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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-26

Bill had a billboard. Bill also
has a board bill. The board bill
bored Bill 50 that Bill sold the bill
board to pay his board bill. So
after Bill sold his billboard to pay
his board bill, the board bill no
longer bored Bill
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-26

f. Marion Crawford has been COM
PEELED to give up his palace in Italy
to escape from the crowds Of Ameri-
cans who insisted on fiocking there to
admire him. This may be set down as
one of the most baneful of all the
hardships with which genius has to
contend in an age of materialism.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-26

Knabenshue's airship bumped into
schoolhouse in Toronto with unpleas-
ant results for the opel ator. The air
ship may have been aware that its
early education had been neglected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-26
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid's Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk Tuff1ey.

Albert Garthwaite and Seine E.
Wetmore, Little Grant.
Walter Boil, Platteville, Dollie
Logan, Lima.
William Worley and Julia Leman-
skie, Fennimore
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-26

Of the worlds population there
are g. to the million Ito are Olind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-26
Storis of The Week.
Put on your fiannels yet?

S2S
The nights are waxing chilly,
cold,
The smiles of summer all have fed,
No more the green DER wood and
void
The autumn paths are scarlet red;
And while we're talking, let's unfold
This neavy blankets for the bed.
S22
A story is told of q Platteville
girl, who is patiently waiting for a
reduction in the price of face
powder, because she read in the pa
pers that the government is going
after the powder trust
222
The leaves aren't red because of
having been frost bitten. They're
blushing at thought of what TIE
coal man and the plumber are going
to do to us pretty soon.
23S
When man man marries,
Trouble begins;
Buttoning waists,
And putting in pins.
Looking at bOnnets
To see if they're straight;
Ready to start,
Then having to wait.
Hunting for robbers,
Under eacn bed;
Reused IN the night,
For a blanket TO spread.
When the rain comes,
Though wrapped in repose,
Reused wlth shout,
All the windows to close.
Summoned at morn
To start up the fire;
Get in the milk
In your scantv attire.
Runt to the store,
For the food yon would eat;
Get in the ice,
Ere it melts in the streets.
Hurry to work.
Hurry back with your pay
When q man marries,
So passes a day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-26
Get yVhat They PAY For.

Women get their rights as well as
their let's at a shoe store.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

curtail all expenses, and eat free
lunches in order to make it pay, W.
dismissed the men who drove th,
flock. and were just meditating which
would be the most graceful way u
load them in the car-to drive them o
go ahead and coax them in. and per
haps not get out ourselvCs-when :
messenger came riding up on a foam
ieckod mule. saying he had orders no
TO let us ship those old things t.
South Omaha" Dismounting, he no
only frightened our sheep so the.
swallowed their gun and scattered II
all directions, bat dropped his foot II
our lunch box. When we returnet
from rounding up our troubles thos'
which had remained had net only eat
en- err lunch, but chowcd up our bes
muf.
Thinking to hear from our commits
sion firm in explanation Of this strang
procedure, we drove the diminishc'
flock around by the post office. Will
waiting for the mail, through the en-
deavors of the regulation small bo
and several homeless street waits o
the canine type, we found but on
sheep had stood his ground during on
absence and that was a goat which W
had intended to present TO the ma
who regulates the prices at the stoc
yards With the aid of the police W
succeeded in gathering In a few of on
| tired, bedraggled freckle-faced oil
sheep and before another day dawne
had them domiciled within their bai
racks.
Those few were off feed next morr
ing on account of having died. OWN
no doubt to their strenuous trip; bu
we have their pelts and If able to So
cure the address of a firm which buy
that class Of cast-off clothing may ye
be able to land our sheep at the Sout
| Omaha market.
CHARLOTTE WHITNEY.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

small house should be heated with a
hot air furnace having cold air In
take from outside. A large house
Eeeds a steam heating plant.
This house plan provides for fine
big cellar with plenty OF room to ar
range n regular cold storage fruit
room well partitioned off into com
partments in the most approved style
Unless a cellar has good stone walls
between the furnace room and the
other sections Of the cellar the place
is not much good to keep either fruit
or vegetables in, but there is no need
of spelling n cellar to accommodate a
furnace. There are better ways Of
managing.
There is a little balcony on one OF
the back porches that just meets the
requirements of a pleasant summer
evening for a man that likes to smoke.
This little balcony should be screened
with wire mosquito netting. There Is
a right and a wrong way to put on
mosquito netting. The right way is
to have light frames fitted against
jams and fastened with screws. and
have the wire netting put on tho
frames the same as on ordinary
screen doors, finished with suitable
half-round molding 50 the job looks
neat. Mosquito wire lasts longer when
it is stretched tight and well nailed
There is a little corner that the
women folks will appreciate when
they have sewing TO do In the sum
mer time. Il Is just about large
enough for two comfortable chairs
and may be fitted up in a very cory
manner, especially II there is vino
for shelter that is thick enough to
screen the porch from curious pass
ers-by. There may be a screen door
opening into the garden from here or
not In fitting the screens II would be
well enough to put in door then as
the cost would be very little extra.
A very neat arrangement in the eel
lar stair Is a set OF shelves at the left
of the kitchen door. A woman will
find use for these shelves for a great
many things that she don't want IN
the kitchen that don't belong in tho
cellar. In building a house more at
tention should be paid 10 such little
things. It is the little things that
! count because there are great many
Of them. We have enough little in
conveniences and 1t is only by reyers-
ing things that we are able to even
II up
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

drenchcd. filled the air with their
perfume. and sometimes we have been
here in the wintertimc when the snow
lay deep ON the terraces and the
quaint bay trees and hedges were all
carved from purost Parian marble. Al
ways we have been here together and
always we will lean together on this old
dial Watching the sunny hours go BY
Marianne lady of Kcrsey manor.
She bushcd ravishingly "But | am
not Marianne. lady of Kcrsey manor
stupid she pouted You are in
deed mad. madden than the maddest
March hare"
You may say YOU are not but
YOU are going to be-" I said omphat.
ically. You have got TO be. have
been i'm love with Marianne. lady OF
kerscy manor. since / went to Rug.
ly. "a little chap in knickerbockors,
md ] au in love with you and two
things cqualing the same thing equal
each other
"Ah. you are getting too mathemat-
icM for me, she said and ran swift.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

We were busily engaged in curry
Ing our family horse with an old
gingham apron when we heard a ia
miliar footstep. and looking around
saw our old friend. the sheep trader
His hair noated gracefully down his
back awaiting the advent of the shear
ing season. and his eyes still had
their wonted hungry look He made
known in his own vociferous way that
he had some feeder ewes for sale. a
specimen copy Of which was tied un.
der his wagon seat lie said he had
carried this sample on his ROUNDS for
the past 10 years; that same had
been handed down by his family for
generations and always given salts
faction. He assured us they were
imported" stock If SO, they must
nave lost their teeth overheard and
oeen shipwrecked on the voyage. Much
more things he said. In fact, We
couldn't remember when he began TO
,aik sheep, nor did it seem he would
ever end
We are a timid sheepman, and when
he demanded we buy a carload lot be-
cause no one else would, entered no
protest and permitted him to yard his
antidcluvian sheep in our feed lots.
Like him, they were long and lean,
had discarded their teeth, and their
labored breathing sounded like sad
sea waves with the asthma
When they had boarded with us and
our neighbors, who said things that
were not at all nice about sheepmen,
and this one in particular, they seem.
ed in fair shape to head for market. A
good many being crippled in more or
.ess of their legs, it behooved us to
start the procession in good season.
Reaching the stock yards before they
were up we were obliged to camp on
he common with our woolly tribe and
await the approach of day.
AS it is necessary in this business to
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

a very neat little sixroom house
that is somewhat unusual I'm appeal,
ance is shown In this plan. The shing
ling on the gables gives a finish very
unlike the ordinary house. 1t gives
distinction without adding great
deal TO the cost of the house because
il 70 just another way of making q
cornlco. An good frame houses have
common accepted similarity In ger.
cral appearance. II is difficult 10 vary
the construction 20 any noticeable cX-
tent without making il look ireallish.
Almost every u...Iborhood has q
house that is diffe,en' from anything
else, but 10 very often happens that no
one likes the odd production because
IL is not sensible. lt is either eight
sided or is ont of proportion or II may
be plastored AL over with giure.-
bread work Such houses usually are
built 10y some genius for his own use
such fellows have ideas of their own
that they want To work out and no one
else will permit them to experiment
in that way 10 is not necessary 20
have every house just like every other
house, but there are fundamental priu.
ciples In house building that we can
not get away from. We must use com.
mon sense i'm selecting the site, i'm
/ making the foundation, and i'm finish.
ing the house
Here is a good, sensible siX.room
house that IS right In every particular
but the large gables are dressed up a
| little different to relieve them from
| excessive plainness. The innovation
is neither expensive nor ridiculous
but IL gives a distinctive finish to the
house that leaves pleasing impress
sion In choosing the design for q
! dwelling a good many things must b,
! taken into consideration. In the flrs
! place the house must fit the lot Some
! lots seem To- require a square hous,
while a gothic house will fit other 10
cations better. In some neighbor
hoods cottages look thoroughly al
home while on other streets three
story houses are just the thing. Very
much depends on the size of the lot
on the width Of the street and genera
surroundings. Not every community
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

ly away down the garden path and
after her
And then began days of uncertain
ty. Marianne teased me and torment
ed me and avoided me, choosing any
little insignificant creature that was
nearest her when / approached. But
| was not discouraged. had loved her
too long not to feel that some day
must win out.
BY great luck one day l found
her alone in the library and boldly
walked in.
Il want to speak to you about lit
tie matter Of business, If you will
deign to listen" said, stifly to her
back, as she sat at the desk writing
oh business" she said, coldly,
though her lips trembled bit at the
corners. as though a smile were
/ struggling through We'll, be quick
about It, am immensely busy" a
! frown puckered her delicately pencil
ed brows as she leaned her head Cd
her hand to listen.
ITS about the succession and tho
property" | said, sitting down COM
fortably I'm the low chair beside
her.
'I3 this strictly business?" she
asked suspiciously.
Strictly" ! answered. 1T is very
important. You see | am my aunt's
heir and some day Kersey manor viii
belong to me, and do you know it
doesn't seem to me quite fair. You
have always been the Lady Marianne
of the manor and you know | feel
as though / were doing you out of
it,"
"Oh, not at all" said Marianne po-
litely, half turning back to her let.
ter, as though she wished me TO
hasten. Il have no claim in any way,
you know"
Well" | said, renectively, "some-
how | feel that it's not fair and
have a proposition to make. l want
you to Keep on being the lady Of Ker-
sey manor"
"Oh, no, March hare she said.
THAT would be doing you out Of
II, No, thanks very much, but ]
couldn't think of accepting such a
present from you" She laughed.
What does Nine. Grundy say? A
young lady should never accept any
gift from a young man, except books,
flowers and bonbons, unless"
She stopped suddenly and blushed
adorably up TO the little curls on her
forehead and down to the collar Of her
frock.
Unless what?" I demanded, but
she laughed and blushed still more.
"Unless?"
"Oh, never mind" she said
81 know" | cried triumphantly
/ Haven't / studied Nine. Grundy
: rules of etiquette? Unless they are
2 engaged or married Isn't that IT,
! word for word, Marianne? That's the
| only way out of IT," | said. Come
e Marianne, sweet. ! have never loved
t anyone else but you. | have beer
r faithful to my dream Marianne for sc
Y long and | waited for you, oh, ages
e and ages. Pray keep on being the
I lady of Kersey."
The pink stole up into her face
, again, her eyes were soft and win
4 some as she held out both hands e
. me in sweet surrender.
e well. suppose l shall have to
S March hare" che SAID. Since you in
!. sist upo7 II
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

Something unusual In architecture
nay be counted on to crop up at every
mrn OF the road. II may be nothing
ont a modern bay window attached
somewhere to an old puritan house
with a roof built to about one-third
Ditch with a three-inch thick barn
door in the middle of the gable end.
Il is unusual indeed to find two houses
old or new in a New England village
that have been built in the same
general way and permitted to serve
out their terms of usefulness without
alteration. Some of our western
towns claim Just as much latitude in
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

Warm Ground for Corn seed.-Th.
ground should be warm at the time o
receiving the corn seed. Some mois
ture and quite a high temperature o
the ground are needed to germinat
the corn. If the ground is wet 1t will
be cold, and If cold the seed will
quickly rot. This is TO be avoide,
with corn more than with most othe
seeds, as corn will not stand the ad
verse conditions that some otheI
grains are able to endure.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

has suitable houses or houses that
look well together.
Buildings in European towns for the
most part have the same general de-
sign, but a street In America may con
tain renaissance from the old Moor
ish and the next building may follow
lines so carefully worked out by the
Greeks. The third building may be a
composite structure aiming to com
bine several of the old school.
A walk through side street in a
New England village is like selecting
chapter from the Arabian Nights.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17
SECOND FLOOR PLAH

air or hol water heating. Hot air IS
The cheapest, and as tar as ventilation
is concerned Il is the best heating de.
vice ever invented. except the open
fire place. A hot water heating ap-
paratus costs more to install but it is
cheaper to run, aDd aside from ven
tilation, probably the advantages are
about even. Generally speaking hot
water heating is not desirable for
small houses nor very large ones A
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

Tc Make Land Fertile.-In attempt
Ing to improve the productiveness o
the soil remember that ground may
be rich in plant food and still not bt
fertile. Clay banks are rich in min
eral plant food, but they are not fer
tile. Before a soil can be fertile /
must contain the right amount of or
ganic matter and before the farmer
can increase the fertility of his soil
he must apply organic matter
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

The Successful Farmer.-The sue
cessful farmer is the man who raises
what the market wants and not what
he desires most to raise. If there f. 8
better market for beans than for corn
then the farmer should raise more
beans and less corn. The trouble with
the average farmer who is not making
money is that he insists in RAISING
nothing but corn when there is double
the profit in some other crop.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

System on the Farm.-The farm
will come nearer running itself than
any other institution on earth. What
would 1t be like If the farmer put as
much system into 1t as is put into the
modern department store or the mod.
ern newspaper?
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

each shelf, so as to keep them from
slipping. The contents Of the lowe
compartments - saucepans, kettles
etc.-are concealed from view by
curtain, and the whole of the wood
work is stained light oak.
The second sketch shows the cab
met complete.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

IA to Weeds.-Possession Is said 20
he nine points in law This is Ger
tainly true of weeds. When they once
get the possession Of a field it takes
about nine times the labor to get rid
of them that would be needed II they
had been held in check from the start.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

Shade for Ducks.-The duck yards
must be partly shaded. Young ducks,
especially, cannot stand the direct
rays OF hot sun.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17
A Handy Kitchen Cabinet, Easily Made

Here is a handy kitchen cabinet
which you can make for yourself quite
easily out Of three boxes, arranged in
the manner shown in my first sketch.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

10 She Thirsty7-Unless q sick fowl
has a great thirst, 1t is more likely
that she is afflicted with indigestion
than cholera.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17

rhe boxes must be firmly screwed to-
gether and stood upright. After shap-
ing out the sides, four shelves should
be fitted into grooves in the top com
2artment, and they will need to be
armly cornered and glued, In case of
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-17
The Kitchen Cabinet Complete.

an accident to the china, while row
Of hooks along the lowest shelf win
provide a safe place for hanging up
the tea cups, jugs, etc. In this upper
portion of the cabinet all your plates
and dishes will rest securely, if slip
pf wood is nailed along the edge of
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-30
HE WAS IN BED
WITH A CORPSE
John Leary Woke up This Morning in Little Cabin al
Paisade to Find That His Companion Fred Welman
Had Passed Away While in Drunken Sleep
Said to be Of Rich and Prominent
Family

While In a drunken stupor follow
ing a long continued spree, Fred
Welman. a miner. who has for many
years resided at Palisade. was sum-
moned by the Death Angel some time
during last night, and when his COM
panion, John Leary. awoke this morn
ing, 1t was to find himself In bed
with a corpse.
Leary and Welman, both Irish min
ers, have for a long period kept
bach" in an old dugout Just below
the railroad track at the tipple of
the Palisade Coal Mining Compahy's
property. They worked in the coal
mine.
1t Is reported that for number
OF days both men have been drinking
heavily, Welman not having drawn
a sober breath for week or more.
He had simply lived on liquor for
days Leary states that he and his
companion went to bed at late
hour last night. and the latter was
soon In a drunken stupor-a heavy.
yet restless sleep from which he new
er aroused. What time in the pight
death came is not known. Excessive
drinking is given as the cause.
Early this morning Leary left the
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-30
BOULDER PAPER LAUGHS
AT SENSATI0 lAL REPORT
The Morning Yellow Along With the
Denver Post Again Gets the Loud
Ha, Hn, About "Bouldcr
Burning"

Another slap Is given the wild.
sensational reports that the local
Morning Yellow handed out the 9TH
er morning under box-car headlines
about Boulder Burning" in the fol-
lowing editorial from the Boulder
Herald:
The Morning Yellow's story was
the same dished out by the Denver
Post
"The terrible headlines in Tues
days Denver Post about Boulder
being swept by fire we're not war
ranted by the gist of the dispatch
sent from this place nor the facts.
And yet the people of Denver who
read those terrible headlines were
much alarmed. in fact the Post man
agement itself got overheated and
sent four reporters to Boulder that
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-30

they might write up in lurii Ian
guage the terrible conflagration
which 1t believed was sweeping over
the city. Other newspaper managers
were similarly effected and were get
ting ready to send reporters here
to be present at the scene of action.
Whole barrels of red ink seemed to
be ready to do full justice and more
than Justice to the occasion. And
yet the fire in the heart of the city
was that of the railway coach in the
morning. Then there was fire in
the extreme east eh1 at the Chas.
7. Gilbert place where thte damage
resulted to about $500. The wind
was blowing from the west so that
the fire at Gilbert's place could not
possibly have come westward. The
damage east of the Gilbert place in
the country amounted - ? few hun
dred dollars, and that was all on
which the Post based its awful head
lines. The fact that telephone and
telegraphic communications with
Denver was shut off the greater part
of the day made 1t impossible for
Denver people to ascertain the real
state of affairs and later on when
communication was had with Denver
via Longmont and Lafayette, anx-
ious inquiries came in from Denver
to Boulder people, oil which the Den
yer people wanted to know how
many Boulder people were homeless,
If any lives were lost. etc. Insurance
agents in Denver were especially anx-
ious to know the extent of the dam
age done here by the conflagration
Even yesterday. after the morning
daily papers had allayed all fears
| and had told of the extent of the fire
the telephone wires were kept bus,
| by people who wanted to know whaf
was left standing of Boulder, etc.
etc. The main trouble in the e..
tire affair was that the headline
writer's of the Post had too vivi,
imagination
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-30

old dugout, and. going into town,
got what he called "a wee bit of a
drink" and thea told that his COM
pabion wculd not get up when he
called and shook him this morning.
and that he believed Erred had
winked out" Several citizens went
to the dugout and found that the
soul of the drunkard had been called
from earth.
The dead man was about 40 years
of age. He had been working in and
around Palisade for six or seven
years. When not drinking, he was
a peaceful. good-natured fellow and
was well liked. Even when drunk
he was. harmless. 1t is said that
Welman was a member of rich and
prominent family residing in Mime
sofa. and it is known that he has
brother in Minnesota who is prom
inent priest. Welman had no rela-
tiyes in this section of the country.
The deceased was practically PEN
niless when death came. The re-
mains were taken in charge this af-
ternoon by Undertaken Krohn.
County Coroner Day went to Pail
sade this afternoon to view the re-
mains.