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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29
Good INTERPRETER.

Homeboy-How did you manage to get
oil over the world and never speak q
word of anything but English!
Spondulix-Because money talks, and it
seems to be fluent in all 1anguages.-Ds-
troit Free Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

Things 70 wrong in this world without
any help, but the things that 60 right
wouldn't be appreciated if it were not fox
the efforts they require.-Chlcago Record
Herald,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

This story about santos-D umont In
tending to spend whole week cruising
about in the clouds may b oil right
enough for the credulous, but personally
apolis News.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

As tho Indian Understood Il.
This is the way an Indian in Washing.
ton county sizes up the game laws: Kill
man, too bad; kill COW moose, pay 4500."
Lewiston Journal
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29
New York q PHILADELPHIA,

cannot b moro pleasantly or convenient
" reached than by the Grand Trunk-Le
high Valley Route. Solid lnrough trains
magnificent scenery, all trains run via
Niagara Falls. Descriptive literature sent
free on application to Advertising Depart.
ment, Grand Trunk Railway System, 135
Adams st., Chicago. ILL.,, Geo. w. Vaux,
A. G. p. 4 +. A,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29
Just a. with Her Father.

said the professor, but when she runs
the scales have to watch her pretty
closely"
Just like her father" said Mrs. NJ.
ritch. He made his money in the gro
cory business" -Philsdelphi Public Led
kO1.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

A great deal Of tho friendship Others
have for you il like tho come-any.tims in
vitation.-Atchison Globe.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

SAAoNoA ~A40 ~ .
charge valve which
is made on the Gu
Gu m Der b an d
pumps near the top
Of the porcelain
lined cylinder (b),
under the platform.
If no valve is on
the pump, bore .
small gimIet hole
ia and let the
water leak out in
cold weather. It
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
RoS5in" No 'e icsf N e Y Feb H. 1870:
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

The more Of 4 gas works q man IL the
less light he gives.-Chicago Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29
KEEP PUMP FROM FREEZING
Simple Way in Which the Farmer
Nay Avoid an Annoying
Experience.

To keep the pump from freezing my
method is to let the water of nights
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

Geese require less grain and less e1-
pensive buildings than any otter Va
riety of poultry.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

A plucky man refuses to stand and let
Others pluck him.-Chicago Daily News.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

The authority of the good does not rest
on its austerity Chicago Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

Some men are thrust into prominence
and some others butt in.-Chicaso Daily
News.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29

People who work only when they are in
spired arc seldom busy.-Chicago Record
Herald,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-29
Mrs. Fairbanks tells how neglect of
warning symptoms will soon} PROSTATE a
woman She thinks womar's safeguard is
Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound.

~DEAR PnxHAM:-1gnoanc and neglect the Of
untold female suffering not only with the Of health but with the
did not heed the warnings of headaches organic
palms, general until well kaew1
Pi9khas Vegetable faithfully according directions st
appeared again felt the of health through body Since
been we'll have careful have advised number
friends take Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Conn
pound they had be Yours
successful and highest saaed travelling sales
women in the West)
painful mens
liberation Of the womb that
hoating
debility Indigestion and
lassude exctabity ir
liability and &
Pinkau Vegetable Compound
thu best
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
He Knew About 1t.

Burton Holmes, the lecturer, says
that the Indians of Alaska regard
white men and canned goods as so
closely associated that they are nearly
synonymous. Wherever the white
man is seen canned meats, fruits and
vegetables are found.
When Mr.. Holmes visited Alaska re-
Gently he carried with him a phono-
graph, and it was exhibited to an old
chief who had never sesn a talking
machine before. When the machine
was started and the sound of human
voice came from the trumpet the In
dian was much interested. He listen
ed gravely for time, then approach
ed and peered into the trumpet.
When the machine finished it's CYL
inder and stopped the Indian pointed
at it, smiled an expansive smile, and
remarked
Huh! Him canned white man.
Saturday Evening Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
Sack-Cloth Still Worn.

DO you walk about in sackcloth and
ashes? The question is absurd, is it
not? You fondly imagine that the days
when men did such things are past.
In many parts of Chicago one can
get Irish frieze" overcoats for So.
Now, this is how the 'frieze" cloth
in this instance, at all events-is made.
Odd pieces of gray, brown, and blue
cloth are collected from tailors' shops.
These are kept in distinct groups, as
far as the colors are concerned, and
are chopped by machinery into the
tiniest pieces.
Ordinary common sacking is next
obtained and given coating of thin
glue on one side only. Next this SUR
face is covered with a layer Of the
chopped cloth, and, after a powder Of
the desired color has been plentifully
sprinkled over it, the whole is passed
between steam-heated rollers.
When dry, a good thick "cloth'' is
ready for conversion into cheap over
coats. 1t will stand fairly rough wear,
is warm, and can scarcely be distin-
guished from the genuine article. But
it is disastrous to stand too near big
fire while wearing one.
1t will be seen from this explana-
ton that it is possible to actually walk
about in sackcloth and ashes in 1904.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26

what, we add. He is at home In any
situation, we add again, and so on
through all the synonyms of plain
knowledge. At the same time we look
upon the finely trained man, the man
of learning, as one who can grind out
ideas, who can cram, catch an idea.
catch on, get up subject, and all
the variations Of the ability to use the
education which he has acquired. We
need not underestimate either kind OF
knowledge in order to appreciate both.
The difference is simply a recogni-
ton Of conditions. We laughed when
in reply to congratulations upon q
signal duty nobly performed In a
crisis, an American Governor replied:
Il seen my duty and l done it," but
we never thought, even amid our
smiles, that there was real ignorance
in the man who performed the pub
lie service.
And truly, in these days Of educa-
tional skim nilk in fancy vessels, it
is delight to wander into a solid
farmhouse and get honest cream from
the old stone crock.-Saturday Even
ing Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26

Mrs. Porter went into philanthropy
with the enthusiasm which character
lied everything she did. when I
make my visits to poor people 1 take
them just what 1 should like for q
gift myself" she said to a sympathetic
friend, except that Of course, you can
not do quite as much for them as
Mrs. Porter stopped and appeared
slightly embarrassed at her own pro-
cess Of reasoning, but the sympathetic
friend stepped into the breach.
"Of course I understand just what
you mean,'' she cooed, "and I've heard
how perfectly sweet you have been in
going to see that poor Sullivan girl,
the one who has the trouble with her
lungs"
"Ye-e-s," said Mrs. Porter, doubt
fully, ''but 1 don't really know as
shall go there much more, for I truly
call them rather ungrateful. I took
her over two big punches of white
grapes the other day, and when 1 ask
ed her mother if she didn't think Jen-
ME would be delighted, she just gave
kind of sigh and said, It's very
kind Of you, ma'am, and 1 guess she
can eat IN all right, but what she
likes is something tasty, same as I
do. Canned tomatoes or them boned
behring's, OF Saratoga chips ID be bet
ter than these, but probably you aren't
used to sick folks. YOUTHS Com
paniOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26

The medical examiner for the New
York board of education testified re-
Gently that seven per cent of the young
women in the training schools for
teachers became incurably diseased
from overwork. At eighteen these
girls were sitting up with their studies
till II o'clock at night, were undergo
ing a strain as severe as comes upon
the business man at forty. The super
intendent had no doubt that it was
Just this school work that broke them
down, or that it explained the preva-
lence Of Bright's disease, heart dis
ease and spinal curvature among them
Her statements Of fact will be accept
ed without the slightest hesitation, and
no one, we imagine, would wholly re-
ject her theory concerning the cause
Of so much sickness among the stu
dents. But at the same time n ques-
ton may be raised whether, generally
speaking, too much application to
books is required Of the rising genera
ton. Certainly the caution against
crowding is heard on every hand, and
there are related questions to be con.
sidered because they have a very i'm
portant bearing on the subject as a
\ whole. Were the girls who broke
down in good health when they be.
gan? Were they equal to the average
in brightness or were they trying to
10 NV ,otY. ybo% how
lacked in intellectual gifts? If they
had spare time, did they utilize it
properly in exercise and outdoor diver
sions, or did they remain in the close
atmosphere Of their rooms? Did they
use to excess such stnnulants as tea
and coffe? Was their food insufficient,
or was it perhaps rich and unwhole-
some? Did they have cause for wor-
ries and nervous excitement that was
not connected with their studies? We
do not ask these questions to suggest
a defense for mental examining, but
simply to indicate how large the SUBJ
ject is. Possibly many young people
are credited with Overwork when the
amount of work that they actually do
would not trouble them if their lives
were differently ordered. For the COM
mon saying that work never hurt any
body applies to all kinds of work, and
is certainly true within the limits COM
monty applied. But of course, sitting
up till IL O'clock at night is not good,
nor are long hours which keep one
tagged. There should be rest and re-
creation with complete and invigorat-
ing change. But these will leave time
for much hard work that may be pur-
sued without injury, and, after all,
the problem is ultimately an individual
one, which is solved by reference to
the native endowment Of strength and
intellectual ability.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
Needed Another Barrel,

When Van Blumer came up from the
cellar, says Harpers Bazaar, he told
his wife he wanted her to do him a
favor. Il want you to give the cook
a message for me-" he added.
"What?" inquired Mrs. Van Blumer.
a trife anxiOusly.
Tell her-ask her, 1 mean," said
Van Blumer, mot to put the broken
china into the ash barrel. l really
must have some place to put the
ashes"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
Marriages in Burma.

Burma is unique among the coun-
tries Of the East in the position ac-
corded to women. There is no purdah
there, and, gentle as she looks, the
married woman is the head of her
house. The girls, before their ears
are pierced, which is equivalent to a
coming out reception, are allowed to
roam about the streets playing boyish
games with their brothers and their
friends, and afterward there are many
opportunities for young men and WON
en- to meet at festivals, boat races and
other gayeties. Marriages in Burma,
therefore, are usually love matches,
and the unmarried woman is in no
hurry to change her state. Burmese
women are charming, generally slen-
der, dainty and demurely coquettish.
They wear gayly colored garments,
which make them look like flower
beds, and their hair, which is shining
and smooth, is always uncovered and
decked with flowers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
VOUSNESS AND
WEAKNESS CURED
BY PE-RU-NA.

Miss Sadie Robinson, 4 Rand street,
Maiden, Mass, writes:
"Peruna was recommended to me
about year ago as an excellent remedy
for the troubles peculiar to our sex, and
as | found that all that was said Of this
medicine was true, am pleased to en-
dorse it.
81 began to use it about seven months
ago for weakness and nervousness,
caused from OVerWOrk and sic epIeSs-
ness, and found that i'm a few days
began to grow strong; my appetite In
creased and 1 began to sleep better,
consequently my nervousness passed
away and tie weakness in the pelvic
organs soon disappeared and have
been wei and strong ever since.
Address DIR. S. B. Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
o., for free medical advice. All CORE
spondence strictly confidential.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
CANNlBALS SPARE HIS LIFE.
Missionary in the Fiji Islands Displays
the Rarest Diplomacy.

Missionary in the Fiji Islands Displays
the Rarest Diplomacy.
A missionary of an adventurous dis
position was given an exceedingly diff
ficult post on one Of the Fiji islands.
He was instructed to limit himself to
one island and not attempt to extend
his supremacy, as he would probably
become the star feature Of a cannibal
pate de foie gras OF something worse.
The missionary obeyed instructions for
while, but his zeal for conquest
overcame his prudence. He started off
in little boat and, went to another
island on tour of inspection. He
reached the island, but before he knew
what he was about he was in the
hands of the cannibals.
Luckily, he had just recovered from
al attack of fever, and was thin and
emaciated. The shrewd cannibalS de-
clined to kill him Immediately, but
gave him the best they had to eat to
fatten him up for the festive occasion.
Days passed by until he reached the
stage of perfection, and the chief an
nounced that he must prepare himself.
Now, the missionary was a rare diplo-
mat, and he started to argue the ques.
ton.
do you know" he said to the chief,
'that do not believe you will like me
after you have killed me. propose
that you taste me and try me, and If
you like me, then kill me. If you
don't like me, it will be great waste
to kill me-"
The chief acquiesced, and the mis-
sionary rolled up his trousers leg to
prepare for the knife. The chief carved
off a generous slice and Immediately
put it into his mouth. He made wry
face and passed the remainder Of the
morsel along to his head man. This
continued on down the line, and all
made gestures Of disgust when they
tasted the food. The chief then nodded
sorrowfully to the young missionary
and told him that he was saved, as
he was too poor to eat.
The missionary had q cork leg.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26

1t is dangerous for the household to
accept as matter of course the re-
luctance Of the children to return to
school after a holiday. Shakespeare
speaks Of the schoolboy creeping like
snail unwillingly to school," but he
puts the words into the mouth Of a
professed cynic and scoffer. When
the house, the school, the holiday, the
task are Of the best sort, the one
ought to be as welcome as the other
to the healthy child. If the school
room has no attractions for him, 1t Is
fair to suspect either that the teacher
is not the right woman for her sacred
place, or that the mother makes Of
the home a mere inn for the dissipation
of the child's powers, not a fountain
lat which he may continually refresh
them. Happy the mother whose flock
of boys and girls look forward TO the
first day Of school with joy, while they
look back upon a vacation full of
healthful pleasure and recreation free
from the blight of selfishness or Of
idleness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
FIRST OF AMERICAN COINS.
Half Cents Plentiful, but Few Are Pre-
scented for Redemption.

The treasurer of the United States
on May 6, 1908, redeemed two half
cent pieces. This is the first time in
the history Of the country that any
such coins have been presented for re-
demption. 1t is more than 4 century
since the first half-cent piece was coin
ed and it is nearly fifty years since
the government discontinued minting
them.
Possibly not one person in a thou
sand now living in the United States
ever saw half-cent piece.
The last annual report of the director
of the mint, page 80, shows that 1885,
222 Of these coins, representing $3A
926.11, were issued. For almost han
century each annual report of the
Treasury Department has included
them among the outstanding" obliga-
tons Of the government.
The half-cent piece was the coin of
the smallest denomination ever made
by this country. 1t enjoys the distinc-
ton also of being the first coin issued
and also the first whose denomination
was discontinued. The United States
mint was established in 1892 and cop
per half-cents and cents were issued in
1893. Half the total number of half
cents issued were coined previous to
1910, after which year their coinage,
with few exceptions, was limited. None
was coined for circulation from 1872
to 1924, nor from 1886 to 1913. Final
~, in 1857, their coinage with that OF
the big copper cent, was discontinued.
On account of their limited issue in the
last years of their coinage they prac-
tically had disappeared from the chan
nels of trade.
The needs Of adopting the half-cent
as the lowest value-computing factor
for a coin were made in the early days
OF the republic. Colonial half-cents
and British farthings of the same COM
mercial value were then in circulation
and many articles were priced and sold
in half-cents. With the progress Of
the nation values rose and the needs
for half-cent disappeared and their
use following the first decade of the
century was almost entirely confined
to multiples.
While all other discontinued types
and denominations of United States
coin have found oblivion, the half-cent
is the only one of which the treasury
reports do not record some portion Of
the issue redeemed. This singular and
unexplained fact has been one of fre-
quent comment and inquiry from mint
and treasury officials. y.
Large quantities of half-cents are to
be found in the stocks Of coin dealers.
The most common dates are sold at q
good premium and the extremely rare
ones are worth their weight in gold.
Ferran Zarbe of st. Louis was the
man who sent the two half-cent pieces
to Washington for redemption. He
now prizes highly the little voucher
calling for 81 cent" and which was
sent to him with that amount of cur
rent coin in exchange for the two half
cent pieces he had forwarded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
A study of the histories of the two

A study Of the histories Of the two
contending nations in the oriental war
proves that the greatness of ma
ton depends even more upon the vir-
tues of it's people than upon the re-
sources of the country. There is no
DOUBT that II Japan had had her seat
Of government at st. Petersburg or
Moscow she would have taken a bet
ter advantage of this situation than
has Russia, while if Russia had been
confined to few islands isolated from
all contact with more civilized races
she would never have risen from bar
bariSm
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
ILLITERACY AND WISDOM.
Men Who Cannot Write or Read Are
Often Intelligent.

Men Who Cannot Write or Read Are
Often Intelligent.
An acquaintance once expressed sur
prise that Thomas B. Reed, who had
keen appreciation for the niceties of
learning, should devote much Of his
time to man who was famously de-
fiicent in diction and grammar The
remark was repeated to Mr.. Reed, and
bis reply was characteristic. He de-
clared that his illiterate friend was,
in reality, one of the most intelligent
men he had ever known; was broad,
clear, sane and human. He added
that some of the best educated men he
knew were men without book edu-
cation.
We find these men of natural and
acquired knowledge in every walk Of
l:fe. 1t is the habit of the frivolous to
ridicule their lapses and the thought
less constantly express wonder that
they should amount to anything in the
life and business of the times. AS Il
matter of fact. many Of the men who
have given money for edu cational III
stitutions and whose ideals have con-
tributed much to the deve opment Of
education itself could not at any time
Of their lives have passed the exam
nations of the primary department Of
a public school But their Intelligence
was larger than mere rules.
We have unconsci 2usly brought the
distinction into OR ,cr rs CT speech.
The ready man we accept as one who
has the common sense and informa
ton in his head. lie has it at his
finger tips, we say. lie kneTs what's
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26

Cheer was lately brought in simple
and novel way to a patient long i'll.
A Encouragement Of the furniture, a
change of the pictures and other or
naments, had done much to make less
dreary the wearing days and wake
full nights. At last the patient said:
"Get me an American flag" The flag
displayed on the wall refreshed the
tired eyes, which rested with interest
on what was both a decoration and Il
diverter of the thoughts into new
channels. Persons who have seen the
Stars and Stripes in a strange land
will understand the feelings of the sick
man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26

his share without striving to undo tn
other. There is the pride in nation
, which leads the patriot to prefer the
things of his own country to those
of other lands; there is the very SEN
sible sentiment that one should help
his own State or his own city where
he can by giving trade and custom to
those who are near by. The spirit
of jealousy which would move the con-
sumner to boycott his neighbor be-
cause, forsooth, that neighbor is pros
pering much, is destructive of society.
So, also, in industrial life, there must
be mutual helpfulness in all things.
The employer and the employe must
work together in harmony or there
can be no advancement for either.
That which Injuries one Injuries both.
Every step in advance which makes
for better goods or cheaper produc-
ton or removes some Of the artificial
barriers to trade and the exchange of
labor through commodities, is for the
good Of all industrial life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
Corruption in government, especially

Corruption in government, especially
municipal maladministration, is due
not so much to the pernicious activity
Of the professional politicians who
make their living by graft" rs to
the selfish indifference of the great
body Of the people, who, except un-
der extraordinary stimulus, prefer to
submit to robbery and imposition
rather than exert themselves to over
turn existing conditions, evil though
they know them to be.