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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
A Difficult Subject.

When Mrs. Hanson entered the pho
tographer's studio, her small son held
in a firm grasp, there was look of
determination on her face which show
ed it was no time for trifing
snow, see here" she said, swinging
the reluctant James Henry into prom
inence from the position he had select
ed behind her skirts, ''this boy has got
to have picture taken to send to his
grandfather that he's named for, and l
expect you to do it."
Certainly, madam" said the phOtOg-
rapher blandly. "NOw what style"-
81 don't expect any style at ALL" an
nounced the mother of James Henry,
pulling him up from the floor to half
kneeling attitude. IF you can just get
his features into the camera that's all
l expect. There was travelling tin
type man came to our town last spring.
He took two dozen of me for a break
fast and supper and two dozen Of IA
Their for his nights. lodging and three
dozen of little. Emma Jane for the
next days dinner But after he'd had
one try at James Henry he said that
unless father had a good half worn
suit O. clothes to let go he couldn't I'M
dertake to secure likeness of the boy,
and he'd rather be moving on"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
FLOWER AND TREE.

The tobacco plant has grown larger
and more prefusely in the United
States than in any other country.
Consul Hunter Sharp, writing from
Kobe, states that the peppermint plant
grows about three feet high and is
propagated from roots which are plant
ed at the end of November and early
in December.
SOapsuds may be used to advantage
in fighting insect pests on the flowers.
After you have done the weeks wash
ing, take the suds and spray the flower
plants. Nearly all the serious insect
pests can be destroyed by this simple
remedy.
Palmyra, Me-, has an old elm tree
about which they tell this story: A
man cut an elm stake and put it on his
load of wood. When he unlOaded, he
stuck this stake into the ground, and
it grew until now it is a stately elm
that has withstoOd the blasts of many
winters. Bog
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

A sister-in-law Of the Duke of West.
minister is making tour Of England
as gypsy.
Miss Alice Perry has recently been
appointed county surveyor Of Galway.
She is the first and only woman in Ire.
land who has qualified as a civil en-,
gineer
Miss Florence Nightingale is now
eighty-seven years old. She lives quiet
" near Park lane. in London, and, ow-
ing to poor health, has not left the
house for years.
Miss Dolores Poquete, a West Boyl-
ston OIass) miss, has forsworn skirts
and lingerie and has taken to mascu-
line garb as the most comfortable and
most practical wearing apparel.
Mrs. Phineas Il. Varnum of Portland.
Me- is a constant user of the tele-
phone. Being unable to call on her
friends, Mrs. Yarnum entertains them
over the wire Mrs Varnum is ninety
eight years old.
Miss Isabelle Hagner, who acts as
social secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt. is
carried on the White House pay roll as
a clerk at $1.400 a year. She is the
daughter of Dr. Hagner, who years
ago was regarded as Washington's
leading physician.
A curious bit of real estate is owned
by Mrs. Margaret T. Graham Of Mid
dletown. r. l. 1t consists of a small
rock located lust off her estate. in the
ocean, and a special act of the legisla-
ture was necessary to give her the
rights Of ownership.
The first woman aeronaut in the
world was Nine Thible. and between
the years 1888 and 1910 forty-nine wo-
men made ascents. The first English
woman to go up in a balloon was the
lovely Mrs. Sage, who had an elab0-
rate dress for the occasion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
N. Haitian Generals. Glass. Eye.

A Haitian general having lost an eye
A battle sent to Paris for an artificial
one. The maker sent in return one of
his best. Shortly after the general re-
turned it, with the remark that the eye
was too yellow and recalled to his
mind the Spanish flag, adding at the
same time that he would wear only an
eye having the colOrs of his own
country The maker thereupon made
one with red and green predominating
these being the Haitian colors. This
so pleased the general that instead Of
wearing the eye as originally intended
he added it to his collection of medals.
According to Prescott, the money of
the Aztecs and the kindred nations con-
sisted of quilts filed with gold dust
and bags of chocolate grains.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
SIRES AND SONS.

John Farson. Chicago banker, has
followed the lead of Mark Twain by
appearing in full evening dress Of pure
white
Israel Metz of New York, twelve
years old, is growing a complete third
set Of teeth and puzzling physicians
and dentists.
James Bryce. the British ambassa-
dor. has taken pew at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian church, Washing
tor He is a member of the United
Free Church of Scotland
The thirteen-vear-old son of Judge
Sullivan Of AIiddleborO. Mass, IS the
youngest person TO hold Il chauffeur's
license. In case he is arrested in his
home town for overspeeding he viii be
arraigned before his father.
William T.. Sheffield, the veteran
Rhode Island lawyer and statesman
the last survivor but one of the states
constitutional convention of 1872
might have been called the Daniel
Webster of his state. 50 closely do his
pictures resemble the great defender
OF union ana liberty.
Joseph G. Cannon has served thirty
two years in congress, and if he lives
to the end Of his term will have served
longer than any other congressman.
The longest service so far has been
that of John II. Ketcham of New York,
who served thirty three years and was
a member when he died
First Lieutenant Z. d. Peek of the
United States corps Of engineers is
the tallest officer in the American
army He is feet ~ inches in
height He is a native Of Wisconsin,
and while at West Point he was al
ways known as pixies Peek" on ac-
count of his great height.
William T. Hornaday, director of the
New York geological park, who has
just donated a valuable private collec-
ton Of heads and horns to form the
nucleus of a national collection, de-
clares that he is getting tender hearted,
and that lie would rather catch a baby
elephant alive and make a pet of it
than kill huge tusker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
WOMAN'S REALM.

There are only sixteen women den
fists in New York city.
New Orleans has the finest woman
orchestra in the world, while in New
England factory women are employed
as piano makers.
The Chamber of Commerce, Cincin-
natl, has the best restaurant in the
city, and it is run by three Scotch
women, who make yearly profit of
$4,000, although their annual rental is
$4,000.
There are in England today 112
women who are duly elected rural dis
trict councillors who are also members
of boards of guardians. There are
93S woman guardians of the poor who
hold that ONCE apart from rural dis
trict councilorships, making a grand
total of 1000 elected to these two i'm
portant bodies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH.

William Winter, the dramatic critic
of the New York Tribune, is spending
the summer at Mentone, southern Cali
fOrnia.
BiriSSOff. the Russian artist, has won
much praise from London art critics
who have viewed his pictures of polar
scenes. Dr.. Nansen prOnOunceS the
sketches and paintings wonderful in
their fidelity and vividness.
Sir John Tenniel, the famous Punch
cartoonist, who celebrated his eighty
seventh birthday the other day, is still
a fine military looking man, with all
his faculties intact and as keen mind
as when he drew his first cartoon.
One of the most interesting of pres
ent day novel writers is Florence
Morse Kingsley. She is the wife of Il
minister, Rev. Charles II. Kingsley,
who presides over a union church at a
charming little town on Staten Island.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
TRAIN AND TRACK.

Manhattan borough surface car lines
pay out So 200 day in wages.
The Charing Cross, EuSton and
Hampstead railway can boast of hav-
ing the deepest underground station in
the world This is at Hampstead and
is 1S5 feet deep.
Thirty years ago there were fourteen
railroads under more or less independ-
ent operation whose titles as painted
on the cars began with Boston" Now
there are only two.
No more return tickets will be sold
on German railways. The price of
single tickets has been reduced to that
of One-half the cost of the return ticket
heretofore in vogue. but on the other
hand there will be no more free bag
gage, nor will passengers be allowed
to take heavy bags into the cars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL.

The principal English universities are
short. of funds, and appeals for help
have been made to the nation.
Among the notices on the walls of a
new technical trade school in London
may be read. Eyes first, hands next,
tongues last
Over 10000 children have been lost
t. the Episcopal church schools of Lon
don in 4 year and 4 further considera-
BILE decrease IS expected unless better
teachers can be secured.
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler Of
the University Of California has de-
clined the presidency Of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, with
a salary of $4,000 a year As presi-
dent of the University of California his
salary is $4,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
State Lines.

Alabama is the only state in the
Union whose legislature meets but once
in four years. Then its session is linn
tied to forty days, and the members or
the legislature get 81 a day.
Wisconsin sent nearly 100000 men to
the civil war out of a population Of
about 100000, almost One-seventh of
the entire people Of the state. OF these
over $4,000 died, or about One-eighth
In the north Atlantic GivisiOn-the
New England states, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania-the proper
ton of unmarried men over twenty
years to the whole male population is
81 per cent, of the unmarried women
26.2 per cent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

Disks of iron without teeth, turning
with great velocity, are used for saw
ing metal.
Michigan and New York are our
chief salt producing states, the former
leading by half a million barrels a
year. The total product Of the United
States is about 100000 barrels an
nually.
Coalite is the latest novelty in the
fuel line. As made in Newcastle, by Il
process similar to that employed by
the gas companies for the production
Of coke. it makes no smoke and gives
off. it is claimed, about twice the heat
Of oeoai. while coalite fire lasts 40 per
cent longer than an ordinary coal FIRE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Science Siftings.

The largest of fixed stars appears to
be Sirius. 1t is at least three times as
hot as the sun and seven times as
large.
The worlds locomotive engines are
roughly 4S000,OOO horsepower. exclud-
ing motors. Steamship engines are
only One-tilird of this power.
The cheeks become pale from fear
because the mental emotion dimll-
ishes the action of the heart and lungs
and so impedes the circulation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Political Quips.

This time next year it will be hotter
than it is -politically.-New York
Telegram.
Some man ought to get rich if he
can invent spike long enough to nail
campaign lies so they will stay nailed.
Dallas News.
Or. Wiley. the government chemist,
says pie is unhealthy. This doesn't
apply to political pie. which is as good
for the recipient ut the pie counter as
ever.-Los Angeles Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Notice TO Settle.

Having sold the Philips house
and will not be in Lancaster longer
then May 1st, earnestly call your
attention to the fact that all ac-
counts due me must be settled on or
before May 1st. for after that time
all accounts will go into the hands
Of an attorney with a fee attached
for collection.
1tf Yours, JOHN DECHOW.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
FOR SALE CHEAP: Two second
hand horse powers.
26tf.
26tf.

Fynshly-What is Wally doing now?
Harrison-W Well. when / last saw him
he was engaged in q literary pursuit
Fynshly Indeed! l didn't think he
had enough brains to write Harriso-l
He wasn't writing. He was chasing
a newspaper that the wind had blown
away.-LOndon Mail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Some Notices.

A fools, Win gold and end it,"
A gamblers. ''NNin gold and lose it."
A brokers', win gold and lend it,
A miser's, .'Wm gold and spare it.
a wise mans. win gold and use it. :
A profiigate's, win gold and spend
it"
A vain mans, "Win gold and wear
It."
A generous mans, 'Win gold and
share it." ,.....,.s,.s y--fs.s,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

"Look here, Mr.. Smith," said the
clergyman sternly, ''that was coun-
terfeit two dollar bill you put in the
missionary collection this morning"
EYES," Mr.. Smith answered calmly.
ct owe the heather a grudge They
fricasseed a missionary uncle Of mine
some years ago'-New York. Press.
Notice to Settle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

ToddIing Tommy-Where is Slumber-
land, mamma? Wise WILLIE KNOW :
It's at the other end of Lapland'-bdi-
timore American.
Down to the Norman Conquest tne
Rritons had Giving money and dead
money" the former being slaves and
cattle fine latter metal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
FRESH FLOWERS all the time
at Taylor's greenhouse.

The burning of the Strassburg libra
~ during the Franco-Prussian war de-
stroyed many valuable works, among
which may be mentioned the records
of the legal proceedings in the contro-
versy between Gutenberg and his as
sociates as to whether or not he in
vented the art of printing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

did young SpurtIeigh make a good
record during his collegiate course?Y
mo; the wind was against him.
''Whats that?'
81 say he won the hundred and the
two-twenty all right, but he had to do
it against the wind. and his time was
poor."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

FARMS FOR SALE: I have two
good farms situated in Grant county
that will sell on reasonable terms.
stiff Jos. H. BENNETT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

FOR SALE or Rent: farm consist
ing of 12O acres, located IL miles west
of Ellenboro in Sections 3O-3l; good
running water and schoolhouse close
by, Dist. No. 1. Cali on or address,.
AUGUsr SENFTLABEN, Ellenboros Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

All accounts due the firm of Reed
& Carter must be settled at once
with DIR. j. III. Reed.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-22
The Middle ACES.

There are two terms. the meaning OF
which Is not altogether clear 10 boys
and girls or 20 the average adult read.
er either, for that matter. The middle
ages Is one, the renaissance the other.
BY middle ages is meant that period OF
time about midway between the dc
cline OF the Roman empire and the re.
vival Of letters In Europe or, more spe.
clfcally. from the eighth To the hf.
teenth century The renaissance,
meaning revival. Indicates the period
when the world was passing out OF the
influence OF medieval thought and Gus.
toms and beginning TO feel the spirit
OF classical learning. discovery and in
vention at the close Of the fifteenth
century. In art the term indicates the
style developed IN Italy az that time
and later. originally based on the study
Of Roman Chicago News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-22
About Holland.

Holland IL an abbreyiation OF Hol-
lowland. IL is low, fiat country on
the North sea and il composed mostly
OF deposits from the Rhine and other
rivers and OF sand thrown up by the
sea. Some parts OF IL are even lower
than the sea itself. and 10 keep the wa
ter out strong walls called bikes, made
OF great stones, timber. turf and clay,
have been built along the shores. The
land was formerly very soft and
swampy, but II has been filed up or
drawn out by hundreds OF pumps,
which are worked either by windmills
or steam engines. The water is pump
ed into canals. which take the place
OF streets, and the people 20 about on
them In summer In little boats drawn
by horses or by dogs, and In winter
they travel merrily over the Ice on
skates. which men, women and chill
dren use with ease and grace
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-22

W. X. Vanderbilt has decided 20 send
Maintenon TO the stud as the result OF
n strained tendon.
This closes the racing career OF the
famous horse which, bought as a year.
ling for q. 100 francs. won for his own.
er nearly million francs In stakes
alone, or, exactly, $685. francs.
The breakdown OF Maintenon prac-
tically destroys the plans OF Mr.. Van
derbilt for what was 10 have been his
most extensive turf enterprise In Eng
land, Mr.. Vanderbilt having named
Maintenon for the Ascot Gold cup, n
coveted trophy. with the hope 10 bring
about another meeting between his
great horse and the English Derby
winner Spearmint. which horse beat
MMntenon iq the Grand Prix de Paris
OF last season.
Maintenon and Prestige. both In Mr..
Vanderbilt's stable, were the great
horses OF their age lie has been n
winner already this season on two oc-
casions his last victory having been
earned with 1877 pounds mp In easy
style for the Eugene Aram prize, over
n course OF one mile and quarter.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-22
POST Card Trick.

II you should be told that a postal
card may be turned into a magnet,
you would be surprised no doubt and
yet II IL true. The experiment should
not be made In damp weather. Bal
ance walking stick on the back OF n
chair and tell the spectators that you
are going 10 make IL fall without touch
ing II or the chair.
Having thoroughly dried n postal
card preferably before an open fire,
rub II briskly on your sleeve and then
hold II near one end OF the stick. The
stick will az once be attracted 20 the
card and will follow Il as II II were a
magnet. AS II moves IL will soon lose
It's equilibrium and fall from the chair.
Almost any kind OF wooden rod will
do instead of the walking stick and al
most any kind OF card. or course you
understand the principle Of the expert
ment. BY rubbing the card you wax
en- electricity In II, and II thus becomes
a sort OF magnet. With the power 10 Mt
tract light bodies.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-22
summer, chnIlsnae, NeI.on.

Charlie Harvey. the veteran an
nouncer. Is now managing Johnny
Summers. the English featherweight
champion. who arrived in this country
recently Harvey Is anxious 10 ar
range n match between Summers and
Battling Nelson He has posted $1,000
10 bind the match and viii let this
money go as a side bet that Summers
can beat Nelson. Harvey says that
while Nelson and Nolan were In Eng
land Summers posted 5000 TO bind n
match with Nelson. and after promis-
ing 20 take him on Nelson and Nolan
left England hurrledly
Summers has defeated Tommy Muir
ply the clever New York lad. sum
mers can easily make the feather
weight limit, and he says he will weigh
In AT the ringside with his overcoat
hat and all the rest Of his wardrobe on
II Nolan demands H. Summers is
ready 10 hght from one round 10 a
hundred
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-22
NOMINATION. uTENsIL.

Extending entirely around the cone
are a number OF openings, the juice
squeezed from the lemons being thus
discharged. Pivotally connected 60 the
shank is a hand lever, by means Of
which the implement is manipulated
for MASKING potatoes and squeezing
lemons. At the side OF the implement
is an attachment for opening cans,
consisting of center pin and an ad-
Unstable cutter. The pin Is inserted in
the center OF the can to he opened
and the cutter adjusted 10 extend close
90 the edge OF the can. When In posi-
ton the implement as a whole Is
turned upon the can. the can being
thus cut adjacent 20 the edge.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-22
FOR THE CHILDREN


Let the children stand IN a circle
leaving one out who h. 70 send the
letter. She folds a pocket handker
chief in the shape OF an envelope and
walks around the inside OF the ring
singing:
II sent letter 20 my love.
/ lost Il. found H."
QIoldlng II first behind and then be
fore herr
II sent letter 90 my love.
But what Is this around itf'
She looks at the packet In her hand,
then around the circle ana sings. who
will take my letter. my letter. my let
ter; who VIII take my letter 10 my love
for meT'
Having chosen boy, she goes TO
ward him, singing, "You Will take nay
letter TO my love for me-" AZ the same
moment she drops the handkerchief al
his feet and springs across 10 the oppo.
site side OF the ring, and the child
who receives the handkerchief runs
and breaks through the ring after her.
II he can tap her with the handkerchief
before she secures his place In the ring.
she must send the letter again; II not.
the new holder must send IL, and 80 on.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-22
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE


In washing table linen the less rub.
bling II receives the better. IL IL has
been soaking overnight II will require
but very little rubblng-in fact, not
much more than slight squeezing
but II II has not been soaking IL will
need 20 be rubbed harder,
II takes but short time for linen
70 show the effects OF hard rubbing,
for there Is nothing that will wear II
out more quickly, and 10 obyiate this
IL Is well TO put the article to soak In
ammonia or borax water for az least
two or three hours before washing.
Two teaspoonfuls OF prepared house
bold ammonia 20 pallful OF water is
the usual quantity. The water In which
they are rinsed should be quite blue,
for these goods VIII soon grow yellow
II care is not taken In this respect.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-06-22
HINTS FOR FARMERS


When going 20 look al horse offered
for sale II Is well 10 keep eyes open
for signs that will Indicate his disposi,
ton and other practical qualities,
writes correspondent OF American
Cultivator. Thus battered places on
the posts or sides Of the stall may sug-
gest kicker. Torn or gnawed blan.
kets hint that the horse has vicious
habits In this direction and possibly
bad digestion. as unnatural habits Of
easing usually indicate something
wrong with the digestive apparatus,
II the horse fails 10 stand squarely on
both fore feet, one OF the feet may be
tender or defective. When the horse
IN moved out Of the stall, his gait may
indicate the condition OF his legs and
feet In putting on the harness some
thing may be judged from the way he
takes the bit bride and crupper. The
feet should be- examined with especial
care. Hoofs should be plump and well
rounded, not pinched AZ the heel. not
too fat Heels should be high and
strong without spring. silky hair on
the feet and legs indicates strong.
fiinty bone. but coarse hair suggests
coarse. brittle bone.