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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
OF Wide Interest.

Breed, Wis, July 18.-Special.-
Chas. Y. Peterson, Justice Of the Peace
for Oconto Co., has delivered a judg-
lnent that is Of interest to the whole
United States. Put Briefly, that iilfig-
ment is, "Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best Kidney medicine on the market to-
day.
And Mr.. Peterson gives his reason
for this judgment. He says: Last win
ter | had an aching pain in my back
which troubled me very much. In the
morning could hardly straighten my
back. did not know what it was, but
an advertisement led me to try Dodd's
Kidney Pills. After taking one box /
can only say they have done more for
me than expected, as I feel as well now
as ever did before"
Pain In the back is one Of the first
symptoms Of Kidney disease. If not
cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills it may
develop into Bright's Disease, Diabetes,
Rheumatism or some Of the other dead
~ forms Of Kidney Disease.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
Origin of Shirt Waist.

To whom will future historians ac-
credit this most commendable innoya-
tion-the shirt waist? Is there any
one Woman's name to link with it, or
did it spring up sporadically all over
the two great republics, the express
sion of liberty and emancipation
even for women? Essentially demo-
cratic as the garment is, its inception
was in the brain of a woman set as
high by fortune as she was by nature,
as royal as she was lovable. 1t is
difficult for us to-day to connect the
bowed, venerable pathetic figure still
treading the earth among us with
anything so youthful and girlish as
our present cherished mode; but with
out doubt authorities in decades to
come will say: Eyes, it is to her, in
her generous tribute of admiration to
the noble Italian patriot, Garibaldi,
starving, fighting, dying in his red
blouse, that we owe the shirt waist
to the gentle and beautiful Eugene,
Empress Of the Frenchv' - Good
Housekeeping.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
loaf and grow fat is the trite ez

Loaf and grow fat is the trite ex-
preston an old truism supposed to
have the backing Of physiological re-
search and medical experience. The
farmer who wishes to fatten stock for
the market does not permit it to roam
the fields. He puts the stock in pen,
where 1t can get little exercise, and
feeds 1t fattening material. But it has
never been supposed that loafing made
person healthy or strong. 1t favors
an increase Of adipose tissue, but no
one ever contended that il made mus
cular tissue or improved the circulation
or strengthened any of the organs Of
the body. But now come certain men,
bers Of the American Medical Associa-
ton with the declaration that hard
work is deadly, that the strenuous
life" is making the young men Of the
United States as decrepit as their
grandfathers were at the age Of 70
years. The introduction Of the cinder-
path, football and other forms Of out
door athletics into college life, it is
claimed, has resulted in the alarming
growth Of an incurable disease that is
sapping the vitality Of the young men.
This disease, which the doctors have
named "arteriosclerosis,' is a stiffen-
ing and deterioration of the arteries,
causing them to age prematurely and
bringing about a serious affection of
the heart. 1t should not require the
admonition Of the learned doctors to
impress young men with the danger
and foolishness of strenuous athlet-
les, or with the benefits to be derived
from rational outdoor exercise. The
loafng that permits an excessive ac-
emulation Of fat is dangerous. The
work or the athletic exercise that does
not respond to the rational needs Of
particular body is also dangerous Ex-
perience and common sense teach us
this without the testimony of the doc
tors. Loafing does not bring health.
Nor does strenuous" exercise neces-
sarily bring strength.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

cannot tell the policeman. A whole
lot Of things bother you. OF course
! Business worries or domestic sorrows,
it may be, or what not You find life a
rugged road whose stones hurt your
feet. Nevertheless, cheer up. It may
be your real disease is "selfishness"-
ingrown selfshness. Your life is too
self-centered. You imagine your trib-
ulatiOns are worse than others bear.
You feel sorry for yourself-th the mean
est sort Of pity. 1t is pathetic illu-
sion. Rid yourself Of that, and cheer
up. What right have you to carry a
picture of your woe-begone face and
funeral ways about among your fell
lows who have troubles of their own?
If you must whine or sulk or scoWl go
to the woods or to the unfrequented
lanes. Cheer up. Your ills are large
~ imaginary. If you were really on
the brink Of bankruptcy or if there
were no thoroughfare through your
sorrows you would clear your brows,
set your teeth and make the best Of it..
Cheer up. You are making a~hypothet-
zeal case out of your troubles and suf-
fering from a self-inficted verdict
You are borrowing trouble and paying
high rate Of interest. Cheer up.
Why, man alive! In a ten minutes
walk you may see score Of people
worse off than you. And here you are
digging your own grave and playing
pallbearer into the bargain. Man alive
you must do your work. Smile, even
though it be through your tears
which speedily dry-and cheer up!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
Safe on The Seas.

In the times of Henry Morgan and
the other buccaneers of the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries the name Of
a Spanish galleOn was always signif-
cant of treasure ship conveying al
most incredible wealth across the At
lantic. How eager was the quest Of
the British free hooters for the yes
sells which were laden with precious
cargoes Of silver, gold and gems con-
signed to the Old World from tho
New! Those were days OF daring adj
venture, Of slaughter and massacre,
the Spaniards almost invariably be-
coming the prey Of the British vik~
ings.
Nowadays many millions Of gold are
sent over the ocean in single steam
ship without dread Of peril. There
are 10 Spanish galleons, no buccaneers
in these modern prosaic conditions Of
ours. Upon the Atlantic ferry levia-
than Of the deep may at any time
transport gold bars worth dozen
millions of dollars and the captain of
the boat does not lose a wink of sleep
because he has such store Of riches.
on board. His ship and his cargo are
fully insured, and there are none to,
modest him or to make him afraid.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
The Feminine Mind.

The ways Of certain feminine minds
are illustrated by story told by w.
liam Norris, the actor. He recently
introduced two young women whoE
ne knows well, and was anxious re-
garding the opinion that they formed
Of each other.
After they had conyersed for time
and separated, he asked one Of them
what she thought of the other.
If | told you," she replied, ''you
would say was 'catty;;' so I will not
tell YOU
Mr.. Norris wrote to the other girl
and casually asked her what she
thought Of the young woman she had
met. He received this reply:
"You want my opinion Of Miss
Blank? No, you don'tv'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
MATCH FOR THE CONDUCTOR.

Woman Passenger Shows How It IL
Possible to Get Even.
She was one Of those women with q
righteous look and firm chin
please stop at Thirty eighth street"
she said to the conductor, as the car
Whizzed past Thirty sixth.
At the next corner she rose to be
ready to alight, but the car did not
slow up, the conductor being busy do
Ing the hospitality Of his car to a
chance acquaintance. Before she could
catch his eye and stop the car she had
gone block past her destination. She
put her foot on the step, then drew 1t
back and calmly sat down again. The
conductor, his hand on the bell rope,
waited the picture Of vigilant duty.
She gazed straight ahead and made no
sign. With profane remark he jerk
ed the rope and the car moved on.
Two blocks further she arose and
caught his eye again. This time he
managed to stop at the first corner
But she apparently changed her mind
and sank comfortably into her seat
while an appreciative smile overspread
the faces Of the other passengers.
At the end of another two blocks she
once more signed to him to stop and,
though he was bursting with wrath,
a dozen pairs Of eyes were upon him
and he controlled himself The car
came to StandStill. but she did NOT
move.
tits the next corner / want" she
explained in clear voice, as a litter
went round the car. "When / asked
you to stop at Thirty-ninth you car
ried me to Fortieth, so supposed if
I signaled you for Forty third you'd
carry me to Forty-fourth.'
And at the next corner she smiled
graciously at the conductor as she
stepped down and out.-New York
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
A LAMB THAT LOVED OLIVE.


A few years ago my little six-year-
old Olive was presented with young
lamb which was brought up by hand,
and which soon became a great pet.
He quickly grew to love Olive and her
little brother, and was often let out
OF the pen where the sheep were kept
to become an interested participant
in all their romping games.
AS the warm days of May came on
it became necessary to drive the
sheep to a distant pasture, but Olive
pleaded SO earnestly for her pet that
she was finally allowed to keep him
at home. At about the same time
Olive and her brother began to at
tend the district school. The lamb
missing both his four-legged and two
legged friends, Immediately became
very lonesome and inclined to stray
from home, so that it was thought
best to tie him to an apple tree not
far distant. But poor Dickany rebelled
at this indignity and bleated inces-
sanity.
One day he broke his rope, and we
found him in the back room chewing
his cud and peacefully standing by
Olives old familiar dress, which hung
low down upon nail.
This gave us an idea; and, when
Dickany went back to the apple tree,
the dress went too, and was hung on
branch where he could reach it.
After this the lamb stopped bleat-
ing and led very quiet and happy
life, wearing his rope with patience
in school hours, and bounding and
jumping with joy when the children
returned at night.-Christian Endeav
or World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
A BUTTERFLY IN TOWN.


Little white comrade, down the dusty
way,
Under the shadow of buildings tai
and gray,
Is your tiny life a message from
the land
Of open skies the town will under
stand?
Do you ever seek tue dream that was
born in your heart to be?
Glover and sunlight, daisies and wind
and sea!
Where will you pause to rest those
spirit wings?
Clovers? The city knows not OF
these things;
Only the pavement stretching dull
and gray.
Only the crowds surging their end
less way,
Somewhere the summer lies with it's
depth Of blue,
The dune-grass sways, as the sea-
winds rustic through,
And bobolinks are singing in the sky!
How have We come astray here, you
and +?
Laura Mackay, in Youths Com
panion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

In South and Central America,
where the temperature is high, they
have a revolution every few minutes,
while up in Labrador and Greenland
such things are unheard Of. Italy
and Morocco have brigands, while in
Norway and Lapland they are IN
known. 1t is an undoubted fact that
there is certain relation between tenn
perature and temper. If man has
by nature an irascible temper he may
keep it fairly well under control when
the thermometer behaves itself, but
when the mercury begins to soar UP
toward the nineties ask him if it il
hot enough if you want to see him lose
his grip on his temper and say things.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
A BACK LICK.
Settled the Case With Her.

Many great discoveries have been
made by accident and things better
than gold mines have been found in
this way, for example when even the
accidental discovery that coffee is the
real cause of ones sickness proves Of
most tremendous value because 1t To-
Gates the cause and the person has then
chance to get we'll.
For over 25 years." says a Missouri
woman, Il suffered untold agonies in
my stomach and even the best. physi-
clans disagreed as to the cause without
giving me any permanent help, differ
ent ones saying 1t was gastritis, indi-
gestion, neuralgia, ETC., so / dragged
along from year to year, always half
sick, until finally I gave UP all hopes
of ever being well again.
when taking dinner with friend
one day she said she had new drink
which turned out to be Postum and
liked it so well / told her I thought I
would stop coffee for awhile and use
it, which / did,
$50 for three months we had Postum
in place Of coffee without ever having
one Of my old spells, but was always
healthy and vigorous instead
Husband kept saying he was con-
vinced it was coffee that caused those
spells, but even then I wouldn't believe
it until one day we got out Of Postum
and as we lived two miles from town
thought to use the coffee we had in the
house.
'sThe result Of a weeks use of coffee
again was that had another terrible
spell of agony and distress, proving
that it was the coffee and nothing else.
That settled it and 1 said goodbye to
Coffee forever and since then Postum
alone has been our hot mealtime drink.
my friends all say / am looking
worlds better and my complexion is
much improved. All the other members
of our family have been benefited, too,
by Postum in place of the old drink,
coffee" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich.
Ten days trial of Postum in place Of
coffee or tea is the wise thing for ev-
cry coffee drinker. Such trial tells
the exact truth often where coffee is
not suspected.
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
lie book, 1.-THE Road to WelIyille."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
II the window at the splashing rain.

OF the window at the splashing rain.
drops.
But why don't you make it sun
shining day?' asked Aunt Isabelle.
Il have a recipe I've seen tried many
times and never knew it to fail"
"Oh, what is it, please tell us?'
cried both the children at once.
'sThe recipe is: One hundred
smiles, one hundred laughs and one
hundred pleasant remarks to and
about some one" replied Auntie.
At first the children thought it
would be night before all the 800
could be found, but they started out
bravely.
If Jack smiled so pleasantly that
the cook smiled right back, that, of
course, counted two smiles right
away, and the success Of the expert
ment generally made them both
laugh, which added two more.
How hard they worked to make
everybody in the house laugh or
smile!
1--WE made twenty-five pleasant re-
marks; Auntie kept count said
Jack.
1--WE smiled SO much I can hardly
look SOBER" said Edith with another
laugh.
And, do you know, by dinner time
they were having such merry time
that they thought the rainy day was
brighter and jollier than any other
kind! The whole house seemed full
of sunshine.--Adapted from Our Lit
tie Ones.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
WHERE CHILDREN GO TO BED.

When you go to bed you lie down on
a mattress, and most of you put your
head on a pillow. A little Russian
boy goes to bed on top Of a big
soapstone stove, which is nice and
warm, but not hot. In Lapland they
sleep in thick bags to keep them
selves warm throughout the night.
In Germany the people sleep on one
feather bel with another smaller one
over them. A Chinese bed is only a
few inches high, and is often very
beautifully carved; but it isn't very
soft, for the mattress is only a rush
mat.-The Child's Hour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

Students Of American life taink
that they detect distinct tendency to
revert to nature. The first effort is,
Of course, to acquire competence; the
second, to amass a fortune, but the
third is to own country place, anG to
be able to spend all but the Writer
months out in the open, away from
the crowded, dusty city. Whether this
be an effect of inheritance, barking
back to the form whence all city
jewellers at one time or another sprang,
or not, 1t is an interesting fact. Heath
Is better, life is longer and happier, If
all the time that can be spared from
the exactions of business be spent In
the open air, where the breathing
spaces are large, the air pure, the sun
light clear, warm and full of COM
fort.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
Friendly Birds Of Prey.

Every farmer and gamekeeper
should have copy Of the biological
surveys report on the stomachs Of
birds Of prey Besides immense guam
tites of mice hawks and owls kill
snakes, rats, weasels, skunks, and
squirrels, all Of which species destroy
more or less young game birds and the
eggs Of game birds. Therefore it be-
comes necessary to know whether the
bird Of prey himself or all these other
enemies kill the most game before
judging Of his harmfulness. The kill
ing Of hawk or owl is probably almost
always the killing Of one Of your game
preservers, whether or not he takes
some game in pay. You might as we'll
abolish policemen because they some
times offend.
Sportsmen wage war against herons,
kingfshers and fish hawks. Now, since
it is we'll known that the main devour-
ers Of trout spawn and fry, for in
stance, are not any kind of bird, but
certain species Of fish, you are proba-
bly, helping thin your trout by removing
these birds, since the latter doubtless
prey more on the spawn devourers
than on the trout. This is plain, be-
cause trout are swifter and hence hard
er to catch and live commonly in deep
er water than other species; SO that
what the heron and kingfsher get are
no doubt generally the enemies of your
trout-Forest and Stream.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

The announcement that rubber has
been found in supposedly useless
weed, growing on the arid plateaus
and high mesa lands of the Colorado
mountains, sets at rest all fears Of a
rubber shortage. The rubber tree Is
a product peculiar to the topics. The
newly discovered rubber plant of Colo
RADIO, however, grows at an altitude of
from 5000 to $4,000 feet, where The
climate holds all the rigors Of winter
and all the whitening force of a rain
less summer. The discovery of the
plant relieves the worlds rubber mar
ket from its dependence on the tropics
and makes it possible for rubber to be-
come a stable crop, ever in countries
where extreme cold prevails.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

Germany is building trackless cleo
trio railways for the convenience Of
the farmers in hauling their produce
to market. Good macadam roads are
essential to the operation of such
transportation lines. Fifty years hence
when the highways in the United
States are all Of stone no doubt track
less railways will be the fad.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
AUNT ISABELLE'S RECIPE.

ooh, it's just pouring" said Edith,
dismally, "and | wanted to go over to
Mary Vinton's house to play
"And I can't go out either because
I've such a cold, Mamma" groan-
ed Jack. There were frowns on both
little faces as the children gazed out
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
HOW TEDDY HELPED.

Teddy's papa owns large cattle
ranch. One summer there was a
drought. The springs dried up, and
the streams became trickling rills or
disappeared altogether. The cattle
wandered restlessly over the range in
search of water. Teddy's father sent
to the nearest town and had men
come with steam drills and iron pipes
to bore an artesian well, SO that
there would always be plenty of water
for cattle. They bored down several
hundred feet in hopes of finding an
underground stream, but they could
not do SO, and had to give up the
quest. They went away, taking their
tools with them, but leaving-what
greatly interested Teddy-a deep hole
lined with iron pipe. He would take
the board off the pipe and peer down,
and then drop in a rock and see how
many he could count before it struck
the bottom.
One night after he had gone to bed
he heard his papa talking to his
mamma. He said: Last winters
blizzard killed scores of cattle, and
now this drought comes. They are
suffering for water and better pas
ture. 1t is all outgo and no income.
| don't know how long we can keep
it up. In few years Teddy will be
old enough to help me, but can't put
a ten-year-old boy on the round up;
nor keep him all day in the saddle,
looking after the CATTLE
Teddy did lots of serious thinking
during the next few days. How he
wished he could help his papa in some
way! And the opportunity came in
a way Teddy least expected. One
day he walked over to where the men
had bored for the artesian well. He
peered into it, but it was as black as
night. He gathered a handful of long,
dry prairie grass, rolled it in a small
piece of birch bark in which he had
placed piece of rock, lighted it and
dropped it down the well. Then he
put his face close down to the edge
and watched it blaze as it fell down
and down.
Suddenly long red column of flame
leaped upward with a rushing noise.
Before Teddy had time to pull his
head away, the force of the explosion
sent him rolling over and over away
from the mouth of the well. The
fame shot high up and blazed fercely
for moment or two. Teddy was ter
ribly frightened His eyes smarted,
and he could see bright red flame
dancing before him in whichever di-
rection he looked. With scorcheo hat
and Slnged hair, he ran home as fast
as he could. He told his papa what
had happened. His papa went to the
well, and when he came back he said.
Teddy, my boy, l think your acct
dent is going to make our fortune.
Our we'll has tapped small vein of
natural gas, and | think if we go Deep
er we shall strike OIL
So the well diggers came out again
and resumed drilling. Before long
they came down to the oil. The oil
came rushing out faster than they
could save it. Teddy's papa sold the
oil well to an oil company for good
price, and with the money he bought
a ranch in another State, where there
was plenty of pasture and water. and
shipped his cattle to the new ranch.
Teddy is learning all he can about
managing a cattle ranch, because
when he is old enough his father is
going to take him in as partner
e. Lockley, in st. Nicholas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

A Chicago woman declares man
will eat anything his wife cooks if he
loves her. That being the case, a good
many Of our leading ladies have pref
ty good cause for being suspicious Of
their husbands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

Strange SO many French soldiers
drop dead from fast walking in ma
neuvers. Haven't heard Of any Rus
slams dropping dead from fast sprint
ing in action.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

The agricultural papers are gloating
over the discovery Of stingless bee.
But that's nothing. Stingless bees are
common--to every campaign year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
A Practical Suggestion.

Do you think that honesty pays in
politics?' asked the young man with
the alert countenance.
MY friend" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. / don't like the style of your
question. Any man who takes up
honesty as a speculation is liable to
get tired Of waiting for dividends and
run to the opposite extreme. Wash
ington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

Take care of the pennies and the
dollars will take care Of themselves.
That's the trouble. The dollars think
they are too big to be taken care Of.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

Rag time" has found it's proper
place. 1t meets the approval of Chi
nese musical taste, and another cause
Of apprehension has been added to
"the yellow peril
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

Time is money. This puts the man
who fails to keep an appointment on
an equality with the man who wants
to borrow Eve dollars
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

There's no use crying over spill
milk The better way Is to seek the
nearest pump and repair the damage