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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
JUST AS CHINESE AS POSSIBLE

Experiment in Arranging Room that
Might Seem Home to a Mandarin.
The waves of interest in Chinese art
which have fallen with greater or less
effect Oh Europe and America are like
ly to be increased by one more, If the
signs of the times are not deceitful,
says the New York Post. The Chinese
are content with the legacies of the
past, and continue to produce on the
lines Of the old work, even though the
finest quality Of that old work be lack
ing They are not easily convinced that
some foreign art is better than theirs.
Therefore, one very rarely meets with
Cinnamon, who, like large number of
japanese artists, endeavOr to use the
processes and achieve the results Of
occidental masters. 1t is this calm rest
fulness in the conviction Of their own
superiority which enrages other races
against the Chinese, but In the long
run enforces respect, especially on the
side Of art Never were amateurs more
generally agreed that the Chinese sur
pass other races in the dignity, sim
plicity and intrinsic beauty of their
decorative art objects.
Perhaps it is a feeling Of this which
has induced the George Glaenzer gal
leries on West Goth street to fit UP
small room with real Chinese and near
Chinese and pseudo Chinese objects.
There are more homes in New York
than would generally be credited where
Chinese art is the dominating note.
The trouble is that 1t more than DOM
inates-it brushes everything else out
Try it yourself. Put some fine Chinese
porcelains with lot of Nielsen, Sevres
or Capi-di- Monte, and see how the Ce-
lestial renders the western feeble and
cheap. SO that the idea of suggesting
q room where Chinese wall hangings,
rugs furniture and small objects in
porcelain, pottery and bronze shall not
find 1t necessary to assert their supe-
riority was happy one. If not novel
it is opportune. 1t has not been car
ried out by any means without regard
to modern needs and comforts. 1t is
not like the Chinese house in the Mu-
scum of Natural History or the tenn
pies erected and decorated in the Chi
nese section of an international expo
sitiOn.
Walls are hung with neutral coarse
cloth painted in very low tones by Mrs.
Adele Winkler and set here and there
with wood carvings painted and gilt
The rug on the floor is what may be
called near-Chinese its design is Chi
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
Apple Pie and Justice.

The routine Of the criminal court
proceedings had been marked by only
one unusual incident, and that was the
alacrity with which certain hard
character was sentenced for sixty days
to the workhouse. Judge" observed
the district attorney at the close of the
dreary session, "you seem to relish the
privilege of sending that man to the
workhouse. Did his case impress your"
"Now, look here" whispered the
judge as he beckoned the attorney
aside, "that man is worthless fellow,
always drunk and never contributes
cent to the support Of his wife, who Ia
a most deserving woman. I feel sorry
for her. and whenever he Is in prison
she comes to our home and assists my
wife in the kitchen. And" chuckled
the Judge as he tapped the attorneys
shoulder cheerfully, 'she does know
how to bake apple pie."-Argonaut.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
GoNDoLIERS OF VENICE.

Inst Representatives of Medieval
Crafts Not Comic Opera Heroes.
There are nearly twenty ferries
across the Grand canal and the Giu-
decca, says Vance Thompson In Out
ing. These are the traghetti. In one
sense they are like the cab stands or
cab ranks Of cities built upon land |;
in another sense they are the unions
or guilds Of the gondoliers Thus our
friend, Giuseppe, Is a member OF the
traghetto Of San Barnabe on the Grand
canal. 1t was there he took me to
meet his good old father, veteran Of
the beechen oar; Antonio, and his
brother, the mighty prize winner, Clio
vanni. In a little trattoria, In the
shade of the church, we toasted each
other, the foreigner and dozen men,
bers of the traghetto. And the foreign
er learned these things:
The police, of course, license the gon-
dolas, and, by various ordinances, gov
ern the life Of the gondolier. His real
laws, however, are those Of his guild
In the wooden shelter houses Of the
tragetti the guild meets and decides all
questions Of hours Of work and choice
Of station. Thus, those Of st. Barna-
be have each day off every week
One Of them, in turn, works twenty
four hours at stretch.
If one Of the fraternity falls III he
is cared for out Of the public purse,
and in case Of death his brothers carry
him to the grave. Stanch brothers,
close knit in. friendship and their
work, they are perhaps the last rep
resentatives of the good old medieval
crafts Of Venice. Thrifty men and so
Der and laborious. Let us bury, once
for all. the fanciful legend that these
brown fellows are tinseled heroes out
Of what comic opera know not. They
do not wander In the moonlight, chant
ing the strophes Of Dante. They are
hardy lads, wholesomely ignorant Of
literature, fathers Of many children,
good husbands and matter-of-fact
money getters.
On the whole know no finer class Of
men than those simple watermen Of
the lagoons, the three rivers and the
canals of Venice. In the season they
charge Z francs day; at other times
you may have as fine a gondola and
as skillful a gondolier as you can wish
for francs a day; their average earn
ings are far less, francs or 3. But
then life in Venice Is simple. For $35
a year one may have five or six rooms
in a good quarter Of the town, and a
little fruit and polenta, or dried fish,
or an onion and a crust Of bread, make
existence a pleasant thing The Condo
lier has money in the bank and his
life is good-here in white and purple
Venice, the city Of song and the sea.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
HE Is A GOOD SAMARITAN.

Looks After the Undeservfng Poor
Says No One Else VIII.
There is O rich man in q Southern
city who makes the undeserving poor
his peculiar care, says the Independ-
ent.
His methods in dealing with what he
calls a fresh sinner are unique and he
regards them as scientific from the
heavenly point of view. He insists
upon a full catalogue Of the victims
transgressions.
He claims that this is done on the
theory that a physician first admins
tiers an emetic in case Of poisoning.
Then If the patient is an utterly lost
and abandoned woman, he frequently
takes her home with him, where she
is quartered In the guest chamber and
treated by the family as the welcome
guest whose presence there is In no
way remarkable.
For our scientist claims that 1t Is
the loss Of the sacred home conscious
ness in such women which casts them
so far down, and his purpose Is to re-
store the same by his own Preside,
which is particularly attractive, In
that he has a wife and many young
children. Nothing is said to the for
Iorn one to remind her of her shame;
she is simply left to get well, as the
scientist expresses it.
And it is astonishing how many OF
them do get well. His boast Is that
he has married his girls happily all
over the country, for he is an enthusi-
astic believer in wedlock. Upon a re-
cent visit to distant city he remark
ed to the editor:
"I married one of my girls off IN
this town; couple doing well; moving
in the best society. Good as the rest,
too, now. But it's a secret; If society
knew it would abolish her." He wink
ed in conclusion, at the expense Of So
ciety.
He cannot make a speech, but he Is
an eloquent splutterer; and although
his manner to ministers is wittily def
erential, he has been known to ruin a
preachers meeting and make the vic
tins Of his burning incoherence look
like rows Of paper dolls blown before
the breath Of a living disciple.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20

A new book by Beatrice Harraden,
author OF "Ships That Pass In the
Night" is now In preparation and will
be published under the title Of "The
Interplay" The name is taken from
a Line by an old English writer, "And
there was playe and interplaye of mu-
sick, divers instruments acting on each
other in curious fashione."
The mystery Of the cheap classics
of fiction, as to who buys them, who
reads them, has been solved by
writer in the London Book Monthly,
who finds that the skilled mechanics
and Golfers of the Welsh hills are
great buyers and readers Of the old
masterpieces and that they practice all
kinds Of self-denial to obtain possession
of the coveted little volumes. The list
of books most popular with them are
''Tom Jones" Charles O'Malley," "The
Heart of Midlothian" 'Tristram Shan
dy," "Jane Eyre" and 'The Golden
Butterfly"
William De Morgan's career should
be an inspiration to all young lads Of
30 to take up the work Of writing nov
els. After years of devotion to the
making of artistic tiles, beginning at
the age of sc to publish novels, al
though he is not yet 20 he has given
us three exceptionally long and to the
lover of good literature very. interest
ing books The shortest Of them,
Somehow Good" contains 100000
words. Lovers of Dickens mention his
name in connection with De Morgan's
books and admirers Of Trollope find
the quiet meandering stories suggest
I've Of those which Trollope penned.
The trouble with most Of the books
on diet is that they are too scientific.
They deal with grams and liters, with
proteIds, fats and hydrocarbons, and
the unframed reader does not trans
late what he reads into terms Of
bread-and-butter, beefsteak, eggs and
apple-pie To meet the need for some
thing more elementary, a New York
lawyer Goodwin Brown, who has been
much interested in the investigations
of Chittenden, Fletcher and others, has
prepared little book called Scientific
Nutrition" 1t will translate the con-
illusions Of scientific authorities into
familiar terms, so that one may get
approximate results without using
scales.
l Prof Frederick Starr has in press
a large work describing the life and
customs Of the Indian tribes Of South
ern Mexico This book, I'm Indian
Mexico" will contain many illustra-
lions reproduced from photographs
taken by the author on his explora-
lions. Another book on the Indians to
be published soon is written by George
Wharton James, who is an adopted
member of the Havasupai tribe, and
has been in association with the red
man for many years. He believes that
the Indian is more sensible than we
are in many things that pertain to
health and happiness. Among the sub
jects he will discuss are diet, exercise,
art, education and religion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
MAN AND HIS HORSE.
The Way to Show Approval That the
Animal VIII Appreciate.

The Way to Show Approval That the
Animal VIII Appreciate.
Caress plays no small part in de
veloping the best in any horse, but this
is never to be by word of mouth. You
may as we'll curse as bless for all your
horse knows or cares. The caress of
the hand addressed to the part with
which the animal has just performed
some feat is always appreciated-the
expression shows that-and one loves
to see a good man as he lands safe
over a big place just reach back and
give the clever horse a loving pat or
two on that swelling muscular loin
which has been the chief agent in ne
gotiating the obstruction.
: Do not pat neck or shoulder or any
part not actively engaged in the under
taking. Caress may do no good, but
it Is pleasant to believe that it does,
and we are quite positive that the
voice simply diverts attention. The
former mode of address is at least
worthy Of trial If only as mark of
appreciation between two gentlemen.
The threatening tones appear some
times serviceable, but this is so only
when horses have been abused and as
sociate punishment with the stern
voice. The wild horse is as indiffer-
ent to the voice of affection as to that
of rage-From schooling the Hunt
err" by Frank NJ. Ware in Outing Mag
aZine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20

"WellT'
'oThat is, you don't never get down
and say a prayer like
Ell amt much Of a hand at that
You do 1t alone. Perhaps when you're
up at the house 1 can say something.
Not here-the keepers coming. Good
by!"
"Good-by, friend. Say, one word
more-did-did your doctor get well2
Eyes, the Lord be thanked, he did,
Twas a hard pull, but he fetched 1t.
KeeperI I'm ready"
'All right, sir"
Again the clang Of an iron door and
steps ringing along the corridor.
In the neat general repair shop at
Bellfeld sits an Industrious man, who
whistles at his work. Over the door
swings q great sign, peter Mogley. All
Kinds of Repairing" He stops his time
to speak to an assistant. BILLY, bring
me Mr.. Sheff1eld's umbrella. That's
got to be done first of all. Then I'm
going home to trot that baby Of mine
while his mothers getting supper. You
can lock up."-C. e. World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20

nese, though made In India. Mrs.
Winkler's designs are kept so far away
that they only affect one as a pattern
after the furniture and bric-a-brac are
seen, most Of the furniture being adap-
tations Of Chinese motives to western
articles of use, like mirrors, shelves,
sideboard, chandelier, etc. The last
mentioned is a combination of Ming
green vase of a lovely color set with
serpent designs In freight bronze, the
serpents forming the supports for
lights. In another gallery is small
exhibition Of paintings In oil by Mrs.
Winkler.
Notable Chinese pieces include vase
carved in beautiful pink jade from the
collection Of the Countess de Bearn,
all except the knob on the cover, and
the cover itself being cut from one
block Of stone. There are rings loosely
hung In the handles. Green Ming vases
modelled in low relief, with band Of
horsemen, show their original motif to
have been intended in metal; pots In
old tea-leaf color, in caladon, imperial
yellow and turquoise blue, put the most
delightful blotches of color here and
there about the room. If we are going
to be overwhelmed once more by the
power Of Chinese art, let us be just
as Chinese as possible while we are
about it and carry Chinese room even
f,11.thor IL wo dare than fha one TO be
seen at the G. G1aenzer galleries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
An Even Chance.

An Irishman who intended to take
up a homestead claim, but did not
know how to go about it, sought in
formation from a friend, says a writer
in the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Mike" he said, you've taken a
Homestead, and 1 thought maybe you
could tell me the law concerning how
to go about it."
well, Dennis, 1 don't remember
the exact wording of the law, but
can give the meaning Of it.
'"rhe meaning of it is this: The
government is willing to bet We one
hundred and sixty acres Of land agin
fourteen dollars that ye can't live on
it five years without starving to
death"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
GLADNESS ON THE WAY.

hlisides willows branches
The singing the buds begin to show;
The blowing summers leaves
world becomes pleasant day.
valleys ring with
The sun gets busy early and duty long;
q marshes, children shout at
The world a little pleasant every day.
whist ending their abors for the year,
Along the muddy highways dry spots Will soon appear;
he maid n will blithely
The a little pleasant every day.
Chicago RecordHerad
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
An Anchor to windward.

The solemn-faced man who drove the
stage between Willowby and Green
field never lost an opportunity to dis
play his knowledge to a new pass
enger, nor had he ever been known
to suppress his opinion on any subject,
no matter what it might be. ''They
tell me you're the man that wrote the
story that's running in one O. the big
magazines. / forget which it's" he
said one day to a CHEEKY passenger who
had been endeavoring to ask a few
questions himself.
81 believe / am" admitted the zen
tleman.
'I've never turned my hand to writ
Ing" said the stage-driver, Ticking his
horses in meditative mood. mo, sir,
I've been too much took up with other
things, but 1 read everything, most. I
was having a little talk with BIZ
Sears about you yesterday. We'd both
been reading your last book before
this new one Now, do you rely en-
tirely on what you write for a liv-
ing?"
mot entirely" said the author, with
due humility.
That's what thought when I fin
ished the book" and the stage-driver
looked kindly at the man Of letters.
I'm real glad for ye that you've other
MEANS" he said, benevolently. Got
'em well invested, expect, too. told
Pill Sears that was most likely the
case"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20

A widow says to her second hus-
band: you have to love my children"
but a widower says to his second wife,
"You don't have to love my children
unless you want to-"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20

81 hope" says a man of 20, that
things viii be better tomorrow" Il
hope" he says when he is past 20,
shat they won't be any worse"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20

The women's idea of a nice modest
girl is one who does not try to f1frt
with any other girls sweetheart. The
masculine idea is one who does not flirt
at all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
Old FavOrites
The Crucifxion.

The Cruc1hx1On.
When 1 survey the wondrous Gross
On which the Prince of Glory dy'd,
My richest gain l count but loss
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that should boast
Save in the Death of Christ my GodI
All the vain things which charm me most
l sacrifice them to His Blood.
See, from His Head, His Hands, His
Feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled DOWN.
Did e'er such love mad sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich crown7
His dying crimson, like a robe
Spreads Ger His Body on the TreeI
Then am dead to all the globe
And all the globe is dead to me.
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were present far too small;
Love so amazing, SO divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20

We never knew a person who was
not saturated with some fool notie-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-20
Encouragement.


It may not be our lot to WELD
The sickle in the ripened field;
Nor ours to hear, on summer ewes,
The reaper's song among the sheaves.
Yet ours the grateful service whence
Comes, day by day, the recompense;
The hope, the trust, the purpose stayed,
The fountain and the MONDAY shade.
And were this life the utmost span,
The only end and aim of man,
Better the toll of fields like these
Than waking dream and doubtful ease.
But life, though falling like our grain,
Like that revives and springs again;
And, early called, how blest are they
Who wait, in heaven, their harvest day
John G.. Whittier.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-31
Captain Charles Stokes.

The funeral of Capt. Charles F.. Stokes, a veteran policeman who had long been on the retired list, will take place tomorrow afternoon. from hls late residence. 175 st. John street. The funeral services will be in charge or City lodge, No. Se, I. 0. Q. F.. and the burial will be in Westville cemetery
 Captain Stokes death occurred late Tuesday night as the result of can cer from which he had long suffered He was in his seventy-sixth year. He WAS bern in Westbrook. this state. ana for many years followed the sea. He shipped on trading vessels and had visited almost every part of the globe. He wss appointed a patroiman Tn the police department. December 21. 1870, and for many years he was statloneo for duty at Steamboat dock and also Tn Wooster square. He was placed uron the veteran reserve roll May ?, 1892, and a few weeks later was retired.
 Captain Stokes was member ot City lodge. Nc. Se and Naomi lodge. L O 0. F. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Mrs. Wilbur F. Hunt of Meriden. and Miss Nellie Stokes of this city. A son, who was a lieutenant in the New Haven Blues, has hen dead many years Gilbert : Stokes Of west brook. is a brother.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-31
HOW TO PROLONG LIFE Advice of Our Beloved Poet. pr.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes.

If there is one desire more strongly implanted in the human breast than another as we reach maturer years. that desire is to prolong life pr Oliver Wendell Holmes when asked how to live long replied: Get 8 fatal disease and then take care of your self"
 We want to say to the people of New Haven, Conn, who are reaching maturer years if you feel you are not as strong as you used te be you need not get fatal disease to prolong life. but keep the digestive organs in good condition. and the bodily tissues from wasting by taking our delicious cod liver and iron preparation, Niuol
 Ninol is not a patent medicine. but a delicious modern cod liver prepara ton without oil. made by scientific. extractive and concentrating process fresh from cods' livers. combining with peptonate- of iron all the medi- cinal. healing, body building elements of cod liver oil. but no oil
 MT. Joseph Banks of Decatur. III. n his seventy eighth year. says that owing to Vinol he feels stronger and younger than he has for many years There are hundreds Of old people ir this vicinity who need just such 2 strength maker and tissue builder a; i Ninol. and We ask them to try it or our offer to return money if it is fails
 
 . Drug Stores. Cor. State and Chape Sts. Cor Howard and Congress Ayes i NeE Haven. Conn
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-31
CHARITIES PROBLEM Little Work on Hand, But That is Sought After Quite
 Eagerly.
HANDLING WOOD PILES UP
Customers for. the Products of the Work Requircd to Help
 the Situation.

Sherwood 0. Preston, agent of the Organized Charities, issues this state ment:
 The Organized Charities association are now employing an average of 4 men per day, city men receiving cash. and transients food and shelter.
 On several occasions this number has been increased to over so, besides the women working in the laundry. The pressure has been so great that only a little work has been available for each applicant, but that little is eagerly sought for, and willingly done
 The stock of kindling wood has large ly overrun he demand, and the asso- citation is now confronted with the problem of disposition, for unless it can be sold at once, men must be turned away. which means that they will beg about the streets, depend on private charity, CT become burden on the City Board Of Charities, which is d. ready heavily taxed by the unusually large number of appeals for relief. In  either event idle men becoming a grow ing menace
 We believe that the best method oi helping the situation, which is steadily becoming more serious, is to provide al work possible, and to this end w' solicit new customers for the laundry and woodward, and also ask that olt customers so far as possible, replen ish their stock to the full capacity O bins, sheds, etc.
 Our work is all done by hand, but a the product is necessarily sold at mar ket rates established by plants wher' power is used, there is no margin 0 profit, and under the unusual condi tions now prevailing, deficit alread, appears which has necessitated th' making of a loan.
 We ask that the community assist Il in our attempt to ameliorate condition and will gladly furnish fuller detail as desired.