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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

ian days, will start out with nearly as
many newspapers as the entire United
States had when Jackson entered the
presidency in 1929.
Simon Cameron in Lincoln's cabinet,
Carl Schurz in Hayes, James G. Blaine
in Garfeld's, in Arthur's and in Harri-
sons; Frank Hatton and William e.
Chandler in Arthur's; Daniel Manning,
Daniel S. Lamont J. Sterling Morton,
Hoke Smith and Norman J. COlman in
Cleveland's; John Hay and Charles En-
DRY Smith in McKinley's and also in
Roosevelt's, and Robert J. Wynne in
Roosevelt's are among the newspaper
men or ex-newspaper men who have
sat down at the council table Of Presi-
dents.-Leslie's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Seven Ages of Man.

All the worlds a stage,
And all the men and women merely play
ers;
They have their exits and their entrances
And one man in his time plays many
parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the
infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurses arms,
Then the whining schoolboy, With his
satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like
snail
UnwiIlingly to school. And then the
lover,
Signing like furnace, with a woeful bal
lad
Made to his mistress eyebrow. Then a
soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like
the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in
quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then
the justice
In fair round belly, with good capon
lined
With eyes severe and beard of formal
cut,
Full Of wise saws and modern instances
And so he plays his part. The siXth'
age shifts
Into the lean and slippered Pantaioon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on
side,
His youthful hose, we'll saved, world
too wide
For his shrunk shank and his big manly
voice,
Turning again toward childish treble,
pipes
And whistles in it's sound. Last scene
of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere obliv-
Sans teeth. sans eyes, sans taste, sans
everything.
Shakespeare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

The "long bridge" across the Poto-
mae is being demolished, modern
steel structure having been built to take
it's place. Originally opened in 1909 1t
has been connected with some of the
most stirring events associated with
the history Of the national capital. In
the war of 1912, in the civil war, i'll
times of peace it has been noted land
mark. It felt the tread of thousands
who marched across it to uphold the
flag when the union was threatened.
1t saw the frightened hosts fleeing aft
er Bull Run. 1t welcomed the return
ing veterans as they brought their vic
ferrous banners to be borne proudly in
the grand review after four years of
fierce fighting. The words "long
bridge" have found their place in the
history Of the nation. No modern
structure will ever have any sentiment
connected with it. The laborers who
tear the old bridge down are destroy
ing one of the landmarks of the nation
The incident is but an illustration of
what is going on everywhere. The old
time drawings which show Boston IS
the revolutionary war time saw it are
real cUriOs:tieS now. A picture of Chi
cago with its long trestle on the lake
front upon which the trains once az
preached Randolph street is just as
strange in tbs day of reclamation oe
submerged areas ard shore line PARKS.
The Washington of 1861 and the capt
tai city OF 1906 present strange con-
trasts. The temperance in New York
City of the evidence of a former
stream reminds of the olden time of
which only the antiquarian has knowl-
edge, The importunate demands OF
modern life make light Of the venerable
and the historic. The sentimentalist
has 10 chance in competition with the
practical necessity of the time. But
the present generation has thu great
advantage &C popular photography
which preserves the original as an aid
to the memory and enables the histo-
rian to pcrpetuate the form of a FL
nous house, the outlines of a battle
field or tile face of a great leader long
after tie che has passed away or the
Typographical features Of the other
have been completely modified. In
that respect, at least, the iconoclast Of
today is less destructive than the one
of a former time, and no advance
movement or marked improvement can
entirely Obliterate the traces Of those
things which have had a part in the
making of a nation or the development
of a race. In all parts of the country
the 'lOng bridge" is being torn down
to make way for the steel structure.
But the sentiment which attaches to
historic spots or to the names of ia
nous leaders has its consOling ally in
the improved processes of reproduction
which will preserve enough of the form
of the old to satisfy the demand for
aids to memory without standing in
the way of inevitable progress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Another secret has been kept by wo-
men. A novelist recently named a book
Lady Baltimore" in honor Of a famous
cake made in Charleston, South Caro-
lima. Now many persons are selling
recipes purporting to be for Lady Bal
timore," but Charlestonians assert they
are nothing like it," and that the real
cake of that name is made by a secret
recipe which is known only to the Wo-
mans Exchange of their city, has never
been sold nor given away, and is not
talked of by the ladies even over the
most confidential of teacups.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

The fresh kid is too numerous. One
sassy brat" breeds a score in a neigh
b0rhOOd. His example is as contagious
as diphtheria and twice as dangerous
He is almost a problem. He will be
one tomorrow and a serious one if the
world doesn't awaken. At present he
Is a menace to the sanctity Of the
home and by a logical sequence to the
welfare of the nation. When the men
and women of tomorrow are, as we
too often find them to-day, impudent,
irreverent, undisciplined and ill-manner-
ed kids" there is something radically
wrong with the society that spawns
them. And that wrong springs from
the laxity Of home and public disci-
pline.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

ture out to meet the incoming steam
ers. It's buoyancy and small resist
ance to the wind and waves cause 1t
to ride the pillows like a cork. Ere
quently when a steamer is unable to
make the harbor on account Of the
high seas, a jangada is sent out to
take off the mail and such of the pas
sengers who have the hardihood to
risk the trip on raft which seems
to promise a spill overheard if moth
ing worse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
RIaine,s Honest Client.

When Blaine was a young lawyer
and cases were very few he was. asked
to defend a poverty-stricken tramp ac-
cused of stealing a watch. He plead
ed with all the ardor 1T his command,
drawing so pathetic a picture with such
convincing energy that at the close Of
his argument the court was in tears,
and even the tramp Wept. The jury
deliberated but a few minutes and re
turned the verdict mot guilty" The
tramp drew himself up, tears stream
ing down his face as he looked at the
future "Plumed Knight" and said:
"Sir. have never heard so grand q
plea. 1 have not cried before since 1
was a child. l have no money with
which to reward you, but drawing a
package from the depths of his ragged
clothes) here's that watch; take it and
welcome. "-ArgOnaut.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Take RE Home to Die.

This land is very bright, mother,
The flowers are very fair,
There's magic in the orange groves,
And fragrance in the air;
But take me to my dear old home.
Where the brook goes babbling by,
Let us go back again, mother
Oh take me home to die.
Let my fathers hand but rest, mother
In blessing on my head,
Let my brothers and my sisters dear,
But throng around my bed;
Oh let me feel that loved ones near
Receive my parting breath,
When l bid you all goodnight, mother,
And sleep the sleep of death.
These flowers their sweetest sweets afford
l scent their fragrant breath,
But ere they bloom again, mother,
I shall be cold in death;
Then take me to my early home,
No roses are so dear,
As those that bloom upon the bush,
To your old room so near.
IT'S close beside the church, mother,
And when you kneel to pray,
I'll listen to your words, mother,
Though [ am far away.
You must not weep for me, MOTHER
For l shall happy be,
And though [ cannot stay with you
Yet you shall come to me.
There's dimness on my sight, mother,
I cannot get my BREATH
Is it your sobs [ hear, mother?
Oh tell me, is this death?
You'll tell my father how I yearned
Once more to see him near;
You'll kiss my brothers each for me,
They will forget, fear. ,t
You'll tell my sister brothers dear,
1 have gone up on high
And if they are good children here,
They'll see me when they die,
l feel I'm going now, mother,
One kiss ere life is riven,
Farewell, my own dear mother,
Until we meet in heaven.
&C. D. Stuart.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

OF all civil institutions. 1t would be
easy to multiply platitudes in empha
sizing the sanctity of the marriage re-
lation. but they cease to be platitudes
or aphorisms when considered as con-
crete instances. Society, the State,
is vitality concerned in the maintenance
of all the relations of the home, the
unit of civilization. If it were not
there would be no need for official sane
ton of marriage; everyone might work
out his own personal inclination. But
the inherent impossibility of any such
system has been legislated into every
statute safeguarding the marriage and
home relation. The man who flies in
the face of that effort of society to pro-
tect itself becomes social outlaw.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Quick Growing Fungus.

In Recollection of a Happy Life,
Miss North describes many Of her
young enthusiasms and among others
that of collecting and painting En-
glish fungi On one outing, she says, |
came upon a fungus about the size OF
large turkeys egg. Eager to see it
develop, l took it up carefully and
carried it home. 1 put it under tum-
bier on the window sill of my bed
room at night. At daylight 1 was
awakened by a horrible crash of splin-
tering glass. Behold the tumbler had
fallen to the floor and broken to bits.
The fungus was standing five inches
tall, having Matched itself free from
it's restraining egglike shell and in
growing had raised the tumbler and
tilted it sidewise until it fell over and
to the floor The fungus had a hor-
rible smell, and soon a swarm of flies
were lowering over it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

The proposal to make wife or child
abandonment a felony in Missouri is
one syn0se wisdom is dictated by every
consideration of sound public policy.
As q matter of fact, it should be made
a felony in every State, for it is an
evil that strikes at the very foundation
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

A New York beauty says that a we'll
dressed woman needs about 100000 a
year for clothes. With her in the fam
lily, a man couldn't have meat moro
than once a day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

e. II. Harriman's success is reported
to be largely due to his ability as
money borrower. What a hobo he
would have made if circumstances had
not been as they are.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Mr.. Foraker believes, so it is report
ed, that the next President should come
from Ohio, but he doesn't think the
gentleman should weigh 300 pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Count Boni declares he has not been
at all disturbed by American criti-
cisms of his conduct. What really dis
turbed Boni was the prospect that his
supply of American money would be
cut off
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

A wall paper company, suing for an
Indebtedness of $4,000, was held by
the court to be a trust and not entitled
to the aid Of the law in collecting its
claim. At that rate it will soon be 60
ing to the wall with its worthless pa
per.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

A marquis of distinguished ancestry
has just died in Paris, where he had
long earned his living as a cab driver,
which was more noble, if less remu-
neratiye, than marrying an heiress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

A Japanese tells us that it is a mis-
take to call a man of his race a Jap.
However, he can retaliate by calling a
German a Germ, a Belgian a Bell, or
q Canadian Il Can.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Joseph Yastrebinatz is accused of
signing another mans name to a check
for $50. Can you blame Joseph for
not wanting to sign his own name?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

One evidence of the power of Ameri-
can Oratory is found in the recently
discovered fact that we are supplying
the worlds demand for windmills.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

A man shot at rabbit and killed a
bear. This is a decided improvement
on the hunter who shoots at deer and
kills a guide.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

James Bryce, the new British ambas-
Sador to this country, has declined to
receive a title. He need not expect
to become popular with our heiresses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
.BIatherskite,, Good Word.

"Blatherskite' is an Americanism, or
rather an old word which has survived
chiefly in American usage. The way it
came to be popular here is curious. IT
is really the old Scottish "bletherskate, -
from "blether," to talk nonsense Told
Morse :bladhr," nonsense) and skate"
term of opprobrium. In the song
Maggie Lauder" written about 1860,
occur the words Jog on your gait, ye.
bletherskate," and this song was a very
popular one in the American camp dur
ing the War Of Independence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Just as most of us have gotten so
we can call the driver Of an automo-
bile a chauffeur without choking to
death on the word, the womepSl papers
say that the French word chauffeur is
bad form and we should use The Eng
lsh word, driver
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Upton says his next cup-challenging
yacht will be of a wholesome type"
Why not try something of a winsome
type?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Wise Kid.

"Jimmy's got a great scheme to get
out o. school on these nice days"
GLOW does he work it?''
He goes out and washes his face an
the teacher thinks he's i'll an sends
him home. Philadelphia Inquirer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Quite naturally, a lawyer who is
well versed in the "unwritten law" has
to do a good deal of quoting from mem
DRY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Few men will admit they are wrong
as long as there is a chance to make
others believe they are right.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

When widow makes up her mind
that she has lived alone long enough
she gets busy and makes up her face.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

What's the loss of $14O,000,000 to
John D. Rockefeller, since he is able
to eat mince pie and digest it?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

4 lawyer died and went above. The
Good man was about to sentence him.
Your honor said the lawyer, Il am
not ready for trial. 1 ask continu-
ance." But the continuance wasn't
granted, and the lawyer got both bar
Gels.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

There are many grownup people who
are afraid of children in arms.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Common thieves sometimes reform,
but who ever heard Of a refO med poll
tician?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Do as you would be done by wher
you discover any one trying to do you
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

H. j. JOHNSON, Publisher.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-29

to decencv or conscience and 1t Is sig nificant that the larger independent re- liners sell the greater part or tneir pro duct in foreign countries one inde- pendent testified that seventyfive per cent of his product went abroad and said that he could compete with the Standard in Germany where it's meth . ods as followed in this country would not be tolerated, but that he could not compete with 1t here"
 Pipe Lines and Monopoly. , On the question of remedies the re- port makes these obervations:
 More than anything else the pipe line has contributed to the Standard Gil monopoly and Its supremacy must be con tinued until its rivals enjoy sne same transportation facilities Tne amended act to regulate commerce makes the existing pipe lines common carriers subject to that act and the power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, regulations and practices aiter complaint and hearing is conferred up on the commission. But the pipe line tariffs filed with the commission are alleged to be of no actual advantage to the independent operators. The com mission can only act on these scneo- ules after complaint has been made challenging specific rates, regulations or practices. Some complaints are now pending How far the amended ac' Will prove ducdudlC tO NiAO of such injustice as now exists m re spect to this traffic remains to pc seen. .o,
 "since in the past petroleum rates have not always been established to promote but often to check tramc. anu 2 inc tariffs are more or less permeateo with determinations in favor or the Standard oil Company having oeeh built up during a series of years III that view, 1t may be that this discrinli- nation will never be eliminated py any nrocess of complaint against a speclllc rate or practice. Judging by the past. discrirninatIons as to this trafflc may arise more frequently than those now existtng can be routed by that metnod' As to no other important tramc IS there an approach to the monopoly or the Standard oil in that of oil
 "TJnder these conditions 1t may pc oora necessary to the uprooting or Established wrongs and the prevention of others that the government shali fix in the first instance the rates ano reeuIations for the transportation ol this traffic This method has been edonted by the Legislature of one State Ii probab!- will be found ne cessarv to d'sassoclate in the case oi oIl es in that of other commodities, the Junction of transportation from that of nroduction and distribution. Whai other remedies In addition to those al ready provided it may be necessary to nrescribe can be better determined III inc near future by the results Of ex- nerience in administering the present Ie
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-29
SECURES TWO
 MORE JURORS
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tContinued from Page One.) the prisoners room. They remained with Thaw until the jury had taken its place.
 Mrs. William Thaw. the Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs. Carnegie. after they had Iunched in the clerks room. resumed their chairs in the court room and chatted together during the hour preceding the opening of the afternoon session. Josiah Thaw joined the fam fly party during the recess.
 Only Three old Men. When the jury filed in for the after noon session. 1t was noted of the eight men so far selected, there are only three whose hair Is tinged with grey. They are the foreman, MT. Smith, Hen ry Harney, No. 8, and Charles D. New ton. No. 8.
 Justice Fitzgerald read letter which the talesman of the afternoon. Will Ham Dove. presented and orderad that he be excused.
 Julius Sommer, the next taIesman, created some amusement by arguing with District Attorney Jerome as to the value of an opinion Somnsv said he had formed.
 DO you mean to say" finally asked MT. Jerome. that you would let the tattle or idle gossip of the ne~apa- pers influence your judgment against any evidence you may hear in court? "Yes." replied the taIesman. "for | don't believe that all what the news papers say Is idle gossip" Sommer was excused The work of weeding out the tales men progressed steadily. Wales R. Stockbridge progressed so far in his examination that another juror seemed probable but at the last moment there came peremptory chal- lenRe from the defense. making nine 70 far employed by Thaw's counsel The reason for the challenge was not giv- | en.
 The state used it's eleventh perempt- ory 'n excusing William McFadden. a manufacturer of brushes. MT. McFad
 den said he would like to have strong
 evidence one way or the olner beforb making up his mind. The defense .etaliated with a per emrtory challenge for Dundas N Hall. | of the New York Life Insurance Com uany, who followed Mr. McFadden. It
 is one of the odd features of the case that every talesman who has given
 his bus ~ess as that of insurance has
 heen challenged by the people or the l defense.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-29
starke Boys At Universities.

Paul. Luciifs Hannon. a former honor pupil of the University School. of Mont gomery, is making a fine record at the University of Virginia. which institu ton he entered last fall on a scholar ship. From the dean of the college, Prof. Starke recently received. without request and unexpectedly, Mir. lannon's excellent report for the first term. In literature. Latin and mathematics. which make his course, Paul is graded "A" the highest as shown on the report, while opopsite his mathematics stands the additional comment. admirable"
 Coming from one. of the oldest and most honored institutions of America, this report is highly creditable to the young man. Paul is son of MT. and Mrs. T.. W. Hannon, of Montgomery and brother of William weatherly Hannon, who won the Lands Memorial medal at Cornell and several other prizes for drawing and who is now in this city practicing his chosen profes- sion of architecture at the office of Mir. Frank Lockwood.
 Louis Baum and Fred Wilkerson, it will be remembered were also distin- . guished students at the University of virginia several years ago: while at cornell Alexander, Kendrick and Wills cox. former Starke boys, reflected great credit on their preparatory school
 Teague and Crenshaw at Vanderbilt, Graves at Yale. Hubbard at Washing ton. and Lee, others at the college of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City. and scores of the best students at Auburn and at Tuscaloosa have, by the'r success at college. vindicated the methods of the University School and especially its motto:
 Work Wins"
 Thesesresults indicate. also, that the success of University School boys is not confined to the colleges and uni versailles of any particular State or section of this great country
 Boys physically, mentally, and mor- ally normal will be welcomed as pupi1s at the beginning of the second half of the 2oth session, which opens Friday, February 1. adv