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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
OLD TIME THEATERS.

The Way House and Stage Were
Lighted in GarricIx's Time.
1t must have often struck people
when reading of the performances in
the eighteenth century how it was
that the lighting was contrived. The
power of oil lamps was limited enough.
Theaters like Drury Lane and COvent
Garden were of enormous size. There
were no foOtlights, at least until about
the middle of the eighteenth century,
and they were the humble ''foats," dim
enough Yet there was ample light to
observe expression and play of feat
ures, so necessary in interpreting the
fine old comedies of character. Now
adays the stage is one blaze. 1t is lit
orally bathed and suffused in light.
There are no shadows, and as yet it
might be said the amount Of necessary
light is no more than there used to be
and is not nearly as satisfactory. How
was it them?
In the theaters of Garrick and ear
lier days the stage was really lit by
four great chandeliers, which hung di-
rectly over the heads of the actors
from the arch Of the proscenium and
Just outside the curtain. When the
play was over, these were lowered
slowly, a signal for the audience to de-
part. These chandeliers furnished a
goodly amount of light on a circular
zone Immediately below them. The
actors faces and figures were lit in the
natural way, as the sun would light
them, but the rest of the stage was
comparatively dark or gloomy.-Black-
woods
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
I7TllT5 STILES

you're putting on quite little
style, young man, with that green neck
tie," observed the cashier.
"Style nothing" returned the bill
clerk. give worn green neckties ever
since 1 can remember"
mot that shade" said the cashier.
"Any old shade" asserted the bill
clerk. pea green, grass green, sea
green, paris green-every green you're
a mind to mention. There amt any
particular style about a green necktie
that 1 know Of"
II don't blame you for being stylish"
said the cashier. FFYou don't need To
get purple in the face. That destroys
the effect of the tie. It's no disgrace,
as long as you keep within your means
to accomplish it. You seem sensitive
on the subject"
"I'll wear any kind of q necktfe
want to-" said the bill clerk, "and
don't choose the color because It's sty-
lish. I dress to please myself and if
folks don't like 1t they can do the
other thing"
"You take a wrong view of the mat
ter, Johnny" said the cashier. "And
your heat is q sum becoming as the
tie"
"I'm getting weary of listening to
your remarks about my Clothes" said
the bill clerk. 81 just want you to un-
derstand that I'm not setting up nights
to study fashion plates. If 1 wanted
to wear sky blue shoes and red hat
I'd wear 'em. Just as long as they
suited me l don't see that anybody has
any kick coming"
Certainly not" agreed the other,
soothingly. "But proper and decent
regard for the opinions of mankind is
something that we all ought to observe.
If the opinion of mankind declares IT.
self In favor OF blue shoes and red hats
you'd see me poisoning out in them
about as soon as anybody. True, 1
haven't got a green tie yet, but intend
to get one next pay day. Might as well
be dead as out of fashion. If you will
excuse me mentioning your garments
specifically IN tone of friendly criti-
cism would suggest that your coat is
too long. 1t shouldn't be over thirty
two inches in length. Notice mine. will
your"
ANYBODY would notice." said the bill
clerk. "Why don't you spring yourself
for half dollar and get it cleaned and
pressed?"
"Waiving that question for the mo-
ment, III mention that you should have
four buttons to that coat and observe
you are shy che of that number. Then
the brim OF your hat strikes me as too
fiat. A slight curl would be a decided
improvement. Your taller seems to
have run short of material when he
got to your trousers and good dressers
don't wear raincoats on bright, sum
shiny days"
You're chump," said the bill clerk.
eWhat you dent know about the cor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
How the Financial Game Is Played
In the Temple of MammOn.

In the Temple of MammOn.
William q. Curtis, in recent letter
from New York to the Chicago Record
Herald, tells how the financial game is
played in what has been termed the
"Great Temple of Mammon."
Operations on the stock exchange, to
a very large extent, are like any gam
bling game. The shares of the great
corporations are the chips and the men
on the floor are betting that those chips
will increase or diminish in their nom.
inal value. Any members of the stock
exchange can buy or sell as many as
he likes without regard to his ability
to pay for them, and in that respect
the stock exchange differs from an or
binary gambling house because, in the
latter, every player is compelled to pay
good money for his chips. In the game
as it is played here, real money is not
used. If every broker on the stock ex-
change were compelled to show the GER
tificates of stock that he is selling or
the money to pay for what he buys,
there would be no panics. The margin
system enables any person to buy ten
times as much as he can pay for and
sell ten times as much as he owns. His
profits or his losses are in the same pro-
portion, and in times Of great activity
the same shares are bought and sold
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

Though he is the leader Of the fight
against professionalism and the many
abuses that have grown up In the last
twenty-five or thirty years, he recog-
nizeS the value there is in properly
conducted sports. Yet the question with
him now is whether the complete aboli-
ton of all competitions is not desir-
able. If the abuses could be Topped off
this question would call at once for
an emphatic negative, since compeu-
ton is the life of sport, and intercol-
legiate athletics bring about an asso-
citation among the various student
bodies that is broadening and helpful.
But the time has come when the exag-
gerations Of which President Eliot
complains may act like fatal blight
With ideal conditions we should have
the young men deVoting their spare
time to athletics with no guidance from
professional trainers and with no trace
Of the professional spirit. They would
want to win victories, but they would
look upon their games as play, not as
business, and prefer defeat to highly
elaborated system Of the tricks Of the
trade. In actual practice professional
ism has been carried to great lengths.
The athletic student may be primarily
an athlete and may be hailed as such
when he enters college-the trainer re-
ceives a higher salary than distin-
guished college teachers. There is
much secrecy in training, teams spy
upon one another, all sorts of cheap
tricks are tried. The expense becomes
enormous, the gate receipts Of supreme
Importance, the contests all-absorbing.
Such a system Is ruinous to the indi-
viduals Immediately concerned and
generally demoralizing. True sport,
on the contrary, exerts health-giving
influence by stimulating interest in
out-of-door exercise. 1t is the only
kind worth having, and unless there
are drastic reforms the demand for
complete abolition will be Irresistible
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
New Methods.

The first morning the new teacher
had charge of the village school, says a
writer in the Philadelphia Public Ledg-
er, he taught class in mental arith-
metic, and gave the following example !:
"If had seven oranges, and eleven
more are given me, then I give five of
them to friend, how many oranges
have left?"
He could not understand the puzzled
expression of the children's faces, Or
why he received no answer; but think
ing they must be rather dull, he re-
peated the question. After a little sic
lence a small hand was raised.
"Well, little boy, how many are left2''
'Please, sir" timidly replied the boy,
I'VE always do our sums with apples"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

many times the same day without be-
ing transferred or examined or even
seen by any of the participants. The
transactions are purely imaginary, even
more so than betting on horse race
or a game of cards or any other
chance.
Transactions on the stock exchange
this imaginary buying and selling OF
shares in railway companies and other
corpOrations-ofte in a single day
represents more values than the entire
earnings of the S5,OOO,OOO people i'll the
United States for that day. There is
not money enough in the world to pay
for what is bought and sold in few
hours of great excitement; yet thou
sands of serious men are engaged in
those fictitious transactions and imag-
inc that the country is going to ruin
because the President or congress or
some official of the government has
done or proposes to do something that
is likely to affect the value of the
shares of some particular corporation.
And, what is stranger still, the prices
of the shares of other corporations
which are not involved in any way
whatever are affected by sympathy, so
that when one of the popular shares
goes up or goes down the prices of
other shares follow.
Nobody stops to think of the absur-
dity of such transactions; nobody
seems to realize that rs per cent of
them are fictitious and are engaged in
by men who are not able to deliver the
goods they have sold and would not
be able to pay for the goods they have
bought if asked to do so. 1t is just
plain gambling and thousands of men
have made fortunes out of it, and thou
sands have been ruined and made
wretched for life Thousands of men
have bought stocks at low prices and
have held them until they have adj
vanced so that they could sell out at
high figures, and the difference has
made them rich-and yet they have
never seen single certificate of the
stock represented in the transaction
Cley nave never paul IL single snare,
and have simply deposited 10 per cent
of the nominal value with a broker to
protect him from any loss by their de-
probation; and so the business of spec
ulation goes on.
The gamblers produce nothing; they
add nothing to the wealth of the world
and their expenses are enormous Ev-
cry dollars worth of shares that
changes hands, that is bought or sold
pays a commission to q broker. He
gets $3.50 for every 100 shares he
buys or sells for his customers
And where does the money come from
that pays these commissions and the
rents and salaries and profits? 1t
comes from the farmers, merchants and
other people throughout the country
who speculate. They are the lambs
that are shorn. and the millions OF dol
lars that have enriched the successful
spectators and the brokers of New
York represent the WOOL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

man who manages to produce the right
behavior at the right moment who is
the exception. Not many would have
had their wits In such an available
place as did Mr.. Bicknell in an adven-
ture described in "Travel in North
Queensland -
During an expedition in the bush we
walked straight into an encampment of
blacks. Our horses were at the foot
Of the hill. William had left his gun
with the horses, and my five-shooter
was the only firearm between us.
Two black fellows came up the other
side of the hill. They were armed with
wooden shields and long, hardwood
spears. None Of the aborigines have
firearms, and their horror of them
arises from their belief that the white
man can continue firing as long as he
pieases. These fellows wore hideous
grin, and were ugly-looking customers.
When they came up they produced
pipes, by which we supposed they wish
ed tobacco, and accordingly gave them
some. They were delighted with our
matches, and scratched as long as our
supply lasted. Then they demanded my
pistol, but was determined to keep
that in my own hands. A happy
thought struck me, and picking up a
chaIky stone, 1 advanced to a large,
iron-bark tree and drew a picture of
their ugly igureheads on it. They
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

SECURED TO VEST. loads The KNAPP
sack is made a part Of double vest
consisting of inner and outer sections
The inner and outer sides of the KNAPP
sack are used to form the backs OF
the vests. The knapsack is rectangu
lar in shape, being closed at the tor
by a cover. Any number OF partitions
can be placed in the interior Of tht
kpapsack to divide it into separate
compartments. The weight of tha
load in this knapsack is equally dis
tributed over the shoulders and bach
of the wearer, so that a very heavy
weight can be conveniently carried
The various adjustments permit it te
be properly fitted upon the person and
adjusted for supporting the load in the
most comfortable manner possible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

rect thing to wear would fill the pub
lie library. Three-button sacks are oil
the go how and trousers are cut mar.
rover than they were last year. You
don't know, that's all. As far as the
raincoat is concerned, it was cloudy
when l started for the Office. The flat
brim Is the very latest. Smoke dpi"
"Well, we'll" said the cashier, In
diligently, 81 see was mistaken about
you. You do try in your humble way
to be up to date. And the tie is the
latest thing, too, isn't 1t, Johnny Just
gives the finishing touch, doesn't lit
My dear boy, can't you think Of any
thing else but clothes? Can't you dress
sensibly and avoid extremes? A green
necktie!"
"Oh, cut 1t out" said the bill clerk
I'm going to buy me a suit Of
Clothes" said the cashier care warm
plaids and stripe effects the praper ca
per this spring?"
''Never you minds" said the bill clerk.
81 won't wear a green necktie, John
ny. can't, honestly"
The bill clerk cleared his desk and
then shut 1t with a slam and retreated
to the vault.-ChicagO Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

Rhode Island, which has four hum
dred and sixty persons to the square
mile, is the most densely populated
State In the Union. The figures are
from a recent bulletin from the census
bureau. There are only seven other
States with more than a hundred to
the square mile. Rhode Island leads
not only In density Of population, but
In Increase IN density. 1t would be an
interesting evenings amusement for
readers who live in the country to
count the population Of the square mile
OF which their house is the center.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

New Jersey lives up to its reputa-
ton for producing original citizens.
The latest case In point is that of Peter
Mowry, an engineer on the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railroad. One
day when his train reached Millburn
he discovered that he did not have wa
ter enough to carry him to the next
water tank. He hesitated only a mo
ment, then jumped out of his cab and
disappeared. Before he climbed back
TO his seat the fre-engines came tear
Ing down the street toward the sta
tIOn. In reply to the foreman, who
asked where the fire was, Mowry ex-
planned his needs, and said he had
pulled the alarm because he thought
maybe the fire company could run a
hose to a hydrant and fill his tank.
He did not judge his fellow Jersey
men wrongly, for the hose was I'M
wound. and he soon had all the water
he needed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

were as pleased as a child with a new
top, and danced with delight.
Withdrawing to distance, took out
my revolver, aimed at the tree, and
planted a bullet right in the middle
of the face. Both men were delighted,
and ran to examine the hole.
"Now Is our time" 1 said, and we
ran. Halfway down the hill we turn
ed, and saw the savages still intent on
searching for The bullet. We got to
our horses before the blacks realized
rein until we had put fifteen miles be-
tween them and us.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
His LOrdship,s Amidship.

Ambassador Choate tells a story OF
the bishop Of Rochester, England, the
divine who was so fond Of cricket that
he used to play the game with an ex-
pert local team.
Ii appears that one day when the
bishop was batting the bowler pitched
very wide.
please keep the ball in the parish !"
commended the bishop, testify.
The next ball the bowler sent in
caught the right reverend gentleman
full in the waistband, whereupon the
bowler observed:
ST think that's somewhere about the
diocese, my lord. "-Harper's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

Thomas A. Edison Is quoted as hav-
Ing said recently that the coming Of
the airship means universal peace, but
that is predetermined. Unless airships
90 very high they will be perforated
by lCng-range guns and when at great
elevation they cannot drop explosives
with anything like accuracy. The jap
anese could have used airships In the
Russian war, but did not resort to
them because with modern artillery
and ammunition they could drop dyna-
mite where they wanted it with far
greater accuracy and cheapness than
they could by airships. Nevertheless
the airship is to play a part in future
wars
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

clamps attached to a ring, the latter
being slipped over the finger. These
clamps are pivoted at one point to the
ring. If the user is scribbling away
with the pencil and desires to use the
pen he merely swings the pen around
in a half circle, and it is ready for
use. The device is equally useful
where two pens are needed, each fol
different colored ink. 1t obviates the
necessity of laying one down to use the
other. Any one doing clerical work
will instantly recognize the time thus
saved. AS a novelty this little device
Is one of the best ever produced from
the patent office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

BURNS IN WATER. transparent liquid.
A fame produced by liquid combusti-
bIes-such as oil and compressed air
burns below tue surface of the water.
The air is led in through the larger
and the combustibles through the
smaller pipe. At the left is an open
ing for admitting the liquid, and on
the opposite side an overflow pipe.
This is an interesting experiment and
might prove useful as the apparatus
may be used for heating purposes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
Dragging Makes Good Roads

Dragging Makes Good Roads.
The following points are to be borne
In mind In dragging road; make a
light draw, which Is hauled over the
road at an angle so that a small
amount Of earth is pushed to the cen
ter Of the road.
Drive the team at walk.
Ride on the drag; do not walk.
Begin at one side Of the road, re-
turning up the opposite side.
Drag the road as soon after every
rain as possible, but not when the mud
Is in such a condition as to stick to
the drag
Do not drag a dry road.
Drag whenever possible at all sea-
sons Of the year. If a road is dragged
Immediately before cold spell it will
freeze In a smooth condition.
The width Of Travelled way to be
maintained by the draw should be from
Is to 20 feet; first drag little more
than the width of a single wheeled
track, then gradually increase until
the desired width Is obtained.
Always drag little earth to the
center Of the road until 1t Is raised
from 10 to II inches above the edges Of
the Travelled way.
If the drag cuts in too much, short
en- the hitch.
The amount of earth that the drag
will carry along can be very consid-
elably controlled by the driver, accord
ingly as he stands near the cutting end
or away from 1t.
When the roads are first dragged aft
er a very muddy spell, the wagons
should drive, If possible, to one side
until TIE roadway has chance to
freeze CT partially dry out.
The best results from dragging are
obtained only by repeated appIica-
tons.
Remember that constant attention IS
necessary to maintain an earth road
IN its lest condition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
Not Room for a Third.

Secretary Taft was, on one occasion,
In consultation with Senator Penrose OF
Pennsylvania. The secretary is gigan-
tic and the Senator is taller and weighs
more than any member Of the Senate.
While these two statemen were In
earnest conversation an aggressive poll
tician endea7ored to enter the room,
but an alert secretary politely inter-
fered.
"What are they doing in thereT
asked the politician inquisitively.
This impertinent question nettled the
secretary and he answered tersely,
Holding a mass meeting, I presume"
Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
UE PIurfbus Unum."

We are indebted to John Adams for
our national motto, &c Pluribus
Unum." While he was minister to En-
gland Sir John Prestwick suggested it
to Mr.. Adams as a good motto to indi-
cate the union of the colonies. 1t was
submitted to Congress and adopted by
act of Congress June, 1882. The eagle
in it's beak bears a ribbon on which is
the motto. In the early days of it's
use the eagle bore also in its talons a
bundle of thirteen arrows, but when,
in 1871, a new seal was made to take
the place Of the old one, which had be
come worn, only six arrows were
placed in the talOns. Whether this
change was ordered by law or not is
not known. The old Latin motto was
in use in England as far back as 1870
on the Gentleman's Magazine
Present a small boy with a watch
and he'll have the time of his life
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24
ssNIamma,s" Wisdom /.

A beautiful girl and her mother were
discussing the eternal marriage ques.
ton.
well, there's Charles Adams" muir.
INJURED the mother, thoughtfully, after
a long pause.
Charles Adams!" sneered the girl
HE is old, he is ugly, he is mean, he
is a coward. Charles Adams! Why,
he has nothing, nothing in the world
to recommend him except his wealth"
'You forget his heart disease" said
the mother softly.-Washingt Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

Because a New York man married
spirit medium his relatives are trying
10 have him declared insane. Probably
these same relatives have all at va
rious times paid out good money to
have their fortunes told.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

ell holder shown in
the illustration.
The inventor, an
Arkansas man, has
bit upon a very
simple and useful
method of combin-
ing these two very
necessary desk i'm
plements so that
either or both are
ready for imnedi-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

might find some
instructive amuse-
ment in trying an
experiment of this
kind. The illustra-
tration shows the
arrangement of
the apparatus, and
this is made as
follows: A glass
vessel is nearly
filed with water
or some other
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

One does not realize the terrible
ravages Of the plague in India till one
reads the death statistics. According
30 the official returns, more than four
hundred and fifty thousand persons per
Iahed from the disease in the six weeks
ending May 18th.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

A New York women who recently Sc
cured a divorce wants it set aside be-
cause her former husband Is prepar-
Ing to marry another lady. She prob
ably had an Idea that when she applied
for freedom that he would sit down
somewhere and spend the rest Of his
days weeping for her. Women should
be careful not to make such mistakes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

There is reported to be a surplus OF
e14,OOOOOO in the Pennsylvania State
treasury. Some timid one must have
sounded an alarm before the Pennsyl-
vania grafters had finished their job.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

1t must be admitted that a good
many Of the college graduates who had
the audacity to stand up few years
ago and tell US that they knew how
to do things have since proved that
they did
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-24

Another doctor comes forth with
the advice: eff you would overcome
worry, sing all the time" We very
much doubt If that would help How
ard Gould out Of his trouble.