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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
A rev D0nt's.

Don't cuss about so many dogs in
town and then go buy one Of your
own.
Don't kick about the weather. 1t
was all arranged for ages before you
were.
Don't growl because your local
paper isn't equal to what you think
it should be. Drop IN and tell the
man Of type few items of news to
help out the next issue.
Don't send away to Kerfiummery
Blowhesrd & Cos for all your goods
and then expect the local dealer to
give you a higher price for butter
and eggs than he gives others.
Maybe he will, but he's chump to
do it..
Don't talk temperance and then
go vote the other way. Be con-
sistent.
Don't kick about your home town
and then trade in some other place.
Try patronizing home merchants
awhile.
Don't send away for your job
printing and then wonder why the
home printer looks shabby,
Don't have aneighborhood quarrel
in a small town. Shake hands, be
friends, and help boom Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
FLAG DAY.
Gov. Davidson Issues a Proclamation
in Madison Designating June ] 4
as Such.

Gov. Davidson today signed a
proclamation designating June IA
as flag day.
The governors proclamation is as
follows:
Flag day celebrating the an
niversary of the day when congress
adopted the design of our flag is
becoming more and more patriotic
national event. In accordance with
the growing tendency of this cele-
bration and to further the patriotic
effect, ]. James o. Davidson, gov
ernor of the state of Wisconsin,
designate June IA, 1907, as Flay
day, and direct that our national
emblem be displayed from the
capitol and other state buildings on
that day, and l recommend that the
citizens Of the state observe the day
by exhibiting the flag on their
homes and places of business, and
that they individually and through
their various organizations give ap-
propfiate recognition to the day.
In testimony whereof. have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the state of Wisconsin to be
affixed. Done at the capitol, in the
city Of Madison, this oath day Of
May, in the year of our Lord, 1907.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
Rabbit Pest in a eraveyaoa.

Stettin suffers from Australia'A
plague Of rabbits, but only in the
principal cemetery Here they are
a veritable pest and so far all efforts
to get rid of them have been unavail>
ing. Into holes, where holes could be-
found. carbolic acid was poured, but
bunny Of the graveyards is. quite coy
in thick bush under a fine tree as
in any hole, and he makes the tree
bark fly as far up as he can reach
it. There has been one battue, but
the rabbits are again as numerous
as ever. The other day while a fu-
neral was in progress 8 rabbit en-
sconced itself conhdingly at the foot
Of the officiating clergyman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
Good Enough for the Dog.

Bobby's mother was often distressed
oy her small sons lapses from correct
speech, all the more because his re-
ports from school were always so
good. Bobby" she said, plaintively,
one day, why do you keep telling
Major to set up when you know sit
up is what you should say?' "Oh,
well, mother" Bobby answered hasti-
ly, "of course have lots of grammar,
but don't like to waste it on Major
when he doesn't know the difference,
being a youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
CITY Treasurer's Notice.

Notice is hereby gwen by the
undersigned, treasurer OF the city
of Lancaster, that the highway and
poll tax roll for said city for the
year 1907, is in my hands for col
lection, and that the taxes charged
therein are now due and are payable
at my Office.
Dated this 9th day of May, 1907.
W. L. MILLER,
City Treasurer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
Notice.

i most respectfully request the
business houses of Lancaster, res
taurants and hotels excepted, to
close from 10 a. M. to D m. !,
Thursday, May 30; and to refrain
from playing base ball or public
dance at any time during said day.
MONTGOMERY MILLER, Mayor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
MY PET DOG.

Prince likes to play with cats.
He has got white ring around his
neck and little white on his tail.
He feels lonesome when am gone
and he plays with sticks: He likes
to chase the chickens out of the
garden. He likes to go in the field
with papa and play.
FREADA SAGER, age, 9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29

tween Prairie du Chen and Du
buque.
Miss GOldia Atkins, who resigned
her position as primary teacher here
will go to Idaho next year, to en-
gage in teaching on a salary of $40
per month.
Personals Mention: Jacob Shrake
and Chas. Mitchell were up from
Bagley on business Saturday :. +.
Rev. Hess returned from Washing
ton last week. Mrs. Eugene Saw
yer and son returned from Browns
dale, Mimi, Saturday. L. S. Saw
yer went to Cassville for them. .
Dave Ballantine is home from
Edgeley, N. D., for a visit . w. ].
Ketner was in Dubuque Friday =. ;.
Mrs. John Holt of GAINESVILLE is a
guest of her son, Prof. Holt :.
Harry Brown and Robert Glenn
were looking after their Wyalusing
farms latter part OF the week. 80.
Mesdames Glasier and French visit
ed 0. E. S. lodge at, Cassville Satur-
day evening ]. Mrs. James Morkin
of Fennimore met her mother, Mrs.
Kate Ryan, and sister Kate here
last week. The latter had been at
Seattle several months Grant
Ballantine and Amos Chapman were
at Lancaster Tuesday. Miss Jessie
Bates goes to Chicago this week, to
enter the employ of the O'Neill-
James Co. Harrison Day return
ed from Dakota last week Miss
Sylvia Garthwalte is home from
Oberlin, Ohio. Alex Frederick of
Prairie du Chen was an over Sun
day visitor here.
Alex. Frederick was over from
Prairie du Chen Sunday. Rumor
says he is coming again about the
middle of June.
Dode Fisk's dog and pony show
next Wednesday.
Ora Hatch has purchased COM
plete outfit for making cones for ice
cream. The increase in business in
that line is phenomenal.
While unloading cream at the
creamery Monday morning, John
Gull stepped to the door for second,
but his team found the second suf-
fclent to get away from him. They
ran toward town, and when oppo
site Andrew Fosters house ran into
buggy driven by Misses Marshall,
also coming to town. The buggy
was completely demolished, but the
girls and horses they drove mira
culously escaped without scratch.
George Kinney of this place sued
Harry Patch of Mt. Hope for money
alleged to be due on salary in Judge
Schreiner's court Monday. Atty.
Phil1pson appeared for Kinney and
E. NJ. Lowry of Lancaster looked
after Patch's side of the question.
The Judge took the matter under
advisement for few days.
Ted. Lowry came over from Ian
caster with his father Monday. Ted
received notice of his appointment
to cadetship in the naval academy
at Annapolis, and goes there in two
weeks. Good for Ted.
Judson Abraham and wife and
Jay Snider, wife and mother, all of
Mt. Hope, were visitors here Mon
day.
Rev. Cameron of Viroqua and
Miss Carrie Chamber of Prairie du
Chen were guests of Miss Grace
Ballantine early in the week.
Frank Ferguson of Mt. Hope was
a guest of W. V. BENEFITS over Sun
day.
Lewis Glass of Bagley was caller
Monday.
L. w. Brooks sends us program
of the commencement of the Ne
cedah high school.
George Bartholomew of Fenni-
more is IN town on business.
Assessor George Hickok is MAX
ing his annual visit to those so un-
fortunate as to have any property.
Several from here attended a
social at the home of Rev. Father
Couttle at Mt. Hope Monday even
ing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
India's Tea Gardens.

The tea gardens of northern India
extend over 100000 acres. and they
produce 100000 pounds of tea per
annum at a profit of about 500 per
acre
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
THE SQUIRREL.

The people sometimes get a
squirrel and tame them. The old
squirrels have their nest in an old
hollow and stay there all winter.
Squirrels build their nest high up
IN a tree. When they are very
young their eyes are not open.
There they grow big. Squirrels
1--we on nuts corn and acorns.
NEvA TAYLOR, age, 9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
Dull Times.

"Hello!" said the funny man to I'm
negan the undertaken. Il suppose your
business is dead with you?" Faith,
It's worse than that" replied Finnegan.
"Shure, / haven't buried Twin soul
a near a month"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-29
A STORY OF A DOG.

My dogs name is Dewey, he helps
to get the cows and helps me to
hunt. My dog can hunt gophers he
will jump and run and he will dig
if he sees a rabbit run into hole,
and he will bark.
LAWRENCE TAYLOR, age, z.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26
FIRST LADY OF N

Lady Laurier, wife of the premier OF
canada, is described in the Ladies'
Realm as "a stately. white haired wom~
en-, endowed With all the alertness and
Eatural grace Of her French lineage,
AS her photographs indicate a decided
" stout lady of cumbrous aspect, some
thing may be allowed for<the proverbial
gush Of the English journalist. But
she undoubtedly possesses the white
pair mentioned and has rather more
than that degree Of stateliness inevi-
table in all large bodies.
: Though Of French origin. Lady Laur-
Ter speaks English almost as we'll as
yer husband does. Educated at the con-
vent of the Good Shepherd in Montreal,
she remain a strict Roman Catholic.
but without bigotry or n~arrowness.
She is proud of her French descent,
although she has always had the tact
to aim at breaking down any approach
to a barrier between the two races in
Canada.
When the confederate parliament is
sitting Lady Laurier lives at her OF
lava residence in Laurier avenue, a
large square house typical OF the style
pr architecture which prevailed in Up
per Canada half a century ago.
During the session Lady Laurier calls
daily at the house of commons to drive
Sir Wilfred home. The Canadian prime
minister n his wife are fond of city
life and society, and their happiest
times are spent at their country home.
Athabascaville.
The comfortable little two storied,
red brick house stands on a knoll In
the. midst of park land. much of which
Is left in Its primeval ruggedness. Dem
pcratic simplicity marks their life when
they escape from the heal and dust OF
the Ottawa season to the calm Of their
yural retreat, n they receive their
guests every day o the piazza with
a dignity and hospitality characteristic
Of Canadians.
Lady 1.aurier lives among her plants
and flowers and domestic pets and is
known in all the country, around as q
kind and delightful neighbour. She ha
no family of her own, but delights il
gathering children around her. She Il
never seen on political platforms OF
signing her name to a magazine article
but her influence Is none the less rea,
and far reaching
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26
III TOILET

a lemon is probably the most simple
ana, at the same time, the most necesI
safy artcle q woman has on her dress
ing table. 1t removes most any stains
from inc hands, and is very effective in,
removing the marks left by high coll
,als, OF STAINS made by perspirationt
bringing out the color from a dark
frock or fur. 1t is Indispensable for
the nails, as it prevents discoloration,
does away with the obstinate bits of
cuticle that adhere to the nail surface.
AS a mouth wash it is most refresh-
ing and many think the juice diluted in
d llttie water will reduce flesh.
Toilet vinegar or pure cologne should
ne used more often. A spoonful Of
either to n basin of water is as refresh
ing as a face bath and acts as n tonic
to the skin.
Borax will soften water, and soda
VIII help remove stains from the flesh.
Soda IS also very good as a mouth
wash, and to preserve the teeth. If APP
pied at once to a burn, it mitigates the
pain.
SAT- Is OF the necessities. A hand
full rubbed over the body after a bath,
before the skin is dried, is exceedingly
healthtal and used on the teeth is
strengthen1ns and whitening. The eyes
VIII De improved by rinsing in the
morning with a weak solution OF it,
Many people take a spoonful of salt
for indigestion. T.
ana, last or all. VIC have cold cream.
Ihis is an absolute necessity, though
some people do not regard it as such,
At times 1t Is moro cleansing than soap.
for 1t enters into the pores mole thor
orghly. For cleaning the face after ex-
posture to the lust from travel or
motoring it should be rubbed in and re-
moved. not with water, but with a toilet
rinee
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26

THE EMPRESS OF CHINA.

The dowager empress of China, who,
until very recently has been so averse
to being seen. much less pictured by
foreigners. has at last been photo
sraphed by an attache Of a foreign le-
CATION. The picture has been brought
to France and shows her sitting With
two of her maids of honor standing
at her right and, al her left, the grand
eunuch.
The picture is a very good likeness,
Eand unlike those hitherto published.
shows her face uncovered. Other pic
lures have made the masterful first
lady of China look like an image. the
mead banded about with curious wrap
ping and decorations that robbed the
face OF all expression, While here the
potency and magnetism of the woman
are reflected.
Although her nephew is nominally
the sovereign, this woman who has
ruled 0.O0o. 900 people for forty-six
years, now at the s of 10, holds the
reins of authority moro firmly than
ever. Her last progression has been
TO send em1ssaries to America and
Europe for new methods of improving
China and its system of government.
Her career has been wonderful when
ono remembers the abject condition OF
women in her country.
Pan-Hoe-Pan. a celebrated Chinese
woman poet. drew this contrast:
when a son is born he sleeps in a
bed covered with ribbons, his play
things are pearls and everyone looks
upon his %infantile desires as orders
from a prince. When it is a girl. she
is permitted to sleep on the ground.
powered only with a sheet, and for a
Toy she is given a tile"
h Chinese character which repre-
SCENTS man is a symbol of the most
generous impulse, while hat which
stands for woman, typifies all human
faults and vices. The belief that only
the prayers OF a son are heard is ac-
countable for woman's inferior posi-
lion.
C%onfucius said: "a woman should
be listened to but never believed" and
China accepts Confucius literally.
According to a Chinese proverb. cit
is not the sting of the asp nor the
fang OF the serpent, but the heart of a
woman hat darts poison. A girl sub
ents in the matter of marrying. and
never sees her husband till the cere-
fnony Once married, she obeys him
even as she obeyed her parents. She
addresses him as my MASTER n if
she is unfaithful he can kill her. He
can also take some of his slaves as
secondary wives and if she has no chill
dren she is disgraced.
h Chinese women have their own
styles in dress though they are apt
to all look alike" to US. A scarf is
wound about the chest to impart firm
ness to the figure. Then the long
trousers, belted at the ankle and waist
with a silken cord, while over this a
long blouse or peplum is Worn. This
The coiffure is very elaborate. and they
have no scruples about paint, as they
use white and red on the cheeks and
blacken the eyebrows and eyelashes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26
Continued Next Week.)
An Effective Display.

tAOIA
II think there was only one occasion on
which 1 did something really brilliant.
said a draper's window dresser not long
since. II had a big window in an i'm
portant thoroughfare to look after, and,
no matter what l put there, it appeared
to be impossible to attract any attention.
The manager naturally began to grumble
because he never saw anybody looking in.
l used to lie awake at nights racking my
brains for new schemes, but it was no
use. One day, when 1 was feeling pretty
miserable, l told our porter to clear out
everything preparatory to making a big
display of a special kind Of shirt
He was a fat, lazy-looking fellow, and
I think he must nave been out pretty late
the night before, for he fell asleep in a
chair In the middle OF the window. I
was on the point of waking him up when
1 happened to notice how extremely ludi-
crous he looked. His head was on one
side, his mouth wide open, and his limbs
relaxed IN the oldest posture Imaginable.
THAT gave me an idea. l didn't say a
word. but grabbing a piece of pasteboard,
I dashed Off a label and stood it against
his knees. 1t read: Dreaming of our
| world-famed shirts
Then l gently rolled .up. the blind and
awaited developments. Well, the hit that
window made is the pet tradition of the
shop to this day. People simply block
AIDED the pavement. and you could hear
them laughing all down the street.
The funniest part about 1t was that no
body supposed for a moment It could pos
sibty be the real thing. They thought
1t was a clever, piece of acting OF else a
wonderful wax figure. That the fellow
was actually asleep never occurred to any
one, and l stood with my heart in my
mouth for fear the noise would arouse
| him.
1T didn't however. and he snored away
peacefully until nearly 4 o'clock. Then he
woke up with q start. and was so sur
prised that he nearly jumped through the
pate glass. The spectators howled, and
! that night the firm raised my salary"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26

since the blow fell upon him. and time
was DONG its work. He had begun to
forget her, to promise himself that, this
present enterprise accomplished, he
would eliminate the past and lead a
eve and different life. and yet there.
on the o unlikely corner of Gods
earth, her sister passed like a stage
inquire before his eyes, the sister from
whom n was never parted.
me shock came upon him as a
thunderbolt from a blue sky. He had
tancled her to be in England, Europe,
Alsfralia-anywhere but here and in
his weak state the surprise was too
great. Again the gush of waters
numbered in his ear, again the light
iaded from his eyes. and this time he
owed lntO blank consciousness
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE DYING OF o v


The wife whose husband has grown
weary OF her has a difficult problem.
says Dorothy Dix, in the PHILADELPHIA
Bulletin. She cannot ruthlessly cut the
marriage tie and give the man his lib
erty. Still. her best policy also is to
let her husband have Il free rein and
a long rein. Nothing is to be gained
by tears and r~eproaches, and always
throwing up to the recreant spouse
his sacred duty.
Doubtless it is our duty to love the
n to whom we are married and whom
we swore so glibly at the altar always
TO love and cherish, but love is not
d matter or duty, or volition, or even
or determination. Love is slain of a
housand things beyond our control-by
CROWN, for one thing; by a man de-
forced absence; by simple boredom:
Dy thlngs that the man can not help
In his taste and feelings, and that the
woman cannot remedy in herself.
~ is one of the terrible experiences Of
HE When two people find themselves
involved IN a marriage that is nothing
Dut bondage on the mans side. whi1e
the woman still loves, but there is no
overt act that she car perform that will
bring back the low that is dead. h
can only wait. and so strange is The.
curious bond of wedlock, so mystic is,
the tie, that the Very letters at which
a man frets are stlll powerful enough,
10 draw MIN back almost in spite Of
himself. The very fact tina a woman.
is ms wife, whether he loves her or not.
gives her a prestige in his eyes, a Ger
tain power and influence over him that
no other woman possesses. +
so the woman who has the patience,
10 simply wait for her own to return to-
her nearly always gets it back in the
nd. ~
And sometimes it is worth waiting
ana praying for, and sometimes not.
But all that She cal do is lust To wait.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26
OLD MAIDS.

What are they?
And are there any?
There arc soured married women
And there are plenty of grabbed
males.
y Half a century ago old maidism be-
gan at about twenty-five.
Now, so Ruth Hall states, there's a
penniless woman Of sixty, who has IAN
importunate lover"
he ought to have a medal, the old
dear, for being true and not seeking
fresh goddesses.
According to Halle Ermine Rives,
"old maid" is "a term of compliment,
standing for the charmer who has hun
gered for marriage in vain, while the
bachelor maid is blind to her w in
,sufdciency in the sex scheme Of ma
'turc.
SHOES.
And now the shoes must match the
gown. They are made in every shade
OF brown and grey for morning and
street wear, while for evening or dress
occasions they either match the dress
or are Of patent leather with the tops
made of the same material as the
gown.
House slippers in both the Turkish
and japanese styles are worn though
some still cling to the French heeled
ones OF satin or kid.
HOW TO LOOK TALLER.
The woman who wants to seem taller
must see how slender she can be. The
thinner she is the. taller she will look,
other things being equal. But there
are. things she must do.
These are the things to be learned:
First. to hold up your head; second. to
dress in long skirts. and third, to dress
your neck longer and wear the hair as
thigh as possible. say an exchange.
You must wear your gowns broader
ION the, shoulder and must dress wider,
$50 to speak.
wear tight-fltting shoulders and long
shin sleeves. They only make theI
Ss.:cs look weazen.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26

: To prevent candy turning :
back to sugar, use vinegar in
stead of water to moisten the
= sugar. :
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-26

What are they?
And are there any?
There are soured married
And there are plenty of grabbed
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

history the work is necessarily rather scattered
in effect, and 1t should serve not so much as
a dehnitive means Of instruction a stimulus
to further reading For this purpose it is of OK
ceptondl value No could even dip into
these pages without being sTurred 10 follow
the subject These would make good bedside.
books If they were not q little heavy in hand.
Collectors Of the many editions that have
been printed Of Omar FitzGcralds 'Rurai-
yat must envy Lady EGTuc-JOuce the copy in
her possession which Is mentioned hy Mr. Wal
ter Crane in his just published book OF reminis-
cenccs. This il manuscript copy. the script
being that % William Morris. who, with the
collaboration Of Eurnc-Jones and Fairfax Muir
ray also provided the book with pictures and
Illuminated borders. Mr.. Crane quotes from
M"rrlS, b. the way, a quaint description Of
Tenny sons way OF approaching a picture:
Wfa5s rhd a' hwG , c@4f he Ns "2"a Gre%
bIt taiS lnf"rmah"n only led 10 the further qucs-
hopofu for The painter, This eccms curious whom
Tcnnysons poems are, and how great his powers
as a word painter.
once at the house Of Mr.. Stopford Brooke. Mr..
Crane met the Laureate and heard him read q
poem. lie gives This description Of the episode:
The poet was h-usquc ana almost rough in his
manner. and had "a strong burr in his speech. and
rather Hke a etowl. especially when ne objected
to some dish That wa served At the dinner. lie
and even tg!d stories Ctter the ladies' had retired.
unusual pleasure q hearing him read a poem Of
his own This w. The Ballad Of the Fleet"
cornrany-an.o>t swearing every one-to The sirrt-
est secrecy 20 tl" poem his having read 1t.
and when n" reading finished thu
Laureate groWlcd out, Yes. and to think that those
wretched fellows Of the Nineteenth Century only
gave E3OO for it!''
Some years ago Mr.. Crane went to 4 fancy
dress ban at the house of tn" late &. H. Bougll-
ton, and there encountered Whistler, who was
disguised q Spanish cavalier. in black, with
a big SombrerO. He had met the American
before and mentioned the fact but he was not
at all inclined to be friendly, and only said
dryly, Very likey-and didn't get any fur