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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
Buck
Slow.
By LULU JOaNSTOr1
Copyrighted, 1907, by NJ. NJ. Cunning


Sally loitered along looking into the
shop windows. All the hot day she
had bent over the clacking machine
until eyes and back and head alike
ached from the noise and strain. The
other girls had hurried from the shop
when the gong had struck. Some of
them had engagements for trolley
rides for the evening and were in
hurry to be dressed and off. Others
made haste to reach home for supper.
Sally bad neither of these reasons for
haste. Her thin, white face did not at
tract the few men she knew. They
never invited her anywhere, and the
streets we're at least cooler than the
stuffy little room that she called home.
She knew that presently she must
make her coffee and fry her single
chop over the tiny oil stove that filed
the room with the reeking odor of oil,
but by walking slowly she delayed
that time as long as possible.
She gave little gasp as she came
dows. Instead of the rolls of wall
paper and carpets, the ''nobby' parlOr
sets and iron bedsteads, the four big
windows of the store were got up
TO represent the four rooms of fat, 4
card in each window stating the cost
Of the equipment to be SO down and
So a month for an inspected time.
Sally passed from the plush elegance
of the parlor to the simplicity of the
bedroom and the coZy dining room
with a real sideboard, but it was
against the glass inclosing the kitchen
that she fiattened her pudgy nose the
longest
The domestic instinct was strong
within her, and this array of cleaning
pots and pans, the glitter Of the cheap
china and the plated knives and forks
fascinated her. If she only had a
kitchen like that, instead of the one
burner oil stove on the soap box at the
foot of her narrow cot! She drew her
breath sharply and eXhaled it in long
! sigh.
mice, amt it," Sally looked up in
alarm. but there was nothing in the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17

q Chicago, now Iermanently located
IL PlattevilIe, will open his Office IN
Baxter building Tor 2 days every
week Monday and Tuesday.
THE EYES are the principal part Of
PERSONS head. Neglectg in them
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-04
WHAT OF THE CITIES ALONG THE
ATLANTIC coAsT2
Anxious Query Arises over Sending
Of Warships TO Paoito-coast
Deferses Ample to Meet
Any Attack.

While the Pacific coast Is elated
over the prospect OF the coming of the
ncet of warships. the Atlantic coast is
experiencing a corresponding depres-
sion of spirits and the anxious query
is being asked as to what would hap
pen to New York Boston and other
large cities should a hostile fleet come
against them. with the powerful sea
fighters away would they fall easy
prey to foreign foe? II war should
arise with some one Of the European
powers would the coast cities not be
quickly captured and held. or sacked
and burned? Not a very inviting pros.
pect. To say the least. and II there is
the shadow OF a chance of such possi-
bility the anxiety which Is finding eN-
preston in some quarters is quite cX-
cusable,
But military experts are positive In
their assertions that the coast de
fenses would he ample to protect the
cities from capture or bombardment,
for during the last ten years, since
the Spanish-American war, vast i'm.
provements have been made in our
fortihcations, both as to guns and
armament. OF course. the presence of
a fleet along the Atlantic coast in
time of war would be essential to pre-.
vent the landing of an invading army
at points not covered by the coast de-
fenses, but the harbors and great
cities would be entirely safe. Only
L In nd ft1u
its protection have been perfected, al
though the money necessary has not
been appropriated. The weak spot is
the entrance to Chesapeake bay, which
is out of range Of the great disappear
ing guns of Fortress Monroe. In the
| opinion Of the national coast defense
board. with the entrance as II now is,
unfortifed, hostile fleet, should It
| gain control of the sea, can establish,
without coming under the fire of a
single gun, base on its shorAJ pass
| in and out at pleasure, have access to
! large stores of valuable supplies of
all kinds, and paralyze the great trunk
! lines of railways crossing the head of
| the bay"
The entrance to Chesapeake bay is
y miles from Fortress Monroe, while
the effective range of the big guns
there installed is only ~, 900 yards. TC
remedy this defect, 1t Is proposed tc
construct an artificial island. practi
cally midway between Capes Charles
and Henry, and to erect thereon {
modern battery of disappearing guns
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Artificial Aiorettes.

An announcement that bird lovers
will be glad to hear is that an artificial
aigrette has been produced, said to be
more beautiful than the real feather
which has brought about so many ap
peals for mercy.
The aigrette is not just now much
in demand by the milliners, but it has
usually been such a necessary adjunct
that no doubt the whirligig of fashion
will bring 1t into use again. If an arti.
fetal feather of equal beauty with the
genuine has been contrived, one ac.
count OF women with the recording an.
gel has been squared, but the report
that such n feat has been accom-.
plished has not been verified.
The natural aigrette, as most per.
sons know, is taken from the mother
bird during the breeding season. sc
that not only is her life sacrificed but
the lives of all her nestlings. No won
der an aigrette on a woman's head is
a sign of reproach and that the hu
name have striven so hard to prevent
the custom Of thus robblng the birds.
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the most serious problems that the
foreign ministers TO Pekin have 20
consider. and at the present time they
are urging China to suppress the bust
ness.
While the worst cases of piracy oc-
cur in the vicinity OF Hong Kong. in
that stretch of the West river between
the British port and Canton, there is
hardly ten miles OF China's long coast
line that is not from time to time at.
tackled by pirates.
The pirates who infest the waters
adjacent to Hong Kong are exception.
ally bold, and during the last few
months several British ships have
been looted. Their methcc of opera.
tion is very simple. Members OF the
gangs go aboard a ship in Hong Kong
as passengers, and when the vessel
reaches part of the ever where the
remainder OF the outlaws are waiting
in junks-sometimes in stolen steam
launches-the outlaw passengers be-
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ETHEL'S COMING OUT.

not have finished her schooling, but
will probably leave the National Ca
thedral school after the Christmas
holidays. 1t had been intended that
Miss Ethel should go through the en-
tire course, but in the past few months
she has been having such a good time
in an informal way that the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt have decided to
give her a season in the White House.
Ethel Roosevelt is very unlike Mrs.
Longworth. She looks like her moth
er, carries herself as straight as sap
ling, and has the same peaceful, self
contained expression so characteristic
of Mrs. Roosevelt. Before leaving
Washington In the early summer she
spent nearly every afternoon on horse
back. Little parties were organized
and not even a chaperon was taken
along.
Usually there were several OF the
presidents aides and one or two girl
friends of Miss Ethel in the party. Pic
MICS were planned for two or three
days in the week, and everything was
done to give Miss Ethel a jolly time.
Now that she has had a taste of 'go-
ing out she is anxious to make her
debut, and this has been promised.
The ball will be given in the east
room, and will be planned on an even
more elaborate scale than the one
which the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt gave for Miss Alice. II will bring
together the most exclusive young
people in New York, Boston. Philadei-
phia and Washington, and will mark
the opening of the gayest season the
White House has known since Presi-
dent Roosevelt assumed the reins Of
office.
Following the debut bail there will
be series of dinner dances for young
people.
When she finally makes her debut
society will not welcome a girl who
has had no experience in social af.
fairs, for Ethel Roosevelt has been in
formally a party to the White House
entertainments almost ever since she
went there to make her home. She
was one of the most conspicuous as
sistants at the wedding OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Longworth and has been in evil
dence at all the state receptions since
that time. She is a strikingly pretty
girl, very unaffected, cordial. self-pos-
sessed and full OF fun. She is the
constant companion of her mother and
always accompanies Mrs. Roosevelt
on the trips out of town when 1t is
possible for her to do so. Mrs, Roose-
welt and Miss Ethel are more like two
girls together than mother and daugh-
ter. and the bond of affection and
striking resemblance has been a mat.
ter OF pleasing comment in Washing.
ton since Miss Ethel was a slip Of q
child in short fracks.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-04
ANTLoRAZlNo AGITATION WINS
TRIUMPH FOR PEASANTRY.
Grass Lands Being Rapidly Restored
70 the People and Cattle
Grazing viii Soon Be
No More.

This will be the last year OF the
grazier as a tenant of the great grass
farms of ireland. for both the land
lord and the cattle.owner have at last
made up their minds that cattle
ranchng is a thing of the past. Thus
does the Irish peasantry score tri-
umph and enter the last lap of the
winning fight for the best of the lands
OF the Emerald isle. The land ques-
ton dates far back. II goes away to
the days of Oliver Cromwell, who in
yaded the country and brushed back
the Irish. As history relates, he told
them that they must go either TO
warm place or to COnnaught, and TO
Connaught he drove them. The worst
curse the peasant can heap on his
enemy is the curse OF Cromwell and
no matter where you find the battered
ruins of a castle in the country you
hear that the masonry gave way under
the guns of the vandal oliver. Then
Cromwell was not always able TO pay
his army in cash, so he made the sol
diers grants of the lands that had
been conquered, and the officers
bought the share of the privates for a
small consideration. Thus came into
being the Irish landlord.
The old stock Irish were driven to
the western bogs and the stony noun
tain side, and there they remain until
this day, when a government depart
ment is considering how they may be
taken away from their barren sur
roundings and planted on profitable
land. What Cromwell did not do the
landlord of few generations ago did.
The growing of wheat and corn be-
came Improbable: the raising of cat.
tie became vastly profitable. There
fore the landlord drove his tenants
off the good grass lands and turned
their holdings into grazing ranches,
which he rented to cattlemen on an
l. months lease. There came agita-
tion, then a congested districts board
to remove the dense bogland popula-
tions on to untenanted land; and there
came the land purchase act, by which
the government is gradually purchas'
ing the agricultural districts aad
handing them over to the people. who
will be government tenants until the
price is paid off, the people getting
their farms from the state on the hire
purchase system. The owner of the
bogland and the Improbable estate
was keen to sell: he who owned the
profitable cattle ranch held back
| Hence the anti-grazing agitation, which
| after a few months has succeeded
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WITH FLEET AWAY.

of the most effective character
But in all the harbors of the Allan.
TIC on which have been built largo
cities giant strides have been made in
establishing effective coast defenscs.
A year ago s72,75OOOO had been ex.
pended on the coast defenses OF tho
country, most of this sum being used
along the Atlantic coast. Something
over S50,OOOO00 remains to be spent
to complete the defenses in accord
ance with the present plans. This
year congress has appropriated SL62i,.
600 for the continuance. Of the work.
OF this sum, S150,OOO has been set
aside for the construction Of a li.inch
gun for the artificial island above re-
fcrrcd to. Si75.OOO is being expended
for submarine mines. $l25.000 for
searchlights and 100000 for the es-
tablishmont OF fire control stations,
Under the present system every foot
OF nayigablc water in the horbors is
covered by the powerful guns which
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-04
U. 6. GRANT, THIRD, AND MISS
ROOT TO WE'D.
Engagement Of Famous Generals
Grandson to Daughter Of Secretary
Of State Is Announced at
Washington.


Washington.-The engagement Of
Lieut.. Ulysses s Grant. engineer
corps, L. S. A., nephew Of Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer, of Chicago. now on duty
at Washington barracks. to Miss Edith
Root. daughter of the secretary of
state. has been announced.
Miss Root made her debut In New
York several seasons ago and has
twice been a cabinet girl, although
she was extremely young when her
father was secretary of war in Pregi-
dent McKinleys second administra-
ton She is a gifted linguist, an ac-
complished musician, and is devoted
TO outdoor sports She is an expert
horsewoman, and her smart trap is
familiar in all the uptown sections of
Washington.
Lieut. Grant has sery ed as military
aid at the White House during the
last two seasons. acting with Capt.
Fitzhugh Lee. j.. and Lieut. Philip
Sheridan. His father is Mai. Gen. Fred.
erick Dent Grant. now in command of
the military department of the east.
He is a nephew Of Mrs. Potter Palmer
of Chicago, his mother being Miss
Louise Honore, sister OF Mrs. Palmer
He is a brother of Princess Cantacu
zene CT Russia. who was Miss Julia
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PIRATES OF TO-DAY.

gin shooting crew and innocent pas
sengers and in the ensuing confusion
they loot the ship and before any sort
of effective resistance can be made
the pirates have dropped over the
ships side aad escaped in the boats
of their waiting comrades.
This is of common occurrence No
ship is immune from attack except
the swift silk carriers which never
leave port without a strong guard of
ficered by Americans or Europeans.
During the confusion that resulted
from the typhoon which struck Hong
Kong, hundreds of pirates swooped
down on the afflicted port and looted
right and left. One band of the out
laws seized large launch and attack
ships in every part of the harbor. It.
Is conservatively estimated that the
amount of loot stolen by them during
two days amounted to considerably
over $4,000. II will be seen that pira-
cy in the twentieth century is as re-
munerative as It was in the days Of
Capt Kidd.
Every power which keeps a part
Of its navy in the far east has light
draft gunboats or torpedo craft con-
stantly patrolling the inland rivers.
and even China makes a semblance OF
patrolling, but II must be taken into
consideration that the rivers OF China
upon which ply sea-going ships are
thousands of miles in length and 1t
would require hundreds Of gunboats
to police them.
According TO those best informed
on the subject, there is but one way
to suppress piracy in Chinese waters.
and that IS to place the patrol boats
in command of foreigners, But with
China's present hostility to everything
foreign. she will not listen TO such a
proposal Meanwhile the foreigners
and the Chinese are losing hundreds
OF thousands of dollars annually, ma.
rine insurance Is excessive, and inno-
cent people are being murdered al.
most daily, Such a condition could
hardly exist anywhere else One is
never surprised at anything that hap.
pens in China.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-04
PRlMA DONNA is REAL TRlLsY.
Bessie Abbott Says She Can't Sing
Well Unless Sister is Present.

New York.-That she is a Trilby in
real life-drawinS her inspiration
from the psychic bond existing be-
tween herself and .her twin sister,
Jessie, whose presence in the audi
ence when she sings is necessary TO
her success-was the assertion frank
ly made the other day by Miss Bes
sic Abbott, one Of Herr Conried's
prlma donnnas.
Miss Abbott's admission was all
the more astonishing because of two
announcements she was making. One
was that rumors that she was en-
gagged were true, she keeping secret
the identy of her betrothed; the other
was that as long IS she remained on
the stage her sister must never mar
ry This part of her statement was
made on account of recent reports
that Jessie was engaged to James G.
Blaine III.
Il will never sing again." declared
the prima donna firmly, IF my sister
deserts me or allows her sympathies
to be directed in another channel.
From my first appearance on the
stage Jessie always has been in the
audience. Even If did not see her
knew that she was there | knew she
would help me whenever there came
difficult passage of which | might be
the least bit afraid
Miss Abbott and her mother re.
fused to discuss the report that Jessie
was engaged TO Mr.. Blaine.
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Believed by Japs.

The Japanese believe in more myth
ical creatures than any other people
on the globe, civilized OF savage.
Among these mythical animals are
some without any remarkable peculi.
arities of conformation, but gifted with
supernatural attributes, such as a
tiger which is said to live until 1t has
become a thousand years old, and
then turns as white as a polar bear.
The Japanese also believe in a multi
tude of animals distinguished mainly
by their monstrous size or by the
multiplication of their members
Among these are serpents 500 feet
long and large enough to swallow an
elephant, foxes with eight legs, mon
keys with four ears, and fishes with
ten heads attached to one body Japs
also believe in the existence of crane
which. after It has lived for 500 years,
has no need of any sustenance except
water.
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wins a crop Of vegetables if the fates
are good and draws blank IL the potato
blight comes along. The ordinary self.
respecting human being would refuse
the land as a gift and would rather go
to the poorhouse than face the fates
on the Irish bog farm
People live on farms" that are
subject TO periodical floods. on land
that cannot be drained, on unproduc-
tive SOIL on holdings which they have
actually made by clearing away rocks
and stones and conveying the land up
by donkey load More, hundreds are
living on the brink OF horrible dis.
aster. Those people in the bogs in
hilly districts are in wet seasons ever
under the shadow of the bog burst
The rain descends and sinks under the
peet. An underground lake is formed !:
there is a tremble, a shiver, and in a
moment the bog comes sliding down
in a mass of black liquid mud 20 over
whelm everything in its course. There
have been many fatal bogslides in the
past and several in the recent past
In one peat rush which the writer saw
the ooZe flowed down. fortunately. in
the daytime so that the people had
time to escape to safety. The bog
moved, it encircled the cottages; II
climbed up them; it buried them.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-04
New Carnegie Peace Palace.

prize Of $4,000 on May II, 1906, in a
competition that included architects
from many countries and comprised
PIG sets of designs. The palace is TO
he built by Andrew Carnegie who
first announced the project on April
20, 1908. His gift for the structure is
$1,500,000, but estimates place the
cost much higher, and 1t is believed
that Mr.. Carnegie will meet the de-
ficiency. The legislature of Holland
on May 19. 1905. voted $214,000 for the
site. The building is to consist of
justice halls and a library, and the
entrance is to be through a grand vcs-
tibule Of honor, with an imposing stair
way, but the chief feature OF the in
terror will be a magnificent Hall of
Arbitration" where future peace con
ferences are to be held. The main
building Is to be flanlIed by high tow
ers of ornate construction, two of
which are to be at either sud of the
facade. The entire block will be
quadrangular, with a corridor on two
floors and justice halls occupying the
fianks. The mural decorations are to
be highly artistic, and the furnishings
In general are to be costly.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-04
IRISH LAND MOVE.

Many graziers have bowed to the will
of the people, and the majority Of the
remainder have given undertakings
never to graze cattle again. The land
lords OF the ranches are approaching
the government to buy, and the gov
ernment is quick and anxious to pur.
chase.
A drive through Connaught and
Munster shows how miserably most OF
the peasants live. u is common TO
find families grouped in one room mad
novels situated in black bog where the
toiler is compelled actually to make
tine land for himself A pair of goats
wretched COW and perhaps a donkey
may make out precarious living
among the coarse grass and reeds on
the outer bog. and from the miserable
soil the peasant by incessant laboS
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have been installed in the coast de-
fenses. Every channel is susceptible
of being mined according to- plans al
ready worked ont. the preliminary
work. including the assembling OF
paraphernalia. having been so care
fully done that every harbor on tho
Atlantic could be effectively mined on
4S hours notice. Fire control stations
have been so far established that the
exact position of any vessel coming
within range of either the mines or
the big guns can be determined with
mathematical accuracy. and TO quote
Gen. Murray. chief of artillery, once
a hostile vessel comes within the
range of the coast defenses. a glance
at the perfected machinery Of the
range finders would instantly reveal
her position. the pressure of a finger
on an electric button would explode
a mine which would blow her out of
the water. and before she came down
she would be blown to atoms by one
of the 12-inch disappearing guns"
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US. GRANz 5n9 4

the United States and was graduated
in 1898, when he at once Joined his
father in Porto Rico, where he had
his first experience in warfare. At
the end Of a year he entered West
Point, graduating sixth in his class of
1902. He was ordered at once to the
Philippines, where he did good service
for three years, and, returning to the
United States, was ordered to Wash.
ington barracks.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding, but it is expected to take place
in the fall.
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The Secret of EIsteherIsm.

II has been learned that there are
two tides of secretion Of the gastric
juice-the psychic and the chemic.
When food enters the stomach its inn
pact on the gastric mucous membrane
induces the chemical tide The psych-
ic flow of the gastric juice is con-
trolled and brought into action by tho
brain centers. Hence 1t is that things
eaten with deliberation and relish,
while the mouth waters, are much
better disposed Of by the processes OF
digestion than enormous quantities or
more nutritious food swallowed in o
mechanical manner.
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DAUGHTER TO
ENTER SOCIETY NEXT WINTER.
Brilliant White House Functions Plan.
ned for the Girl Who Is Her
Mothers Prototype and
Chum.

A gay season is being planned for
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of the
president. who will make her formal
bow to Washington society next win
ter, and the summer days at Saga
more Hill are crowded full of planning
for the series of entertainments the
like of which have not been known at
the executive mansion since the days
of Nellie Grant. IL is true. of course,
that the social career of Mrs. Nicho-
las Longworth. as Alice Roosevelt.