasses would be a
source Of general protection in these
cases, and often take advantage on
that ground; but this is wrong, be-
cause no court would hold it worse
to strike man with glasses on than
one without, unless the assailant struck
directly at his opponents eyes with the
intent to wound or MAIN him on6
whether one were hit elsewhere would
not enter the case at all.-Jeweler's
Circular Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
THcf and RnIinr

A high fence should be built between
the words tact and policy for the bene-
fit of those who cannot see the border
ing line.
"Oh, have no tact!" they say with
satisfied air. ''Tact and policy are
things 1 know nothing about"
And yet the two qualities are as dis
tinct as north and south. Tact comes
from the heart, and policy from the
head. Policy IS inspired by selfish in
terests and is a treacherous quality
that one might well boast the lack of.
Tact springs within from an unwilling
ness to hurt feelings, and it IS the
mark of innate kindness that has no
personal motive. Tact is no enemy to
truth 1t offers truth on a salyer in
stead of throwing it in the face, that's
all.-Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

A Maryland judge thinks that when
a man has been divorced three times
he should keep out Of matrlmony It is
a sensible view. If a man can not learn
by experience the state should take
care Of him as it does Of the deficient
classes generally. A man of three di-
Yorces is either very unfortunate or he
Is quite untitled for married life, and
in justice to him or to some woman
he might be restrained from further
pIunges into an element for which he
is i'll adapted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

0S@~0O--0O~-NOOS~-@%-
Howard Chandler Christy makes still
another departure from his earlier work
in the pair Of beautiful colored pas
tells, 'The Army Girl" and 1.-THE Navy
Girl" which his publishers, Moffat,
Yard & Co., announce for publication.
The two fascinating figures show his
powers in their full maturity, and com
bine his most finished technic and col
oring with elements of popularity which
will doubtless make them the two most
successful pictures of the year.
The romance entitled 81 Santo," BY
Senator Antonio Fogazzaro, published
q few months back in Rome, has made
a decided sensation in Italy. Editions
are now in preparation in Madrid,
Paris and Leipsic. The authorized Eng
llsh edition will be published in Lon
don by Holder & Stoughton and III
New York by G. T. Putnam's Sons. The
romance is described as giving a vivid
picture Of religious conditions in Italy,
and Of the conflict between the inter-
ests, real or assumed, Of church and
state
Medieval London: Historical ana
Social" is the title Of the fourth vol
ume, just published by The Macmillan
Company, IN the late Sir Waiter Be-
SAINTS series, 1.-THE Survey of London"
The history of the city in its relations
with the kings, and the social life Of
the period, are the main themes of this
new volume, which, like its predeces-
sors, is richly illustrated from contem-
porary sources. The volumes IN this
series are unique in value and interest
Upon them the late Sir Walter Besant
expended his vast stores Of learning,
and years Of devoted toll; and they are
unrivaled in their charming presenta-
ton of the history Of London and of the
life Of its people in modern times.
In view of the widespread interest in
Thomas Hardy, the following extract
from the letter of a correspondent is
worthy Of note: "On the outskirts of
Dorchester, in a red brick house, sur
rounded by tall trees that hide the
building from the inquisitive, Thomas
Hardy, recluse and genius, now lives
and writes. He dresses as simply as
he lives, as, indeed, all geniuses have
done since the beginnings Of history. If
he has an aversion for one particular
item Of dress it is for the great coat,
and the coolest weather will not per-
suade him to wear one. When the
weather begins to get cold he puts on
a thick waistcoat made of sheepskin
in the old-fashiOned country style Then
as the weather becomes colder he puts
a woollen waistcoat above this, and
adds waistcoat after waistcoat accord
ing to the temperature, until in the
depth Of winter sometimes he wears
as many as four or five" Inasmuch
as it is reported that Hardy will write
no more novels, the new edition Of his
works in twenty volumes recently IS
sued by the Harpers may be regarded
as definitiYe He has now turned his
attention to poetry, a branch of liter
allure which has always held great fas-
cinatiOn for him. 1t will be remember
ed that the great critic, Coventry Pat
more, once assured him that "a Pair
of Blue Eyes" should have been writ
ten in verse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
Proficient.

When Western Iowa was newly set
tied the farmers in an isolated section
banded themselves together as a school
district and proceeded to choose one of
their number committeeman" A log
schoolhouse was erected, and soon
young woman came that way, seeking
chance to teach. The committeeman
was designated to ascertain her fit
ness.
When the time for the ordeal arrived
the public official" was at his wits
end. He had been examined himself
often enough, but that was when he
was attending district school, fifty
years before. The very thought of con-
Quoting an examination himself. and
for a teacher at that, staggered him.
He could not think Of a question to ask.
The young woman sat waiting. and
the old man tottered neryousIy on his
tiptoes.
well, now, Miss Burden" he said,
cautiously at last, kin you say the al
phabet back'ardsg"
Miss Burden could, and did.
"Finei" cried the committeeman. "I'II
just ladorse your certificate" He wrote
it thus:
Fully protestant"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
PENANCE OF A RUSSIAN PRIEST.
twelve wears AGO Rather Naziroff.

Twelve years ago Father Naziroff,
a Russian priest living in the outskirts
of Moscow, committed an offense for
which he was duly punished. In his
opinion, however, the sentence was far
too lenient, and for more than ten
years he has been tolling the two
church bells in the manner herewith
pictured for sixteen hours a day. This
act Of penance has obtained for him
the reputation of a saint, and he is Wis
tied by throngs of peasants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
"kEEPING 1T DARK"
Harsh Consequences of One Trivial
Act of Deceit.


Act of Deceit.
Irene Price was parting with a tall,
black-haired man, when Esther Gar
land met them, and Esther thought,
with a thrill of girlish envy, how de
lightful it must seem to be grown up
and admired. AS the stranger turned
away, he murmured, Keep it dark y
and then Irene, left alone, swung about
and caught Esther by the hand.
Gust in time, Esther!' she cried
with a curious excitement in her man
ner. 1--WE two hours on my hands,
and two tickets to the basket ball
camel"
But have to go to choir practice, :"
protested Esther, surprised and fiat
tered. She was only a freshman in the
Wayland high school, and Irene was a
senior, handsome and popular.
Nonsense! You know those old
hymns by heart. 1 think you're too old
for a children's choir, anyway. oh,
come, no ones going to report you at
home if you do miss practice once, you
little saint!''
And the end Of it was that Esther,
eager to see the game and dazzled by
Irene's attention, followed her into the
gymnasium.
TWenty-four hours later Mrs. Gar
land sat in her reception hall, facing a
reporter for the Herald.
"My business is simply this" he said.
''AIiss Irene Price, one Of your daugh-
ter's schoolmates, eloped last night
with a man Of doubtful reputation
whom her parents had never even
heard Of. The theory is that she must
have been meeting him on afternoons
when she was supposed to be at the
Science Club or Literary Society in the
school building, and, as your daughter
was with Miss Price at the basket ball
game yesterday"
'That is enough" said Mrs. Garland,
rising. 81 always know where my
daughter is after school. She could
not have been with Miss Price, because
she went to the church for choir prac-
III dCUINCs
"But, madam, she was seen"
"Here she is" interrupted Mrs Gar
land, as the door opened. And she
added, with proud confidence, "She may
speak for herself"
Esther came in, followed by her lit
tie sister. Both girls flushed guiltily
when confronted with the question, but
neither hesitated.
Mother, l skipped practice, and
went to that game" Esther confessed.
''I'ye been ashamed every minute since,
and I meant to tell you all about it
tonight, truly I did!''
so did I mean to tell, mother"
echoed the little sister. 81 saw Esther
coming out of the game, and she said
to keep it dark, cause she was s'posed
to be at choir practice and it was so
nice to have those big girls think she
told me secrets"
Esther" cried her mother. her face
suddenly white. You didn't ask your
little sister to keep it dark'!"
Mother! mother!" sobbed the girl.
forgetting everything except the suffer
ing in her mothers face. II don't know
what possessed me-"
That was enough. The reporter hard.
" waited to hear Esther deny all
knowledge Of Irene Prices elopement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

In the movements of population there
is something akin to the drifting Of
snow. Some spots get more snow than
fell on them, because it blows in from
spaces which are left half bare. Many
communities contain a great many more
people than were born in them; popula-
ton has ''blown in" From other places
there is a regular drifting away Of ma
tive sons and daughters. who's Who,''
a biographical dictionary Of notable
men and women Of the United States,
contains brief biographies of more than
sixteen thousand persons. It tells where
they were born and where they now
live. Two only were born in Colorado,
but 157 now live in the State. This is
an extreme case of a situation that ex-
lists in the new parts of the country.
Vermont gave birth to four times as
many Of the subjects of this book as
now reside within its limits. Maryland
is the most evenly balanced in this re
spect Of all the States The drift of
population toward the large cities is al
most as notable as that from the older
parts Of the country to the newer. The
Congressional Directory tells the same
story. Minnesota has but one man in
either House who is a native Of that
State, whereas Ohio and Indiana have
supplied a multitude Of lawmakers for
States farther west Europe furnishes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
Life and Death.


Oh, where shall rest be found,
Rest for the weary soul?
'Twere vain the oceans depths to SCUM
Or pierce to either pole.
The world can never give
The bliss for which we sigh;
TITS not the whole Of life to live
Nor all of death to die.
Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
And all that life is love.
There is a death whose pang
Outlasts the feeting breath;
Oh, what eternal horrors hang
Around the second deaths
Thou God Of truth and grace
Teach US that death to shun;
Lest we be banished from thy face,
For evermore undone.
james Montgomery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

America with more great names than
this country sends back in return. But
this is only the tribute which the world
owes to the westward course Of en-
Dire"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

Grover Cleveland is reported to be
thirty pounds lighter than he was six
months ago. He may hear of some
thing to his advantage if he will adj
dress William H. Taft, Washington,
n q
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

Is there mo room in heaven for an
old maid," as a prominent minister has
declared? Coming with the seriousness
and solemnity Of pulpit utterance, the
assertion which might serve as a pas
sable, though ancient, joke becomes
grotesque. Marriage is broadening in
its tendencies and In its effects disci-
plining; but can it entirely reform or
change the nature Of either man or
woman? Women certainly do not al
ways stay single from choice. Single
ness is not always a deliberate sin. AS
society is at present, the meetings
which result in marriage are purely ac-
cidental, and if the right man does not
present himself is a woman to be
blamed for not taking one Of whom she
does not approve and for whom she
does not care? When we speak slight
ingly Of the "old maid" we allude not
so much to the fact that she has passed
her youth without marrying as to the
characteristics of the narrow life, such
as tiIhidity, GOODNESS, loQuaciousness or
Thickness, which prevent comrade-
ship. But these characteristics also
apply to many men and to many mar
ried women. By nature woman is
much better than man. Angels are
likened to her, that heaven may be
brought down to the level Of mans
comprehension. Thousands of old
maids who, through devotion to par
ents, sacrifice for others or application
to work, have permitted opportunities
for marriage to pass them by, are of
spotless souls, whose unselfish lives
bring much of heaven down to earth.
Only the wings are lacking to carry
they to Paradise. The preacher who
would shut them out of heaven either
knows little about what heaven is, for
or he knows little about old maids.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

A public school magazine contains
this announcement: "The editor will
be very pleased to hear Of the deaths
Of any Of the old boys" Perhaps the
editor formerly taught some Of the
old boys.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

A chorus girl sold kiss to a Phila-
delphia man for 500 for the San Fran
cisco relief fund. Seems like a pretty
stiff price to pay for perishable goods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

Has 1t occurred to the scientists that
the California earthquake may have
been caused by the furious digging go
Ing on in Panama?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

1t is said that Henry James scare
fully weighs each word before he sets
it down." Perhaps that's the reason
he always sets it down.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

Patti paid a princely price for a par
rot when she traded q 1000 check for
the bird.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
just the Thin

'We're starting a circulating library
for the use of the inmates" said the
prison visitor. Us there any particular
book you'd like to make use OFF,
"Why, yes" replied the convict "If
1 could only use it right I'd like to have
a railroad guide" - Philadelphia
Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20

Somebody has invented a folding
baby carriage What's the use? They
won't have babies in flats, anyway.