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The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

PARDONS DELANEY. Governor
Buchtel Tuesday afternoon issued a
pardon to Dan Delaney who was re
Gently sent to jail for term of six
months on the charge of attempting to
murder G. II. Toncree. The serious i'll
ness of the boys grandmother was Civ
en- as the reason for issuing the pardon.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

RECTOR GETS $40, 900. Rev Hunt
ington, rector of Chris; Church in New
York recently announced his intentior
of rcsigning. He was met with an
appeal to continue the work and to
show their appreciation of his efforts,
the congregation gave him $4,000 in
cash.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

POSTMASTERS. All fourth class
postmasters in the states east of the
Mississippi and north of the Ohio will
in the future be under civil service
rules. This decision was reached some
time ago. but President Roosevelt
signed the order To that effect this
week.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

CHIEF BROWNS. Chief of Police
Biggy of San Francisco is reported
to have been drowned in the. bay a
few days ago. 1t is said he accidental
ly fell overheard while crossing the
bay in the police launch.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

DAVIS MEMORY. By command
of General Clement \. Evans, the con
federate veterans and affiliated organi-
cations throughout the south will hold
special services Sunday in observance
of the nineteenth anniversary of the
death of Jefferson Davis, who died in
New Orleans Dec. ). 1889.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

THREE WEEKS TIME. The Stand
ard Oil Company will be given another
chance to prove its innocence and its
claim that the Lands fine of $29,000,-
900 should not be paid before the
United States supreme court. The date
set for the next hearing is December
81.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

ROAD CONGRESS. Delegates from
half dozen southwestern states met
in Atlanta this week and discussed
ways and means for making better
roads in that section.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

REFUSE TO CLOSE. Some FIVE
hundred of the grocery men of Den
yer are up in arms because the city
authorities want them to keep their
store doors closed Sundays They
claim it will ruin them to obey the
order.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

CoUNTERFEITERs. Two counter,
feiters who have flooded Chicago and
other cities with bad money, gave them
selves up to- the Chicago Police this
week They claimed they were tired
of dodging the dectives.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

CLOSEER UNITY. Delegates to the
number of several hundred and repre-
senting the various churches of the
and recommended a general plan by
which all the Christian church may
be united.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

MINING CONGRESS. The eleven
th mining congress was held in Pitts
burg this week. The congress hopes
to secure bureau of mines and mining
the head of which shall have a place in
the cabinet of the president
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-05

LILUOKALANI. Liliukalini once
more came to the United States this
week and presented her claims to the
government. She claims she should be
paid for the lands she once ruled inHa-
waii, hut there is but little show of her
ever getting the money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
FRUIT SERVED WITH RICE.
Two Delicious Dishes That Are PoPu-
lar with the French.

The French like to use fruit with
rice. Plums in rice border: Cook the
rice in milk until tender and quite dry,
adding a pinch of salt when it is half
done Make it rather sweet with pow
dered sugar and pour into border
mold to set. When ready to serve turn
it out carefully and fill the center
with very rich stewed plums. Pour
a little of the syrup over the rice and
heap whipped cream over the plums.
The stones should be removed from
the fruit and the kernels simmered
ten minutes in little thin syrup and
then mixed with the fruit.
Canned pineapple will do for this
recipe if there are no tender, ripe ones
on hand: Cut one-half cup of celery
and one tablespoon of pepper in small
pieces and mix with one cup of shred
ded pineapple. Add one tablespoon OF
nuts, mix with mayonnaise, and when
very cold serve on curly lettuce leaves
or in apple, shaddock or orange cups.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
BEDS FINAL TOUCH
ADVICE AS TO THE SELECTION OF
A COUNTERPART.
AII-White Furnishings Mean Much
Trouble and Expense for Launder-
ine-"CoIor Scheme" Has
Many Great Advantages.

Every woman likes to have dainty,
attractive looking beds, but for the
woman who does her own work and
the woman who must consider laun-
dry bills, bit of discretion is neces-
sary when it comes to the choosing
of a Counterpart.
Some of us still cling to the no.
ton that beds furnishings must all
be white We banker after the curl
ously wadded affairs in intricate
floral designs that gave so many
hours enjoyment to our grandmoth-
ers' Industrious fingers; or we cast
covetous eyes upon the heavy hand
some Marseilles Counterpart dis
played in the shops.
These, however, are not only costly
in the beginning, but must go to an
expensive laundry or a professional
cleaner when soiled; so if madam
must have Whitehall white-and her
purse is limited, she would best buy
dimity or honeycomb counterpanes,
which are light, dainty and almost as
easily Numbered as a sheet.
If she is willing to introduce ''col-
or scheme" into her bedroom, how
ever, her range of choice is very much
wider. She can buy, ready for use, a
colored Counterpart in blue, brown or
pink, which is lighter in weight and
much cheaper than the Marseilles,
but heavier than the dimity or honey
comb.
If she has taste for novelties and
time and talent for needlework she
can make herself covers of lowered
lawn or crGtonne. Two or three, &C
cording to the size of the bed, strips
of lawn sewed together and finished
all around with deep f1ounee make
an attractive substitute for a regula-
ton Counterpart. The lawn, even the
cheapest grade, is apt to wash well,
and these covers are easily done up"
even by an amateur.
The cretonne covers are made in the
same way, but since the material is
so much heavier many women pre-
fer to leave off the fiounce, simply
making a deep hem at either end.
The sides, of course, have the sell
wedge of the material Covers of
this kind are usually tucked in after
the manner of an orthodox counter
pane. Cretonne has the knack of
shedding dust and keeping clean for
long time. When the day Of reck-
oning comes, as it must, it is well
to set the colors, by putting some
salt into the water in which the
cover is to be washed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
HOMEMADE LINGERIE HATS.
Dainty Millinery That Can Be Pro-
duced at Small Cost.

Dainty little lingerie hats that can
be made at home are in shape all
crown, growing slightly larger at the
base, where they set well over the
hair. They are made of ruff1e of lace
edged muslin, preferably plated or
f1uted. Three of these ruf1es run
down, two up the side of the hat. A
tiny embroidered rose stem with here
and there a leaf also in embroidery
covers the line where these ruff1es are
joined. And this stem is held in place
by four huge wild roses, set in singly
in front, in back, and on either side
of the hat. The top of the crown is
also of lace-edged ruffies.
1t would be simple matter to make
this hat of ruching (of lawn and lace)
such as comes by the yard. This, too,
is already futed and made in double
ruff1e.-Vogue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02

deck, tie weights to their feet and roll
them into the sea before they begin
to arouse"
Into the quiet depths, one after an
other shot the crew of the Senegam-
bian Queen, and when the last one had
sunk beneath the CLASSY rollers, OFF
came white boards and wigs and rag
ged coats and the Dutch crew piled
aboard the pirate ship and took stock
of the great treasure that was now
theirs.
"Mynheer Van Oosterzee," said the
Dutch captain, addressing richly
dressed man who had not been Wis
ible while the pirates were on the brig,
"the two years for which | engaged
with you are up. Play acting on the
seas is more profitable than in Am
sterdam, but I yearn for the boards
once more. The promise I made you
that this slow brig, under my direc-
ton. should bring more fortune than
the swiftest keel ever laid in England
or France. has been made good. The
ragged sails and worm-eaten sheath
ing of the hull have brought more prey
70 lis than ever this sea greyhound,
with all of its top-hamper and its
clean lines, overlook in like time.
These white bears were more protec-
ton than coats of mail, superstition
kept all cannon shot from our sides.
and the wine with mandragora made
easy the Staying of those who found
it in their hearts to STAY others. We
have cleared the Indian ocean Of its
last pirate. The robbers of England
and France, with their jibes at the
slow-going Dutch, have been over
come. Now for home"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02

If any member of the family is very
sick at the stomach beat up the white
of an egg and let him swallow it. Tt
acts like a charm.
Washing the eyes morning and night
in water as hot as it can be borne is
a wonderful tonic for, those useful
servants which are so easily injured.
To prevent bed sores and to insure
a comfortable bed for invalids, make
a pillow that will reach from shoulder
to hips, not too wide, of some smooth
material, such as sateen, etc.; fill with
whole f1axseeds. This will never lump
or get hot or in any way uncomfort-
able.
If you have been victim of colds
with the approach of winter stop to
consider the cause, in nine times out
of ten it will be found that you are
afraid of fresh air. Keep your win
dows up as far as they will go at night
and the more windows you have the
better chance will there be that you
rout the cold habit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
SEE "WITCH'S FOOT"
SUPERsTITioUs PEOPLE BELIEVE
CURSE FULFILLED.
Woman Executed as Witch i'm Colonial
Days Threatened Her Judge and
Is Believed to Have Kept
Her Word.

Close by the road, on the outskirts
of the old seaport town of Bucksport,
Me-, on the Penobscot river, is a
small family cemetery Within it's in
closure sleep the Bucks, the blue
blooded folk who first settled the town
and bequeathed it their name and a
legend.
The largest and most conspicuous
monument in the cemetery is tall
granite shaft. On one side is the
inscription: "Col. Jonathan Buck, the
founder of Bucksport, A. D. 1862. Born
in Haverhill, Mass, 1718. Died March
Is, 1895"
On the other side is the single
word Buck" and also something not
wrought by the marble worker. On
the smooth surface of the pedestal is
. curious outline, which can be easily
imagined to be foot of normal size.
The people who say that it is foot
believe in the legend which has oft
been told in Bucksport,
The story is that Col. Jonathan
Buck was a very harsh man and the
leading spirit in his day and genera
ton. He was an out-and-out Puritan,
and to him witchcraft was the incar-
nation of blasphemy. Thus, so the
story goes, when a certain woman was
accused of witchcraft, at the first
clamorings of the populace Col. Buck
ordered that she be imprisoned, and
later she was sentenced to be exc
cuted as witch.
All was ready, and the hangman
was about to perform his duty, when
the woman turned to Col. Buck, and,
raising one hand toward heaven, she
said:
Jonathan Buck, listen to these
words, the last my tongue shall utter.
You will soon die, and over your grave
they will erect a stone, that all may
know the spot where your bones lay
and crumble to dust.
upon that stone the imprint of my
foot shall appear, and for all time,
after your accused race has vanished
from the face of the earth, will the
people from far and near know that
you murdered a woman"
She then turned to her eXecut1onerS,
and another act transpired to make
a part of American colonial history.
The witch curse" had been. almost
forgotten, until the monument was
erected to the founder of Buckport.
It had been in position hardly month
when faint outline was discovered
on it. 1t grew more and more distinct,
until some person made the discov-
cry that 1t was the outline of foot.
The old legend was revived.
They said that the ''witch's curse"
had been fulfilled An attempt was
made to remove the stain, but every
effort only tended to make it palmer.
The imprint of the foot is there to-
day, as plain as ever.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
The SUFFERING Wit,

They are reviving the old anecdote
about w. r. Travers, the suffering
broker, concerning his discovery that
Henry Clews was proud of the fact
that he was a self-made man. Next
time he met the banker, Mr.. Travers
eyed him intently.
Well" inquired Mr.. Clews, impa-
tiently, what is the matter?"
rs it t-true that you are a self-made
m-man?"
"CeStainly, replied Mr.. Clews.
"-Wwell, while you were about it,
w-why didn't you put more hair to
top of your head?"
Mr. Clews, who had been invited to
a famous fancy dress ball, met Mr..
Travers and asked for a suggestion
as to the character he could best rep
resent
''S-say, Clews," stammered his
friend, why DIDN'T you sugar coat
your head and go as a p-pill?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
The Use of Soda.

Soda should be measured as accu-
rately as if it were a potent drug,
and never used except in combination
with an acid. Even then, lean to the
side of mercy in measuring. One even
teaspoonful of soda to two rounded
teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, one
even teaspoonful of soda to two cup.
fuls of buttermilk or "bonny clabber,' .
one even teaspoonful of soda to one
cupful (one-half pint) of molasses,
cause what may be considered an
equitable effervescence, liberating
gases that tighten dough and batter
without making them unwholesome.
The "greeny-yellowy' streaks in farm
house quick biscuits are poisonous,
but alkali is not in fault. Soda should
never be driven in single harness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
Deaths OF Presidents,

Washingtons death was due to
acute laryngitis: Adams, Madison and
Monroe, practically to old age; Jeffer-
son, chronic diarrhoea; John Quincy
Adams, paralysis; Jackson, dropsy;
Van Buren,, catarrhal affections of the
throat and lungs; William Henry Har-
rison, pleurisy; Tyler, cause of death
not given by biographers; Polk,
cholera; Taylor, cholera morbus, com
bined with a severe cold; Fillmore,
paralysis; Pierce, dropsy; Buchanan
rheumatic govt; Lincoln, Garfield and
MCKINLEY, assassinated; Johnson,
paralysis; Grant, cancer at the root
of the tongue; Hayes neuralgia of the
heart; Arthur, heart trouble, and Ben
ianin Harrison, pneumonia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
SUCCESS WITH "PIckUP" MEAL.
Housekeeper TSIIs How Emergency
Was Met and Overcome.


| had a minister aid wife call one
afternoon from out of town, and
urged them to stay to tea, says writ
er in an eastern journal. At the same
time my mind ran through my lard
er. and this is what l found: Four to-
matoes. four peaches, one raised bis
cult, the end of loaf of bread an inch
thick, some bones / had boiled that
came from a beef roast, to make a
thin soup, one cup milk, three ounces
of hard cheese, and this is the result:
The tomatoes | put in the soup with
an onion and a little celery seed, salt
and pepper. Afterward l thickened it
a little. The peaches / made a peach
tapioca of, layer of tapioca, sugar,
layer of peaches, three-quarters cup
sugar, little salt and water to nearly
cover. Bake an hour. To be eaten
with cream. The bread / cut up and
soaked in the milk on the stove until
soft. Beat two eggs separately, cut
up the cheese and add also little salt,
pepper and mustard, also eggs. Beat
in yolks, fold in the whites and bake
in hot oven 80 minutes. Serve as
rankin or souffle. For want of crou-
tons for the soup l heated common
crackers to eat with the soup, which
we ate first My ramikins were beau
tiful golden brown and raised away to
the top of the dish and were as light
as feather. The pudding, eaten with
cream, was very nice, also a cup Of
tea, and were as light as feather
The pudding, eaten with cream, was
very nice, also cup of tea, and I am
sure they thought, by what they said,
they had had a special treat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
Irish Moss for InvaIids.

Those who suffer from stomach or
intestinal trouble where the mucous
membrane is irritated, will find Irish
moss soothing and palatable.
1t should be boiled until it produces
a thick, nourishing jelly. 1t can be
boiled with milk or water, although
the former is better. If one wishes It
sweetened or favored, any fruit juice
that the palate will stand can be add
ed to it.
Coffee or chocolate prepared as for
the table is preferable to the juices
and extracts and is better for the
health.
When making it for an invalid who
has chronic stomach trouble, it is
best to use the smallest amount OF
sugar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
Plum Catsun.

Take one basket of plums. wash and
cook until soft; put through a colan-
der to remove skins and pits. Take
two cups of vinegar, four cups of sug-
ar, and two tablespoons of cinnamon,
the same of cloves and allspice, one
whole nutmeg. Boil slowly 20 min
utes, bottle or put in fruit cans. Will
keep for years and is extremely appe-
thing on cold or hot meats.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
Spice Cakes.

Put one-third cup of butter into two
thirds cup of boiling water and stir
until melted. Add one cup of molass-
es, one well-beaten egg, and "a cups
of -four sifted with IL level teaspoons
Of soda, onehalf level teaspoon of
salt, one-quarter teaspoon of cloves,
one teaspoon each of ginger and Gin
namon, all measured level. Bake in
small or patty tins that are buttered
and Toured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
One from London.

'Tell us a joke, Mr.. Fogg," said the
pretty American girl.
"Wth pleasure" drawled the tall
Englishman, as he Strengthened up his
rnustache. zone cold, dawmp day, as
/ was strolling through the London
zoo, you know, one of the hares es-
capped and after chasing it two miles !
caught the little animal and returned
it to its cage. For this service his ma
jesty awarded me a medal of honor"
do tell! And what was on the med
alp
Awarded to James Fogg for Serv-
ices rs q Hare Restorer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
GirdIe Like Mans Tie.

The newest girdle is made on the
same principle as mans tie. 1t is
offered in self colors and in stripes.
The ends are finished off in dark tasa
sells in the darkest shade o. the girdle.
Another fetching belt is of MORE
silk edged and finished with soft kid
or dull finished leather. Those in
black with a buckle of gun metal are
suitable with many kinds OF attire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02

their cold hearts by accepting their
hospitality, doing one good deed in our
lives. Moreover, the marvels they can
tell us will indeed be strange and
pleasant to hear"
The breeze lay dead on the water,
the sun shone out Of a c!oudless sky
and need of a watch on the Senegam-
bian Queen there was none, and all of
her crew save Sanchez at the wheel
and Scipio and Libya, the two blacks,
swarmed on to the vessel of Wander
decken. That so old ship should
keep the seas caused them much as
tonishment, yet her frame seemed
stout and sound withal, despite the
gnawing of worms and time that
were evident in the outer sheathing of
her hull and decks. And her company,
too, had in like manner been used by
the years that had rolled over them.
White were their hair and boards, rag
ged their garments, yet ruddy were
their cheeks, bright their eyes, firm
their step, straight their backs, and
sonorous their voices. Indeed, Capt.
William Avery remarked upon these
incongruities to Mynheer Vanderdeck-
en-, who eyed him narrowly, coughed
once or twice and ordered that the
wine be brought. Sorely were the pi-
rates disappointed in the wine. Good
it was and that was all: The flavor
that the years had impaired to it was
to be told in slight suspicion OF
mawkishness, yet this was not what
the rovers had found in other old
wines, nor did they think it pleasant.
Yet they quaffed it cepiously, for aft
er all it was wine, and as their spir-
its rose, they glanced at the silver
flagons in the cabin and began to
whisper among themselves that it
would be but an act Of charity to
knock the Dutchmen on the head and
send them out of the world of which
they must be SO weary, and, in default
of any who could prove kinship, be-
come their heirs. Such thoughts, ere
long, Capt. William Avery put into
tocose words and addressed to Myn-
heer Vanderdecken, who for a mo-
1slent grew grave, and then jolly, and
cried:
Done! But have one more cup Of
wine to our release" and telling all
of his men what Capt Avery had pro-
posed, he ordered that the very oldest
cask of wine be preached. The rovers
gayly drained their beakers, though
the sweet mawkishness was more than
ever to be tasted in this, the Oldest
wine.
Again" shouted Mynheer Wander
decken, and some of the pirates held
forth their beakers, but others lolled
against the masts and bulwarks, or fell
doing to the deck.
Let the stroke fall" said Wander
decken, but no stroke fell, only the
last of the pirates, down to the deck
among his prone comrades, sleeping
heavily all, snoring and snorting, hard
at it, as if striving to compress the
slumbers of a week into few hours
space.
wan Steenwyck, do you shoot down
the Spaniard at the Wheel" whispered
the Dutch captain. "Marnitz and Wyn-
koop, level your blunderbusses at the
heads of the blacks, and bid them
throw up their hands. We will spare
them. AS for these swine on the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
Exposed.

A physician, upon opening the door
OF his consultation room, asked: "Who
has been waiting longest?" Il have"
spoke up the tailor. Il delivered your
clothes three weeks ago. '-Kansas
City Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
Chinned Pears.

Ten pounds of hard pears, cut In
small pieces, eight pounds sugar, six
lemons, sliced thin and pared, leaving
rind on one, one-half pound preserved
ginger. Put together the night before,
let stand until morning, cook slowly
until a golden brown. Nice to eat
with meat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-02
Use for Potato Water.

Potato water is an excellent thing
for cleaning mud stains from the bot
tom of skirts, petticoats. mackin-
toshes, etc.
The daily sentinel., 1908-05-12

The lecture tonight by Congress-
man Hobson completes the series OF
lectures and entertainments that has
been provided by the local lyceum
management during the past season.
There We're fifteen attractions on the
great course and it was beyond
doubt the finest enjoyed by any city
in America during the season. Ev-
cry number was star number and
gave immense satisfaction. A more
magnificent series of lectures and en-
tertainments Grand Junction can
hardly ever hope to secure for the
talent on this course was the very
best the country affords. Seats for
next years course are being reserved
rapidly.
The daily sentinel., 1908-05-12

Against the Redlands Irrigation &
Power Company of this city the Nine
& Smelter Supply Company OF Dem
yer has filed suit to recover S5.29O.3S
due from the Redlands company for
supplies. The suit was filed in the
district court and the Denver COM
pany asks that sufficient property of
the Redlands company be sold to COW
er the Indebtedness. Attorneys Std
ger and Redd of Denver represent
the plaintiff The Redlands company,
the Union Trust & Banking Company,
as trustees. and A. A and F. B. Piatt,
the bond holders. The defendants
claim that the suit is unjust and that
the supply company had not fulfilled
its contract, hence the delay in the
settlement