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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
1T GROWS HAIR.
Here Are Facts We Want You to Prove
at Our Risk.

Marvellous as it may seem, Rexall
= 3d. Hair Tonic has grown hair on
heads that were once bald. Of course,
in none Of these cases were the hair
roots dead, nor had the scalp taken on
a glazed, shiny appearance. Rexall
1913 Hair Tonic acts scientifically.
destroying the germs which are usually
responsible for badness It pene trates
to the roots of the hair, stimulating
and nourishing them, 1t is most
pleasant toilet necessity. is delicately
perfumed, and will not gum or per-
nanently stain the hair
We want you to get bottle Of
Rexall ''93' Hair Tonic and use it as
directed. If it does not relieve scalp
irritation. remove dandruff, prevent
the hair from falling out and promote
an increased growth Of hair, and in
every way give entire satisfaction,
simply come back and tell us, and
without question or formality we
will hand back to you every penny
you paid US for it, Two sizes. soc.
and $1.00 Sold only at our store the
Rexall Store. I. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
Needs Records of Probe.

Secretary of State Frear has not yet
received the request of the elections
committee Of the United States senate
for additional copies of the testimony
in the Stephenson election investiga-
ton case, and when he does, he will
have great difficulty in complying, be-
cause he hasn't any more copies of the
documents in question and doesn't
know where he can get any unless he
has them printed. This would take
much time and entail large expense.
The testimony makes two large vol
umes.
Only few. hundred copies of the
testimony were printed, and they were
insufficient to meet the demand of
members of the legislature and others
entitled to them. Even the attorneys
of Senator Stephenson had difficulty
in getting six copies.
The investigation cost the state
about $4,000. The principal items Of
expense were fees for witnesses, off
GERS serving summonses, stenographic
reporters, clerks and printing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
Recent Rains Aid Crops.

Rains that were general over Wis
consin proved decided help to corn.
tobacco and potatoes, especially late
potatoes. In more northern regions
there has been much more Il DISTURB.
and these crops Jared better.
Grains have run somewhat lower
than we had anticipated" said Profess
scr Moore, Wisconsin's crop expert,
showing that the extremely hot
weather earlier in the month had a
decidedly detrimental effect on small
grains. We have not yet heard of up.
state conditions, where the drought
was not SO pronounced"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
Hay Fever, Asthma and Summer Colds

Hay Fever, Asthma and Summer Colds
Must be relieved quickly and Foley
Honey and Tar Compound will do it.
e NJ. Stewart, 1924 Wolfram ST..
Chicago, writes: Il have been
greatly troubled during the hot sum-
mer months with Hay Fever and find
that by using Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound I get great relief = Many
others who suffer similarly Will be
glad to benefit by Mr.. Stewards ex-
perience. j. 7. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
May Grant Concessions.

way 0IGnl GOTICGSSlOHSs
The efforts Of the state board Of
agriculture to secure the same con-
cesslo1 for horse exhibitors at state
and county fairs, as is granted cattle,
sheep and swine exhibitors, promises
to be favorably acted upon by the rail-
roads
In communication from J. M. Win
terbotham, secretary of the railroad
commission, to William MacLaren, it
is made clear that the railroads may
place exhibits of horse breeders and
exhibitors in the same classification
with exhibitors of other live stock.
eve are calling to your attention
the decision of the commission in the
matter of the construction of chapter
1862, laws of Wisconsin for 1905, 1 w
R. G. R., l." writes the secretary, "in
which it was held in effect that while
carriers might, of their own volition,
give reduced rates to certain classes,
the railroad commission has no power
or authority under the law to compel
the carrier to make a lower rate for
some particular class Of individuals
than that provided for the general
public"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
Buying
Shoes

AS Jane and her mother were in a
hurry when they entered the crowded
shoe department they were relieved
to see a man respond to the call OF
the foorWalker and come toward
them at once with an expectant smile.
His little black eyes peered at them
interestedly through his silver
trimmed spectacles and he adjusted
the garnet stickpin in his tie as ii
anxious to create good impression.
Something I can show you, mad
ann" he asked.
Yes"
Here" he said, joyfully. BE
seated"
Then he stood for a moment, sud-
denly nervous and hesitating. The
foorwalker pointed with his pencil
to an empty stool. Reassured, the
young man dragged it over.
What size do you wear, madam
Il don't know. Isn't the number in
the shoe?"
"Oh, yes" he said, quickly. oh,
yes, the number is In the shoe, but |
was just wondering what size you
usually wear"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
New Corporations.

Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Office of Secretary of State
Frear as follows:
The Hickory club, Powers Lake; no
capital stock; incorporators, Henry
Roam, William Genens, Fritz Barch.
The Dakota Marble and Tile com
pany, a Minnesota corporation with
$4,000 capital and $4,000 interest in
Wisconsin, filed a statement to do
business in the state.
New Enterprise, Platteville; capital.
$4,000; incorporators, H. E. Stephens.
Fred Weinberger. John Kettler.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
Wisconsin Pensions.

The following pensions have been
granted: William H. Ashard, $40;
Christian Clevenstine, SIS; Arthur B.
Ewing, SIS, John Johnson, $40; T. F.
Lawrence, So; John NJ Levake, $40;
Sophia H. Torch, $12; Webster P
Moore, 500; Wilhelmina Nohr, SIP;
William Schumacher, SIS; John Tim
ons, SIS; Frederick Bose, $12; Ade-
laide NJ. Chandler, $12; Jacob Her
bert, SIS; William H Murrey, $14;
Andrine Onshrud, S12; Edgar G. Rey-
nolds, SIS; Wilbert B. Richards, SIS;
Mary Spencer, $12. .
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09

en1per.

The one who wins in business life
is the one who keeps temper under
guard and gives no sign of feeling
that there is anything to endure when
annoyances break in upon the peace.
full events OF a busy day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09

Jane and her mother are still won
perience he went during the ten min
utes that ensued, for when they saw
him again he was perspiring heavily
and mopped his forehead with large
handkerchief He did not return to
them, however.
II have to go to LUNCH" they heard
him entreat the man who had given
him the measuring stick. will you at
tend to my customers?'
The other salesman came to the
mother and daughter moment later.
81 have your parcel" he said, land
your change"
MY shoe!" gasped James mother
suddenly as he was about to go. My
other shoe!"
Il beg your pardon" he said, inquir-
ingly.
She placed her unshod foot on the
stool dramatically. It's probably on
some counter amorg the bargains by
this time" she said, with bitterness.
The search was not so long as might
have been expected The discarded
shoe had been found on an upper
shelf with a measuring stick.
Yes, said the salesman of expert
ence, smiling discreetly as he put on
James mothers shoe for her, "he just
came this morning, and you know sell
ing shoes isn't thing you can learn
out of a book"
True" said James mother, vehe-
mently, "but whatever they learn it
out of, l notice the new ones all Sc
lect me for their victim"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
Mans Actual Necessities.

Ten cents day is the amount &C
tually required for food to sustain a
human. The remainder of the money
is spent for Aavoring
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Came to Mckinley's Aid

publication Of the news that he had
lost his fortune. kilograms by the
hundred poured in upon the governor.
Many came from Democrats who were
his bitter political enemies; many 9TH
ers were sent by persons with whose
names Mckinley was not familiar;
and and all offered financial assist
ance, almost every one urged him not
to give up public life, and every one
of the dispatches the letters that
soon began to flow MEASURED him
that he stood high in the estimation
of the American people, and that his
misfortune would speedily make that
fact apparent to him.
Several men of financial ability, as
is well known, undertook the manage
ment of McKinley's affairs and financed
him out OF his embarrassment. I'm
doubtedly, many persons believe that
1t was the action Of these men that
persuaded Mckinley to remain in pub
lie life. But 1t was not, and | have
Mr.. Kohlsaat's word for 1t. 1t was,
rather, the many messages OF confi-
dence that came from all parts OF the
country that persuaded Mckinley that
it was his duty to remain in public
life as long as the people wished him
to continue there. After these mes
sages had poured in upon him. and he
had had time to realize what they
meant, he felt that he could not justly
resist those touching evidences OF
widespread confidence in his personal
integrity"
Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Thackeray's Mistakes.

Thackeray probably wrote the pref
tiest and most legible hand OF any
distinguished author; commentator
on the MSS. shown at the Thackeray
exhibition describes 1t as being "as
free from reproach as his English" ."
But the master of the easiest and
most flexible style in English fiction
occasionally made careless and irri-
tating slips. He wrote different to-"
which is a common and quite unac-
countable mistake. and compared
to-" which is as bad. No one would
think of saying or writing compare
this TO that" yet you find compared
to" in print every day in the week.
And he also fell into the common err
ror of making the surname plural in
stead of the prefx-the Miss Pot
ters." for instance. in THE New
comes" instead of the Misses Pot
ter" Would anybody write the "Mr.
Potters?" Why should the ladies' be
so mishandled.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Friends Relieved His Financial Dis
tress, but 1t Was Messages OF
Confidence That Kept Him
in Public Life.

One of the well-known incidents in
the career of William Mckinley was
his financial failure during his first
term as governor of Ohio. Out OF the
difficulties of that disaster he was
helped by his friends; and how MS
friends fiocked to his assistance, ana
what was the thing that really Kept
Mckinley in public life at this time,
when he was seriously thinking or re-
firing under the burden of his per-
sonal misfortune, are made plain Oh
the authority of e. Prentiss Bailey,
the veteran newspaper proprietor ana
editor of Utica, N. Y, who now holds
the record for the longest consecu-
tive service in the office Of any one
daily newspaper in the United States
For years Mr.. Bailey has enjoyed the
confidence of leading men OF ooth
great political parties.
"One day in 1893, when l was dining
at my hotel in New York CITY,, said
Mr.. Bailey, there walked into the
room and sat down at my table my
old friend, H. H. Kohlsaat of Chicago.
then part owner of the lnter-Ocean or
that city. We were in the midst OF
breakfast and the morning newspapers
when. suddenly, Mr.. Kohlsaat threw
down the paper over which he had
been glancing, exclaiming as he did SO:
"'This is dreadful news-dreadful!
Then, though he was SO excited
that he could hardly speak, Mr.. Kohl
saat told me that he had Just read
dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, which
reporIed that Governor William NC
Kinley was bankrupt-that his own
fortune was lost and that of his wife
had been greatly impaired-and that
the governor had decided to give up
public life and to turn everything that
he possessed over to his creditors.
".No man who knows William Nc
Kinley as / do can have the slightest
doubt that If financial ruin has come
upon him he has not been himser re-
sponsible for It, declared Mr.. kohl-
saat, adding. His friends must no"
come to his support"
With that, Mr.. Kohlsaat rose from
the table and left the room. After
while he returned and explained that
he had Just telegraphed his sympathy
to Mckinley and told him that one
half of all have in the world Is
vours. yours in whatever way may best
serve YOU in this great emergency.
Mr. Kohlsaat was still greatly agi-
tated, and without resuming MS
hreal,fast. shortly excused himself and
went away.
THE next time saw him-a rev
vears later-he told me of Mckinley's
oxnerience Immediately following the
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Earned Fortune With His Pen

Yale College, one-half of the estate
to pass Immediately into the posses
sion of the college; in the other half
his sons were to have life interest,
the income from It being divided be-
tween them, and after that interest
lapsed, the entire estate was to go to
Yale for the purpose of establishing
as great and fully equipped an as
Economical observatory as the amount
of the estate would permit.
Every one around Yale gasped
when he learned the provisions of the
will. Had this quiet professor, who
had led a lonely life. been able to
save out of his salary sum as great
as twenty-five thousand dollars? That
was the estimate of the value of the
estate commonly made from the ma
ture of the bequest. But when the
estate was inventoried and the admin
istrators made their reports to the
probate court, most amazing state
of affairs was disclosed. The quiet
professor had amassed not $4,000,
but fortune a little in excess OF
$300,000; his investments had been
made with wisdom. most of them
were what are called quick assets.
And one after another of his old fac
uIty associates went about asking how
had 1t been possible for Professor
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Prof. Elias Loomls Of Yale Made
More Than 100000 by Writ
Ing Textbooks Which Had
Great Sale.

One of the largest. II not actually
the largest, bequest made to any
American university by an officer OF
the university was the estate which
by his will Prof Elias Loomis. who
died in 1889, bequeathed to Yale Uni
versity.
Professor Loomis was an eccentric
and yet very greatly respected mem
ber of the Yale faculty for more than
generation. There is no alumnus
of Yale whose degree was received
between the early sixties and the late
eighties who does not recall affection
ately and yet with a slight smile OF
humorous recollection this quaint and
eccentric professor vastly learned in
natural philosophy, mathematics and
especially astronomy. Among men OF
science the world over Professor
Loomis ranked with Dan, the great
geologist; Hadley the Greek scholar
and father of Arthur Hadley, presi-
dent at this time of Yale; and Sill
man, one of the worlds great author
tiles upon chemistry. The United
States government recognized Profes-
! BUT LOOIllS as lue lOItlhOSI IhCbCOA
ologist of the United States, and
when the government established its
first weather bureau this was not
done until after consultation with
Professor Loomis.
Professor Loomis was a man of
singular taciturnity. If he could ex-
press his thought in a single word,
he would do that. Moreover, he led
almost a hermit's life. The world OF
Yale University saw nothing of him
except at chapel, at Sunday services,
and in the lecture room. After lee
lures were ended or the recitations
brought to a close, Professor Loomis
would depart quietly, always unac-
companied, from the lecture room,
crossing New Haven green to his lodg-
ing room, which faced the green. He
always wore conspicuous black and
white checked necktie, gathered into
a bow knot of mathematical accur-
acy; his linen was immaculate.
Within the time specified by stat
ute after the death of Professor
! Loomis his will was offered for pro-
bate. 1t contained only two bequests
and one Of these was a partial one
He bequeathed his entire estate to
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Until Grants Second Term the Per-
sons in Charge Of Offices Were but
Deputies of the Postmas-
ter General.

DO you know that until the latter
part of Grants second administration
there was only one postmaster in the
United States?"
The questioner was James Henry
Marr. who had entered the postoftice
department as a clerk under Amos
Kendall, Jackson's last postmaster
general, risen to first assistant post
master general under President Grant.
and at the time he put this question
was chief clerk to the first assistant
postmaster general in Cleveland's first
administration.
Yes continued Mr.. Mari, from the
foundation of the federal government
until the latter part of Grants second
dministration-nearly 100 years-the
country had but one official postmaster,
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
IuNlEEEzEEm

Loomis to accumulate so large an es-
tate as that. 1t was known that he
had inherited nothing and that, how.
ever the estate was gained by him. II
was the result OF his own savings or
work.
Not until some time after the pro
batting OF the estate did the true ex-
PLANTATION of the manner In which
his fortune had been accumulated be-
gin to be made in a sort of confiden-
tial way to the inner circle at Yale
college Then 1t was said: "Profes-
sor Loomis was one OF the most sue
cessful of the writer's of American
text books. not only from the scholar
ly point OF view, but from that OF
business His text books upon mathe-
matics and astronomy. his text books
upon meteorology and allied sciences,
had sale wherever the English Ian
guage was spoken, a sale the magni-
tude OF which was known only to Pro-
fessor Loomis and his publishers.
And in clearing up the estate evil
dence was also obtained among some
of Professor Loomis' papers tending
to show that at the time when he be-
gan to write text books he had no
other purpose in view than the max
ing Of Yale University the beneficiary
of all of his earnings from the books,
subject to a life interest in a part of
the estate which his sons were TO
have.
Copyright, 1911, by f. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Onlv One Postmaster Then

though during that period there were
many individuals who were that post
master. The postmaster Of the United
States during all that time was always
none other than the postmaster gen
eral.
But at one time during that Pc
| riod, If It had not been for John c.
| Calhoun. the law which designated the
postmaster general as the postmaster
of the United States would have been
regarded as a dead letter and treated
accordingly.
"a short time after Mr.. Calhoun
had resigned the vice-presidency Of
the United States and been elected
senator from South Carolina-that was
in 1832-he one day entered the office
of the postmaster general, Amos Ken
dali. Mr.. Calhoun's long, dark hair
was brushed straight back from his
forehead; his eyes looked like two
burning Goals of fire. l was with Mr..
Kendall; Mr.. Calhoun spoke most
| courteously to me-he was courteous
to everybody-and then turned to the
postmaster general
Mr. Postmaster General he said,
I have Just noticed a disposition to
make out improperly commissions to
those appointed to take charge of post
offices throughout the country. Mr..
Postmaster General, you are the only
postmaster in the United States; your
successor will be the only postma5
ter; all men appointed to take imme-
diate charge OF the various postoffices
throughout the country are, under the
law, deputy postmasters, and nothing
more. The man in charge of the
postoffice at New York is deputy
postmaster; so is the man in charge Of
the postofice at Philadelphia. Let us
say that, probably by inadvertence, a
commission has Just been made out
appointing a man postmaster. / desire
to have that corrected. No man un-
der the law can qualify or take charge
of a postoffice under the designation
of postmaster" Until now, SO far
as | know, no commission has been
made out since l have been in public
life by which any one has qualified to
take charge OF any postoffice in the
country except under the title of dep
uty postmaster" And If 1t is possible
for me to prevent 1t, no commission
shall be made out in any other way
Mr.. Kendall thanked the great Cal
houn for calling the matter to his at
tention, and assured him that all COM
missions to appointees to take
charge OF postoffices should be made
out in strict accordance with the law;
and that way they were made in every
case, to my personal knowledge, as
long as Calhoun lived.
Furthermore, / had OCCASION not long
ago to look over the records relating
to the appointment of men to take
charge of postoffices. l found that as
late as Gen. Grants second admins.
tration the postmaster general was the
sole postmaster of the United States,
all the so-called postmasters through
out the country being set down In the
| records as deputy postmasters. But
in Grants second administration the
law was changed so 1t became legal
to drop the word deputy, and the
unique distinction that the postmaster
general had enjoyed for nearly cen.
tury of legally being the country's only
postmaster was lost to him"
| Copyright, 1911. by e. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Always Staunch
And True

The Denver Republican has al
ways avoided the fallacies and
knaveries of yellow journalism,
and its steadily increasing Circula-
ton proves conclusively that its
policy of telling the plain Truth
without exaggeration or misrepre-
sentation. standing fast for the
Right, is heartily approved with
growing force by the intelligent
Public to which it appeals.
To read it is liberal Education,
and the citizen who goes without
it does a positive harm to himself,
to his family, and to the commu-
nifty.
In no other way can the invest
ment of ~ cents per day
for that is all The Republican
costs any subscriber-bring such
rich results in that knowledge
which is both Power and Pleasure.
Information, instruction and en-
tertainment fill its columns and it
leaves a good taste in the mouth
of the reader.
1t stands for Law and Order in
the State-for Peace, Prosperity
and Happiness in the Home.
off you are not already enrolled
smoug its splendid list of Patrons
send on your subscription and give
it fair trial at rs cents per month
for Daily and Sunday.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Would XIII Her.

sympathetic Visitor-Mrs. A, what
do you suppose makes you suffer so?
Mrs Al don't know. I'm sure,
and believe nothing but a post NOR
TEN will ever show.
S. V.-You poor thing! You arc
SO weak you could never stand
that.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
Good Enouoh for the pootor.

Mr.. Ghout-All my money cannot
give me health, doctor?"
DR.. Bolus-No, perhaps not; but 1t
is of inestimable value. nevertheless.
1t gives us physicians great conf
dence-Stray Stories.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-09
The Retort.

81 don't see how you can enjoy
grand opera when you can't under
stand the words"
Didn't you ever enjoy a dish OF
hash without knowing what was in it?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-27
Past Seventy, She Bought
And Paid For Her Home

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.-Mrs.
Johanna Border has given lie to
the adage which the world has
written across the threshold of old
age IAN hope abandon, ye who
enter here"
Mrs. Border was 70 years old
her last birthday; and since she
was 70 she has bought and paid
for her home wholly by her own
effort.
THE last three years of my
life" says Mrs. Border, have been
my happiest. Don't tell me people
can't make living. They can ii
they are not too lazy to breathe.
When ] was married. got my
board and keep. One of those
years / did get 70 cents in money. "
why did you marry?" Mrs.
Border was asked.
We'll, | was so years old and a
trained nurse. When a woman is
SO she begins to be crowded out. A"
With the exception of $500,
which was left to her by her first
husband. Mrs. Border has earned
all the money that has gone into
her pretty little house, and the
half-acre of ground around 1t.
The first year | cut apricots at
81 day. In the winter time /