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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
~ GUESS" AND "cALcULATE."
Expressions Are Good English and Not
at All American.

The accepted manner Of defining
Americans, either male or female, in
the London comic papers or in second
rate English novels is to lard their
speech plentifully with Calculate" and
sguess," and with well at the open
ing of each sentence. This mode OF
marking, or any other. is in itself
totally unimportant, but linguistically
1t is not without interest, for while 1t
is purely conventional as now used
and has No relation to any American
habits Of the present day, whether
good or bad. IL is pleasant to note that
the hard-worked insular humorist need
not have gone so far afield to find the
words necessary for the identification
OF Americans. They really had but to
turn to the New Letters" Of Thomas
Carlyle volume 1. page 1TS) and there
read the following sentence: He has
brought you Fox's book of Martyrs,
which calculate will go in the parcel
to-day; you will get right good read
ing out OF it, l guess. "-Scribner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
How She Prenared.

A French gentleman anxious to find
wife for a nephew went to matri
monial agent, who handed him his list
of lady clients. Running through this
he came to his wife's name, entered
as DESTROYS of obtaining husband be
tween the ages of % and 35-a blonde
preferred. Forgetting his nephew, he
hurried home to announce the discov
cry to his wife. The lady was not at
all disturbed ooh yes" she said
that is my name. put it down when
you were so i'll in the winter and the
doctors said we must prepare for the
worst"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
Liuht-Toed Gentry.

1.-THE best pickpockets," said the de
tective, "are the Hindoos. You have
to call them light-toed as well as light
fingered, for they can lift a watch OF
purse as easily with their feet as with
their hands. Trained from childhood
these bare-footed rascals are wonder
fully skillful with their toes. This
gives them a great advantage. A Hin
doc in a crowd will stand with his
arms ostentatiously folded and sneal
with his foot the wallet from your
trousers pocket"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
"Beauty Doctors" Copy Old Rome"

0Cauly OOSIOIS NOPy 0iu NOHCs
Juvenal, the Roman satirist, writes
Indignantly of the absurd waste of
time given to the care of the complex
ion, of the lotions and jellies and pow
ders for the preservation of the skin.
''But anything overlaid with so many
Unchanged cosmetics, and poultice
with -four, both baked and boiled, shall
we call it face or sore? This thing.
swollen and ridiculous, the unfortunate
husband hiss to contemplate-onlyf for
her lovers does she wash her skin
clean" The modern beauty doctors,
writes Mrs. H. w. Neyinson in the
Eortnightly Review, have plagiarized
their methods from ancient Rome
the massage, the stroking, the oiling
and would be willing to admit that
some of the most valuable secrets, in
Guiding the Roman mask" which
eradicated wrinkles, are lost to them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
He Was an Exception.

The late Bishop James Newbury
Fitzgerald, in an address in st. Louis,
once declared that sympathy, far more
than eloquence or learning, made for
success in the ministry. TOO many
of u.s." he said. ''say the worst, the
most inappropriate things. Thus a
young Baptist friend of mine, condol-
ing with a housebreaker in a Jail,
droned: 'Ah, my friend, let us re-
member that we are here to-day and
gone tomorrow You may be; l
amt the housebreaker answered
shortly"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
FATHER HAD HOPES FOR HIM.
Bumptuoua. Youth Got Benefit Of a
Little Plain Talk.

The following is related OF certain
well-known New York business man
and his son: The son had just left
Harvard and was fired with ambitions
which did not include going into his
fathers once. When he arrived home
his parents began seriously TO discuss
his future. He stated what his ideas
we're and spoke OF the professions as
most likely to afford scope for his
genius. The law, he thought, would
Be the likeliest career. His father,
however, had not very high opinion
OF bis abilities, and said so without
mincinR words. L think" he declared,
''Teu had better make a beginning by
zdorRinG one Of my ONCE stools. We
can think about your taking up the
law Rfterward." The young man did
not see it that way. ONCE life he
Ioathed, and said Il was an existence
a. only for a dog. We'll, my son." re-
turned the father, dryly. you're not .
dog Jet, but you'll grow"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
Fresh Food in the Country.

"The late Senator Pugh," said q
Mobile nam, thought the charms of
the country overrated. He preferred
the city to the country. He used to
tell how, one June day, he met q
friend who had taken q house for the
summer months outside New York
somewhere. suppose you revel in
fresh eggs and vegetables out there,
eh?" said Senator Pugh Yes said
the New York man. Why, we can get
all those things at Scraggs Four Cor
ners almost as cheap as we did In
town."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
Worshiners Carry Fire,

While seeing many people leaving
the cathedral / entered to look around
the interior of the fine chancel. In
side I saw numbers of men carrying
huge wicker baskets filled with tri-
angular earthenware dishes in each
of which still smoldered some glowing
embers in a bed OF white ash. These
they carried into the cloisters and
emptied solemnly into great metal
bins. On reentering the building the
secret stood revealed. Owing to the
extreme cold each member of the con-
gregation hires for a doppeltjer, or the
sum of 3D., an earthen dish with a
block of glowing peat under the little
wooden perforated footstools with
which each chair is proVided.-Tit-
Bits
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
Penalty of Vanity.

Two tadpoles lived In meadow
pool One tadpole was exceedingly
vain and kicked around until he devel-
oped q pair of pale green legs and
arose to tho dignity Of q frog. The
other tadpole was sluggish. Hurry
up!" said the new frog. why, you
are the slowest thing in all the mead
ows. Without legs you will never be
noticed" "And that is just why am
not raising them, replied the slow
tadpole. ct doesn't always pay to be
noticed" And now the slow tadpole
still swims among the rushes while
his vain brother has long since been
served UP on crisp toast.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
Wealth is largely matter of com

Wealth is largely matter of COM
parison. The man with merely a
dollar or two is regarded with en-
vious respect by the individual who
is literally broke and has no pros
pect of finding way to sup
ply his immediate and press
ing needs, while the man who has
become accustomed to count his
wealth in millions would feel
driven to dire straits of poverty il
he should suddenly ind himself cut
down to only paltry hundred
thousand or two.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
rracic Nine of Diamonds.

Carefully preserved at Stairs castle,
the Aberdeenshire seat of the earl of
Enroll. is a single playing card which
recalls a never to be forgotten trag-
edy. II is the nine of diamonds
thence called to this day ''the curse
Of Scotland'), on which the duke OF
Cumberland wrote his order for the
butchery of the brave Highlanders
who were taken prisoners at the fate,
ful battle of CullOden.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10

Elk. Gov. George W. Peck says the
Democratic party swallowed Hor-
ace Greedy without greasing," and
thinks the party could probably
perform the same feat with La
Toilette if 1t had to. Yet it is quite
evident from some of the other re-
marks made by Mr.. Peck that he
hopes his party will never be put to
the test.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
The state legislature has determin

The state legislature has determin-
ed to hold three daily sessions from
now on, for the purpose of closing
up the work of the session and
securing an adjournment. And to
sell the truth the people are just as
anxious for an early adjournment
as the legislative members them
selves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10

dust because Congressman Roden-
berg of Illinois says that John c.
Spooner will be the next president
of this country, it will not make it
so, of course. But at the same time
there are several things which go to
indicate Mr.. Rodenberg may be
making q very safe guess.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10

Uncle Sam closes the fiscal year
with about s87, 900, 900 surplus in
the federal treasury. Guess this
was enough to make ''uncle's" chill
dren feel like celebrating the
Fourth with all the loyalty and
patriotism they could put into it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
aeqcar Alone Spoke English.

People make great mistake as to
the prevalence of English on the
continent, says Rev. A. N. Cooper In
Chambers Journal. I'm my walk to
Rome, a journey of some 900 miles,
only once met a man on the road
who could speak English, and he was
the only man who begged of me-"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10

The state legislature has decided
not to cut the pay of the state gam
Wardens. Yet if the reports are
true there are some of the wardens
who are failing to earn their money
by conscientious efforts to DO their
duty fearlessly and impartially.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10

These are strenuous times for
Lancaster's mayor but he is pos
sessed of a good backbone and
plenty of grit along with that plain
exterior.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10

According to reports from Kansas
the people of that state feel that the
cold weather this spring has not
been without its compensations. 1t
has given good many of them a
handy excuse to visit the drug stores
for something to warm them up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
On the job.

Merchant Ito applicant for clerk
sbip)-and have you had much ex
nerience in this line of business?'
Annlicant-'Lots of it. Why, I've
been in Is different situations of the
k4pa r4s,.AA ses lsss tstss Is4Eas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
Raoidity Of Nerve Action.

mo, ma'am," wrote a third-grade
boy, sit don't take long for nerves to
answer back. When you tell me to sit
up straight, hear it with the nerves
In my ears, and my brain telegraphs
back to do it quick because you will
lick me if I don't"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
WHEN SHE
HURRIED

LIZABETH," said
the young man to
the pretty girl, 81
dislike to say any
thing that might
in any way dis
turb you, but the
hour grows late.
We have Is miles
to go and four
lines of traction
problem to travel
over and a mum.
Der Of transfers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
New york'a Bad Pavements.

New York has the most dilapidated
pavements of any large city in the
world. Expert engineers in. the en-
ploy of the city have just completed
an exhaustive examination of the
greater part of Manhattan island. and
this is their decision.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
Exnensive.

81 took a s1eepin' car last night fur
the fust time" said Uncle zeke, IAN.
by George, I'll never take another
one! l got five winks of sleep, an
they cost me 40 cents wink"
---~@-H@~ !.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
.Ia1RM Ia11Ou I

6I9A 7sn pue spuBq Sql 9ABs snq@
puB ss9Ld SIqplSS9A SuJsn An tI0leM
loQ GISA WoIJ qloIO SuELA o. s9qsIM
ouo ssSu4ogs 10 sssso VI So uoqM
'sQRoI0 1oH
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10
Better Than Beauty.

If beauty qualities were to run .
race, good nature would win the prize.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-10

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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-19
IN LOCKED ROOM
ENDS IN DEATH WOUND
IRVING DIGGS KILLS DOPE.
CRAZED MAN WHO AT
Tackled HIM.

montgomery, June 19.-About 3
O'Clock Sunday morning. Irving Diggs
coke boss of the Hardwood plant of
the Sunday Creek Coal & Coke COM
pany, shot and instantly killed Will
lam Harris, who, in crazed condi-
lion, tho result of dope. had attack
ed him with quart bottle of whis-
key.
Harris camo to the Dlggs house
about the hour mentioned and fore
ed himself into the room whore DIpps
was, and demanded payment of an
alleged indbtedncss OF SO DIeps
says he owed him nothing but saw
rom his Wild, stary Dyes and gen
eral appearance that he was under
the influence OF cocaine and I'm "A
thoroughly irresponsible condition.
Harris grew even wilder when no
found that he could not get the mon
y, and, swearing that he would talke
Diggs, life, he closed the door, locked
It quickly and placing The key I'm his
pocket, furiously assaulted Dlggs
with n fun quart bottle OF whiskey,
making desperate attempts to smash
Diggs I'm the face and head with tho
bottle. Diggs grabbed revolver and.
after trying to avoid the action un-
ul IL had gone beyond the danger
line, put three holes in Harris and
closed the incident.
About $50 Diggs came TO the res
idencc OF Attorney Champe, and
awakening him told him what had
happened, and employed him to rep
resent him. Tho attorney advised
Diggs to go at once TO the police sta
ton and surrender TO the authorl-
ties. and that after breakfast no
would come up and go over the mat
ter fully with him. This Dlggs
agreed TO do, but IL seems that becom-
ing frightened at the idea OF being
jailed, he went the other way and ia
now presumed to be I'm Columbus or
Cincinnati. His friends insist that
he has gone TO Columbus TO see his
employers about his bond. and that
as soon as this is arranged he will
return and give himself up for trial
Diggs was an unusually quIcC man,
and was never i'm any trouble OF any
kind before.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-19

VIII prove that they did not give the
proper Interpretation to this law. let
them submit the matter To any three
disintcrestcd lawyers with the agree
ment TO abide by the decision. and
the matter will be tested.
The undersigned is not afraid TO
place himself on record as saying that
the circular sent out by the Commit
tee Of the Chamber of Commerce
does not interpret the law correctly.
They are wrong when thoy say that
Sec. 1911 of Chau. A A. OF the Code
has long since ceased to be tho law
In West Virginia"
! am backed In this belief by other
members Of the Biucneld Bar. At
least one Republican member OF the
B1I of BlueGa.I who favors Tho bond
issue says that in HIS opinion the In
tc, pretatiou os tho law given out 10y
Oh" Chamb.. o. Com'nyrse IS
WRONG and the Interpretation horo-
given correct My v'cws are also
sustained by Judge McCauprcrSy,
Judge Allen ana Judge Goo. J.. ill
lard, and Mr Riley, I'm fact by every
lawyer with whom ] have discussed
the matter IT the circular Is cor
rect there SIS no law allowing BlueC I'D
TO issue bonds.
If this Chamber of Commrco wish
10 discuss the matter they can do GO
at the open air Mass Meeting TO-
night. corner Mercer street and Blue.
field avenue Above contention will
be SUPPORTED by MEN WHO ARE
Not AFRAID LET THEM CONE
OUT AND MEET THE ISSUES If
THEY ARE SINCERE
w. ". ROSS
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-19
HE STOLE TO
GET A BRIDE
YOUTH SAYS HE TOOK
$4,000 IN ORDER TO BUY A
RANCH AND GET
MARRIED.

Chiago, june 10. Having stolen
$4,000 from his employers. the hide
pendent Packing Co., and being can
tured with the goods" william
Hayehs, eighteen years old. explains
that his matrimonial ambitions were
responsible.
For some time before the theft. he
said, he had pictured himself AS the
ownr and manager of ranch ~
south Dakota and as tho husband of
the mistress of the ranch, who was
to be Miss Lillian Ahern. a year his
junior, resident of Chicago, and his
sweetheart. Lillian said She thought
1t would be just lovely.
The only trouble was Ravens
didn't have the money TO buy the
ranch and so, he says he appropriate
ed $4,000 given him by his employ
ers to deposit i'm bank. Now he IL
in a cell awaiting trial and tho girl
has been placed I'm a convent by
her father, James Ahcrn. manager of
the Carpenter stone Co.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-19
JOURNEYS HOME.
DEFYING DEATH
"o0LD-BE SUICIDE, NOT YET
OUT OF DANGER, GOES
TO VIRGINIA.
If HE LIVES, HE WILL SPEND
Long DARK DAYS WITH
HIS MOTHIsR

Cleveland. June I9.-Henry Wise
man is going home 20 Virginia.
Broken in mind and body. with big
hole in his head, and doomed to life
long blindness II he ever RECEIVERS.
he still wants to go back to his
mother
Wiseman shot himself in the Colo
NAL hotel because he was short in
his accounts with the Eastern Ohio
Traction Co, by which he was EN-
Dloyed.
Yesterday his cousin, +. L. Thurs
ton, nineteen years old, came from
Charlottesville to get him. The hos
pital authorities demurred.
He is in no condition to be
moved" they said
But the SOFT voiced southerner was
in no mood for official objections.
His mother wants him, and he
wants to go home, and I'm going to
take him." he said.
His mother was heartbroken when
she heard the news. and his younger
sister sick and Frustrated
you must so for him" they told
young Thurston. Bring him back
to u.s."
He found Wiseman in the same
mood.
IN I die | would rather die at
the old home in Virginia" he said
feebly, as the Cwo Doys clasped hands
at Huron-rd, hospital. 81 must see
mother again" The word mother
has been or his lips through his de-
lirium and his occasional moments
of consciousness.
After making arrangements for
moving Wiseman Thurston went to
the police station. He wanted the
pistol that his ccousin had used to
shoot himself. 1t was an heirloom.
The boys father confederate vet
eran, had carried IL through the war,
1t had seen service at the bloody bat
tie OF Manassas, twenty miles from
charlottesville, where the elder Wise
man had used it in the great stand
that his regiment had made there in
the lost cause.
Again Thurston met Official opposi-
ton. If Wiseman should die the fire.
arm would be wanted by the coroner
as evidence
But Thurston aroused the sym
pathy of Detective Ruddock, who had
sharge Of the weapon. Ruddock pre-
scented the case to Inspector Rowe,
who allowed Thurston take the
weapon back with him.
1t was arranged that Wiseman
should start at o'clock this morn
ing, going by way of Cincinnati,
where he will have TO wait but an
hour before taking the chesapeake &
Southern for home
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-19

The ladies of the w. c. r. u. will
meet this afternoon at O'Clock p.
m. in the Y. NJ. c. A. A large at
tendance is desired
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-19
Welded ON HIS
DEATH BED
PECULIAR SAD MARRIAGE AT
THE HOSPITAL AT CHARLES
TON

Charleston W. Va, June IS
The death of James 0owne occurred
this morning at o'clock at DR.. f.
g. Thomas hospital. caused by ap-
pendicitis Friday an operation was
performed upon Mr.. Bowen, but the
condition of the appendix and the
presence of gangrene made il impos-
sibfe to save his life. Mr.. Bovine was
"a nephew of Mr.. Baldwin. of the
Baldwin steel works, and had been
employed here FOR several months.
He was engaged TO be married next
September and is fance arrived
here this morn ON 10. from
Washington five jUrs before death.
No arrangements will be made to-
ward the disposal 80 the remains un-
til his father arrives o.
Miss Grace Leonarl ,as Mr..
Browns nance ana sho " after
her arrival in the city this corning
the dying man requested tao mar
riage TO be performed and tie young
girl consented. Rev. Ernest Thomp-
son performed the ceremony at 7:30
o'clock and at the close, all knowing
that Mr.. Bovine Ia mad but a few
minutes TO live, offered one of the
most beautiful prayers ever extended
to bridal pair who were parted
almost Immediately bv Taatb
Mrs Bovine is a Washington girl.
but the few hours she has been I'm
the city has won many friends who
are extending their sympathy to her.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-19
CHALLENGE Oy CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE ACCEPTED.
Editor Daily Telegraph:

Editor Daily Telegraph:
II again becomes necessity for
us TO appear before rHc public I'm an
article (Which we are not afraid to
sign I'm answer to what the Leader
published I'm It's issue OF June 18Th,
i'm which it stated that our signed
circular of tho nth was wrong. and
further said, Whether It was done
i'm ignorance of the law or I'm an at
tempt TO deceive the voters the re-
suit is the same"
We have directly quoted the
statute There can be but one in
depreciation OF ~. There arc two
kinds of municipal corporations in
west Virginia the one chartered un-
der chapter ~ OF tho cofo and the
other chartered by special act OF the
! legislature and this statute clearly
limits tho power of the council OF
either such munlclpar corporations to
lcvy taxes. (Rcad our circular or
Juno 17th againD This committee
viii pay anyone the sum Of $500 who
will prove wo did not correctly quote
tho law now effective and give It's
/ proper Interpretation why did the
author of the Leader article .ar .0
a'w hIs nomc2 was 81 because he
! knew ho was placing % false con
airucllon upon the law as It now ex-
fists or was hc afraid of forever ruin
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-19

Mr.. j. r. Miller, accompanied by
his daughter Miss Justin, of Berwind
brought his little four-year-old boy
today 20 DR. Peery to be treated for
blindness caused by the explosion Of
a cartridge dropped INTO the fire acct
IDENTIFY.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-19

Little Miss Katherine Shelton is
visiting friends ut Blum city. va.