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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

The worst feature of the piling up of idle funds is the fact that it affords standing temptation to the group of big Wall street gamblers to use the money for stock market manipulation. This
 group, by reason of it's command of these
 funds in New York and London, success
 fully engineered a stock market cam
 raign which began last March and ended
 only a week or two ago. They made
 gigantic killing in this campaign, and
 are In a better position than ever to take
 up the play again if so minded.
 Money is cheaper now than 1t was when
 they began theIr stupendous operations,
 and the game might be easier now than
 before. knowledge of the possibilities
 of manipulation and of the gambling in
 stincts of the men themselves deters wholesale short selling and also causes the rank and file of speculative bulls to cling to their lines. This keeps the mar ket on fairly even keel, although the l political situation mparts to sentiment 1 an element of nervousness which might at any time incite either slump or a sharp advance, depending on the impulse which the big fellows might give 1t.
 It is in their power to hit the market a kick that would send prices off 10
 points. or a boost that would put them
 up as far. A market thus situated 1t not attractive to thoughtful men who like to | leel lIldL lllelF OpeTdllOllS are DdStu oll intelligent judgment and who like to be-
 lieve that their trading is something bet
 ter than a mere gamble dependent upon
 the dice shaking of market manipulators.
 Those who look on the stock market as
 game of chance rather like the uncer- tainty. What they want is action, and they do not care particularly who is deal ing the cards so long as they think they are getting run for their money.
  The perpetual temptation of low-priced money available for speculation and al- 1 ways at the hand of the giant market jug glers has very materially reduced the open short interest in stocks and to that ex- tent weakens the technical position. A i large number of people would like to sell short but are afraid to do so, having been taught by previous experience the danger of selling themselves into trap.
 A great multitude of men have a feeling that prices should work off during the
 next three or four months on account of the political uncertainties and agitations, | but they had rather sit stlll than run the
 risk of being gored by the big bull gam
 blers. The experience of the last three months is painfully fresh in their minds. As before stated, not even the lure of good railroad stocks paying to per cent CT safe industria1s paying to per ceit are sufficient as yet to attract from the ] horde any very large sums of investment capital. Eventually. this huge and grow ing aggregate must get tired of idleness and gradually find its way into securities
 of the kind referred to. Political quiet and
 realizing on the bountiful crop prospects
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-21

PISTOLS AT COST Our entire stock of s. & w. and Colts Pistols. Must go be- fore July 1sts
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
Renzina as a Cleanser.

Every one is familiar with benzine
as a remover of spots and stains from
cloth and wooden goods, but there may
be some house mothers who do not
know to how many uses it can be put
in the household for cleaning purposes.
Grease spots, dirt and finger marks
when rubbed with a few drops of ben
zine vanish from doors, window panes
and woodwork generally and from the
painted kitchen and bathroom walls as
we'll.
The unsightly Trim" which insists on
forming in bathtub and wash basin
disappears, as do spots and stains from
the washstand marble, when briskly
rubbed with benzine. The latter should
be polished with a dry, soft cloth to re-
store its polish.
Finger marks and ''spatters" on fur
niture. whether vanished, polished or
stained, fly before the benzine dipped
cloth, and all enameled tinware for
bedroom and bathroom use can be kept
beautifully white and cleans very east
ly when treated with benZine, and q
few drops only are needed at time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
THE BRYANS TN A BARN.
Odd Incident of Their First Appear
ance In FairView.


1t was seven years ago that the Bry-
ans moved out to Fairview At least
seven years before that they began
planning for it, They used to ride out
on the prairie on summer evenings,
and there was always one knoll beyond
Antelope creek where the sunsets seem
ed the loveliest. Mary" he used to
say, "some day when we have money
enough we'll have home out here. "
The time arrived when they could buy
FIVE acres. Then they bought ten,
spring Of 1901 when the barn was done
they couldn't wait any longer They
moved into it and lived there for the
summer while the house was building,
says a writer in the Delineator. The
family were welcomed to the rural
community by a house warming, for
which Uncle Jake marshaled all the
neighbors. They took Mrs. Bryan into
their confidence, but it was ga surprise
ON W. j." as Uncle Jake tells to this
day, with a chuckle.
"Me an my wife got there frs"
says Uncle Jake. ''W. ]. had just come
in an hung his hat on a nail in the
kitchen, an he says Good evenin', real
cordial-like, an sat down to talk, think
in we'd just dropped in in neighbor
fashion. Then pretty soon there was
the sound of wagon wheels outside.
"'Why, there's more folks comm,
he says in kind of bewildered way,
his hand feelin' sort O. helplessly at his
shirt band. Then they all burst in.
WELL he says, reachin' out with that
hearty handshake o. his, you caught
me without a collar"
From that night on the organs were
naturalized citizens of the place. Their
house is far the finest of any in the
community, but not so you'd feel it
that way at all. The Farmers club
when it meets there is as much at
home as in the humblest cottage. And
when Mr. Bryan sits down to the grand
piano and turns on the pianola attach
ment and says, just as common as any
body, ''Now let's have some music q;
what'll it beY' why, that makes every
body feel right well acquainted Some
body says, Lets have Pentecostal
hymn No. 3, w. J."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
Old Dances In Old Times.

In Edward SCOTS Dancing In All
Ages" are some curious details about
the dances of old England.
"Joan Sanderson" was 'jolly
dance in Mr.. SCOTS definition. or be-
fore it was ended each lady had kissed
all the gentlemen twice, and each man
had been equally enterprising. Mary
Stuart danced the "Volta," though
mot so high and so disposedly" as
Elizabeth. In King Charles time peo-
pie danced "Trenchmore," the "Cush-
ion Dance" "Omnium Gatherum" and
"Hoite cum Tote"
"All In a Garden Green" Gathering
of Peascods," Jumps of Pudding"
"Under and Over" 1.-THE Bath" '"The
Slaughter House" and "Have at Thy
Coat, Old Woman" are dances not
quite so old.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
MISS FLORA WILSON.

librarian and taught literature in the
Iowa State college, whence she was
graduated in 1892.
She is deeply interested in the de-
velopment and progress of women, a
believer in their higher education and
an advocate of their rights and is her.
self living demonstration of the fact
that the currents of public career
and a private life may run side by side
in perfect harmony.
The women of her state have already
enjoyed the privilege of casting their
ballot on some local questions, and
Miss Wilson thinks it is only a mat
ter of a very short time before they
will be voting in state elections.
The first time they were permitted to
exercise this prerogative Miss Wilson
was the only woman in her ward who
availed herself of the coveted privi-
lege.
Miss Wilson is of medium height,
slenderly built, with a delicate, intel
lectual face, gray eyes, an abundance
of dark hair and a broad, well de-
veloped brow. She is a woman whose
strength is none the less felt because
she is gentle and persuasive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
The Meaning of MMuff.n

The record of the fact that muffs
were once worn by more men than wo-
men in Paris suggests the old ingenious
definition of muff as "a soft thing
that holds lady's hand without squeeZ-
ing it." ''Muff'' appears, to have come
to us from German, in which language,
curiously, ''muff' means not only a
hand comforter, but also a sulSy per-
son or a growing dog. These seem,
however, to be two different words.
Was our own metaphorical ''muff'' an
allusion to the effeminacy of muff
wearers or simply an intimation that
the person was distinctly 'soft?''-
London Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Persons of defective sight when
threading a needle should hold it over
something white, by which the sight
will be assisted.
Boiling the food has ruined many a
good complexion. Teeth were given for
a purpose, and if one does not use them
they will suffer along with digestion
and skins.
A mixture of half dram of muriate
tannic acid, an ounce of glycerin and
one and half ounces of rosewater is
said to reduce the size of f1eshy nose
The ammonia and fannie acid are dis
solved in the glycerin, and the rose
water goes in last. The nose is wiped
over with this several times a day, and
a cloth wet with it is laid over at night.
If you do not react we'll after your
bath, try what vigorous rubbing of
all parts of your body will do This
may either be a dry rub with alcohol
or aromatic vinegars can be used.
Rubbing the entire body with the
palm of the hand has a good effect
not alone on the skin, but on the cir
culation. Where the hand will not
reach with any force double the crash
towel or take a long strip of flannel
and, holding it in both hands, draw it
vigorously from left to right This is
good as a gymnastic exercise as well
as beneficial to the skin.
A woman needs seven hours sleep
for the building up of her system.
Then she needs two more hours for
the recuperation of her body, and the
extra two hours will restore her COM
plexion, make her eyes bright, take the
wrinkles out of her face and keep her
form elastic. The woman who wants
to derive the fullest benefit from her
beauty sleep will compose her mind
before sinking off into slumber. A
little light in a bedroom is a good
thing for some people, for it will act
cheerfully upon the nerves and drive
away nightmare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01

A charming little one piece dress for
baby boy was fashioned of white linen
and embroidered in design of cherries
and leaves highly conventionalized. 1t
was not only unique, but very pleasing
and of unfailing interest to the small
man, who clamored for the time hon
ored story of George and the cherry
tree every time he donned this particu-
lar costume. The design was worked,
of course, in all white, while French
embroidery stitch and buttonhole stitch
were combined with excellent effect.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
Home Truths.

No man is half as smart as his wife
tries to make people believe he is.
You can kill time, but it will come
back and haunt you.
He who realizes his own weakness
thereby adds to his strength.
1t is never too late to break your
self of a bad habit.
That kind of life is most happy which
enables us to do the most good.
Because a man has more money than
brains it is no sign he's wealthy.
1t goes a long way toward helping
a man to succeed to let him know that
you think he will.
The greatest proof that marriage is
not a failure is that widows and wild
overs are always anxious to try 1T
again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
Gentle Art Of Making Enemies.

Whistler, the great American painter,
may be better known for his pamphlet
entitled "The Gentle Art of Making
Enemies" than for his wondrous pic
lures. And it is an art practiced by
not a few people, though 1t is only
cynicism that would ever call it gen.
tie. Some are always getting hurt and
offended. They seem ever on the look
out for Sights and rudeness, and so
turn and twist many an unintentional
thing into a deadly insult. And it's
funny, if we are on bad terms with
some folks, whether by their fault or
ours, how we are always running up
against them.
He that hath thousand friends
Hath not one friend to spare,
And he that hath an enemy
Will meet him everywhere.
Though true, this is decidedly an I'M
pleasant circumstance, and so, for your
own sake, it is best to be as little pug
naciOuS as possible. Having enemies
is q luxury none of us can afford if
we want to make the best of life and
have our friends and relatives make
the best of it, too, and, in addition to
this, there is the higher side of the
question, for we are enjoined in the
book to love one another. We must
not be too hard on one another nor too
critical. If we were weighed in the
balance we use for others 1 am sure
we would often be found wanting.
But we have a private, a very differ
ent, balance for home use as a rule.
Let US ponder on what Oliver Wendell
Holmes once said, Surely while the
Lord can tolerate me / can tolerate
my fellow creatures" 1t is not love,
but an excess of self love, that is at the
root of all evil We fancy that we are
not treated with proper respect, not
as we ought to be. We would all get
on a good deal better if we put self
in the background and tried to make
others happy and enjoy themselves.
We wouldn't get offended then. Let
US try it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01

starve the pig or feed him very little
That makes a layer of lean meat. Next
week we give him all he can possibly
eat, even working overtime, and that
makes a row of fat. So by alternate
starving and feeding we get the bean
tiful streaky bacon"
''Dear me- said the cockney. land
how do you make the ham?''
'Oh, we manage that by putting "a
ring in the pigs nose," was the reply
London NJ. A. P.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
THE CHEERFUL TURTLE.
This Queer Creature Enjoys Many Pc
cuIiar Advantages.

This Queer Creature Enjoys Many Pc
cuIiar Advantages.
ITO be or not to be-a turtle? To be
certainly, If 1 could not be a man." de.
clares one who speaks with knowledge
of his subject. "Basking in tropical
suns or cruising leisurely in cool
depths, the turtle has an exceedingly
good time. AS soon as the baby turtle
energies from the egg he scuttles down
to the sea. He has no one to teach
him, no one to guide. In his little brain
there is implanted streak of caution,
based on the fact that until a certain
period his projecting armor is soft
and no defense against hungry fish,
and he Immediately seeks shelter in
the tropical profusion of the gulf weed,
which holds within its branching
fronds an astonishing abundance of
marine life.
"Here the young turtle feeds unmo-
Tested and knows that his armor is
hardening apace. Once he has attained
the weight of twenty-five pounds he
may cheek freely any monster of the
deep. After that no fish or mammal
ever interferes with him. Intending
devourers may struggle all day to
break through his iron shell. They al
ways fail.
'The turtle, like the sperm whale,
has but one enemy-man. Now, even
that sperm whale must come pretty
frequently to the surface to breathe,
and if it got beached high and dry on
land what would become of it? But
the cheerful turtle can stay below the
surface for a week if he wants to, and
he often does, while if he had to spend
an equal time on land he would enjoy
the change and be none the worse for
it. He is neither fish, flesh nor fowl,
yet his flesh partakes of the character
istics Of all three.
y Eating seems mere superiority
with him, since for weeks at time he
may be placed in a barrel, with the
bung out, and emerge after his long
fast apparently none the worse for his
enforced abstinence from food, from
light and almost from air. OF all the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
AN EFFECTIVE SERMON.
Trumpet Blast That Drove the People
to Repentance.


Old Peter Cartwright was famous
preacher and circuit rider many years
ago.
The eXhOrter was holding camp
meeting in Ohio. There was a great
number of campers on the field, and
the eccentric speaker addressed vast
concourses at every service. but he
thought too few were being converted.
He felt that something should be done
to stir the sinners to repentance, so
he prepared a strong sermon on the
second coming of Christ. He told how
the world would go on in its sin and
wickedness and at last Gabriel would
sound his trumpet and time would
come to an end He described the
horrors of the lost and the joys of
those who were saved. The sermon
grew in intensity, and he brought his
people up to a grand climax, when sud
denly the sound of a. trumpet smote
the ears Of the anxious throng.
There was a great sensation, and
many fell upon their knees in terror
and began to repent and pray. Women
screamed and strong men groaned
Pandemonium was let loose for a few
minutes. After the terror had some
what ceased the preacher called to a
man up a tree, and he descended with
a long tin horn in his hand. The
speaker then turned in fierce wrath
and upbraided the people. He cried
out in stentorian tones that, if a man
with "a tin horn up a tree could
brighten them so, how would it be in
the last great end when Gabrie's
trumpet sounded the knell of the world!
The sermon had a great effect upon
the vast audience, and many hundreds
flocked to the front and were con-
verted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
Why Is Woman?

why Is WOmanT
Having ranged over the whole field
of speculation as to what woman is,
the college professor now undertakes
to answer the question which has puZ-
zled the philosophers Of all ages and
tell why woman is what she is. Pro
fessor G. Stanley Hall declares that
woman has two souls and maybe more
than two; that she may love and hate,
feel joy and sorrow, at the same time
and not even be conscious that she is
the subject Of conflicting emotions. In
this way he would explain the world
old allegation that woman is perverse,
tickle and deceitful The woman is not
so, but her affinity soul may be, and
she is not responsible, for she may not
know Of the sidestepping of her other
self
Not satisfied with telling why woman
is, an English psychological sharp, DR..
Thomas Claye Shaw, drops a hint as
to how she may be changed-that is, if
change shall seem worth while. This
professor says that womans moods,
her tears, her intensity, cher fondness
for clothes and diamonds" and the gen.
eral mystery Of her nature, result from
an overdevelopment of certain emo
lions. Let those SO inclined assume
that it is time to call a halt in this
overdevelopment. These matters gen.
orally regulate themselves, and already
there is at work the athletic develop
ment to counterfeit the inherited mus
cular weakness which, according to DR..
Shaw, "has obliged her to resort to ar
tifice to gain her ends" In order to
gain her ends by muscular strength wO-
man must become an amazon, and
those who prefer an amazon to the
present creature Of alleged 'obstinacy,
sympathy and jealousy" will need to
speak up or the count on woman haters
will never be polled
1t is difficult to decide which is the
stronger in these professors that they
essay to analyze the general mystery
or their courage. 1t is often said that
woman is the worlds victim. and the
modern college professor seems not in
clined to spare her from psychological
vivisection Perhaps man is an open
book and so perfect withal that he
offers no temptation to the moraliZing
scientist. However, it is pertinent to
note that at the present time the ma
tional administration and at least half
of the states are trying to hammer men
into doing what is good for them and
to prohibit them from doing what it is
said by the men themselves they harm
themselves in doing. The spectacle may
not have any mystery in it for a scien-
fist, but to the average observer it
seems very funny. Here is what Thack-
cray, the learned DR.. Shaw's fellow
countryman, said of his own sex many
years ago: (Which Of us can point out
in his circle many men whose aims are
generous, whose truth is not only con-
slant of its kind, but elevated in de-
gree; whose want Of meanness makes
them simple, who can look the world
honestly in the face with an equal
manly sympathy for the great and
small?" Perhaps the future woman
professor will take up the hunt for
Thackeray's man and tell the world
why he is. if found. and also why he
is not, if missing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
AFTER TAG DAY.
Fair Maid Went to Church With
Ready Made Suit Ticketed.

Ready Made Suit Tieketed.
That pride goeth before fall is very
often proved, but seldom more ludi-
be related.
A certain impetuouS maiden went to
church one Sunday recently in new
ready made suit. 1t had been deliv-
cred late on Saturday, and as she had
been so we'll satisfied with it's perfec-
ton at the last fitting and was also
very tired she did not try it on. She
slept late on Sunday morning and had
barely time to put on her blouse and
skirt, eat breakfast and rush up to don
hat and coat. She saw several people
look at her .attentively and decided her
new rig was hit. Presently she enter
ed the church and had sailed up the
aisle only few steps when the usher,
who was a friend, asked her to please
step back a moment. She supposed it
was something connected with church
work of which he wished to speak, so
imagine her surprise when he asked if
she didn't think it little too subse-
quent to be celebrating tag day. With
that he produced a pocketknife and
separated her from the stag" which
had hung from the back of her neck
and which related with exactness her
bust measure, the price of the suit and
other accurate information.
She didn't know whether to be most
disguised with the figure she had al
ready cut or thankful at having been
saved from sitting out the service thus
ticketed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-01
WOrllan'sWOr ld
GRAND OPERA HER GOAL.
Miss Flora Wilson, Who Has Chosen q
Musical Career.

musical career.
Miss Flora Wilson. daughter of the
American secretary of agriculture,
has been in Paris for the last three
years preparing for grand opera under
Jean de Reszke At her first public
appearance she rendered a number of
difficult operate selections in such a
way that her friends were enthusiast
tic. Practically every prominent mem
Der of the American colony was pres
ent. Miss Wilson received an ovation
and was also the recipient of about 100
pounds of orchids and roses. Miss
Wilson will probably make her debut
in grand opera next year.
Since the death of her mother Miss
Wilson has presided in her fathers
home, supervising his domestic inter-
ests and welfare and that of her broth
ers and filing the role of hostess on
social occasions.
In addition to these exacting du-
ties, Miss Wilson held the position of