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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
The "Elevator Habit"

A man who uses cars frequently
declares he has discovered what he
calls the elevator habit" says the
Baltimore News. He says it comes
from using elevators, but can be ac-
quired in many other ways by those
who are compelled to frequently use
electric push buttons. The one symp-
tom is a desire to call for everything
one wishes by pushing a button, and
the desire most commonly appears
when one is waiting for car. The
person affected will find himself con-
stantly pushing his thumb out of joint
against the nearest telegraph or troll
ley poles, and if the car does not ap-
pear within a reasonable time he be-
gins to look around for dispatcher
to ask if the dynamos are out Of or
der or the motorman asleep.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
OLDEST TRIBE IN THE WORLD.
Painful Fashion of Tattooing in Vogue
Among the Women.

The Ainu live in the most primitive
manner possible. They have adopted
the dress Of the Japanese, but the
houses are very unlike any seen in
Japan. They are made Of rice straw,
rooted with matching of reeds. How
the natives ever survive the winter IS
difficult to understand. In the center
Of the room Is the fireplace, from
which the smoke floats out into the
room, at times becoming almost suffo-
eating. An opening in the roof IS
supposed to serve as an outlet but the
smoke does not always find it. over
the fire hangs a huge iron kettle ana
into it are thrust all sorts of fish, AMI
NAL and vegetable food, to be dished up
later in a sort of composite choWder.
Around two sides of the room is a
slightly raised platform, upon which
the whole family range themselves for
the night, without bedding of any sort
in summer and only scanty supply
in winter.
AS a race the Ainu are sturdy in ap-
pearance, but are peaceable and not
given to war, like the japanese. The
marked feature Of the men is hairy
growth upon the entire body, like that
upon wild animal. A creepy sensa
ton takes possession of one in look
ing upon these walking, talking crea-
lures, so intelligent and yet presenting
somewhat the outward appearance Of
gigantic monkeys.
The women have the same large,
heavy features as the men. They are
generally disfgured by an ancient Gus
tom of tattooing large portion of the
face around the mouth, the upper part
Of which takes the form of mustache.
It signifies nothing whatever except
q badge of distinction for the race.
The process Of tattooing is long and
painful. When a girl is about twelve
years old the mother begins operations
on the lower lip and by degrees covers
the space Of two inches on each side
of the mouth. AS the child grows this
increases in size until it extends half
way across the face toward the ears.
The preparation used in tattooing is
made by the women from ash bark.
This is soaked for some days and when
ready for use SCOT, produced by burn
ing birch-bark, is added to the liquid
and the concoction is applied to the
surface of the skin. The lips are
scratched with a sharp instrument,
more of the fluid applied and from
time to time, as the irritation ceases,
the work is continued. In olden times
other marks were added as the girls
became wives or mothers, but these are
now seen only on the very old.-The
Housekeeper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
.Jealousy in Japan.

Japanese ladies afflicted with the
(green-eyed monster use charm some
what similar to those practiced in Eng
land and Scotland by the witches Of a
few centuries since. The aggrieved
damsel rises at "the hour Of the Bull'
about 2 a. m.-dresses herself In
white, with flowing hair, places tri-
pod bearing three lighted candles on
her head, a mirror round her neck, and
lighted torch Of bamboo and pine
roots In her mouth, and takes the ef1gy
Of the faithless one to some shrine,
where she nails it to a tree in the
grounds. The unlucky original suffers
untold pains in the spot where the nail
is driven, but should the charmer meet
the ghost Of an enormous bull and
show her terror the spell will fail.
Charms for the smallpox are also used,
and they consider a piece Of paper
with the impression Of black hand
or a similar scrap Of red, with three
Of the characters for horse, as an infal-
Hble safeguard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
Hia Own Grandfather.

Beppo Bruzoni, Neapolitan sailor,
Is living proof Of the 1act that a
man can be his own grandfather. Il
married." he said, "a widow, and she
had by her first husband a handsome
girl named Silvietta, with whom my
father fell in love, and who became
his second wife. Thus my father be-
came my son-in-law and my step
daughter became my mother, since she
had married my father. Soon after
ward my wife gave birth to son, who
became my fathers step-brother and at
the same time my uncle, since he was
my stepmother's brother. But that was
not all, for in due time my fathers
wife also gave birth to a boy, who
was my brother and also my step-son,
since he was the son of my daughter.
My wife was also my grandmother,
for she was the mother Of my mother,
and thus was my wife's husband and
at the same time her grandson. Final
ly, as the husband Of persons grand
father 1 am my own grandfather"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
Reware of the PhOtOrra phcr.

People who seek to recover damages
for incapacitating accidents should
keep away from the photographer. In
q case which came up recently in New
York the plaintiff asked for $4,000 as
payment for injuries which. he assert
ed, had rendered him unable to do any
but the lightest kind of work. The
defendant offered as evidence set Of
photographs, the date of which was
proved to be later than that of the al
legged accident, in which the plaintiff
was shown in the act of carrying a
lounge bureau and a dining table on
his back from moving-wagon to his
house The judge decided that he had
10 case.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
COMMODORE NICHOLSON OF Our WV
Recommends Pe=rl-na=-=O Prominent
Men Testify.
Recommends

Commodore Somerville Nicholson, Of
the United States Navy, in letter from
1887 r street, N. W., Washington, D. O.,
says:
ssYOur Peruua has been and is
now used by SO many of my
friends and acquainfances as a
sure cure for cafarrh that I am
convinced of its curative qualities
ard 1 unhesitating!y recommend
1t to all persons suffering from
that complaint. "--S. Nicholson.
United States Minister to Guatemala
Endorses Pe-ru-Ha.
DR.. W. Godfrey Hunter, y. S. Minis
ter to Guatemala, ex-menlber of Con-
gress from Kentucky, in a letter from
Washington, D. c., writes:
II am fully satisfied that your Peruna
Is an efficacious remedy for catarrh, as l
and many of my friends have been bene-
flied by its use."-W. G.. Hunter, M. D.
Member of Congress From Virginia
Writes.
Hon. G.. r. Brown, Martinville, Va,
ex-member of Congress Fifth District,
60th Congress, writes:
II cheerfully give my Endorsement to
your Peruna as cure for catarrh, It's
beneficial results have been so fully
demonstrated that it's use is essential to
all persons suffering from that disease"
Hon. G.. r. Brown.
The day was when men of prominence
hesitated TO give their testimonials to
proprietary medicines for publication.
This remains true to-day of most pro-
prietary medicines But Peruna has
become so justly famous, its merits are
known to so many people of high and
low stations, that no one hesitates to
see his name ia print recommending
Peruna.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna a strong Endorsement.
Men representing all classes and sta
tions are equally represented.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
Small Margin OF Profit.

. Expert Promoter-It will be impos-
sible to sell such food for 10 cents a
package.
Inexperienced Inventor-How do you
make that out?
Expert Promoter-WeI, the cost of
manufacture, counting interest at 40
per cent on the capital invested, would
be at least 1 cent a package, leaving
only IA cents a package for advertis-
ing.-Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fnan-
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gistS, Toledo, Ohio.
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces q
the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Han's Family Pills are the best.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
Truthful George.

"George, dear" asked the fair female
in the hammock scene, twas you ever in
love before?"
"Sure," answered the masculine por-
ton of the sketch. "You don't think
for a minute that I'd practice on a nice
little girl like you, I hope"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
Yielding to the Majority.

Remember" said the serious man,
chat money is not the only thing to
be striven for In this life"
Maybe not" answered Senator
Sorghum, "but a whole lot of people
think it is, and I am not egotist
enough to try to set any new fash
ions" Washington Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
No Zebras This Day.

Circus Hand Ito ringmaster) DE
zebras CANT go in de parade dis
mornin'
Ringmaster-Can't go? Why?
Circus Hand-Well, you see, dey got
to be painted every evenin' to hold
DER color, an Mike McDaub, de ami
NAL painter, he went on jag last
night, and he got de paint buckets
mixed, an now de stripes on dat pair
Of white mules Is a beautiful green an
scarlet.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
Mems Superiority.

woman is naturally of clinging ma
ture," observed the head of the matri-
monial combine.
YES" rejoined the feminine end of it,
'but she isn't in it with a man when it
comes to holding ON to a dollar"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30

ly advise them to take Doan's Kidney
Pills. 1 was subject to severe attacks
of backache, always aggravated If
sat long at desk. 1t struck me that
if Doan's Kidney Pills performed half
what they promised they might at
least help. This induced me to try the
remedy. 1t absolutely stopped the
backache. 1 have never had pain or
a twinge since"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
new medicine which cured Mr.. Lario
will be mailed to any part eff the Unit
ed States on application. Address Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 80 cents per
hoy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
Practical KnOwledpe.

"Time is money" so they say,
And I know full we'll it's true;
For on my watch I've got to pay
The interest to my "uncle" due.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
Al Othera See ua.

"Only a bughouse candidate would sNa
tempt it," unused the man who OCCASION
ally thinks aloud.
would attempt whatw asked the jay
who never misses an opportunity to butt
In.
''To convince brass band that II isni
the entire procession" answered th
noisy thinker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
As Defined.

Mamma" asked small Floramy,
whats a dudeY'
"a dude, my DEAR" replied the know
ing mother, "is an example of what a
| man is when he isn't"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
medicine I have ever found for coughs
and colds.-Mrs. Oscar Trip, Big Rock,
Ill, March 20, 1901.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30

Money refunded Cor each package Of
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES If unsat.
isfactory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30

death months" are March and Aprtl
for adults and July and August for, chtN
dren under years of age, according ~
the statistician Of the twelfth census.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30

If France really wants to double her
population, she can do so by import
Ing the great American cucumber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30

Cotton and its products furnished, in
value one-feurth of our total exports dur
ing the fiscal year just ended
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30

If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving 9
full statement Of your case, and he viii
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30

Mrs. Wins1ow's SOOTHING Strip for Chtlersp
teething; softens the gums reduces inflammation a.
lays pain. cures wind colo. 25 cents q bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30

The anarchist confers a great favor by
not practicing what he breaches.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
Tried by Time.

Eugene e. Lario, of 751
Twentieth avenue. ticket
seller in the Union Sta
ton, Denver. Colo, says:
"You are at liberty to re-
peat what I first stated
through our Denver pa
pers about Doan's Kidney
Pills in the summer OF
1899, for I have had no
reason in the interim to
change my opinion Of the
remedy. I said when
first interviewed that If I
had a friend and ac-
quaintance suffering from
backache or kidney trou-
hla T would unheSitating-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-30
AN FSTARl ISHED MORTGAGE

BoND AND BANKING HOUSE wants man of energy
and ability in each County Seat Elegant chance
for men OF ability and integrity. f. N. FIrzGERALD
Cashier 81 Fitzgerald Building, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-12-24

that our laws shall in no event afford
advantage in our own market to for.
elng industries over American capital,
to foreign labor over our own labor.
This country has and this country
needs better paid, better educated, bet
ter fed and better clothed working.
men, Of higher type than are to be
found In any foreign country. It has
and 1t needs higher, more vigorous
and more prosperous type Of tillers Of
the soil than is possessed by any
other country"
There II Is in nutshell. Not the
Iowa idea," nor yet the Ohio or the
California or the Pennsylvania, or the
Maine idea. 1t is the American idea,
irrespective of the abundant changes
In detail to which the tariff must nee
essarlly be subjected In years to come
in order that 1t may be adapted to
changing conditions. But while II is
the idea Of the American people IS Q
whole, and has grown beyond the con-
fines Of a single party, yet we must re-
member that 1t is the Republican
party which has stood in times past
and still stands, as the firm defender
Of the system OF protection under
which our nation has achieved great
ness and her people have achieved
prosperity.-Portland (Maine) Adver-
tiser.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-12-24
Were "Dandy-Lions."

lie had been in the Dark Continent
for two or three years, and when
home on a visit he delighted to spin
his tall" yarns about his experiences
in Africa. The hunting Of wild lions
was his specialty-how he could shoot
them, how he could go out and be
snre Of finding one. how II was done,
ETC., ETC., and he generally wound up
by saying that he never yet saw a lion
that he feared.
One night after he had finished
EARNING he was a little taken aback
by one of his audience, who said:
That's nothing. have lain down
and actually slept among lions In their
wild, natural state"
II don't believe that. I'm no fool"
said the great hunter.
TITS the truth, though"
"You slept among lions in their wild,
natural state?"
yes, certainly did"
Can you prove 1t. Were they Az.
rican?"
well, not exactly African lions.
They were dandelions."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-12-24
CHAPTER Vl.-contlnued.

"a dreadful railway accident has
taken place on the Southeastern rail-
way. A goods train from London to
Maidstone, which contained two wag-
ons loaded with petroleum barrels,
through some mistake in the signals,
ran into the 4:30 up train from Do
yer, at the point where the lines cross.
The engine, tender, and three first
class carriages have been smashed up
and burnt by the petroleum. Twen-
ty-three passengers are either dead or
dying"
The perspiration stood upon his
brow as he read this-this grim and
CHASTITY paragraph-over and over
again.
"How could possibly let them see
this?" he groaned to himself. "They
would go out of their minds with the
horror of 1t. And yet" the thought
struck him, what is to prevent them
from reading 1t all, and more beside.
in the morning papers? Though, of
course, there is hope-there must be
a CLEAN of hope! Some must have
escaped! How slow this train is. And
yet, why should I want to travel fast
er? How do know what awaits me
at my journeys end?"
When the train reached London
Bridge, little before ten, he found
all was hustle and confusion. The
news of the accident had spread like
wildfre, and q momentarily increas-
ing throng Of agonized friends and
relatives besieged the officials, at
tackled the telegraph Office and hurried
hither and thither, backwards and
forwards, In search Of something def
mite in the shape of information.
Ted Burritt forced himself through
the crowd which was gathered round
some person in authority, and put
the same questions which burst from
$50 many lips at once.
"Was anything more known about
the accident? When would the line
be clear, and when would a train be
allowed to run to the scene of the
disaster?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-12-24

IL there is anything in history
which resembles the lnsufferable ego.
tism Of these Cuban beggars we have
never run across 1t. Here is a lot OF
people threatening to destroy their
own government II the United States
does not submit to their Matchmaking
tactics. They have been aided and en-.
couraged in every possible way, at
the cost OF many millions of dollars,
and now they want more or they will
make trouble for themselves and
everybody else. Their gross lngrati
tude and monumental cheek is de.
serving Of preservation In history. And
II is the patriot" the revolutionary
army, that is making these demands.
They are a nice lot Of people. They
have got fertile land Offering large
opportunities to the industrious. but
they have lived so long by pillage and
extortion that labor is not to be
thought Of SO they demand 1876 ,000>
900 from the United States or they
will destroy their owe government and
rob their own people. II is as use.
less to help such people as to aid q
confirmed tramp. They should be
made to understand at once that the
people Of the United States have no
intention of supporting a lot of lazy
tramps in idleness so as to keep them
quiet. II they are too lazy to work
let them starve. They are of no use
to themselves or the world. and would
be far better dead than llvlng.-Mlchi
gan Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-12-24

from al manufactured products. That
is the lotic of the situation and the
outlook.
Senator Lodge favors the Cuban
reciprocity scheme of taking away
protection from a large body of indus
trial producers outside of Massachn-
sets. So does Representative Rob
erts. Cuban reciprocity wouldn't hurt
anybody in Massachusetts; ergo, Gu
ban reciprocity is all right. Not SO,
however, reciprocity with Newfound-
land. That would paralyze the fish.
ing industry of Massachusetts,; ergo,
Newfoundland reciprocity is all
wrong, according to Senator Lodge.
Thus, under the stimulating infu-
ences of Cuban reciprocity, we find
free trade being ladled out in chunks
that grow bigger and protection rent
with gaps that grow wider and wider.
"oh. what tangled web we weave. etc."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-12-24
THE AMERICAN IDEA
ADHERENCE TO IT HAS GIVEN US
GREAT PROSPERITY.
Protection for All Labor and Industry,
for the Farm as Well az the Fac
tory, a Policy to Which the United
States Should Be lrrevocabIy Com.
mitted.

There Is large element Of the
would-be reunited Democratic party
that Is strongly urging the tariff ques-
Ton for the issue in the next national
campaign. 1t hardly seems possible
that the party will make the tariff re-
form plank again serve as the bulwark
OF Its hopes, but the Democratic party
has been known to do even stranger
things. The fact is that the American
tariff has become a greater and a
broader thing than mere party ques-
ton. 1t is part of the faith of the
people. And there is evidence that
even free trade England will not for
many years longer remain as an ex-
ample of the greatness to which a
nation may attain, commercially, with.
out protective tariffs. The creed
which President Roosevelt at Mime.
apolis published to the world Is the
American creed:
"The general tariff policy to which,
without regard to changes In detail,
believe this country Is irrevocably
committed, is fundamentally based
upon ample recognition of the differ
ences between the cost Of production
that is the cost of labor--here and
abroad, and Of the need to see to 1t
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-12-24
"what's that' Run, May, and seel"

Mrs. Burritt was just being coaxed t.
take a little beef tea, the fatefu
double knock once more re-echoed
through the house.
Whats that?" cried Mrs. Burritt
sitting bolt upright. Perhaps he's
come back safe after all! Run, May
and see."
The housemaid met her on the
stairs, bearing a yellow envelope.
"The boy is waiting to know If there
is any answer, MISS" she said, and
fingered in the expectation of hearing
something OF the contents.
The girl seized it and tore It
open!
To return to her brother, who had
been told that there were yet many
more bodies in the church, for which
room could not be found elsewhere,
and who, accompanied by a detach-
ment Of other seekers, thereupon left
the station for the sacred edihce. It
was a relief to find themselves again
in the open air, after the CHASTITY
sight that had just met their eyes.
But there was horror in the thought
that they were only exchanging one
such scene for another.
Gould he have been one Of those?"
was the awful thought which pursued
the young man-"one of those fearful,
indescribable objects And was II
such a thing as that that he must
take home with him, If 1t should prove
by any means possible to separate the
identity Of the one from the other?"
He came in sight of the church.
which was not far from the station.
Arriving at the porch. the foremost of
the party discovered that the door
was locked Here was a sudden check
and they began to consult together as
to where the key might be found.
AS they did so. window OF one Of
the little cottages opposite the church
was thrown up, and an old man, in a
quaint, old fashioned nightcap, stuck
his head out.
81 be a-comin'," he cried; "ye must
jest bide a bit, and III be with 'ee."
This was evidently the clerk or sex.
ton; at any rate, he was the individual
required, and there was nothing to
do but to "bide," as he had desired
them.
At last the churchyard gate clicked,
and a shrlveled, bent figure made its
appearance, dangling bunch Of great
keys in one hand. He threw the great
door open with clang. and the people
entered the church. II was very dark
inside. The windows were most Of
them Of colored glass and high up, and
the old fashioned pews and the thick
squat columns which supported the