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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
The Lighter Side.

Adaptability counts in the big and
little affairs Of life. Elder j. w. Cook
recalls, In his recent book, ;" FOrty-Five
Years a Minister" an incident which
occurred in Adair County, Missouri.
arrived at my appointment just at
night. It was raining, but the people
turned out just the same. The school
house was Of logs, and inside it was
as dark as dark night could make it.
'Will some one please light the can
dle;" brother said.
But there was no candle to light, no
grease, no oil Of any kind. The little
cabin was crowded, and the rain just
pouring down. It was good half mile
to the nearest house where a candle
might be procured. But a resourceful
brother relieved the situation.
1--WE must have a meeting" he said (;
that's sartin. The boys Travelled way
over here to preach for us, and he's
goin' to do it, Now we'll tear off some
plaDks from the platform and light 'em,
and take turns holdin' 'em SOS he can
see his Bible. ! got matches"
"That meeting under the Pickering
splinter light was an astonishing sue
cess" comments Elder Cook in conclu-
sion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
BABY Tucked TERRIBLY.

Face and Neck Covered with In
famed Skin-DoctOrs No Avail
Cured by Cuticura Remedies.
"NIy babys face and neck were COW
cred with itching skin similar to ecze-
ma, and she suffered terribly for over
a year. 1 took her to number of doc
tors, and also to different colleges, to
no avail. Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended to me by Miss G..
1 did not use it at first, as l had tried
so many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last l tried Cuti-
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an improvement.
After using three boxes of the Cuti-
cura Ointment, together with the Cuti-
cura Soap and Pills, l am pleased to
say she is altogether a different child
and the picture of health. Mrs. A. G..
Brestlin, III n. Lincoln ST., Chicago,
ILL.,, Oct. 20 and 80, 1906"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
The LOn-L1na.


Officers On the coastTise and foreign
steamship lines are not limited to their
regular duties, but are expected to an
swer the questions of curious pasSen-
gers besides. Sometimes, however, the
passengers take the matter into their
own hands, and instruct others more
ignorant than themselves.
The purser on a well-knOwn liner
tells of a lady who had made pas
sage before, and who in consequence
felt a superior knowledge of maritime
things.
Several ladies were grouped in the
stern, this one among them, when their
attention was attracted by the log with
it's long line attached to the rail.
"Why, what can that beT' inquired
one Of the party.
"That?" said the knowing one. swell,
you see the vessel has to keep in COM
munication with the land, and in order
to tell just how far they have got on
the passage they keep one end tied to
the dock, and by looking at the amount
Of line paid out they can tell Just how
far they are from the other SIDE"
ooh y exclaimed the other, after this
lucid explanation. well, / have al
ways heard of the log, but I never
knew what one was before. Thank you
so much !"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

The appointment of Lord Coleridge re-
calls that his father, when on the bench,
was fond of allowing ladies to sit with
him. This was particularly the case in
the famous baccarat case. Shortly after
wards Sir Henry Hawkins (Lord Bramp-
toni was trying a case in which some
marionettes played a prominent part
Two male dolls and a female figure were
produced in court.
"Where shall we put these fgures?'
asked a lawyer.
81 suppose" replied Sir Henry, ma
hciously, ''the lady, ought to be accommo-
dated with seat on the bench.
Mail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
Sec. Taft Escapes Bomb Throwers.

Sec. Taft Escapes Bomb Throwers.
Moscow is city of strange and COM
pick Impressiveness. 1t recalls the dim
and distant past and yet 1t Is alive
with the freshness of the present. 1t is
a cosmopolitan city above many others,
excellent English is heard, splendid
horses speed about in front Of odd
sleighs there are modern shops where
the best of the worlds products, from
every cline, can be had. and yet it Is
occasionally made the scene OF disas-
trous bomb throwing.
Although 1 was driven about the city
with officials a number Of times, the
bomb throwers were very cOnsiderate,
and not until after had been safely
returned to my quarters by Governor
Hoerschelanan did that courteous Off
cial become the target for a missile.
Fortunately, the bomb did little dam
age, though it threw the Governor out
of his sleigh into a snow bank
Extreme cordiality is the keynote Of
the Russians In their treatment Of the
American visitor. Kindlier expressions
Of personal and official feeling are met
With nowhere IN the world than In tine
dominsons OF the CZar.-Erom Score
tary Tafts Own Story OF His Tour
Around tia World. in the National
Magazine. -. G.sr
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
Echoes of the Past.

William the Conqueror had just won
the battle of Hastings.
''Well," he said, Il guess we may as
we'll put up the sign, This Country Has
Changed Hands y"
Which, when you consider the fact that
the country was under his heel, shows
that William was lamentably careless and
inexact in his Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
Art and Specializing.

Why should an artist who has painted
portraits for years be denied talent as a
landscape painter? There is no reason
for it. We have grown to mistake spe-
cialty for personality, and the artist who
has made his name as a painter of cats
will have to paint cats all his life
Kunst. Munich.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
side Lights on History.
rooI Putnam had shot the wolf.

Israel Putnam had shot the wolf.
81 hadn't practiced on the neighbors'
cats for nothing" he said, looking around,
from force Of habit, for place where he
could bury the animal.
Yet he didn't forget to apply for
bounty on the VOLTS scalp.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
Those DeIiciou. Lemon Pies.

The kind that "make your mouth water"
are easily made with no fussing and at least
possible expense if you use "OUR-PlE
Preparation. Don't hesitate. Try 1t and
tell your friends. At grocers, 10 cents.
Three kinds: Lemon, Chocolate and Gus
tard. Put up by D-Zerta Food Co., 'Roches-
fer N V
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
Merely n sample.

"What is the matter, little boy?" asked
the professor. "Have you the measles?'
'Nope," answered the boy. 'I've got
the measle. They's only one of 'em.'
"That's singular!" unused the professor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
Had a Monopoly.

Hostess Cat evening party Mr..
Weerius seems to be enjoying himself bet
ter than anybody here.
Host-Naturally Nobody else is en-
ioying him at all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

One firm of four men having their
headquarters near the Illinois river, gath
er 100000 worth of pelts every year
which are sent to Europe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

The hands of the housewife will be
kept soft and white and free from all
chap, redness or roughness if borax is
used.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

q ST. vitus Dance and all Nervous Diseases
= Permanently Cured by Dr. Kline $ GIeaa
Nerve Restorer for Free az trial bosss and 5eAs
DIR r. IL KLINE, Id. 93l Arch Street, PhlAaesphlAS IN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

It's the judgment of many smokers
that Lewis Single Binder DC cigar
equals in quality the best 1Oc cigar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
IF YSur Eyes Bother You

If Your Eyes Bother You
get box of PETTITS EYE SALFE,
old reliable, most successful eye remedy
made. All druggists or Howard Bros,
Ruffalo. n. Y,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
The Handy Doctorin Your
Vest Pocket

TITS a thin, round-cornersd little
Enamel Box
When carried in your vest pocket
IA It means Health-Insurance.
It contains Six Candy Tablets of pleasant
taste, almost as pleasant as Chocolate.
Each tablet is working dose Of Cas-
carets, which acts like Exercise on the
Bowels and Liver.
1t will not purge, sicken, nor upset the
stomach.
Because 1t is not "Bile-driver," like
Salts, Sodium, Calomel. Jalap. SIENNA, nor
Aperient Waters.
Neither is it like Castor Oil. Glycerine.
or other Oily Laxatives that simply lubricate
the Intestines for transit of the food stopped
up in them at that particular time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING STRUP for ChAdreF
tsethingi sottens the gums, reduces inflammation, A.
lays pain, cures wind collie q cents ooVtS~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

The Bank of England employs about
1000 people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

The eleven London gas companies sup
ply. among them, 46,403, $4,000 cubic
feet of gas to 1,101 1896 consumers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

The chief cause of Constipation and
Indigestion is weakness of the Muscles
that contract the lntestines and Bowels.
Cascarets are practically to the Bowel
Muscles what a Massage and Cold Bath
are to the Athletic Muscles.
They stimulate the Bowel Muscles to
contract, expand, and squeeze the Diges-
tive Juices out of food eaten.
They don't help the Bowels and Liver in
such way as to make them lean upon
similar assistance for the future.
This is why, with Cascarets. the dose
may be lessened each succeeding time
instead of increased, as it must be With all
other Cathartics and Laxatives,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

1t is estimated that 100000 women
are earning wages in the British Isles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03
Cascarets act like exercise.

-Cascarets act like exercise.
If carried in yourvest pocket, Tor carried
in My Lady's Purse,) and eaten just when
you suspect you need one, you will never
know sick day from the ordinary Ills Of life.
Because these Ills begin in the Bowels.
and pave the way for all other diseases.
"Vest Pocket box 10 cents. 10
Be sure you get the genuine, made only
by the Sterling Remedy Company. and never
sold in bulk Every tablet stamped "CCC."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

More proof that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
"I was a great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia E. Pinlxham's Vege-
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
lutely necessary"
Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Cley-
bourne Ave-, Chicago, Ill, writes:
Iumor and much Inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an ODeratiOn.n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous proStration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. PinIham invites all sick
women to write heS for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Washington times., 1908-02-15
Gas Fight to Be Carried to Floor of the House.

The House of Representatives going 10 get chance to record its
feelings the subject of gas monopoly and oron without waiting
action of the Committee the District of Columbia.
Congressman Wilson of Illinois has determined get expression
of opinion from the House. and to that end will Offer when the District
appropriation bill consideration amendment to provide that
exceed per thousand feet shall be paid gas public
useS-hghtng the streets, public buildings, etc
Wilson decided this step after careful consideration
and the confidence that the price he proposes TO than
profitable the company and will be sustained of legal pro-
ceedings
But in addition to this, Mr. Wilson prepared to make aTgu
men for fixing reasonable price for gas Washington for public
Mr. Wilson points out that Congress pays half the OF the
District and this part of the governmental expense here from
The country large therefore every CongrSSmanS constituents have
interest being assured that money is not wasted here special
favOr from the public treasury, to private monopoly.
Whether shall be possible TO attach TO the Wilson amend
rider reducing the price for private we'll public purposes
cents there little doubt that the airing of opinion the gas
monopoly which will when the bill comes before the House will
be helpful and strongly indicative of the real temper of that body
WILL perhaps also TO convince the Committees of the Dis
tct of Columbia that there real demand for consideration of
this question: long and sudouy avoided by those committees
The Washington times., 1908-02-15

them together. So he brutally cut
the rope himself, and he cannot see
why such courage should cost him
$4,000.
The gentleman has a novel de-
fense--one that viii commend itself
to any person who knows logic
from Iogarithms. He swears that,
however much he may have desired
to do so. he could not tie himself
permanently TO the lady, for she
herself would not be eternally tied.
She believes, ne says, in freedom of
love. She would willingly be his
sweetheart uni 1he found another
affinity, and then sic would fly to
said affinity as steel filings to a
magnet. He was UNIV ling to marry
on trial. He would not quite unite
except on the eth death US do part"
pledge.
He has a witness who testifies
that even while the fair one was
temporarily leaning on his shoulder.
and so was present in the body, she
was absent in spirit. She received
his oscillations with a far-Off look
in her eyes. She was gazing
through Chicago fog cross country
to another man in Detroit. The
wife OF that other man swears that
she has found letters from the lady
to her husband which protest in
violet ink that he was her affinity.
This may have been something of
a shock to the nearly married ones
pride, but it would appear to pro-
tect him from damages. And it sug-
gests that, maybe, this affinity bust
ness win prove an effective counter
irritant for this breach of promise
business. The gentleman viii only
have to make sure the lady has been
inoculated with the virus of the one
in order 70 be entirely secure
against the other.
The Washington times., 1908-02-15
Fighting Bob" Off Chile.

A great noise is being made over
the American feet by the Chileans,
TO be sure. 1t is good Tor both ma
tions. But, as Admiral Fans hears
the cheering and looked on at the
city where he earned his sobriquet
of Fighting Bob, we wonder if he
thought only of Santiago, with her
hands outstretched in welcome.
There was a revolution in Chile in
1891, and because the American au-
thorities extended certain courte-
sizes TO some refugees the Chilean
government talked about putting the
American embassy and the Ameri-
can cruiser Baltimore out of the
way. So matters stood when Evans
ran the Yorktown into Valparaiso
harbOf.
The doughty commander decided
that the Yorktown would be a safer
place than the embassy for the
refugees, and so he took them
aboard. Then the Chileans ragged
like so many volcanoes. Evans mott
fed them that if they so much as
scratched the paint of the York
town he would blow theI up. Some
weeks afterward he made an entry
in his journal which said, in part:
The mail is in. and I have nice let
tiers from friends commencing my
course at Valparaiso, but / wish the
NEWSPAPERS would let me alone. why
should thev can me Fighting Bob p
Some of them say they must take my
statements with very large grams or
salt" But generally they seem 70
commend me, which II one must ns
ure in them. is the best way; but as l
see my duty 1 shall do II, hoping Iof
the approval of the Government. W men
they send me orders I shall try TO fol-
or course could have stirred up
the war" and IL may be that people
would have justified me, but L could not
iusfffv myself In the discharge or my
{ DUTY I gave the Chileans fne chance
to 6-b+ If they wanted 20, and the odds
were in their favor-nine 10 one But
ftnev backed water every time, ana
maintained a dignifed and resolute posi-
sTion OF course. II they had prOVotdeu
g. sbould have, engaged their nine
/ snfus without hesitation, ana lhe
chances would not have favored getting
the Yorktown out Of their haroor
Fighting Bob" they dubbed him
then, and Fighting Bob he has
been ever since. His character has
mot changed. That Of his nation
has not changed. That of Chile has
mot changed.
Why, then, this great contrast OF
receptions? 1t is due solely to the
FULLER understanding that has grown
M between the two Americas, and il
IS much more than Z matter OF
cheers and carriage rides: it is
trade asset, and an influence foI
Lneace of the very first importance.
The Washington times., 1908-02-15
State Barriers to the Law.

AS Governor Guild, of Nlassachu-
sets, said in his speech at Grand
Rapids, "Lincoln's greatest contri-
button to national development was,
of course, the permanent inspiration
left by his life as the ideal life of an
American citizen" But the princi-
pies of which Lincoln was the great
champion, and which be embodied in
his emancipation proclamation as
well, as the governor also main
tanned, prepared the way for greatly
needed national laws.
Yet confusion and inconsistency
are as Enthusiastically a feature
of the State laws of today as they
were fifty years ago, Hence Gov
ernor Guilds declaration that the
work of Lincoln is incomplete so
long as in any phase of human life
the local law of some of the people
of the United States can be appealed
to as a defense for public action
affecting and resented by major
ity of all of the people of the
United States. 1t is better
to violate a shadowy State right
than to consent to a substantial ma
tional wrong"
So this State executive pleads for
one divorce law for the country
saying bluntly and logically that it
is indecent that the safeguarding
of common morality in MI the
States can today be broken down by
State law in any State" He
pleads, further, for national law
The Washington times., 1908-02-15
statecraft, BO0ks, snd Happiness.

The Earl Of Rosebery. himself one of
the eminent statesmen who have
achieved fame in letters, contributed a
very readable article TO the February
number Of the North American Re
view, entitled 'Boolzishness and States
manship." Incompatible as the life OF
the library may seem to be with the
life of politics, Lord Rosebery shows
that they have been closely allied in the
persons of a surprising number Of IA
nous statesmen. He says:
Among great men of action. we re-
call Fredericks love Of letters, and Nd
pOleon's travelling library. Among
statesmen, we think OF Pitts sofa with
its shelf Of thumbed classics and of
Fox, far more ardent lover of books.
exchanging them and his garden for the
house of commons almost with tears
and of Gladstone's Temple Of Peace.
Surely, even If 1t be not the best, 1t is
the happiest, way, There Is not, per
haps, tCo much happiness in the life
of any statesman. But no one who
knew him could think of Mr.. Gladstone
otherwise than as being happy. and
one of the main sources Of his happi-
ness was his bookishness- Where, as
in his case, the mind absOrbs and pses
the books, and the books do not cloud
and embarrass the mind. the purpose
OF the statesman and the eloquence
OF the orator gather force from books
The Washington times., 1908-02-15
Who Wrote These Verses?

Are the following verses old or new?
Are they Oriental or Occidental? Do
they reveal Wordsworth or KiDling OF
Omar?
water. 80 soft that it VII take the
or goblet, bowl, or cup, TO suit the taste
OF every hand that pOurs Il: yet. withal.
Mighty 10 percolate the close-grained
That makes the framework Of the Eter-
nal Hills.
Such is a fathers heart, that though
Grow TO mans years and learn to stand
Yet in his eyes. be still remains a boy.
The farmers house new matched. with
clean rice straw
Heaped thick. defes the cold; but en-
Have covered all the caves with glisten-
ing rime.
See. how the tiny raindrops from the
Hollow the stones beneath, with con-
Then why should we abandon we'll
formed plans,
Simply, forsoOth, because We find them
hard?
When all things go as thou wouidst
And Fortune smiles upon thee, then be-
ware.
Lest happy days make thee forget thy
self
When you have read them all you
may re interested 10 know they are
from the pen Cor brush) OF Mutsu-
hito. the Emperor Of Japan, and were
translated by Arthur Lloyd.
The Washington times., 1908-02-15
DEFICIENCY MONEY
ASKED OF CONGRESS
Civil Service Commissioner
Makes Appeal to Pay
for Printing.

scoring in emphatic terms the high
cost OF printing done by the Government
PRINTING Office, John c. Black. president
u the civil Service Commission. has
asked Congress for a deficiency appro-
prlation Of Ss.7U349 10 pay for printing
for the commission.
Mr. Black says the deficiency appro-
priation has been made necessary be-
cause Of the high charges for the work
done at the printery. After handing a
few jolts TO the Audit System and the
red tape at the Printery, he says he
could have the commissions printing
done from IS to 70 per cent more cheaply
IN private concerns. He says in past
years it was done in the Printery from
80 10 50 per cent cheaper.
Representative Lands of Indiana.
CHAIRMAN OF the subcommittee of the
JOINT Printing Committee now probing
aIalrs at the Printery, will look into
the Black charges
The Washington times., 1908-02-15
Biographical Matter on Tnden.

Few American statesmen have played
a more conspicuous public part than
Samuel J. TiIden. and ais career seems
constantly to be attra citing students Of
affairs. Letters and Literary Me
MORALS" Of his are this week announced
for publication by Harper. & Bros.
The material has been collected In
two volumes, which are edited by John
BigeloW, LID, and the plan has been
both 10 :liumine further the notable
career Of Mr.. Tilden, and 10 throw a
stronger light upon the public move
meuts I'm which he was concerned as
upon the characters and motives OF the
public men with whom be was aSsocl-
ated. The biOgrapher, himself an aU-
thor and public man. knew the famous
Presidential candidate personally and
weIl-was, indeed trustee and executor
or his estate, hence the collection has
the much-sought-af touch Of intimacy
II is notable also that the letters in
clude such as Mr. Tilden himself wrote,
and such as were written TO him by
others. ard that they show in general
an assortment OF favors 70 pique the
political taste.