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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21
BRYAN RECEIVES TRICK MULE
Mascot Of Democrats For Campo -en.

Mascot of Democrats For Campo -en.
Busy on Speeches.
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb.,
says w. ]. Bryan received Wednesday
from the Minnesota State Agricultur-
al Society, the long expected trick
mule, which is to be the mascot
of the party this fan. The mule
was taken out to Fairview, where lt
was given a hearty welcome by the
candidate and his family.
81 am going to have caucus or
the newspaper correspondents to Sc
lect name for this mascot OF mine'
declared Bryan. as he led the amman
about lawn by halter. They tell
me that it is the. best trained mule
in the United States, and we Will
have to properly name it before tne
day is over"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21
Grenville CouA At House Deamaged.

Gieenville CouNt HOUSE he''i''
At Greenville during an electric
storm Tuesday the tin roof of the
County Court House was partially
torn off, one $ ide being rolled up
like scroll. The building was
empty at the TIM he, the officers being
at political me 9etins in the '0un'
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21
TIRED OF LIFE.
Well Known Insurance Man ruts an
End to 1t.

At Louisville, KY. Alfred 4. MINI
herly State Manager Of the Bank
ers Life Association of Des Molnes'
and a well-known insurance man was
found dead in bed at his home Tues
dav afternoon. Death was caused
by self inflicted pistol wound accord
ing to Coroners verdict. He left a
note saying he had no trouble OF any
kind but was simply tired of living
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
Only a Tramp.

A recent incident which holds In It's
simple outlines the possibility of past
tragedy, is described in the New York
Times. 1t is another illustration Of
how careless the world is of the indi-
vidual, and how thick Is the cloak
which one may wrap about his person
ality. The other day a laborer en-
ployed by the Erie Railroad in Jersey
City was run over by train and had
his leg cut off.
A policeman telephoned for an en-
bulance. The injured man lay on a
grass patch, apparently bleeding to
death. Just then a typical railroad
tramp in dirty rags sauntered along
He tapped a policeman's elbow.
'May 1 ask what is the matter, off,
cerT' he inquired.
''Man bleeding to DEATH" replied the
policeman.
would you mind If looked at
him7" asked the tramp. II might be
Of service?"
go ahead" responded the officer.
bending low over Inc WouAueu ldDcr-
er, the tramp asked for water to wash
his hands, and then begged the crowd
for clean handkerchiefs. With a half
dozen deft, rapid twists he made
tourniquet, and stopped the flow Of
blood.
Are you a doctor?' some one asked,
as the man slipped away through the
crowd.
81 used to be-" he replied, as he hur-
ried off.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
Lincoln as a Boy.

One of his eulOgistS declares that
Lincoln is not type. He stands alone,
no ancestors, no fellows, no successors"
The facts, writes Mr.. f. L. Hill in Lii
coin the Lawyer" fully justify the trib-
ute. 1t is interesting to remember, how
ever, that he was not a specially remark
able or Industrious boy. As matter of
fact, he did not begin to develop mentally
until he was about eighteen.
He lived the healthy outdoor life Of
the average country lad of the settler
days, exhibiting no precocity or abnor-
NAL tendencies to distinguish him from
his fellows.
He was fond of tramping about the
country, not caring much for shooting or
fishing, but entering into other sports
and paStimeS with zest and spirit, and
eXcelllng at games requiring strength !;
Lot in love with work for works sake
but willing to do his share without grum-
bling, seeing no visions of coming great
ness, and troubling himself with no pom
derOuS thoughts concerning his career.
In one respect he was undoubtedly
exceptional. He liked reading, an un-
usual trait among the pioneer settlers Of
the middle West. Lincoln worked three
days at twenty-five cents a day to COM
pensate for an accidental injury to the
Life of Washington which he borrow
ed from "Blue Nose" Crawford.
But there was nothing angelic about
the youthful Lincoln. He considered
Blue Nose" as mean as any other boy
would have thought him under similar
circumstances. and we know that he nick
named and otherwise ridiculed the stingy
old farmer; but his dawning character is
indicated by his prompt recognition of
the claim and his faithful payment of
the damages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

There is a farce now being played In
the theaters Of the larger cities which
makes much fun at the expense Of the
good old times when knights were bold.
The theme lends itself to humorous
treatment, but it might be handled very
effectively by skillful dramatist In
serious vein. Nor would 1t be neces-
Sary to go back to the eleventh or
twelfth century to find comparisons
very much to the advantage Of the
times in which we live. There have
been remarkable changes for the bet
ter In this republic since Its founda-
ton, changes which may be thankfully
called to mind during the season Of
Christmas festivities and annual re
views. The most striking change of all.
was, Of course, the substitution Of free
dom for slavery in the South, but
many old abuses have been suppressed.
There were unSpeakable prison horrors
in the North, In the anti-slavery terri
tory OF New England during the early
history Of the country. There has
been blessed revolution in the care Of
the insane and In the management of
public charities. The conditions Of la
Dor have been greatly improved, though
there is still room for Improvement.
There is much greater security for
business than there used to be. There
have been many political reforms of
immense value to the people; there are
higher ideals in politics and there is
less political corruption than formerly.
There are better manners in politics,
too, in spite of occasional outbreaks OF
bad temper. In all this we have said
nothing Of inventions and material
improvements, but they have had
very marked effect on social conditions.
Lighting, heating, transportation, COM
munication by mail, telegraph and tele-
phone, a great array Of household con-
veniences, suggest a new world of COM
forts, pleasures and facilities for doing
business. The whole trend In law, In
government, in society, in the adapta-
ton Of material things to the needs
and wants Of man has been for the bet
ter. Mournful thoughts concerning
the decadent present and rapid
movement to the dogs and destruction
have no justification whatever IN his
tory, which is a record Of steady ad-
vancement. If history teaches any
thing with certainty it is that the most
alarming Of threatening evils will be
overcome and that continued progress
will be made.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
VALENTINES DAY.

With the possible exception OF
IS than other
saint little known OF him. and that little is
~ unreliable
About all bishop of that name was
he undertook
%
He the when the spoony
Among
other things they had lottery which the of young women were
during the
their just at
of held
o his o IS
disappeared
windows There arcau at
calling and the physical de
o overlooked
privileges
to the
with nndescent the vrago the dude the
handsome attractive
other are
Valentines IS notw
calculated build They should be
friends with
day
aenin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

and In dignity Of character. But al
though the world does not grow better
everywhere all the time, 1t does grow
better and not worse, and In women
outside the charmed circle Of fashion
she found the tone of taste and culture
much higher than in her youth. Her
own words were: II find women lead
ing nobler and better lives, filling
larger and higher places, enjoying the
upper air Of thought where they used
to rest upon the very soil OF domestic
care and detail So the community
gains, although one class loses" There
Is IN these days much talk In certain
quarters of the degenerscy Of the
American home. This fine and discern
ing tribute to the average American
woman puts the emphasis where it be-
longs, not upon unfortunate instances
in one small class of society, but upon
the thousands and tens Of thousands
Of happy and healthy homes the coun-
try over, where women whose hands
are often busy with household tasks
have learned to open their windows to
the world Of beauty and eager interest
in which they live. Libraries, lectures,
clubs, telephone, trolley, rural free de-
livery-these have all been means to
larger life, which Is revealing itself
in a new consciousness Of the honor
Of toll, of civic duty, of wlde-visioned
neighborliness, of the freedom Of beau
ty. Other centuries and other civiliza-
tons have given opportunity to priv
ileged few; the twentieth century is
throwing wide the doors to women Of
every "class" in every corner Of the
country. It is the Age Of the Average
Woman-may she nobly enter upon her
great heritage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
AN OLD VALENTINE.

Out of my ''Telemaque," worn and old,
Like a sword from a rusty sheath,
Hath fallen this trife of lace and gold
A fairylike tissue, all shot with gold,
Half yelling a verse beneath.
In the midst of the verse is heart, trans
fixed
With an arrow of steely blue;
Oh, the foolish verse, with its metaphors
Oh, the foolish heart, with the dart trans
fixed
And the foolish way to WOO
1 remember well the sunny-haired lad
Who wrote in this boyish way;
A dreamer-what glorious eyes he had!
Poor dreamer. whose dreams have grown
Sere and sad,
And whose hair and hopes are gray.
One fair spring day, when the wood lark's
So sweet that it sank like pain
Through our thrilling hearts, as we passed
along
Adown leafy aisles-(H ow that haunting
song
Floats back to my mind again
The story as old as Adam and Ewes
Was told, while the lark Oerhead
Flung his arrows of song into golden
SheaveS
And the silken rustic of tender leaves
Made sweeter the words he said
All, well We have all had our "Arca-
die"
And this is the brief of mine
And the mystic messages, the shining key
That opened that land of delight to me
Was this primitive valentine.
We do these things in a different way
From the younger folk l CLEAN,
In the learned light of this lettered day
We move in a more esthetic way,
And a wiser way, l ween.
But athwart the years, with their grander
things,
Their treasures of wisdom and lore,
This trifie of gold shot tissue brings
Remembrance of simple, holier things
That hallowed the days of yore.
Agnes Mahony.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
An Object Lesson In Cleanliness.

To impress upon his youthful mind
the Importance of guarding against IN
fections the medical student at the
laboratory is given this object lesson:
Two test tubes nearly flied with a
clear meat broth and then closed at
the top with a cotton plug are given to
him, with directions to wash his hands
with soap and water and clean his
nails with a brush as thoroughly as
he can for some ten minutes. After
he thinks that his hands have become
altogether clean he removes the plug
from one of the test tubes and barely
touches with a finger tip its contained
broth, after which he restores the cot
ton plug and puts both tubes away on
a Shelf for twenty-four hours. What
he will see then is that the broth in
the test tube which received his sup
posedly pure touch is turbid from the
presence of millions of microbes, while
the other tube remains perfectly clear.
-Eyerybody's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

friends. He was Lewis G. Reid, and it
was he who took Lincoln to Springfield
and introduced him to William E. Sew
ard, from whom he borrowed the first
law books he ever read. Mr.. Lincoln
and my father belonged to the same po-
litical party, and they used to talk poll
tics by the hour. l first met him in 1886
at the house of a neighbor named Able.
There was quite a party of young people
there, and l remember that he seemed
very bashful. He soon began to pay me
a good deal of attention, which pleased
my father more than it did me, for my
father liked him very much and had
great faith in him. Mr.. Lincoln often
took ME out horseback riding and to sing
ing school and church. He was Spirit
ualist and he believed in dreams. He
often told me his dreams were prophetic.
He also talked of the stars a great deal,
and l remember l thought him a queer
kind of fellow. Still, he was very en-
pertaining, and he studied hard all the
time.
"He was not as ardent lover as I've
seen since, but he kept his case going
pretty lively, and pressed me hard for an
answer. He told me l was the first wom-
an he ever loved, and that he was sure
he could never love anyone else as he
did me, and / believe he meant what he
said l did not want to marry him, be-
cause l didn't love him, and so / invented
a story about being engaged to young
man back in Kentucky, where we had
come from. That cooled his ardor for
little while, but he soon began coming to
see me again, and finally he told my
| father that he would call on a certain
day for my final answer. When the day
came / made it point to be away from
home, and Lincoln didn't get over the
wav | treated him. My father lectured
me about it and told me / had made a
Ounce of myself, but my mother took my
part. and said that if did not love him
! / ought not to marry him.
81 never heard Mr.. Lincoln make
! speech, and l never saw him after 1887.
| NV father scolded me so much for re-
| fusing his offer that l married rather
sooner than / might otherwise have done
| in order to escape being lectured. Ny
husband was a friend of Lincoln's, and
they fought side by side in the Black
| Hawk war;"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

England and France the young folk were
given to playing a game in which the
names of all the girls and boys were writ
ten ON tiny slips Of paper, thrown into a
general receptacle, and then drawn out
lottery fashion, care being taken of course
that each person draws the name of one
of the other sex. The person thus drawn
became ones valentine, and the allot-
ment decreed by fate was supposed to i'm
pose upon the couple a sort of loyalty for
the coming year.
All of which sounds very romantic and
beautiful, but which in plain fact must
have mixed things up fearfully, and it is
a question whether or not fate always Sc
lected the right maiden or the right beau
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
when Lincoln Was stern.

Charles Wiegand was major of q
German regiment from New York and,
being of an enterprising turn of mind,
dent Lincoln and importuned him for
authority to raise brigade of German
troops He was extremely optimistic and
conceived the affair to be then already ac-
complished, but, after waiting awhile for
the desired presidential spontaneity, he
pressed the matter and was discounted
by being turned down in this remorseless
mode by the President 81 think this
man called on me once or oftener but /
really know nothing as to his capacity
or merit. If a brigade was promised
him by the War Department, l know
nothing of it, and not knowing whether
he is fit for any place l could not with
propriety recommend him for any," He
treated with equal superciliOusness one
+. L. Capen, who engrossed some of his
attention in an endeavOr to establish a
belief that the state of the weather could
be predicted The President was bored
and cut Capen's career short by this mat
ter-of-fact Endorsement on his letter:
april %, 1868 1t seems to me Mr..
Capen knows nothing about the weather
in advance. He told me three days 1go
that it would not rain again till the Both
of April or 1st of May. 1t is raining
now and has been for ten hours. I cah-
rot spare any more of my time to Dir.
Capen."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
Dom Pets In Hotels.

''The one thing we have more trou-
BILE with than anything else" said the
manager of one of the large hotels in
upper Broadway, "is the fact that wO-
men insist on smuggling their pet dogs
TO their rooms. We have no objections
to dogs as dogs. If the animal is not
too large or to fierce our guests may
take them to their rooms during the
day and may even feed them there.
But we draw the line at having dogs
in the bedrooms at night. Any woman
with a pet dog can have the beast
cared for by the porter at night, and
we have specially constructed kennels
for all kinds of dogs, and we give
them the best of care. But owners Of
pets seem to think that no one save
themselves understands Fido or Gyp.
The women seem to think that if dog
gle has not the comforting assurance
of the owners nearness then dOggie
will not sleep well. So women try to
smuggle their pets to their rooms TN
der their clOaks or by back ways or
even bride one of the porters to take
it to their room, believing that we yciH
not hear anything about it,
GAS a matter of fact, the first thing
the porter does after getting his tip is
to tip me, and a couple of hours later
the woman is called upon by a clerk,
who tells her dogs cannot stay in the
bedrooms all night.-New York Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
A Wonderful Record.

Many sO-called specifics" and
"cures" for Rheumatism have already
been brought before the public: but
when Rheumatism, Neuralgia and kin
dred diseases have become chronic and
threaten serious results, you may rest
assured that they will help but very
little, if any. Although not recon-
mended as fnfallible," the peculiar
qualities of st. Jacobs Oil especially
adapt it to those cases which may be
termed chronic" and which have pre-.
viOusly withstood all known "speci-
fics," as well as the prescriptions of
the best physicians
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

Florence Nightingale, the profession
al nurse and hospital refOrmer, who
won fame by her services I'm the British
army hospitals during the CrImean
war, has lately been decorated by King
Edward with the insignia of the Order
OF Merit. This order was created by
the king in 1902, for the reward of
those who have achieved conspicuous
distinction in naval or military serv-
ice. in letters, art or science. Miss
Nightingale is the only woman member
Of the order; the others are famous
British and japanese soldiers and sail
ors, and British men Of science, artists,
novelists and administrators. TO pick
out from all the noted contemporary
EnglishwOmen the one distinguished
Tor her peculiarly feminine services to
the nation is an act characteristic of
the tactful and discriminating king.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

About 100 miles of the street rail-
ways, or tramways, of London are
owned and operated by the London
County Council. 1t is surprising to
learn from the official balance sheet
that the surplus remaining over oper-
ating expenses, interest on the debt and
other ordinary charges, amounted to
less than $4,000 during the year ended
In March last. Treating the County
Council as a corporation seeking a div
idend on the operation of it's lines,
there would have been only one-seventh
OF / per cent for the shareholders.
Considering the large profits Of the
street railway business In this country,
and the facts that London Is the larg-
est city in the world. and that the tram
ways carried more than 3O0,OO0OOO pas
sengers during the year reported, the
result Is not promising as a business
proposition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
CUBS FooD.
They Thrive ON Grape Nuts.

They Thrive on Grape Nuts
Healthy babies don't cry and the
well-nourished baby that is fed on
Grape-Nuts is never a crying baby.
Many babies who cannot take any 9th
er food relish the perfect food, Grape
Nuts, and get well.
''My little baby was given up by
three doctors who said that the con
densed milk on which l had fed her
had ruined the child's stomach. One
Of the doctors told me the only thing
to do would be to try Grape-Nuts so 1
got some and prepared it as follows:
l soaked ~ tablespOonfuls IN one pint
of cold water for half an hour, then
strained off the liquid and mixed II
teaspoonfuls of this strained Grape
Nuts juice with six teasp0onfuls~of rich
milk, put in a pinch of salt and a IittIa
sugar, warmed it and gave it to baby
every two hours
"In this simple, easy way saved
baby's life and have built her up to a
strong, healthy child, rosy and laugh
ing. The food must certainly be per-
feet to have such wonderful effect
as this. l can truthfulIy say 1 think
it is the best food in the world to raise
delicate babies on and is also deli
ciOus healthful food for grown-ups, as
we have discovered in our family"
Grape-Nuts is equally valuable to the
strong, healthy man or woman. 1t
stands for the true theory Of health.
There's a Reason Read The Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

So much has been said about the
omission Of the motto, "In God We
Trust" from the gold coins, that com
ment on the Saint-Gaudens design as
a work of art has been of secondary
interest 1t seems to be the general
opinion that the eagle is true to nature
and that IN nature he is not a hand
some bird when he is at rest. In flight
he is magnificent Standing, he is
clumsy Corporal Madden's rebuke to
Private McFadden was, "Ye march like
the aigle In Cintheral Park !"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05
Strange Fog signal.

When fogs prevail in Boston harbor,
the attention of passengers on the Nam
taslIet Beach line of steamers is at
tracted by a faint metallic sound which
might be mistaken for the sound of a
bell. But it is not the changing Of a
bell which the passengers hear. Sud.
denly through the mist there appears
ahead, like a specter, large tripod,
from the apex of which is suspended a
big steel triangle. 1t is this whic1
causes the strange sound and signals
vessels as to how to guide their course
through the difficult channel of the
fO0
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

Not many months ago Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, whose happy fortune 1t
has been TO be intimately associated
with the patriotic and literary life of
the past century, spoke, from her long
retrospect Of eighty-one years, of the
progress and the retrogressiOn Of her
own sex. Women OF fashion, she re-
gretfully said, seemed to her to have
lost both In general tone and culture
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

"A corn orchard, packed with grasses
and fragrant with the bloom Of al
falfa," is the way T. ID. Coburn de
scribes Kansas Who knows but that
Kansas may some day become a great
literary center?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

A Pittsburg doctor who has been sued
for $4,000 by one Of his lady patients
for a kiss that he is alleged to have
stolen says no kiss in the world is
worth that much money. He will have
to admit, however, that they. frequently
cost even more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

The folks who are continually asking
whats in a name?' should have their
attention called to Mr. Luck Of Roam
oke, Va, whose wife presented him
with bankruptcies the other day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

Mr.. CortelyOu announces that we
have S12O,OOO,OOO more than we had a
year ago. Some Of us appear to be ex-
hibiting wonderful cunning in hanging
on to IL.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

The Houston Post announces that
Texas has more widows per capita
than any other State in the Union.
This is PROBABLY due to the fact that
they CALAMITY limit themselves to
shooting the men only in Texas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

A Western chemist declares that it
Ia dangerous to drink milk containing
more than half a million germs to the
cubic centimeter. And as few people
have the time to count the germs, the
demand for milk is likely to fall off.