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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
ANXIETY.
Effects of This Form of Mental and
Physical Derangement.

In a paper read before the congress
Of French alienists at Grenoble Dr..
CASTOR Lalanne pointed out that
anxiety is a disturbance which is ex-
pressed by the entire being. The ex-
citing causes are sometimes physical
and sometimes psychical, and the
symptoms manifested are both phys
ical and mental. The physical symp-
toms comprise cold feelings and chills
of the scalp and body. general lassi-
tude, inco-ordination Of voluntary
movements far more apparent than
real emotional coloring Of speech, and
vertigo, which is dependent upon vase
motor cerebral disturbances or upon
digestive troubles. In the anxious
states there are always circulatory
troubles, such as accelerated heart beat
irregularity of the hearts action,
heightened arterial tension and cold
ness Of the extremities Respiratory
disturbances are also present.
The psychical symptoms of anxiety
include various degrees of vague dread
and apprehensiveness, often taking
definite forms, in which case they are
designated as "phobias" or ''obessions
of fear" weakening the capacity of at.
tention and of memory, and tend
ency to confusion Of ideas. Halluci-
nations of the senses are prone to Oc-
cur
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
THE WILLOW TREE.
John Parlxe Custis Planted the First
One In This Country.

When the south sea bubble in Eng
land collapsed one Of the spectators
went to Smyrna to repair his fortune.
He was friend of Alexander Pope
and sent him box of figs in which
had been placed twig of tree. Pope
planted the twig on his grounds on the
shore of the Thames, not knowing of
what tree it was. 1t grew and was a
weeping willow In 1775, when the
tree was over fifty years old, one of
the young British officers who came to
Boston with the British army brought
a twig from the tree, which he intend
ed to plant on his lands after the re-
bellion had been crushed. John Parke
GUSTS, son of Mrs. Washington, going
on errands to the British camp under
a flag of truce, became acquainted
with the owner Of the willow twig,
which was draped in oiled silk, and OBJ
tanned it from him, which he planted
near his home at Abingdon, Va, where
it became the progenitor Of all the
weeping willows in America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
HOSTING ROPES.
The Threads of Wire Upon Which
So Many Lives Daily Depend.

While the longest ropes are used for
teresting data in connection with wire
ropes are obtained with their use for
hosting purposes. Hundreds of thou
sands of lives are literally each day
hung by small wire thread as the
men are lowered into and hoisted from
the bowels OF the earth, and in many
cases the only means Of communication
between the surface and the under
ground workings, which are from
few feet to a mile in depth, is by
comparatively small hosting rope.
Think of hanging from the end of ca
BILE only a few inches in diameter and
a mile long, being hoisted at a rate
which is faster than that of the aver
age railroad train, and some idea of the
hosting problem can be gained. To
the honor Of the wire rope manufacture
ers it must be said that very few shaft
accidents are due to the breaking Of
the rope, excepting where the cage is
Overwound and unwarranted demands
are made upon the rope or which are
traceable to false economy on the part
Of the users of wire rope. No part Of
mining plant is more carefully in
spected and watched than the hosting
rope, and very few mine managers will
take any unnecessary risks in the
hosting Of men. The skill of the wire
rope maker is taxed to the utmost to
provide ropes for hosting from great
depths. To make rope of practicable
size that will be sufficiently flexible
and that will bear even it's own weight
is no mean problem, for in such cases
the weight of the rope is often much
more than the material lifted; hence
we have taper rope intended to give a
varying section dependent on the
amount of rope off the drum or reel
Mines and Minerals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
Soldiers superstitions.

Among the numerous superstitions
Of the Cossacks there is none stronger
than the belief that they will enter
heaven in better state If they are per-
sonally clean at the time they are killed.
Consequently before an expected battle
they perform their toilets with scrupu-
lous care, dress themselves in clean
garments and put on the best they
have. This superstition is not confined
to the Cossacks alone, but is widely
prevalent in all branches Of the Rus
sian army.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
"a Way spencer Had.

Herbert Spencer had passion for
generalization. If you remarked twas
fine day, Spencer would answer,
Eyes; anticyclonic conditions like
those of yesterday seldom break up
without warning Of the advent of a
depression from westward" If you
observed that Mrs. Jones was a pref
ty woman, Spencer would reply, "Her
father was a west highlander and her
mother an Irishwoman, and interrnar-
rage between highlanders and Irish al
most always produces physically hand
some but Intellectually inferior chill
dren."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20

EXTREME FORM OF HALF ROUND TIE.
LCut from a log Of inferior lumber value.1
periments designed to prevent the ex-
hauStion Of the timberS from which
ties are made.
The latest results of these inyestiga-
tons, as stated by DR.. Hermann Won
Schrenk, make it appear that q trape-
zoidal or modified half round tie, with
a base of ten to twelve inches and
top bearing surface Of six inches, dis
tributes the weight of moving train
loads upon the roadbed as effectively
as a rectangular tie ten to twelve inches
broad. The half round tie is good for
the lumberman because in numerous
instances two ties of this form can be
made from log which would furnish
but one rectangular tie. In other cases
material for several boards is saved
where a rectangular tie would have
taken the entire log. This form is bene-
cial to the forest, since it encourages
the cutting of large trees and the saw
ing of small ones until they reach more
valuable size and permits the utiliza-
ton of much timber from the tops,
hitherto left in the woods. The half
round tie is advantageous from a me-
chanical standpoint also because it
gives greater bearing surface per mile
and a CORRESPONDENCE more stable track
than rectangular ties. This tie form is
therefore advocated by the bureau of
forestry as economical of timber, con-
sentative of the lumber supply and at
the same time equally efficient with the
forms in common use.
The cOmmonest as we'll as the best
tie material of the past and present in
this country is white oak, which re-
sists both wear and decay eXcellently
and is consequently cheaper in the long
run than less expensive woods like
beech, red oak or loblolly and lodge
pole pine. But white oak, besides be-
ing one Of our finest timber trees is
becoming high priced and, further, as
railroad men know well, is becoming
scarce even faster than the advancing
price would Indicate
With proper methods preServative
treatment Of the softer woods can be
made entirely successful, and impreg
nation with creosote, zinc chloride Or
other antiseptic substances allows the
use of many woods hitherto passed
over as well as of sawed ties, sapwood
and dead timber. Preservative treat
ment can make a beech or red oak or
pine tie Outlast a white oak tie. But
the wearing away of the softer ibers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
SETTING THE CLOCK FAST,
A Pleasant Sort Of Deception Com
mon to Many People.

A Pleasant Sort of Deception Com
mon to Many People.
1t is common thing to find the
clocks in nine out Of ten households
either fifteen minutes or half an hour
fast, and should you happen to be in b
hurry or mention the fact that you
have to be going you are at once reas-
sured by the fact that you have no
cause to hurry, as the clock is so much
ahead Of the time.
Has 1t ever occurred to you why
clocks are usually put ahead? Some
physicians have said it is due to lazi-
ness, for it Is such satisfaction to the
lazy man to find when he has to get
up at in the morning and strains his
half closed eyes to look at the clock
that it is half an hour fast and he has
so much more time to doze, with the
result that he oversleeps himself any
how and misses his train or boat.
Said i. matchmaker when asked
about the subject:
Eyes, it is peculiar thing with most
people to put their clocks fast, and,
while there may be some satisfaction
in it when it comes to doing a little
longer, there is really no advantage in
it, for when you wake up, say, at 6 and
glance at the clock and it registers half
past 6, the fact remains that it is
half hour fast While this may make
you feel easier, knowing that you still
have thirty minutes to doze, l confess
l don't see much advantage in it.
"Why not have the clock right? 1t is
the same thing in the end.
Suppose railroads were to put this
into practice, how many trains do you
think people would miss thereby? This
putting clocks fast is really only a
pleasant form of deception which peo-
pie like to practice on themselves, but
it does more harm than good" New
York Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
A Mayor Recommends It.

Mr.. Paul S. Fuson, the popular
mayor of Lincoln, ILL.,, writes the
following strong Endorsement of
Re- Go Tonic Laxative Syrup. He
says: II am pleased to say that
] have used Re-Go Tonic Laxative
Syrup in my family for the past
three years and regard it as a
medicine of rare excellence for the
cure of Constipation, Indigestion
and Dyspepsia. The pleasant tonic
and laxative effect of Re-Go makes
it particularly satisfactory for the
use of children and delicate women. !"
Samples free. Csc, soc and $1.OO.
Sold by JOS. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
Rohwhite a Good Bird.

Scientists of the department of agri-
culture vouch for the good character of
bobwhite, declaring that it is probably
the most useful, abundant species on
farms" 1t consumes large quantities
of weed seeds and destroys many of
the worst insect pests which farmers
have to contend with, and it does no
injury to grain, fruit or other crops, ac-
cording to these authorities. Among
it's food are numbered the dreaded cot
ton boil weeyil and the cotton worm,
the destructive chinch bug and the
Rocky mountain locust.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20

To accept good advice Is to increase
ones own ability-Goethe. j
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
Charity.

President Of the Girls Club-Well,
girls, we have $40 in the treasury.
How shall we spend it? Chorus-Oh,
let's get up charity baH!-Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
Making 1T Show.

Holly-How did Marie learn to use
her left hand so gracefully? Dolly
That's the hand she wears her engage
ment ring on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20

g. BRENNAN.
Office n Baxter Block.
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-20
EA6tR 2AEx:;:
51asaaas;1cHR2BB BEN.
RAILROAD TIE TIMBER.
A New Form of Tie-OvercOming the
Disadvantages of Soft Woods.


Disadvantages of Soft Woods.
WashinGton.-The manner in which
railroad ties have hitherto been made
has been determined largely by the
ease and rapidity with which they
could be cut They have been obtained
from trees Of all diameters from nine
inches upward, the most serviceable
portions of live straight trees being Sc
lected. The bureau of forestry has for
some time been making studies and ex.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
To Fasten a KICKING Cow.

A dairyman describes his method Of
tying the hind legs of COW to prevent
kicking while being MIXED, as fol.
lows:
"The method | shall describe Is eff
fective and humane, and generally
only a few lessons are necessary to
convince the most unruly COW that
she must stand still while being
MIXED. take a hame strap from a
harness, which is one inch wide and
about two feet long. Standing on the
right side Of the COW, the strap Is
taken by the buckle end on the left
and passed around the cows left hind
leg just over the gambrel; the end Of
the strap is brought back between tAe
cows legs, and is given one or two
turns around itself. 1t is then passed
in front of the right leg, brought
around and securely buckled tight
enough so it cannot be pulled down
over the joint, but not tight enough to
prevent the COW from standing com
fortably as long as she behaves her
self.
1.-THE COW is not so badly Brighten
ed with her legs confined in this way
as she is with one tied to the floor
and it is impossible for her to kick
or lift either foot sufficiently to dis
turb the mixer. If no harshness is
used she soon finds that being milk
ed is not such an awful hardship
after all, and gracefully submits"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
Electricity Kills Bugs.

AS a Bavarian electrician, M. Hugo
Helberger, was experimenting on the
drying of an ingot mold in the ground
by means of the electric current, he
noticed that worms issued from the
ground near by, writing as If in pain
and seeming to be in a great hurry to
get away. Following this up, he has
devised an apparatus to rid soil of
worms and noxious insects, by means
of which, by planting numerous brass
electrodes in the earth at proper In
tervals, he has succeeded in driving
all crawling things from a consider
able space in very brief time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
Ancient Medical Advice.

More than 1000 years ago, Rhazes,
An Arabian physician, gave this advice
to his patients with reference to the
selection of a physician: Study care
fully the antecedents of the man to
whose care you propose to confide all
you have most dear in the world, that
is, your life and the lives of your wife
and children. If the man is dissipated,
is given to frivolous pleasures, Guilt
Yates with too much zeal the arts for
eign to his profession, still more so II
he be addicted to wine and debauch.
cry, refrain from committing into such
hands lives so precious"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
PLANTING a Hedqe.

e. P.-Please describe how to lay
out a thorn hedge. How far apart
should the plants be set?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
IN GREAT DISTRESS
VOMITING SPELLS LONG RESIST.
ED EVERY EFFORT TO
CHECK.
Mrs. Brooks Became So Weak She
Thinks She Would Have Died But
For Or. Williams Pink Pills.

Mrs. Sarah L. Brooks. of No. As Lin
coin Park, Chicago, Illinois. gives the
following account of her cure from dis
tressing spells of vomiting:
For five years off and on was
treated in vain by different doctors
for relief from stomach trouble
which showed itself in frequent and
trying spells of vomiting. Part Of the
time | was able to work, and again l
would be confined to bed for three or
four days in succession.
my stomach was at times so deli
cate that it would not retain even
plain water. The spells would some
times occur at intervals of half an
hour, and would leave me so weak
that would be compelled to lie down
between them. would have several
OIL them during the night following
a day of such attacks. Finally be-
came so weakened that | had to give
up working altogether. weighed only
ninety-four pounds.
Last January read about DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People in
one of the Chicago daily papers and
bought box and began to use them.
After had used half box | found
that | could keep on my stomach the
food ate. was encouraged by this
and kept on using the pills for four
months. At the end of that time the
vomiting spells had ceased altogether
and my weight went up to 142 pounds
and is still growing.
Il think surely would have died II
1t. had not been for DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, for | sometimes vomited clear
blood, and for three or four days at a
time | could not eat bite Of any
thing. One doctor said | had chronic
Inflammation of the stomach, and an
other said my difficulty was a cancer,
but mono of their medicines did me
any good at all. Finally | concluded
that did not have blood enough to
digest my food, and | began the treat
ment that has cured me. | can eat
anything now, and have strength for
all kinds of work. | always keep DR..
Williams Pink Pills on hand, and
recommend them to my friends be-
cause l know they cured me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills agree with
the most delicate stomachs and
strengthen the digestive organs until
they do their work perfectly. They
are sold by all druggists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
IMPROVEMENT FOR THE HALL.
Arrangement That Is Both Useful
and Ornamental.

and Ornamental.
The hall is certainly more seen
chan any other part of the house.
since not only can no room be gained
without going through it, but the oc'
casioral visitor who gets no further
has also to be reckoned with.
One difficulty to contend with is
the harmless necessary hat and coat.
These are a serious handicap to
pretty hall, yet we must admit that
it is part Of its duty to harbor them.
They are generally tucked away in
the darkest corner, and only dim1y
discerned as a bullying, unsightly
mass, those in least frequent use hav-
ing a fine opportunity Of collecting
dust.
But at very small outlay an arrange
ment can be made to hide and pro-
tect the hats and coats, and afford an
incident pleasing rather than other
wise in the hall. Two shelves about
twelve inches wide are the founda-
ton of the affair; they are connected
with a back and two sides, and the
top one is fitted in front with a small
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The chemical used 70. killing wood.
chucks, ETC., Is the same as for de-
stroying bugs in peas. viz, carbon BIZ
sulphide. This is liquid which read
lily evaporates into gas which is heav-
Ter than air. To kill woodchucks or
skurks in burrows, about two or three
ounces Of the chemical should be
poured on to piece Of cotton waste
or rag which should be thrown down
the hole. The hole should then be
quickly filed in with earth and well
tramped down. The gas will settle to
all sections Of the burrow and destroy
the inmates. This chemical is very
iniammable. so that no fires should
be brought near Il when exposed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

The soil should be properly prepar
ed before planting the hedge. Every
thing else should be in good condi'
ton. The soil should then be turned
out into deep furrow where the hedge
is to stand and the plants should be
set in this and the soil drawn up to
them and firmly tamped about the
roots of the plants. The distance
apart which tie plants are to stand
will depend somewhat on the style OF
the hedge. II a low small hedge is
wanted, as one most often gees In
England, the plants should be eight
or nine inches apart. II the trees are
to be allowed to grow larger say five
or six feet tall, the plants should be
set wider apart, not less than eight.
Zen inches.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

brass rod. On the bottom shelf rests
the headgear of the master Of the
house, amply protected by the shelf
and the little silk curtain hanging
down in front. Below this shelf are
two side pieces, and under 1t strong
lath is fitted, with brass hooks,
whence hang coats, probably both
masculine and feminine, for it is a
luxury to have an old wrap handy to
throw on before turn in the garden.
A curtain of some handsome tapes
try runs on a second rod across the
cupboard part, and by the time some
bits Of old blue willow pattern, or odd
pieces Of brass and copper work have
been stood on the top shelf the cree
ton must be declared quite an impos
ing feature in the hall.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13
MANY ChIIdren are sIckIN

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Children's
Home, New York, cure Summer Complaint,
Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At
all Druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-10-13

Chemical for Destroying Woodehueks.
G. R.-Some time ago | read Of
method of destroying skunks and
woodchucks by the use Of chemical
placed in their burrows. Please name
the chemical and describe its use.
Smyrna times., 1904-07-06

John W. Lycett, the writer of the above sketch,
Education in Smyrna" is the only son OF
William Lycett who lived in this town in the
tifties, and who was engaged in the basket
making business with his brOther-in law, John
Mount. The elder Mr.. Lycett was veteran of
the War of 1872. He died in 1874 and is buried
i'll GlOversville n. Y. Mr. John W. Lycett taught
the old No. one term, in 1857. Mr.. Lycett is
now Principal of Public School No of HOboken
n. j., with 20 teachers and 1900 pupils, and has
been connected with schools in that city for
twenty-five years. He is a thirty-third degree
Mason, past master of a New Jersey Lodge. a
Past Regent of the Royal Arcanum, and has held
several official positions in the Methodist Church
in Hoboken. He is a remarkably preserved
man, and greatly respected wherever known
His wife is living as are also all the children four
in number. born to them, the youngest of whom
is thirty seven years of age. His only son, vii
liam, is following in the footsteps of his gifted
father, in helping to better the conditions of hi:
fellowm He has held the position of vice
president in one of the largest unions in the
country, Typographical Union No. 6, of New
York City, and for years has been one of the
ablest leaders of that organization. In preparing
this article Mr.. Lycett owes much to an ole
record book. In 1867. while living in Cold Spring
/ n. j., his house was burned, and all his belong
ings were lost, including fine library and evel
his watch, only the clothes on the persons of hi
family being saved. By mere chance, pri
vate record book was at the Cape Academ!
which he then teaching and so was nc
destroyed with his other goods This he ha
treasured as mementO of his early days. an
thus has been able to record the interesting fact
published in this number-ED.