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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
PICTURE POSTCARD CRAZE.

In New York City Alone 100000 a
Day Are Handled by the PostOfIice.
Four or five years ago all the facts
about the picture postcard industry
could have been related in few
words. In fact, so far as the United
States was concerned, there was prac-
tically no story to tell. There may
have been one hundred shops in the en-
tire country where persons in search
of picture postcards could find a small
stock from which to make a selection.
Originating in Europe, these cards had
met with little favor, except on the
continent, where they found a some
what ready sale as inexpensive souve-
Mrs, and this had been the condition
OF affairs for many years. Suddenly,
however, the tide turned, and, where
manufacturers had hitherto been I'M
able to dispose of their stock, they now
found 1t impossible to supply the de-
mand-an imperative cry for picture
postcards coming from every part of
the world, from Asia and Africa, as
well as from America.
Millions upon millions Of them are
mailed during the year in this country.
In New York city alone the postoffice
handles no less than 100000 of these
cards every day, and it is the same
story elsewhere Chicago, San Fran
cisco, New Orleans, Buffalo, and in all
the large cities. Moreover 1t is not in
the United States alone that these con-
ditions exist. In Europe. too, all the
postal services are actually inundated
with postcards. 1t is officially stated
that no less than 500 million passed
through the British postofice during
1906.
These are stupendous figures, but
this is the point at which the magma
ton bal1s! We can read the numerals,
but we cannot comprehend them. Just
think of it! One hundred thousand
postcards a day-enough, in a year, if
laid picture side down, to extend from
New York city to a point somewhere
between Salt Lake City and the Pa
cific coast. Five hundred milIion-so
many that one might make a belt of
postcards extending completely around
the earth at the equator without using
more than two-thirds of them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

The view that China is to be a ten
der to Japan may be put aside. In
stead, friction will grow yearly. The
two nations dislike each other. They
are naturally repellent. In a military
and naval sense China is still weak by
the side of Japan. But as the national
spirit Of the Chinese empire grows, as
its national spirit increases, as 1t de-
velops peaceful means of making the
power of its people felt in trade and
commerce, China is certain to repeat
the experience OF it's many-centuried
history and show itself more powerful
than apparently more active, vigorous
and enterprising. In the end China
has always won in history. 1t is not
strange her statesmen now look TO ulti
mate triumph in Manchuria and in in
ternational disputes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
Novel Road Marker.

1t is very annoying to have grocers'
wagons and other vehicles spelling the
lawn by cutting off the corners Of the
drive, and many people use white
washed stones at intervals to warn
drivers not to come too close to the
grass. However, these are not pleas
ing objects. A novel plan published
by a gentleman in Lawrence, N. Y, is
worth considering, says the New York
Herald. Three or four places were
planned together in such a way as to
have a private drive, and it became
necessary to have something that would
indicate by night where the road was
that led to this gentleman's house. To
save the expense of lamppcst and ar
tificial light he planted a white birch
tree. which is fairly conspicuous on
the darkest nights, and serves all prac-
teal purposes as well as a more ex-
pensive and less beautiful light.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
money dumped upon It will merely az
vertiSe its inferiorIty.

In the great immigration problem
the main question, concerning require
ments for admission, can never be sat
isfactorily answered, and no one can
tell what the effect of immigration will
be on our future national life. But
on one point all are agreed-that ev-
erything should be done to make the
immigrants passage and reception as
comfortable as possible. Years ago
Dickens protested against the moral
and physical conditions Of the steer
age. The worst abuses have been cor
rected by law and in the course of the
general improvement of steamship
service. The requirements of the new
law, which is to go into effect the first
Of next January, fixing the amount OF
deck room and space between decks
allowed for each passenger, have been
met In advance in most Of the ocean
liners. Notable improvements also
have been made in the care Of immi-
grants after they land. At Ellis Is
land, the great immigration station In
New York, q new dining-room was
opened recently, which is clean, light
and cheerful. The kitchen Is model
institution. There are pleasant sleep
ing rooms, tiled and painted white;
and the newcomer is introduced to
clean lavatories with the amenities Of
towels and soap, and has a perfect
lodging for the night. Humane hospi-
tality does not stop with material COM
forts. Officials are there to tell the
laborer what part Of the country most
needs his services, to help him find his
friends, to see that unprotected wom-
en- are put In safe hands, to effect COM
munication between the immigrant
and the volunteer societies that are
waiting to assist him and start him
right In the New World. The italian
meets the agent Of the bureau which
his government maintains In New
! York. The man of other races finds
that Americans from home have form
ed philanthropic organizations to well
come and guide him. The immigration
station is necessarily a sad place
doubt, anxiety and grief are in the
air. But much is being done by an
efficient government and a generous
people to make the reception-room of
the nation a hospitable, encouraging
nIa0o
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
LIVING ROOM FURNITURE.

The furiture shown in the living
room sketched is a good example Of
taste and comfort, says Beatrice Carey.
Designs Of both the table and chair are
practical, but artistic, and are on Mis-
sion lines. Furniture of this charac-
ter may be had in various stained
woods, or In mahogany or oak. Espe-
cialIy attractive for the summer cot
tage is furniture Of this class stained
a dull green clog oak), tint which is
very effective with gay-fowered chintZ-
es and other summer fittings. This
chair is most comfortable with its adj
Unstable back and broad arms, suitable
for holding books and sundry other
small articles. The cushion covers are
more satisfactory If made detachable
so they may be readily cleaned. Fresh,
clean covers always lend a chair
delightful air of GOODNESS.
The writing table illustrated Is
new and very useful, as well as grace
fully simple, model. 1t may be used
from either side and with its double
drawers is most capacious, though light
In appearance. The simple, graceful
lines Of this new style in furniture, as
well as it's portability, makes it most
attractive and useful.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
cole Mis- Moon"

Madam Fairfax was wont. to stand
on the porch of her old Virginia
home and rejoice on moonlight nights
in the beauty. There's my moon,"
she would say, as it rose from behind
the eastern hills. "Look, Dahlia, see
how beautiful it is" and her tiny col
ored maid, who was ever at hand with
shawl or fan for her beloved mistress,
would answer, enthusiastically, "Your
moon certainly do look pow'ful hand
some tonight"
When Madam Fairfax journeyed to
the city to visit her son, Dahlia, look
ing out Of the window with wonder
ing eyes on the first evening of her life
away from home, exclaimed in a voice
of mingled establishment and relief,
"Well, l declar' to goodness, of ole
Mis- Moon amt done come along to
Washington wifi me and ole mis-! We
can't be homesick nohOw, wifi ole Mis-
Moon shining on u.s."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

Sundry divorce suits and remarriage
propositions that take up space in the
papers Just now illustrate that it makes
less difference how much money a man
leaves behind him than In what hands
he leaves It. To leave Astounding
means in foolish hands is failure. To
leave wise children in the world is
success, and if they can be left in po-
sitIon of fiscal advantage, so much the
better. To found a good family, or
give good human stock a lift and put
It In a position of enlarged opportu-
nifty and increased power, is a work
that is legitimately attractive. But it
Is the human stuff that is important
What every country needs Is families
that will breed true to high standards,
and give superior individuals to the
service OF the world. We have such
families, that generation after genera
ton turn out high-class men and wo-
men. Every progressive country has,
and must have, such families. Whether
at a given time they are rich or not is
a matter OF secondary Importance. If
the human material is strong and good,
money i'll sufficient quantity will come
to 1t first or last. If the human stock
"a inferior. immoral or i'll trained,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

Dean Was Converted to Wisdom OF
Higher Education for Girls.

Dean Was CONVEYED to Wisdom OF
Higher Education for Girls.
'9There have been six girls In the Of
fee this morning" the dean remarked,
glancing keenly at the gray-eyed girl
before him, "who have said that they
were willing to do anything to earn a
little money"
The gray-eyed girl did not finch.
"But 1 am ready to do anything" she
answered, with smile that emphasized
the significant word.
The dean turned to his desk and rum
mayed In one Of the pigeonholes.
"There are several ladies on the
campus who are in need of some one
to sweep their walks every day and
wash the piazzas once or twice week.
Are you willing to do that2 Of course
it will not bring you in much, but it
is all 1 have to offer at present"
II shall be glad to do it," the girl
replied. MAY 1 have their addresses?
Thank you very much"
The dean, leaning back in his chair,
watched his visitor as she crossed the
campus. Six other girls had refused
tie work that morning. "But it re-
mains to be seen whether she does 1t.
after all" he said to himself.
She did do it; every morning for nine
DAYS he passed her on his beforeJbreak-
fast constitutional. She always spoke
brightly, with no apparent conscious
ness of broom or mop.
Means what she says, gives honest
work, no false PRIDE" the dean thought
with satisfaction. Then suddenly the
piazzas had relapse; when, two weeks
later he met her, he asked about 1t.
"Oh," she explained, "I'm doing type
writing for Prof. Sumner. He asked
me If I could do it as we'll as could
sweep walks, and 1 told him 1 could.
It is fascinating work-copying the
notes Of his experiments"
"I've no doubt" the dean declared,
''that you intend to perform expert
ments Of your own some day."
I'm going to try" she laughed.
When he reached that point in his
favorits study, the old professor al
ways stopped.
"And did she" somebody was sure
to ask.
NO." he fumed, "she went and mar
ried a young upstart Of an Instructor.
She swept his piazza for while, till
he made a reputation, and she copied
his notes, and I've no doubt did half
his work-he always said So"
'It seems a pity" the sympathetic
listener, lured on so far, would prob
ably begin, only to be vehemently inter
rupted.
"Pity? Where's the pity? What's a
pity? She helped man do his work
In the world, and brought up three
sons, any one Of whom would have
washed piazza floors cheerfully to get
an education. One is building bridges
out West, one is helping build brains
in the East, the third is still in col
lege I'd like to know how a woman
could put her education to better use. y
| Then he would smile and look out
across the campus, with its group OF
| girls.
"I used to doubt the wisdom Of
higher education for girls, The CIR
who washed piazzas converted me-" be
would fiDish.-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

best has come out of the renaissance,
with the city hall fine example Of the
Italian, which In its purity and SIM
plicity stands as q monument worthy
of careful study.
Then, as an example of modified
duce Exchange, with towering cam
panile of pleasing lines and proper
tions. This campanile effect has been
exaggerated In the Singer building,
with a tower that reaches 621 feet
above the street level, and In the more
recent and not completed Metropolitan
Life building, which will reach 658
feet above the sidewalk.
Between the older city hall and the
newest Metropolitan tower we have all
sorts of architecture, Greek, Roman,
Gothic, italian, Tudor, renaissance
and modern French, with indefinite
combinations and notifications and
much that defies classification, not for
getting the Ananias, shown in all d.
rections where material is represent
ed as being what it is not. We find
this Ananias architecture in brick
buildings, with a thin veneering to
give them the appearance Of solid
stone, as exemplified in thousands Of
dwellings and in such structures as
the Grand Central Station. On every
hand we find iron painted to represent
stone, particularly noticeable in many
facade and cornices, and In some Of
the finest hotels and public buildings
there are shapely, massive columns Of
iron painted to represent marble or
other stone worked out with the chisel
of skilled artisan.
In this varied architecture we find
all sorts of material from many por-
tions of the world, even brick from
Hol1and-that is, in old structures
and In many cases used over and over
again In newer buildings. We find
granite from New England; marble
from several sections, particularly
Vermont; Caenstone from France.
Nova Scotia and Milwaukee stone,
brick from Philadelphia, brownstone
IIOn NSW 4Olh dnO
| States, and so on through the entire
list Of all points where building ma
terial is produced, including wood
from every place where timber grows.
For a good example Of Greek Doric
we have the treasury building, in Wall
street; and the only example Of Ital-
ian Gothic is the Jefferson market red
brick and sandstone court and prison,
at 9th avenue and West 10th street.
In the new custom house we have the
| beautiful French renaissance, in firm
Maine granite, some of the stones
weighing fifty-four tons. Here the
| beautiful high columns are composite.
In the old custom house the columns
are noble Ionic.
Most Of our Gothic Is found in the
churches, st. Patrick's Roman Cath
Ollie Cathedral being a fine example.
| Corinthian columns are to be seen in
numerous prominent buildings and the
italian, French and Tudor ideas are
carried out with more or less pleas
ing effect In many Of the homes that
have been built within the last fifteen
wears
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

The fly transmits typhoid through
its feet. 1t can carry thousands Of
bacilli on each foot, and If it lights
on food and the food is eaten disease
is apt to follow. The fly does not
wipe his feet, and there is no use In
trying to train him to do so. The only
resource is to get rid Of him entirely.
All careful housekeepers have their
windows and doors screened, but this
is valuable largely as a matter of COM
fort; it does not go to the root Of the
trouble. The flies infest butcher shops
and grocery stores, and we shall never
be immune until we attack the fly as
an enemy of society.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
THE FIRST TASTE.
Learned to Drink Coffee When .
BABY.

Learned to Drink Coffee When .
Baby.
If parents realized the fact that COZ
fee contains, a drug caffeine-which
is especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
the babies coffee to drink.
'When 1 was a child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things at
the table, mother used to give me sips
of coffee AS my parents used coffee
exclusively at meals never knew there
was anything to drink but coffee and
water.
"And so I contracted the coffee habit
early. l remember when quite young,
the continual use of coffee so affected
my parents that they tried roasting
wheat and barley, then ground it in the
coffee-mill, as a substitute for coffee.
s.But it did not taste right and then
went back to coffee again. That was
long before Postum was ever heard of
I continued to use coffee until was 81,
and when l got into office work, | be-
gan to have nervous spells. Especially
after breakfast l was so nervous
could scarcely attend to my correspond
ence.
"At night after having coffee for
supper, l could hardly sleep, and on
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
"a friend persuaded me to try Post
um. Ny wife and 1 did not like it at
first. but later when boiled good and
strong it was fine. Now we would not
give up Postum for the best coffee we
ever tasted.
81 can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches.
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road TO Well
ville,' in pigs.
Ever read the above letter A
new one appears from tire to time:
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
Electric Light Bulbs.

1t has been remarked that the effec-
tive life of incandescent electric lamps
is much longer with clear than with
ground glass bulbs. e. p. Hyde ex-
plains this fact as follows: A thin de-
posit Of carbon is formed on the in
terror surface Of the bulbs, and this
absorbs a certain portion of the radia-
ton from the filament. When the
glass is clear the light passes straight
through, suffering definite loss from
the carbon film. When the glass is
frosted the light undergoes many re-
Elections In the interior of the bulb
from the innumerable facets; and at
each reflection it loses something on
account of the obstructing film. The
consequence is that the total amount
of loss is much greater with ground
glass than with clear glass. Mr.. Hyde's
experiments show that the filament
lasts as long in the one kind of bulb as
in the other-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
NEW YoRK'S ARCHITECTURE.
All Sorts from Purest Greek and
Gothic to Ananias Renaissance.

All Sorts from Purest Greek and
Gothic to Ananias Renaissance.
No city in the world has greater va
iiety of architecture than New York,
which condition has come about prin-
.ipally in the last quarter Of cen
hurry, says the New York Herald. Be
lore that there was much more unifor-
nifty, of a bad type, exhibited princi-
pally in the almost unending rows of
dwellings,, with brownstone veneering
fronts, all looking as though the city
had but one architect and he without
many ideas.
Since then there has been variety
enough, gathered from all of the
world and from every known school
and from some unknown, with little
that it pure and with great deal that
Is badly mixed and formed from all
sorts of combinations. Some Of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
SDNEZzNVA
KaMIMa
~N~~N~~~N~

Amel1e RlVeS is expected TO publish
a novel soon. Amelie Rives is the Prin-
cess Troubetzkoy, and at present is
living in Virginia.
S. r. Crockett has written another
novel, to which he has given the not
particularly effective title Of THE
Bloom o the Heather"
What is believed to be a manuscript
from Luther's own hand has been found
In the library of a Russian collector
Of rare books. 1t is q volume Of Bib
lical studies written in Latin, with a
few notes in German on the last page.
Countess Leo Tolstoy his written a
book about her husband, and it is soon
to be published in many different Ian
guages. She calls this biography-for
that is what II really is-"My Rela-
lions with Tolstoy and His Work as
a Writer" She has always been her
husbands literary adviser and helper
and q strange life she must have had
with that very erratic and thoroughly
unreasonable man Of talent
Arthur Stringer, whose new novel Of
adventure, 1.-THE Under Groove" is
about to be dramatized, confesses that
he was once young and foolish enough
to write a farce and take it to busy
Broadway manager whom he knew in
a social way. After a fortnight of sus-
pense the young author looked up the
busy manager, only to have the manu-
script returned to him. 1--WE read this
manager, 'and 1 find that unless it's
punctuated by frequent and prolonged
applause It's going to run forty min
utes short, and after going through
three acts of yours I don't see where
that punctuation is going to come
FROM"
After Il year Of secrecy, during which
some pretty wild guesses have been
made as to who was the author Of
'As The Hague Ordains: Journal of
Russian Prisoners Wife In Japan"
(Holt), is at last revealed that she is
Miss Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, a resi-
dent Of Washington, prominent mem
Der of the National Geographical Socie-
ty, author of a number of standard
books, including some on Alaska, "Jin-
ril1ishe Days in Japan" westward to
the Far East" "China, the Long-Lived
Empire" "Winter india" etc. OF
course Miss Scidmore was in Japan
during the war. but her book is obvi-
ously based on fact, and the illustra-
lions are from actual people.
''The Golden Ladder" Margaret Pot
ter's new novel, was written. the au-
thor says, to portray the gold hunger
that is gripping the life Of the modern
American and his wife. In her preface
Mrs. Potter has written: Before the
Juggernaut of his desire the American
man has flung to destruction all that
humanity holds most dear: home, wife,
children, health, honest dealing, integ-
tity, cultivation-nay, one might almost
say intelligence itself $50 warped has
his vision become )-for these things.
heaped on one side against gold alone,
have, on his scales, flown aloft like
teathers!" The author then adds her
Inviting dedication-''To the Wives Of
American Business Men" 1t is almost
lnvidious to add that 1.-THE Golden Lad
der" from start to finish is keyed to a
pitch Of excitement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
Why She Hesitnted.

81 admit that love you, Clarence"
said the young heiress, ''but I'll have
to speak to mamma"
"Eh p said Clarence. "YOu mean I'll
have to speak to her."
'eNo, / will. She'll come home from
Europe tomorrow, where she's been for
the last three months, and she may
have engaged me to some nObleman
while she was there" -Independent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

An Ohio scientist claims that he has
discovered a way to make rubber from
SKINNED milk; but large number Of
people would like it better If somebody
would discover how to make rubber on
Mexican rubber plantations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

A Memphis lawyer secured a judg-
ment for S507 against a girl who had
fitted him, the amount representing the
value OF jewelry he gave her during
the counting. This appears to be the
first legal recognition of leap year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
Conscientious.

The customs of military service re-
quire officers to visit the kitchen during
cooking hours to see that the soldiers
food is properly prepared. One old
colonel, who let it be pretty generally
known that his orders must be obeyed
without question or explanation, once
stopped two soldiers who were carrying
a soup kettle out of a kitchen.
"Here, you," he growled, give me a
taste Of that"
One of the soldiers ran and fetched a
ladle and gave the colonel the desired
taste. The colonel spat and spluttered
Good heavens, man! You don't call
that stuff soup, do you?"
mo, SIR replied the soldier meekly,
''its dishwater we was emptyln', sir"
-Everybody's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

A French physician claims to have
photographed the soul Of his wife
eighty hours after her death. He ex-
plains that the picture shows a nebu-
lous globe. This being the case, the
wearing Of corsets cannot have any
effect on the soul.