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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
FLATS MADE FOR SIMPLE LIFE.

w. ID. HOvells and other Noted Men
to Live in "Stud1O" Apartments.
William Dean Howells, Childe Has
sam, the artist, and other noted liter
airy men, and painters and musicians
and singers, are preparing to lead the
simple life" here, artistically and on
the cooperative plan, says the New
York World. The idea has been tried
abroad, but 1t is quite novel for New
York 1t involves a wide departure
from the present type Of flats and
apartment houses.
John l.. Parish, Walter Russell, the
architect, and the other practical men
in the movement, say 1t will not be
very long. before there is a widespread
revolt against the 'hideous smallness
and angularity" of the present style
flats, which, 1t is claimed, turn their
occupants into pessimists and gradual
~ rob their minds of every spark of
Imagination and artistic perception.
The new idea is being embodied in
what are called Studio" apartments,
which are owned comparatively. These
each tenant
can own a floor costing as high as $27,-
600, are characterized by large studio
rooms or salons in each suite, where
the owner and occupant can hold large
receptions. Most Of the salons are two
full stories In height, with a gallery
either full or of mezzanine height.
Mr. Russell has Incorporated In one
Of his buildings a ''tripler' apartment
which occupies parts Of three floors,
one above the other. Such an apart
ment contains as much space as a pri-
vate house, the several floors being
reached by private staircases, and the
studio being two floors high.
Architect Russell thought out the
Studio" scheme in company with Hen
~ w. Ranger, the landscape painter:
Frank V. Du Mond, the mural painter;
Childe Hassam, Jules Turcas, Louis
Paul DesSar, Allan Talcott, Robert Y.
v. Sewell, the mural decorator, and
Charles Maggie, the portrait painter.
One day Russell went to Ranger. afire
with enthusiasm, and declared that the
reason most New York apartments
we're so hideous was because they were
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

put up by speculative builders who
were devoid of good taste. He main-
tanned the artists could revolutionize
the architectural character of New
York if they would but show people by
a few concrete examples, how beauti-
full building could be made through
combination of art and good taste.
at Is impossible to overelaborate
the studio in these new buildings" said
Mr.. Parish. cts possibilities for arts
tic decoration, entertainment and pri-
vate life cannot be exaggerated. 1t is a
room so expansive in its influence OH
the minds, nerves and tempers that
there is hardly man or woman of any
sort of consequence in the world who
would not find 1t Of value far beyond
it's cost. All the other rooms are iii
similar artistic design and finish, leav-
ing opportunity for individual taste in
decorations, only that the plan put al
the sleeping rooms on the mezzanine
floor, above the library, dining room,
kitchen and servants rooms"
The owners of the studio apartments
form practically a club organization.
One of these now under construction,
which is a type Of the others, contains
twelve suites of duplex studio apart
ments of ten rooms each, with three
baths each; twenty-four suites of four
rooms and bath each, twelve single
story studios, with ante-rooms, and q
large picture gallery. The members
subscribe $4,000 each.
Russell and his friends are prepar-
ing plans for cooperative skyscraper,
to be built on lower Manhattan, in the
financial district. 1t will be operated
by corporation formed of all owners,
who will subscribe to an amount Of
stock equivalent to the value of a floor
in the building.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
FACTORY HEROINE.

Miss Mary Gufnan First Woman to
Get q Roosevelt Medal for Bravery.
Miss Mary Guinan, the first woman
to receive the Roosevelt prize for brav-
cry, is not at all confused by the great
honor bestowed upon her. She Is a
modest little woman and continues to
work every day at her machine in the
MiddEetown, n. Y, shirt factory where
she has been employed fer eighteen
years.
On Dec. 10 last when Miss Guinan
was returning from her work she saw
John c.. Runyon, an aged merchant OF
Middletown, standing on the Erie rail
road tracks waiting for train to pass.
The train was going west and Mr..
Runyon did not see an eastbound train
approaching. Miss Guinan saw the old
mans danger and STOPPING under the
gates pushed the aged merchant off the
eastbound track as the train rushed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
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A CROCODILE ADVENTURE.
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While looking for hippopotamus it
was the fortune of the author Of
Uganda to KhartOum' to encounter
a crocodile under somewhat unusual
circumstances. He was following q
fresh track leading through the dense
underground from the lake inland.
Two men accompanied him, one carry
ing his camera and the other his sec
ond gun, while he shouldered his rifle.
Suddenly l heard a rustling noise in
front of me, and realized that some
creature was approaching, but what?
1t could not be the hippo, because
there was no thunderous tread; but
had no time to think, for the creature,
whatever it might be, was upon me in
q second.
At two yards 1 discovered what 1t
was-an immense crocodile, more than
twelve feet long.
1 was right in its path, and there
no possible escape on either side, so [
stood still with my rifle at shoulder
and waited. The "crock" did not wait,
however, and In some remarkable way
it hustled me to one side, almost
knocked me over, and endeavored to
make his way to the water.
To dispute his right of way would
have been folly. 1 a'lzed only hor-
rible, soft, wriggling mass pressing
against my legs in a most sickening
way. Why he did not bite me do not
know At first 1 thought he had done
so as he brushed against my leg; but 7
found it was only his horny scales that
scraped my shin. And he was more
taken by surprise than 1 was, and for
got all about his huge jaw and the
lasting impression he might have made
upon my legs.
After he had passed l turned to see
how the men would fare. One had got
back to the shore, and so was no long
er In view. The other man with the
camera was the funniest sight! His
head was stuck fast in the thick bram-
bles, and his legs were in the air, the
camera, of course, in the mud beside
him.
I do not think the "crock" could
have seen him, for he had literally
taken a header into the bush, and his
legs were far above the crOcOdile's
laws
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
ORIGIN OF THE KISS.
The AncientS Knew Nothing of the
Delights of This Salute.

The AncientS Knew Nothing of the
Delights of This Salute.
Prof Hopkins of Yale University
claims to have traced the history Of the
kiss from it's birth, and proved that the
earliest peoples and earliest times knew
it not That there might be no mis-
take he labeled the kiss Of to-day 1.-The
genuine kiss and "the perfect kiss"
The genuine kiss, Prof. Hopkins
said, was invented by a woman. Its
description is given in the epic Of an
cient India which treats of the science
Of love.
'She laid her mouth to my mouth, "
recites the poet, land made a noise
which gave me pleasure"
With that discovery grew the fash
ion which has since known no abate-
ment, and observers even say the fash
ion is spreading. Additions to the epic
iii later years described variations in
the natural kiss, all based upon that
given by the "she" Of the first mar
rator.
''The early peoples" declares Prof.
Hopkins, knew nothing of the kiss in
any form. Had they known Of it they
would have told something of it in the
mass of records that has come down to
us, for surely an act which conveys
such pleasure could not have been for
gotten.
THE earliest form of the kiss is that
which we know as the sniff kiss This
is smelling, usually Of the head. The
father Of new born son shifted his
head that his days might be long and
that honors might come to him. Re
turning from a journey, he shifted the
heads of his children in the same man
ner.
Gradually, with this sniff kiss
there came also a caress, a touching,
usually, of the head. Gradually also
the endearment came to be applied to
others than children. The rubbing Of
noses, which was persisted in by some
tribes, was probably an intermediate
process In the evolution.
with the development of the gen
uine kiss the sniff kiss disappeared,
never to reappear. 1t had served its
purpose and was soon forgotten"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
TROPICAL TITBITS.

Some of the Native Dishes that Arc
Served In Jamaica.
In Jamaica, as everywhere else, there
are two ways to do things. There is
the beaten track of the tourist to fol
low, with It's hotels Of varying excel
lence, conventional drives and all that
sort Of thing. To know the island and
the allurements Of its ingratiatina
tropical beauty, however, to appreciate
the double interest of British resident
customs, together with the quaint oddi-
ties Of the negro native life next to
the earth" one must travel q different
course. Courtesy to visitors to the isl
and Is everywhere manifest There
are native dishes that no hotel on the
island can make to taste so good.
There I learned the indescribable de-
liciousnesS Of a properly deviled ia.
mstca black crab. There were served
curries that would make O habitue of
Delmonico's sit up and take notice
turtle, real turtle, prepared with del.
icacy to delight an epicure, and native
oysters that Jamaicans facetiously say
grow on trees" Tropical fruits In all
their fragrance and juicy prime gave
an intimatlon OF the productive posi-.
bilities OF the island. The green tinted
Jamaica orange, thin OF skin and richly
juicy, grape frub Of superior quality,
the avocado pear, oily In composition
and nutty in flavor; plneapples-in ia.
maica they cut them In half horizon.
tally and eat them with a spoon-man.
goes akee, breadfruit, ochra, chocot
vans, and more yams, were there to
tempt the inexperienced palate.-Trav.
ei Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
M0DERN INDIAN WARRIOR.


Indian warfare has produced many
weird and unexpected situations, and
the mind Of the romancer has created
more; but the strangest Of them sill
will hardly surpass In novelty an ex-
perience which befelI a citizen of Wyo-
ming In the late Ute uprising. The IN
dams were sweeping across northern
Wyoming, near the Montana line, and
were being gradually surrounded by
troops poured in from several quar-
tiers. The whites were armed for their
own defense, and on several occasions
conflicts had been narrowly averted.
One morning James J. Callahan, of
Arvada, went out at daybreak with
two ''cow-puncherS" to cross the range
In order 30 look at some stock. Sud-
denly out Of the sage-brush there rose
up round them a dozen Indians, who
had them covered before any of them
could draw a weapon.
With their hands in the air, the three
white men faced q serious situation.
Things looked mighty blue" said Mr..
Callahan afterward 1--WE had made
up our minds that we were likely to
part with our back hair"
AS they sat thus the leader Of the
Utes approached, and when he drew
near gave a warwhoop which to Mr..
Callahan's ears had q certain familiar
and civilized twang to it. 1t verged on
a college yell.
"Yah, there, Jimmy Callahan" cried
the warrior. what are you doing out
here? I'm Billy Birdseye, '95!''
"Billy Birdseye" it was, sure enough,
although hardly recognizable by his
old Dartmouth conrade. Son of Chief
Kannapap, leader Of the Ute uprising,
Billy was actively directing the opera
ton of this party of his fathers scouts,
and keeping well in practice to take
his fathers place in case Of need. He
came running forward to shake hands
with Mr. Callahan, while his followers
lowered their guns and exchanged won
dering remarks in their own tongue.
But the strangest part Of the adj
venture was still 10 come. From a
pocket Billy Birdseye fished out two
slips of pasteboard. They were tick
cts to the Princeten-Dartmouth foot
ball game, to be played in New York
g week later.
"Here, Jimmy, take these" he said
II was going East to see the game
myself, but this business has come up
to prevent. You may as well go along
and see the fun and meet the boys
again."
The tickets called for two choice
seats In the front row, center of the
field, and Mr. Callahan, whose hair
had by this time settled firmly into
place, went East the next day to use
them.
Queer pictures must have been con-
jured up in his mind as the '@rooters'
for Princeton and for Dartmouth shat
tered the air with their college yells.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

Medical gentlemen continue to assert
that tuberculosis is not hereditary, but
they hasten to add that a weakness Of
tissue which invites the disease may
be inherited The difference, to the lay
mind, appears to be that 'twixt tweedle-
dunn and tweedledee. The main fact
In the matter is that children of tuber-
cular parents are likely to contract tu-
berculosis and 1t is Of no practical I'M
portance whether they inherit the dis
ease or a susceptibility to 1t. We may
add that the problem presented to the
medical profession Is that of curing
tuberculosis Splitting hairs about its
origin is not helpful.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

than the spectacle cf INDECENT old age
The fact that many people commit sui
eide through sheer dread OF poverty is
the best proof that Mr.. Carnegie's the
DRY has not achieved general accept
ance. People do not appreciate the adj
vantages of dragging out miserable
old age in want and penury. The truth
is that neither Mr.. Carnegie nor Mr..
Wiley really believes what he says. The
former still has enough millions to dis
grace him utterly if he were to die sud
denly; the latter knows very we'll that
the prolongation Of human life to the
span of 100 years is a mere iridescent
dream of scientific gentlemen who dis
prove their own theories by dying as
early as other people. The majority of
mankind, including Mr.. Carnegie, will
take every possible precaution against
dying poor; all their efforts will fail
to make them centenarians unless
Providence has awarded them long
life. We live in an age of miracles,
but the mysteries of life and death are
as inscrutable as ever.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
Ladx Tennie Cook,s Doc story.

Lady Cook, who was Miss Tennessee
ClafIn before her marriage at a din
ner during her recent visit to Wash
ington argued the question Of woman
suffrage with a Senator.
"Ah, Senator" said Lady Cook, at
the arguments end, you don't consider
this question as a whole. You only
consider part Of it. You are like the
unan who weighed the dog. A lady
owned huge st. Bernard dog that she
was very proud OF. She told her gar
dener one day to take the dog and
weigh him. The man departed with
the animal, and half an hour later he
returned.
'sToWser, ma'am,' he said, weighs
Just a hundred pounds
"A hundred poundsT exclaimed the
lady. He must weigh more than that
Are you sure you weighed him rightY
"<Oh, yes, ma'am,' said the gardener,
I'm sure weighed him right, only /
couldn't get him all on the scaIes.'"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
THE ARKANSAS HOG.
1t Can OEtEun Greyhound and
Whip a Wolf or Bear.

1t Can OEtHun a Greyhound and
Whip a Wolf or Bear.
An esteemed contemporary gave
space to the following communication
from a subscriber on "The American
Hog"
Arkansas has a greater variety of
hogs and less pork and lard than any
state In the Union. An average hog
In Arkansas weighs about fourteen
pounds dressed with its head on and
about six pounds and a half with tts
head off. It can outrun greyhound,
Jump q rail fence, climb like a parrot
and live on grass roots and rabbit
tracks It hasn't much tail or bristle,
but plenty Of gall. It will lick wolf
or a beat In q fair fight. 1t is called
razorback because it is shaped like a
sun fish. In hunting a razorback II
is always shot at sideways, for there
Is not q ghost of a show to hit IL
otherwise, any more than to shoot az
q split shingle. It can drink milk out
Of q quart jar on account OF It's long,
CQla nRdQ. 1HlS lyPC VI AoNVA JAN -
known as the stone hog because its
head is so heavy and It's nose so long
that 1t balances up behind. The owner
of this type OF hogs usually ties a
stone to it's tail to keep it from over
balancing and breaking its neck while
running. If the stone is too heavy, Il
will pull the skin over its eyes, and It
viii go blind"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

The railway mail clerk is the one
servant Of the government and the peo-
pie who Is practically always under
fire. He is in the thick and thin of
every wreck of mail train and either
energies from the debris of splintered
cars seriously injured or his body is
taken from the wreck by plying hands.
AS a public servant who takes his life
In his hand with his vocation he should
receive a liberal salary from the gov
ernment and the just appreciation Of
the public.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

past. The two were for a moment In
space Of less than three feet, with a
train rushing past at high speed on
each side. Miss Guinan held the old
man firmly until one Of the trains
passed and then assisted him to the
sidewalk.
Miss Guinan then went home without
giving her name and told no one Of the
incident. One of the spectators fol
lowed her and on learning her identity
made the story public.
Miss Guinan and a sister support
their aged mother and a little nephew
and niece.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

Better treatment is IN store for cat
lie In transit on the railroads. The
long contest in Congress last winter
snded, In .pite OF che vigorous oppo-
dtion OF the humane societies, N an
extension, from twenty hours to
thirty-slx hours, OF the time which
cattle may be kept without food and
water. But the humane societies deter
mined that the new law should at least
be enforced The old one had not So
vigorously has the Department Of Ag-
riculture pushed Its work that con-
victions against the railroads have
been secured at the rate Of twenty a
day. OF four hundred cases already
sent to the Department of Justice, only
four have been lost, and the maximum
penalty OF five hundred dollars has
been exacted In every case.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

Mr. Carnegie orce said that it is a
disgrace to die rich Chemist Wiley of
the Agricultural Department now
comes along with the assertion that it
is a disgrace to dies less than 100
years old. These are, Of course, the
opinions of specialists The general
run OF humanity would prefer not to
die at all But, realizing that death is
the one thing that is absolutely GER
tain. most OF us will probably be dis
posed to differ from both Mr.. Carnegie
and Mr.. Wiley If we are asked to ac-
cept both Of their conclusions together.
That Is to say, most Of US would rather
die early than live a century in the
poverty which Me- Carnegie deems SO
desirable other people. There La
nothing more pitiful and distressing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
Had Learned Finance.

A Swede had negotiated for the pur-
chase of q South Dakota farm.
''Now," said the real estate man who
had consummated the dead, 'I'll have
the deeds and abstract Of title fixed up
and handed to you at once"
"No, Ay not wanting deed" said the
Scandinavian. "Ay taking mortgage
and keeping land, yust like bank
Judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
Cost OF Government in Russia.

1t costs less per head to run the gov
eminent Of Russia than any other ma
ton In the world. The average Rus
sian tax is $40 for each person in the
empire; that of Great Britain, France,
and tria-Hungary runs over $15 per
head Of the population of these cum
tY.iaS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

1t no doubt bOthers some postmas-
ters to understand why George Wash
Ington ever established the two-term
precedent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

J. Pierpont Morgan is going to tear
down a 100000 house In New York so
that he may have a garden. We would
earnestly advise the boys who are not
familiar with his ways to refrain from
stealing any Of ]. Pierpont's water
melons
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

One Of New York's social queens is
down with pneumonia. The doctors
say she would be well If she hadn't
worn a low-cut gown which exposed
her lungs to Icy blasts. Why blame
the low-cut gown? 1t was the janitor's
FAULT He ought to have put on more
steam.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
A Marked Advantage.

lawyer say, doctor, why are you
always running us lawyers down?
Doctor (dryiy)-Well, your profes.
sion doesn't make angels of men, does
it?
Lawyer-Why, no; you certainly
have the advantage of us there, doc.
tor.-Illustrated Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

A st. Louis university has eStab-
Hshed chair for chauffeurs. In New
York State they have an electric chair
at Auburn that is likely to be filed by
a chauffeur or two if the killings con-
tinue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
tinue

The Chicago woman who announces
that she is going ito stop smoking on
the streets and in all public places"
doesn't explain how she is going to oc-
cupy herself the rest Of the day, after
that task is finished.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

During May. the imports Of precious
stones showed a falling off of more
than 100000. as compared with May
of last yeat,, but that was to be expect
ed, since the actresses are preferring
press agents to millionaires.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

POcahontas did not belong to a wom-
AIS club, but that isn't necessarily the
reason why she gets her picture on
postage stamp.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

The Audubon Society promulgates a
great truth when it asserts that there
are too many cats.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
Confusion of Sounds.

WAS that somebody In your neigh
borhood I heard playing Wagner selec
lions last nlghtY
mo, ma'am. guess you heard the
sawmill going next door" Baltimore
American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

A Paris paper says Emperor William
looks and acts like F'renchman- 1t is
evident that the Partisan editors are
bound to keep Germany and France
from becoming friendly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

The price of thread has gone up.
This makes still closer connection be-
tween the rich man and the eye of the
needle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

a leading tobacco dealer says there
Is no money in Scent cigars. Many
smokers say there is no tobacco In
them, either. But there Is a heavy
trade in them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
A New Motor Gas.

"Alkoethine" the new motor gas, Is
a mixture of air, alcohol vapor and
acetylene, resulting from the spraying
of dilute alcohol over calcium carbide.
1t proves TO be a cheaper fuel than gas
oline, and the necessary apparatus for
producing it can be adapted to any
high-speed gasoline motor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
Heroic Treatment.

Molly-How are you going to reform
him?
Dolly-Marry him.
Molly-GOodness Does he need
such heroic treatment as that?-Ally
Sloper's Half Holiday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

A business seldom amounts to enough
to give all the employees the credit they
deserve.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

We refuse to worry over the recall
Ing of the $1,000 bills. We broke"
ours to buy coal last spring.