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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
SAVED BY THE TELEPHONE.

The wedding guests had assembled,
the preacher was III readiness, and 1t
lacked but fifteen minutes of the time
appointed for the ceremony, when the
young man i'll the case appeared at the
door of the parlor and called the
preacher out.
"Mr. Stedman," he said, "Tm in a
terrible fix. 1 forgot to bring the IL
cense. 1 left it at home in my other
coat
"That is very unfortunate" the
preacher answered. I can't marry
you without it. Isn't there some way
of getting it here?'
mot in timer groaned the hapless
bridegroom-elect. "The boarding house
where I've been living is ten miles
from here It would take two hours
to go and get it."
The preacher reflected a moment.
"Can we reach the place by telephOne?"
he asked.
eyes, SIR
Two minutes later they were stand
ing before a telephone in another room,
and the young man was conversing
with the landlady of his boarding
house.
Mrs. Guernsey" he said, twill you
please go up to my room, take a fold
ed paper out of the inside pocket Of
coat that hangs up in my closet, and
bring it back with you to the phone?
Hello, Central! Don't cut us off !"
Presently Mrs. Guernsey reported
that she had found the document.
''Thank you," he said. "The Rev.
Mr.. Stedman will carry on the rest Of
this conversation with you.'
He handed the receiver to the preach
er, who asked:
"Are you this young mans landlady,
MADAME"
Eyes, sir,' she said.
evil you please open and read to
me the paper you hold in your hand,
or tell me what it is?''
Its a marriage license, authorizing
any clergyman or other lawfully quail
flied person to sOlemnize the marriage
OF George III. BellmON and Ida IraY-
ers.'
as 1t dated, signed and sealed?'
ut is, sir"
THANK you very much. Now call
messenger and send TIE license here
by the swiftest mode of travelling at
once. That will do. Goodbye
Then lie turned to the young man.
"Now, Mr.. Bellmore," he said, 'there
need be no delay in the ceremony. We
will proceed with it, and when that IL
cense comes l will examine it, and if
there is any apparent 1nformality in
this arrangement l will marry you
again after the company has gone.''
This program was carried out, and
the marriage still holds.-Youth's
Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
FAMILY's SKIN TROUBLES.

eczema, Heat Rash and Scalp ARec-
tons AfHict Different Members,
But Cuticura Cures Them.
My wife had eczema for five or six
years. It was on her face and would
come and go. We thought we would
give the Cuticura Remedies a trial. We
did so, and she has never had a sign Of
eczema for four years. / myself used
Cutlcura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
some time ago for falling hair. l now
nave a very heavy head of hair. We
used Cuticura Remedies for our baby,
who was nearly bald when young. She
has very nice hair now. She is very
feshy, and we had so much trouble
with heat that we would battle her
with Cuticura Soap and then apply
Cuticura Ointment, it would dry the
heat up so much quicker than any
thing else. Mr.. H. B. Springmire, 1913
So. Capitol Street, Iowa City, Ia, July
16, 1905, and Sept 16,~19O6."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
WORLDS OLDEST CITY.

Bricks Taken Out of Ruins at Bis
mys Bear Date Of $500 B. G..
In a sand-sWept belt of central Baby
lonia, that country of ancient ruins, in
a region dangerous and deserted be-
cause far from water, and on the bor-
der of the territory of several hostile
Arab tribes, lies the low ruin of Bism-
va, says DR.. e. J. Banks in Putnam's
Magazine. Few explorers have ever
visited it, and those few did so at the
peril of their lives. DR.. Peters of New
York, while eXcayating at Nippur, dis
covered at Bismya clay tablet Of an
ancient date. German explorers are
reported to have said that the ruins
originated with the civilization Of the
Arabs. However, not only the age Of
the ruins but the name and history Of
the ancient city of which they are COM
posed continued a mystery until re-
Gently.
Christmas day, 1908, we began exca-
waiting at BiSmya and the result was
the discovery of the Oldest temple in
the world. The walls of the tower soon
appeared, TIE WAS cIodroQ anu
the first inscription discovered upon
the surface was a brick stamped with
the name of Dungi of 275O B. G. Just
beneath it were other bricks bearing
the name of UrGur of $500 Is. L. 4
little lower appeared a crumpled p.e,.e
of gold with the name of NaralD Sin
of $3.50 B. c., and just below that level
were the large square bricks peculiar IL
Sargon Of $500 B. O., probably the first
of the Semitic kings Of Babylonia. Al
though we had dug but meter and
half below the bricks Of Dungi we had
revealed several strata extending over
the period from 2750 B. c., or more
than 1000 years, and still eleven me
tiers of earlier ruins lay beneath us.
We dug lower. Unknown types of
bricks appeared, and two and half
meters from the surface we came upon
a large platform constructed of the pc
culiar plano-conyex bricks which were
the building material of 1900 B. @.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13

There is SO much Rheumatism every
where that the following advice by an
eminent authority, who writes for read
ers Of large Eastern daily paper, will
De highly appreciated by those who
suffer:
Get from any good pharmacy one
half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion,
one ounce Compound KargOn, three
ounces of Compound Syrup Sarsapa-
rilla. Shake these well in a bottle and
take in teaspoonful doses after each
meal and at bedtime; also drink plenty
of good water.
1t is claimed that there are few vic
Tins of this dread and torturous dis
ease who will fail to find ready relief
I'm this simple homemade mixture, and
In most cases a permanent cure is the
result.
This simple recipe is said to strength
en- and cleanse the eliminative tissues
Of the Kidneys so that they can filter
and strain from the blood and system
the pOisOns, acids and waste matter,
which cause not only Rheumatism, but
numerous other diseases. Every man
or woman here who feels that their
kidneys are not healthy and active, or
who suffers from any urinary trouble
whatever, should not hesitate to make
up this mixture, as it is certain to do
much good, and may save you from
much misery and suffering after
Isl II
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
H0w'S This :?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known T. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years; and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING. KlNNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sent
free Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
A SweIIed Head.

A typical Englishwoman, when some
one spoke the other day of a certain
man having a ''swelled head" looked
dazed. Really! You don't mean it ~
cried the Englishwoman. Pm very
sorry" A day or so later the English
woman, happening to meet the wife of
the man in question, observed that she
was so sorry to hear that Mr.. Blank
was i'll.
But he isn't!" cried the wife. "He
was never better in his life"
SIS that SOP said the EnglishwOman.
"Why, what could Mrs. Dash have
meant the other day when she said he
was suffering from a sweIled head?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
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49, ~. sssssF92 :
lA11J'' l5 I e

Mrs. Michael Davitt is collecting the
documents left by her late husband
with view to having an authentic Life
prepared. She solicits the loan of any
letters or papers received from him by
his friends, and undertakes their
prompt return.
'Smokeless SIM was the title first
selected by Prof. E. A. Ross for ms
volume Of essays on certain well-con-
cealed polite evils. But at President
Roosevelt's suggestion, the book is to be
called "Sin and Society,"" Mr.. Roose-
velt indorses it and is godfather, to the
extent Of an Introduction, as well as
christener.
II. Fielding Hall, author Of ''The Soul
Of q People," has in the press a volume
called 1.-The Soul of the World" The
new book seems to be an interpreta-
ton of Buddhism and Christianity, I'M
favorable to the latter Mr.. Halls study
of the Burmese is one of the most IN
teresting books in English on an east
ern people.
Chicago has some years to spend be-
fore it can survey it's streets in the
fashion adopted by the London Daily
News as follows: How many readers
Of Thackeray have passed down Young
street to the Kensington postofice and
have been aware that in No. II those
immortal works, Vanity Fair" "Es-
mond" and "Pendennis'' first saw the
light? Cover street, again, IS a some
what monotonous street of prosperous
| looking middle-class houses. Few peo-
pie know that in No. 10 Charles OAR
win wrote certainly not his Origin Of
Species" but his famous work on
Coral Reefs Again, in 56 Great
! Queen street, Boswell wrote a cOnsid-
cradle portion of his famous Life OF
Johnson At Firth street, Soho, VIII
liam Hazlitt during the last six months
of his life wrote some of his most nota-
BILE essays AS for Charles Dickens,
London teens with memories of that
great novelist. At 48 Doughty street
he began "Barnaby Rudge," finished
F"Pickwick' and "Oliver Twist" and
wrote Nicholas Nickleby." At l Dew
onshire Terrace he finished "Barnaby
Rudge" and 'Dombey and Son. and
wrote 1.-The Old Curiosity Shop" Mar
tin Chuzzlewit," THE Christmas
Carol" David Copperfeld," THE
Cricket on the Hearth and 1.-The
Haunted Man." At Tavistock House
he wrote ""Bleak House." Little Dor
ritz and "a Tale of Two Cities" Hen
ry Fielding wrote ''Tom Jones" in a
house on the site Of the present Bow
street police station, and Smollet wrote
Humphrey Clinker" and probably
"Peregrine Pickle" at Monmouth
House, Upper Cheyne row. Richard
sons Pamela" "Clarissa" and Gran
disOn'' were written at The Grange,
North End, Hammersmith, occupied for
some time by Sir Edward Burne-JOnes.
At "a Cheyne row the sage of Chelsea,
Thomas Carlyle, wrote 1.-The French
Revolution" ''The Life of Frederick the
Great" "Past and Present." oliver
Cromwell's Letters and Speeches and
''The Life of John Stirling"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
SuDerior RDowIedwe.

Teacher Johnny, what causes the
water of the sea to be salty?
JOhnny-The salt that's in it.
Teacher-Next; Waldo, what causes
the water of the sea to be salty?
WaldO-The salty quality of sea water,
ma am, is due to the admixture of a sufi-
cient quantity of chloride of sodium to
impart to the aqueous fluid with which
it commingles a saline flavor which is
readily recognized by the organs of taste.
Teacher-COrrect. Go up head, Waldo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
Tvo POINTS Of View.

"a Boston woman says she has no
faith in luck of a horseshoe She had
n diamond one and lost it,
''But isn't that n narrow view to
take? Think of the luck it has brought
to the person who found it!'-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13

"SOme years ago l
began to feel weak
and miserable. dn !.
one day awOke irOIn
a nap with a piercing
pain IN my back that
made me scream. For
two days l could not
move and after that
I had backache and
dizzy spells all the
time. My a nix e $
Swelled and | ran
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13

Gown dreadfully I was nervous and
had awful headaches. l wonder that
any medicine could do what DOan's
Kidney Pills have done for me. They
cured me four years ago and | have
been well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
Whom IT Rises.

Teacher (of geography lass)-Name
the largest city on the Ohio river.
Shaggy Haired Pupil = Cincinnati
ma'am; but it amt on the Ohio river
only part of the time.
Teacher-Indeed Where is it the rest
Of the time?
Shaggy Haired Pupil-In it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13

We are all compelled to do a great
deal of hard marching, but the victori-
Gus soldier has an easier time of it
than the soldier smarting from defeat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
ReRnement of Luxnry.

Mildred. why did you lie abed till 8
o'clock? l called you at Z, as you told
me to do
81 know it, mamma. / only wanted the
pleasure Of knowing that l was going to
sleep two hours longer"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
The Visible Signs.

"The Colts have been doing some
mountain climbing in Switzerland"
''There! Guessed it the minute l set
eyes on them the other day"
"How could you tell?"
"They had such peaked look about
them."-Baltimor American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
ADVICE TO VICTIMS.
TELLS READERS HOW TO- CURE
RHEUMATISM AT HOME.

Directions to Mix n Simple, Harm
less Preparation and the Dose to
TaIe-OvercOmes kidney and
Bladder Trouble Promptly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13

Mrs. WinslOw's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
teething softens the gums, reduces inflammation al
lays pain, wind colo. % cents bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13

No man has all the wisdom in the
world; everyone has some.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13

EyHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE sac
H you saw fine advertisement in fhis paper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
Secret of His Value.

'You sold that prize bulldog of yours
for $1,000, did you? What is there about
a bulldog that can possibly make him
worth as much money as that?"
1.-THE fact that somebody thinks he's
worth $4,000"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
TESTED BY TIETE.

A Cure that Has Held Good Four
Years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13

Mrs. Mary CrumliSh, or 1I3O west
Third street. Wilmington. Del, SAYS:
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-17
Exquisite Little Party Given for a
Southern Bride.

A southern girl was the guest OF
honor at this exquisite luncheon the
week before her wedding. Only the
bridal party were invited. The table
cloth was of white net over white satin
and over this were sprinkled hundreds
of delicate sweet pea blossoms cut
from the stems; they were shaded
from white to a deep pink. A dainty
green vine ran carelessly through this
maze of color, ove which like a fall
of crystal snow diamond dust was pow
dered. The lights were shaded with
opalescent glass and the dining-room
was a dream to enter. The chair occl-
pied by the ~bride-elect was marked by
a huge bow Of white tulle, while over
head wedding bells with sweet pea
rims and clappers were suspended by
tulle streamers. The favors were pink
satin slippers and white satin wedding
bells. Knots of sweet peas tied with
tulle were also at each place and tiny
bags filed with rice. The following
menu was served: Grape fruit OF
plates surrounded by smilax, bouillon,
fish in ramakins, potato balls, crown
roast lamb, green peas, mint ice, fruit
salad, individual ear in shape OF
wedding bells with myrtle decoration.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-17
TRAINING A DOG.

Jumping is the easiest thing to teach
your dog. First, put him in a corner
and hold a cane before him, so that he
cannot get out without leaping over it.
You must not hold it very high, or he
will crawl under it; make him hold his
head up, however, and you will pre-
vent that. Keep at it until he under
stands what you want, and he will
jump without hesitation. After the
trick has been learned in the corner it
may be tried out in the room.
Later on you may get him to jump
through a hoop, and still later through
a hoop covered with tissue paper, max
ing him break through the paper as he
jumps. This will require a good deal
of patience, but it may be done, and is
SO odd that you ought to try it.
Another easy trick is sitting UP. Be-
gin this in a corner, too. Place the
dog in a sitting posture, with his back
against the walls, and keep him in
that position by tapping him lightly
under the chin; he will 500 under
stand what you want. Then try him
out in the room. Take hold of his fore
paws and, having raised him to an up
right position, force him gently down
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-17
A STRANGE Actor.

All boys and girls are familiar with
Browning's captivating pied Piper of
Hamelin."
We'll, there is a good story in con-
nection with the opera called THE
Ratcatcher of Hamelin," when it was
first given in the great Royal Opera
house of Dresden.
In this opera, while Singup, the
charmer, vas singing his tuneful and
sp%ellbinding incarnation, thousands
upon thousands of rats suddenly in
vaded the stage, emerging from doors
and windows, crevices in the walls
and holes in the ground.
They were made up" as lifelike as
possible, and scampered about the
stage for all the world as if they were
real flesh and blood instead of only skin
and stufing. Do you wonder then,
that they completely took in the sleek
old cat belonging to the stage?
Now, even if she was sleek and well
fed, she was a conscientious old cat.
And she did not consider that her
duty was done when she had merely
played going to bed" in the chill
dren's matinee once a week.
So when, this night of the new
opera, she suddenly perceived what
she believed to be q host of her
natural foes in the very act of au-
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-17
TO BROIL A STEAK.
Only Way If One Would Retain DELI
cate Flavor.

Few housewives understand the art
of broiling and consequently chops
and steaks are often robbed of their
delicate flavor by frying in a pan.
A steak or chop properly broiled
should have a thin, well-browned
crust. Beyond this crust the meat
should be red and juicy, hardly a
shade less done in the middle than
near the surface.
If the broiling be done on a range,
have the fire very bright and clear.
Open every draft that smoke and
fame may be drawn up the chimney.
Place the piece of meat in the double
broiler and hold it as lee the Goals
as possible until the surface is brown,
turning frequently. 1t will take three
or four minutes for this. Now raise
the boiler several inches above the
bed of Goals and continue the cook
ing until the meat is done.
The boiler must be turned often.
A good rule is to count ten slowly,
then turn the broiler. A steak or
chop cut a little more than an inch
thick will cook nicely in ten minutes.
If liked we'll done it should be cook
ed for - minutes.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-17
CARE IN WASHING STOCKINGS.
Are Too Often Considered as Of Little
Importance.

We all know the ordinary ~laundress'
most 'ornery"f way of washing stock
ings, using the rinsing water left after
the white clothes, which gives them a
coating of white lint, both hoary and
~disreputable. These things ought not
SO to be.
The first essential in washing stock
ings is to have an absolutely clear,
clean soap solution in tepid water.
Shake the stockings to remove all the
dust possible, put in right side out,
rub well, turn and rub on the wrong
side. If the color is at all delicate, rub
the feet first, then the legs, so as not
to leave long in the water. Rinse
thoroughly, wiring dry and hang from
the tops of the stockings, so that IL
the water settles, leaving a little dis
coloration, it will be in the toe instead
of the leg.
The black stockings now are usually
fast. If the colored stockings show
signs of running or fading, they may
be set with alum or salt, remembering,
however, that alum sets dirt as well
as color.
Silk stockings should be washed
and rinsed in lukewarm water and
wrung between towels. Iron stockings
from the toe, following up to the heel,
then fold the leg with the can in the
middle, leaving the foot increased.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-17
New in Bianc-M anue.

Let us eve forget the good, old.
fashioned blanc-mange. 1t is said that
Irish moss is coming in style. 1t is a
delicious dessert for invalids. Stir one
tablespoonful of cornstarch, wet with
two tablespoonfuls of cold milk, into
one-half cupful of scalded milk sea
soned with a little salt and sugar;
cook in double boiler until it stiffens;
then fold in the stif1y beaten white Of
one egg, one teaspoonful vanilla ex.
tract and pour into crystal or dainty
china cups; set on ice to become
chilled. When serving, place on the
top of each a marschino OF French
candied cherry, surrounded with an
other one cut into sections to repre-.
SEM petals Of a flower. If preferred,
the blanc-mange can be unmolded onto
a saucer and surrounded with plain
cream.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-17
SteWed Rhubarb.

Stewed rhubarb for breakfast or
luncheon must not fail when it is the
cheapest and best thing of the vege-
table world on the market. Cut up
the rhubarb, pour boiling water over
it and then drain in a colander and
cool. Pack the pieces tightly in
quart cans; fill the cans to overflow
ing with water that has been boiled,
strained and cooled in ice. Seal
quickly when the can is overlooking
and tighten with the can wrench. In
vert and put Immediately in a cool,
dry place. When opened for winter,
use, drain off all the water and let
the fruit stand in fresh cold water
half an hour. This is by far the
best manner of preserving this fruit
for winter pies or where it is used
like the fresh variety. Strawberries,
cherries (not pitted) and red currants
are canned in this way, but the other
methods are better. The fruit is not
scalded first.