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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08
MODEL VILLAGES.
Excellent Plan Followed by Mining
Settlement In France.


Consul H. Albert Johnson in a report
from Liege gives details of coal min
ing enterprises in Belgium. one of
which is planning to establish a model
mining village. and has engaged as
manager an engineer in charge of a
mining plant at Bethune, in France
concerning which the consul writes:
'"These French mines employ a
force of some 5000 workmen. They
possess 1000 workmens dwellings,
that are rented to the miners at from
$115 to $1.54 a month The houses
with gardens attached, are arranged
in attractive villages, with broad
streets and boulevards. Churches and
schools have been built. The water
supply sanitary arrangements and the
electric light plant are all Of the most
modern and up to date class.
a visit to Bethune proved highly
satisfactory to the officials of the Lin
bourg region and has tended to
strengthen their determination in
building up their new organization to
follow as closely as possible the model
set by the French mines. Thus, ac
cording to the plans, this new mining
settlement in the Campine will be a
most beneficial innovation. and instead
of the hitherto insanitary conglOmera-
ton of novels, piled one against the
other, without either symmetry or de-
sign, the new mining village will pre-
sent an attractive and orderly cOllec-
ton of neat cottages, grouped on well
laid out and broad streets, with plen-
tiful supply of good water and the
most advanced system of electric light
ing and sanitary appointments"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08
Novel Road Marker.

1t is very annoying to have grocers'
wagons and other vehicles spelling the
lawn by cutting off the corners of the
drive, and many people use white
washed stones at intervals to warn
drivers not to come too close to the
grass. However. these are not pleas
ing objects. A novel plan published
by a gentleman In Lawrence, y. Y,
is worth considering, says the New
York Herald. Three or four places
were planned together in such a way
as to have a private drive, and 1t be-
came necessary TO have something that
would indicate by night where the
road was that led to this gentleman's
house. To save the expense of a lamp
post and artificial light he planted a
white birch tree which is fairly con-
spicuous except on the darkest nights
and serves all practical purposes as
well as a more expensive and less
beautiful light.
mo; I never give money to beggars."
''Well, will you give me a letter Of
Introduction to somebody who will?'-
New York Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08
Reb1ked by Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln could administer
a singing rebuke when the necessity
demanded. as thus TO General Blunt
for fostering Lynch law Judge
Lynch sometimes takes Jurisdiction Of
cases which prove too strong for the
courts, but this is the first case within
my knowledge wherein. the court be-
ing able TO maintain Jurisdiction
against Judge Lynch the military has
come to the assistance 81 TEE latter
He was rather mi'Ier with Car,
Schurz: q certainty know that if the
war fails the administration fails ant
that | will be blamed for it, whether
l deserve il or not. III | ought 10 be
blamed if could - better Yon think
/ could do better Therefore yOn
blame me already ! think | could not
do better Therefore | blame yof. for
blaming me-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08
POTOSI.

! Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Misses Ethel Schumacher and
Florence Keehner returned home
Sunday morn after few days visit
with their friend Miss Maud Miller,
at Dubuque, Iowa.
Mrs. Henry Klein transacted bus
mess in Lancaster, last Thursday.
Harry Sanders returned home
last Wednesday evening after an
extended visit with friends at Bee
town and North Andover.
Mr. J. Hudson. of McGregor, Ia,
visited few days with his father
here.
There were no services in the
Cong1. church Sunday morning, as
the pastor, Mr. r. G. Bennett con-
Quoted the funeral of Mr.. George
Hampton, at Boice Creek.
Mrs. Burns, (nee Lille Greene)
and daughter, Miss Burns, of st.
Louis, Mo, are visiting at the home
of Mrs. Burns mother, Mrs. S.
Greene.
Mrs @. Franklin of Lacrosse,
who has been visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Burns, at St. Louis, arrived
here also Sunday for few days
visit with her grandma, Mrs.
Greene.
Mr.. Joe. Bell left for Alaska Mon
day morning, after an extended
visit with his mother and sister and
other relatives here.
Mrs Frank Geiser was hostess at
surprise party gwen in honor of
her As birthday last Tues. evening.
A number of her friends and neigh
bOrs came and spent the evening.
She was presented with a beautiful
rocking chair as a memento of the
occasion.
The Royal NeIghbors, of F'otos1,
have engaged Miss Lottie Tillson, of
Hawaii to give an entertainment in
the the village hall, Tuesday even
ing, Feb. 18th and invite the patron
age of the public. Miss Tillson
comes to us highly recommended
from different parts of the United
States and Canada.
Mrs. John Nickles was hostess at
surprise party, Monday evening.
A number of her friends, relatives
and neighbors went and assisted
her in celebrating her birthday.
She was presented with q nice lamp
as memento of the occasion.
Mr.. and Mr. III. Brown are visit
ing with relatives and friends in
Mason City, Iowa.
Messers Jackley and Orr, of
Bagley, Wise. are visiting with
their cousin and friend, Mr.. Frank
Lesher and his parents here
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Thomas, of
Viola, Wis, are visiting relatives
here.
Mrs. Chas. Kechneer, of Chicago,
arrived last Sunday where she join
ed her husban5 here. They con-
templete residing here.
Mr.. Joe Vogelsburge transacted
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08

! time when the coming president was
in his twenties. The relatOr. Robert
Wornick. was then a neighhor boy
He says:
Abe was an ungainly. awkward young
fellow and always ready TO do somebody
else a good turn. He wore homespun and
in summer was barefoot. | have seen him
at many house raising and other gath
ering OF the kind. He was always ore of
the men picked out TO carry up corner.
1t was while laid up with frozen feet
at the house of Mr.. WOrnick's father
that Lincoln began the study of ia'o-
AS a lawyer one of his colleagues after
ward said of him:
He was as wise. as a serpent in the traii
Of case. but | have had too many scars
from his blows TO certify that he was
harmless as a dove.
Concerning LincoIn's ability as
lawyer Stephen A. Douglas once re
marked:
When Lincoln is right you can't beat
him: when he is wrong you must be Gaze
full or hen beat you. This makes a strong
man of Lincoln.
General Stewart l.. Woodford recent
ly gave this characteristic description
Of Lincoln as a campaigner. 1t was
the occasion of the Cooper Union
speech in 1860:
can see him today / saw him then.
an uncouth westerner. whose coat was
short in the sleeves and whose trouse rs
did not meet with the tops of mis- shoes.
The thumb of his right hand was in his
armpit. AS he began to get to q climax
of his argument his suspender began to
come out Until ii gradually worked up to
the level with his ear. He was perfectly
unconscious of the action. When he Mt
tered those immortal words. Freedom is
national and slavery is sectional" The
whole hall rose as one man Lincoln
paused. appeared to realize where his Sues
pender was. flushed and let go. The
pender few back into its place again.
President Lincoln was the master Of
his cabinet and knew how to t. &e
things into his own hands when nee
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08

would remain unchanged. In this COZ
nection Colonel Scovel quotes Richard
CObden's estimate of the great emanci-
pator-that this century has produced
no man like him" And Mr.. Cobden
added, ut is not strange that Queen
Victoria thoroughly understands ant
highly esteems the president of the
United States
For a general view of Lincoln the
following by Senator Shelby Nj. Cul-
lom of Illinois is perhaps as comprP
hensive as any:
1t has been my fortune to know Abra-
ham Lincoln in all the walks of life-as ii
private citizen, as a candidate for con-
greSs. as a statesman-and l heard por
ton of his great debate with Doug las
which was the most noted discussion o.
political questions which ever occurred H.
this country outside of the halls of con
gress. / knew him as president. and ]
was permitted to know him in the sacred
precincts of his family at home. I have
studied the lives of the great men Of the
world, and now. after nearly fifty years
have passed away since his death. / de-
not hesitate to give it as my opinion thai
he was the peer in all that makes man
great useful and noble of any man OF
any age in the worlds history.
Of the martyr presidents prophetic
quality, the many times he seemed TO
feel a presentiment that he would lose
his life in the struggle are familiar TO
all There is even a story, now little
told, of a vision he had in connection
with a mirror in his room which led
him to feel that he would be asSassi-
mated
Perhaps Robert c. Ogden has given
this element of Lincoln's character its
final statement in the following words
recently addressed to a Bible class in
New York city:
l shall never forget the president as
saw him in church after the battle of An
tietam. AS he came out the expression
of patient sadness on his face came as
near the Christ expression as / have ever
seen it in a human being
J. A EDGERTON.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08
Lincoln at Close Range
A Rough Exterior and the Soul of a
Prophet-How He Impressed Greeley. Doug
las Cullom Woodford. VOORHEES, and Others

Copyright. 1903, by ]. A. Edgerton.I
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08

great men have filled the worlds intel
lect and imagination more than he. but
none i'll our day has been SO loved 1t
is the very humanness of the man that
endears him to us For this reason we
treasure every scrap of personal testi-
mOny concerning him.
And yet there is another side of Lin
coin that the touch with his homely
human nature. however intimate, does
not reveal 1t is a misty, elusive
something. an undiscovered greatness,
quality that cannot be weighed or
bounded or defined He surprises us
with unexpected depths and beauties.
He reveals to us glimpses of outlooks
over undiscovered countries. Behind
his rough exterior we seem to sense the
soul of prophet At a distance he ap-
pears almost rs one of those legendary
divine figures that we are told came to
guide men when the world was young.
Surely if in our prosaic age any one
has been sent for a work and has been
guided in that work in ways we do not
see Abraham Lincoln was such a one.
And to this view even the personal i'm
pressions bear witness.
Horace Greeley in an undelivered lee
ture published in the Century many
years after his death has given many
glimpses of Lincoln Probably none is
more interesting than his first impress
sion
1t was of the time that Lincoln
served in congress and refutes the idea
that the future emancipation was home
ly, at least at the time in question.
Greeley said
Lincoln was not quite forty years old
He was genial cheerful, rather comedy,
noticeably tall and the only Wing from
Illinois-not remarkable otherwise, to the
best of my recollection. He was generally
liked on our side of the house. He made
two or three moderate speeches which at
tracted little attention. He voted gen.
orally to forbid the Introduction of slavery
into the territories. but he did not vote
for Mr. Cats resolution looking to the
immediate abolition of slavery in the fed
eraI district There were men accounted
ADLER on our side of the house. yet judge
SHAT no other was more generally liked
I esteemed than he. And yet had
."ch Of us been required to name the man
.:nlong us who would first attain the
would have designated Abraham Lincoln.
Daniel W. Voorhees, paid this tribute
to the courage of the first martyr presi-
dent:
1 was in congress while Lincoln was in
the White House and saw a great deal Of
him. He was a man who knew nothing
OF physical fear, and, while men about
him used to tell him stories of possible
ASA ssination and the necessity of care.
Lincoln never seemed to pay much heed
to them. He was often seen walking
about the streets or making frequent ex-
cursions TO the forts and camps and other
points about Washington. | don't think
he was afraid of anything on earth
Ex-Governor Alvin Saunders of Ne
braska when boy saw much of Lin
coin and heard his stories. Of these he
said:
1t has always seemed to me- though it
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08

of the Illinois legislature. Of that time
an eyewitness says:
He certainly was one of the leading
members and, 1 think, was regarded as
the equal of any member of the house in
debate and ability. He was awkward in
manner when speaking. He had a sway
ing motion of the body and a swinging Of
his long arms that were somewhat un-
graceful. And 1 remember to have heard
the members laughing and talking about
appointing a committee to hold his coat
tails when he was speaking and keep
them still.
Here is a much earlier glimpse Of a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08
REDUCING THE CIRCULATION
Lesson For Local Application In Money
Strinqency.


Stringency.
This financial depression" remark
ed the town philosopher, will turn Oui
to re not altogether an evil if it serves
to teach US the value of having plenty
OF currency in circulation arOunG
home. There is just as much money in
the nation today as there was thret
months ago. but you can't see il. OuE
cash took fright some weeks ago ana
Scurfied into rat holes and other places
of private deposit. 1t was boarded af
home instead of being left in the chan
nels of trade. The result is that MANY
communities have been unable to find
cash enough to carry on their regular
lines of business. Some factories have
had to shut down, others have reduced
their working force. and those gffp
running at full tilt have had TO pay
their hands in scrip, certificates ana
other makeshifts for real money. 9th
er business enterprises have had to re
trench. The effect of this retreaeh~
ment Is felt in the home. Even Santa
Claus this season has had to cut down
his customary generosity. The little
children, though they do not under
stand why, are suffering because the
cash took fright and went into hiding.
'In every community there are per
sons loud in their denunciatiOn OF
Wall street, the stock gamblers, the
money manipulatOrs or whoever it was
that caused the financial furry. You
can hear these indignant citizens on
the street corners crying down Walls
street with loud cries. Yet these same
folks are in the habit of doing things
that tend to bring about for the home
town and community just such scar
city Of money as this depression shows
in kind if not in degree
They do it not by boarding their
money, but by what may be called ex-
ling it, You will find them when they
have money to spend porting over big
catalogues from the gigantic general
stores in the large cities which make
speciality of business at long range.
These big concerns believe in the cen
tralizatiOn of business. They act as pow
erful magnets, drawing to themselves
the loose cash lying around every com
munity Our friends who decry Wall
street are frequently the very ones
who contribute most largely to the
city magnet They send their money
out Of the community thus reducing
the local circulating medium. The re-
suit is that local business stagnates,
the town comes to standstill if not
actually taking the inclined plane, and
people begin TO cry that times are
hard
"Of course concluded the town
philosopher when you mail your
money to the city you are helping to
build up the big stores there and thus
give employment to many clerks. But
what about the clerks in your own
town? What about your local stores
Do you prefer TO aid the big stores at
a distance rather than your home
stores, which are run by men you have
known all your lives? Patriotism be
gins at home. Every citizen should do
his best toward building up his own
community, and he certainly doesn't
add to the general welfare and to his
own best interests in the long run
when he does long distance buying
that he could do at home"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08
s seemed to me. though it

is a contrary view
to that held by
the majority Of
those who knew
h i m, that Lin
coins stories were
never told for the
purpose of raising
a laugh, but were
related solely for
Illustration or re-
buke. and when
the latter was the
C q S e the m q n
against whom il
was dire C t e q
would have pre-
ferred any other
method If he had
sense enough to
comprehend t h e
point. Vulgar and
commonplace peo-
pie, h o w e V e r,
would grasp only
the funny points
of his stories and
would ignore the
lessons they were
intended to teach.
When in his
thirties Lincoln
was a member
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08

eSsary. Colonies
J. NJ. ScOvel tells
this inside his
tory Of the move
that insured
peace between
t h e u n i t e 4
S t a t e s a n q
Great Britain At
the tim G til 4 (
Mason and Sill
dell were cap
tured. Without
letting Score
tary Stanton
know of the
move Lincoln
wrote directly
to Queen Veto
ria. In reply he
received a letter
from her aSSur
ing him that the
peaceful conii-
ton existing ne
tween America
and EnUiaud
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08

- - - 49,
FTER all. it is
the personal
t o IL c h I b a [
counts. Those
whoclaSp hands
with a man,
who look into
his eyes. who
break bre a d
with him. who
see him in daily
life. who hear
his voice and
know his hui
man side-it is
they who can
bring the hearts
of men to him.
Abraham Lin
coin is one of
whom the world
especially de.
mands this in
innate knowl-
edge. for there
IS no one. in
modern tim eS
at least, that so
peculiarly APP.
peals to mems
hearts Other
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08

business IN Dubuque few days
This week
The Ladies Aid Society meet at
the home of Mrs. Fred Grim Thurs.
day afternoon
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-08

+, The skull consists of twenty-five sep
arate bones, eight of which form the
Uranium, the remainder entering into
the composition of the face.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-15

Department. Of the Interior United
States Land office Santa re, n
Al, Feb. 8, zoos
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowiug-named claimant has filed no.
tIco of his intention to make final
proof Ia support of his claim under
section 6 and ! Of the act Of March
3, 1891 C26 stats, 500, as amended
by The act Of February q, 1898 (2f
Stats, 400, and that said proof viii
be made before j. NJ Luna, PROBATE
clerk at Los Lunas, n, NJ ON March
H. 1908, viz Beatrlz y dc Sedilio,
widow or Bonifaclo Sedillo, deceased,
for the small holding tract SO. S6S,
in sections "a and 20, T. z y, II. L.
He names the following Witnesses
to prove his actual continuous adverse
possession Of said tract for twenty
years next preceding the survey Of
the township. VIZ. Estanislado Otcro.
of peraltu. y Al GuUlermo Orona, Of
pcalta, \. Nj Anceto Aragon $
Garcia, Of Peralt0, n. NJ Bcrnardino
Sedtllu, OF Pcralia, n. NJ
Any person who desires to protest
against the allowance Of said proof or
who knows of any substantial reason
under the laws ana regulations Of the
Interior department why such proof
an opportunity at the above mention
ed time and place Ia eross-cNaminc
the witnesses Of said claimant and to
offer evidence IN rebutal Of that sub
mittcd ny claimant
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-15

we hayr no license 20 preach o
sermon. but its only ittlo anc aud
out text IT, "rakc care Of The boauti-
ful the useful VIII take carc of 10.
auf' ANA 49, cupi remember the
chapter and verso possibly il ISN'T
scripture a an bui II ought to be,
ana Il is not our fault q IL was left
Out
rho purpose Of this sermon is TO-
wake M an interest III The minds Of
The people nf Albuquerque in the good
work fp tho town that has been un-
dcrlaken by those public spirited oiu-
zeus who have organized Tire civic
Improvement association ana which
has before Il one Of the broadcast
fields IF effort that over confronted
amy new society
Everybody knows that in the
course # few month"; Albuqucrquc
y going 10 entertain ne arqrsl mum
ber OF visitors we over had IA tho
town probably as large a number as
were ever entertained by auy town OF
This size anywhere Ia tho west They
WIN come from every part of the
country Possibly majority OF them
certainly many sf thsn, win s,f,o.
from places In which reasonable dee
gree 81 public attention rs given 10.
the matter of preventing the public
strcpts ana allows from attending tb.|
public sense of defapry with f.-t,r.
mr ovc-sora. and tn krrpirs a,d..
Walla ,trBpt t,ts and rpblir. rI.,.....
frcc nom old tn rana. bones ru,s
pnper srrnus ana ma. and l.h,i. mi,
eycry sort The reople of fine aye,-
age American town. uo,,ud,yg rive ,
proper degree of nuonrfon ia tbr.
abatement pf .t,ph nuIeapr,. and ,n
tho ulpplyina of tbeir pIarrs ,.ub
flowers and sbu,hbcr. on. snmcf1tpg
that VIII afford Il measure of ersH0.
cation To tha aesthetic la-i, of ~ ,l.u.
Yea nualIr. And of course q., s.,pi
10 nssurae ,nnt we are rniuraa-.nul
see nave ID admit that FL peep AZ tnnI
condition of some of our streets. Win
their bill board borders handed Ju,,p
To as from IA, dark apra anrpr I,,
make il 4rru lIlta ID ,loIrnt aasnp,,.
uou.-tn. Nr are allowed ia oaeaptn,
e. virtue il we have It not" tAouen
it would b, mlrb eaaipr ., .np,f,.,.
The visitor OF the VALIDITY off our claim
tn that regard il ve should Hr.,
take la some of our signs rrnarr
existing conditions. ono of the first
things 10 meet the eve of ID stranger
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-15
STUDYING ruBrftt;aosIs.

AcAI september the Imcuauohal
tGongrcss on Tuberculosis which
Imeets ulennlaIlN VIII hold iu session
+ IN Washington. The gathering wilj
be memorable and eEeeptlonNlH in-
tere7jng, first because there VIII be
much genuine progress 10 report a
surprising amount Of excellent wort
I having been done since the last CON
gross 10 various directions-and see-
ohdIN because the plans aud prepare
/ lions going on promise thorough
consideration ur tho most difficult
/ Honmodiaal aspects ut the problem Of
I ne white plague.
u Is now pretty generally UNDER
stood, says the F"cord-lierald, that
consumption ls pieFeniable as wen rs
durable ~ certain stages II ls also
( realized mat tuberculosis is essential
Is diaease of congested, lusautaE
surroundings. oVer"ork and Improper
living The next congress VIII
therefore, lay special stress ON the sn-
eiaI. industrial ana sanitary factors
Of Tine situation II viii discuss ana
compare notes ON sanltoria hospitals
FOR advanced aud inctoicnt cases.
hom" ana factory conditions. diapnn-
saIy treatment registration ana nolI-
HcaiIon, and so "n.
In order TO promote active and ear /
nest study of these questions and to
attract Facts ana suggestions from
FE .t.F UtI
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-15

Nearly all diseases of the skin such
as eczema, letter, salt rheum ana bar
burs' Itch. are characterized by an
intense itching and smartins, which
often makes life a burden and dis
turhs sleep aud rest Quick relief may
be had BY applying Chamberlain.
Salve II allays the itching and smart
ing almost instantly Many eases havs
been cured by its use. For sale by
all druggists
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-15
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