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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD.

4eo-Fought
estimated 100000 loss amounted eo enans
lost 9O Victory checked Persian Empire and saved for the world the
O
Syracuse 43-Atenian expedi
ton Sicily The Syracuse begd but the henans
sn The Ahenans had feet Of 1a4
powerful we'll
equipped infantry Athens maritime lost her schemes of empire
defeated and Western Europe left Rome and Carthage dispute
troops
Persian his ASIA King Darius leader Of Per-
horse cario and fifteen
armed elephants besides myad Of infantry Aexands forces consisted
of 10000 foot and 1000 horse Ancient Persian Empire which menaeed all
nations Of earth with subsection was crushed
the ultimate
Victory of Armnus
mnu united the forces Of Germany and freed that young nation from
Battle chaons D. The Huns led by Atla attempted
anhistn the temporal
Of Rome Aa was reped and Hungarian invasion Of Western Roman
Battle Of Tours against
spread of religion
Battle of Hastings D. o6e-3etween Normans led by William
the led King Harold of ENGLAND Battle resulted
in fol
149Joan Of Are led the French victory
against ultimately resulting deiverance
Defeat Of Spanish Armada A. D. 5ssNava engagement between
Spanish English Philip
SPANS destroyed England saved
Benhem, Between the French
Holland Austria Portugal Prussia
allied led by the Duke OF Marlborough
empires plans
Battle Of Putowa 1ooBetwen Sweden and Russia Charles
Russia in Northern Europe Russian forces numbered 10000 swden
Battle Saratoga 777-vicoy
Arnold British under command General Burgoyn
divide defeated and negotiations Paris
brought to successful
Of Europe which had been mustered Paris
victorious This battle marks the birth of the French
Republic.
Waterloo Between allied armies Of Europe
resulted in the
twenytree
Battle of Gettysburg July q Northern in
vason of Confederate army under General Lee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

Everybody, male and female, old and
young, ought to learn to swim. Some
people try all their lives to learn to
swim and do not succeed They do not
appear to be timid Or afraid of the
water, and they follow faithfully all
the instructions given them, and yet
they make no progress whatever The
ability to swim will not always save
n mans life. He may fall into the
water from such height and plunge
SO deep as never to regain control of
himself. The water may be SO cold
as to paralyze him and stop his breath.
He may be SO far from help that his
strength will give out. He may have
on so many clothes that they may sink
him, A man may even drown because
he is good swimmer. His very eX-
pertness may make him reckless, and ii
he is of a heroic turn he is apt to lose
his life trying to save others. All this
does not alter the fact that people
should be able to swim. The ability to
swim six feet or keep afoat for five
minutes may save their lives and en-
able them to save others. Then the
ability to swim delivers them from an
inordinate dread of the water. In any
ordinary situation where the shore is
not distant and the water is not cold
they could not regard plunge in any
other light than as a laughable adven-
ture when otherwise it is a matter Of
life and death. The pleasure of life
are greatly enhanced for the man who
even knows that he could swim a few
yards Learning to swim is one of the
most inscrutable things in human ma
ture. What does it consist in? Every
one has seen beginners. make all the
strokes correctly and still sink to the
bottom. BY and by these same begin
ners will make the same strokes and
float ON top Of the water. What is the
difference in their movements? It ap-
pears to be nothing but confidence in
ones self, and, strange to say, when
this confidence is once acquired it is
never lost though a person may not
go into the water for ten years. In
some places people learn to swim by
using a reducible float Of some kind.
This may be plank made in sections
that are screwed tokether. The pupil
learns to swim ON the whole plank and
then gradually reduces it in size until
he is able to dispense with it altogeth-
err This is simple and cheap expe-
dent and leaves no excuse for anyone
who cannot swim.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
Ills Caused by Sunlight.

While the rays Of the SUN possess
stimulating and beneficial effect in
disease and can be used with advan-
tage as therapeutic agent, yet, &C
cording to recent Investigations, they
also may act injuriously and cause dis
ease. That there is a difference in
the therapeutic value between the ac-
ttnfc rays, or those located at the violet
end Of the spectrum, and the red rays
was appreciated by Finsen, and the
former were used in the treatment Of
such skin diseases as lupus vulgaris,
or tuberculosis Of the skin, while the
latter were found effective in cases Of
smallpox.
One Of the most recent researches
In this department is by Prof. Fermi
and is given in late number Of the
Archiv fur Hygiene. In these expert
ments large number Of human sub
jects were exposed to direct sunlight
for varying periods, and la a large per-
centage Of cases it was found that
there resulted the following set Of
symptoms: Cephalagia (headache), dry
ness Of the nasal mucosa, snuffling
coryza (eold in the head, pharyngitis,
WEAKNESS, slight csnjunctivitis, dry
ness Of the lips, feveR. pseudo Influenza
constipa5iau, inGOsazia. epistaxis nase
bleed and va1agis pains. H.am tits
list of symptoms experianced by Ills
patients and from the obseEvnd coilaci-
dence of certain diseases and meteor
illogical conditions Prof. Ferni con
cludes that exposure to the SUMS rays
is preaisposing factor in coryza, in
fuenza, hay fever and epidemic menin-
gitis.-Harper's Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
THEN He WANTED TO STAY.
Amusing Experience of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee at Florida Hotel,

Amusing Experience of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee at Florida Hotel.
Shortly after the expiration of his
term as Governor of Virginia, General
Fitzhugh Lee decided to rest for a few
weeks and seized Palm Beach, Fla,
as the place, eX-President Cleveland
having also selected that place for a
few weeks sojourn, says Success.
General Lees emoluments as governor
had not been very large and he was
not seeking an expensive hosiery.
Imagine my surprise and chagrin,"
he said, ION arriving late one evening
at Palm Beach and, after registering
at the hotel, being escorted with great
attention to suite with this notice
on the door: The price Of these rooms
is $1C0 per day.
1T was too late for me to attempt
given to understand that the rooms
were especially prepared for the ex-
Governor Of Virginia. One hundred
dollars day! Half that night tum-
bled and tossed, thinking about the
price of those rooms and wondering
where | was going to get the money.
l finally concluded that the only thing
left for me to do was to quit that hO-
tel without loss Of time, as it would
certainly be beneath the dignity of an
Ex-Governor of Virginia to ask for any
thing cheaper than the room especially
assigned to him. Accordingly | arose
at an early hour packed my trunk and
proceeded to the Office | informed
the clerk that 1 had changed my pro-
gram and was obliged to leave ON the
next train, and that / wished my bill
at once.
"Why, governor exclaimed the
clerk, your sudden departure will
prove a great disappointment, as we
expected you would remain several
weeks
81 am sorry, too / said, but I
must leave on that 10 o'clock train
Indeed, was sorry to leave, but there
was that $500 day, which knew /
could not pay.
sSThe clerk, however, made no move,
and l reiterated my request for my
bill
""That's all right, said the clerk.
Mr.. Flagler left ORDERS as soon as we
heard that you were coming, that there
was to be no charge as long as you re-
NAMED with us, whether one day or
six weeks We are only sorry that You
can't remainv"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
CAN DRINK TROUBLE
That's One Way to Get 1t.

ln0C,6 Onc way TO UGC LIE
Although they won't admit it many
people who suffer from sick headaches
and other ails get them straight from
the coffee they drink and it is easily
proved if they're not afraid to leave it
to a test as in the case Of a lady in
Connellsville.
Il had been a sufferer from sick
headaches for twenty-five years and
any one who has ever had bad sick
headache knows what I suffered. Some
times three days in the week l would
have to remain in bed, at other times
I couldn't lie down the pain would be
so great. My life was torture, and
If l went away from home for day
I always came back more dead than
alive.
Zone day / was telling a woman my
troubles and she told nae she knew that
it was probably coffee caused it. She
said she had been cured by stopping
coffee and using Postum Food Coffee
and urged nae to try this food drink.
That's how calae to send out and
get some Postum and from that time
I've never been without it, for it suits
my taste and has entirely cured all Of
my old troubles. All | did was to
leave off the coffee and tea and drink
we'll made Postum in it's place. This
change has done me more good than
everything else put together.
"Our house was like drug store,
for my husband bought everything he
heard of to help me without doing any
good, but when | began on the Postum
my headaches ceased and the other
troubles quickly disappeared. | have
friend who had az experience just
like mine and Postum cured her just
as it did me.
Postum not only cured the head
aches but my general health has been
improved and am much stronger than
before I now enjoy delicious Postum
more than |. ever did coffee" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Crack,
Mich.
There's reason and it's worth
finding out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

be. The Chicago street sweeper who
] found q diamond bracelet worth $4,000
and returned it to it's owner would
probably have answered Diogenes re-
quirements. So would the New York
street car conductor who found $1,000
in bank notes on the floor of his car
and promptly hunted up the owner
thereof. These are incidents which
have come to light because of their
quasi-public character. We may be
sure that there are hundreds of others
which are not heard Of Indeed, most
people know of such cases. The truth
is-,and it is an encouraging One-that
people are far more honest than they
are credited with being. If it were
not so human activity would come to
practical standstill, since the ultimate
basis of all business transactions IS
honesty. Without it no precaution
which ingenuity could devise would be
sufficient to protect against general
dishonesty. The element of honesty en-
ters into all transactions. Man trusts
his fellow man to greater or less ex-
tent every time he buys or sells any
thing relies on his good faith for the
accuracy Of his representations and
places confidence in verbal pledges
more than in written bonds Cynicism
alone regards humanity as naturally
dishonest Observation and experience
show the reverse to be the case. Men
are naturally honest. 1t is usually
stress of adversely or misfortune which
makes them otherwise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
Hot Water Cures.

In some cases, where the hot water
cure for indigestion is used with discre-
ton, there is really much benefit from
it. When hot water it taken to excess,
often at such a temperature as to scald
the tongue and palate in drinking it.,
instead of curing indigestion it will
make it worse. The stomach does its
work to best advantage when food nei-
Their very much above nor below the
normal temperature of the human body
is consigned to it, The scalding fluid,
which after a while can be borne by
the hot water habitue, is liable to al
most parboil the tender gastric glands,
treating them three or four times q
day to shock as unnatural as wolid
be inflicted by the ice water douche
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
A Street Cleaning Machine.

A street cleaning machine has re-
Gently been tested in New York which
contains many features Of interest. 1t
is drawn by a couple Of horses and
performs all the functions of street
cleaning gang, except scraping the
roadway with the rubber squeegees
which are used on asphalt A revolv-
ing broom sweeps the dirt to convey
or, lifting it into a covered bin. Just
in front Of the broom there is hori
zontal pipe through which jets of water
are sprayed on the street SO as to pre-
vent dust The dirt collected in the
bin is distributed uniformly through
it by means Of a scraper. and when the
bin is filled it can be discharged into
a cart or on the ground in a heap, by
letting down a door and scraping the
contents out by a simple form of con-
veyor The water is carried in tank
below the bin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
CURIOUS EUROPEAN ANTELOPE.

The accompanying sketch is an ac-
curate portrait from a living specimen
In the London Geological Gardens Of
one of the most interesting of ante
lopes-the Saga. 1t is remarkable in
several ways. First, it is the only
European antelope, although its range
there is now limited to the steppes, or
high plains of southeastern Russia.
Within the historic period it was to be
found all over Russia, except in the
far north, and eastward into Hungary.
PROFESSIONALLY, as its remains found
i'll cayerns and shel!. heaps testify, it
inhabited all of Europe, and was one
of the animals upon which the cave
dwelers and their more civilized sue
cessors, the lake-dwellers and Neolithic
men, depended for food. Eastward OF
Russia it ranges into Persia, Turkes-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

tan and the Trans-C Caspian region gen
orally, going about in small bands,
which accumulate into herds in the fail
and winter.
This antelope is larger than the ga
Zelles, which it's ringed and somewhat
lyrate horns resemble; or than our
western prong-horn, which it resem-
bles in it's rather robust appearance.
Like the latter, it is set apart from or
binary antelopes, SO that some natu-
ralists place it in separate family by
itself,, by the imitation of it's muzzle,
which, as shown in the picture, is
more camel-like than antelopine in
aspect. This singularity does not arise
from enlargement Of the bones of the
face or nose, but by mass of spongy
tissue, which gives a quaint and I'M
comely swollen appearance. What adj
vantage, if any, it is to the ANIMAL
it is difficult to see. It's c0lors are dull
reddish and white; it is swift and
wary; and it's flesh is excellent eating.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
Sure Cure ut Last.

Monticello, Miss, Oct Especially
County is almost daily in
receipt of fresh evidence that a sure
cure for all Nidney Troubles has at
last been fenna. and that cure is
BODIES Kidney Pills.
Arnung Nose Tnp hare reason to
bless the Great American Kidney
Remedy is Mrs L. E. Baggett of this
place. Mrs. Baggett had Dropsy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her.
II was troubled with my kidneys
Mrs. Baggett says in recommending
Dodd's Kidney Pills to her friends,
Tiny urine would hardly pass. The
doctors said l had Dropsy. / have
taken Dodd's Kidney Pills as directed
and am now we'll woman"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the kid
neys. Cured Kidneys strain all the i'm
purities out of the blood. That means
pure blood and sound, energetic body
Dodds Kidney Pills are the greatest
tonic the world has ever known.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

Hereafter the work of the medical
missionaries in China ought to be east
er. The dowager empress has contrib
uted six thousand dollars toward the
cost Of the building Of medical col
lege to be erected i'll Peking, to be con-
Quoted by the London Mission, the
American Board Of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions and the American
Presbyterian Mission. Students of all
creeds, native and Christian, will be
admitted and trained for five years.
Then they will receive diploma and
go out to heal the sick, with the Off
cial approval of the empress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

clothed his neck with thunder? Canst
thou make him afraid as a grasshop-
per? The glory of his nostrils is terri
bic. He mocketh at fear, and is not
affrighted; neither turneth he back
from the sword. The CULVER rattleth
against him, the glittering spear and
the shield. He swalloweth the ground
with fierceness and rage; neither be-
lieveth he that it is the sound of the
trumpets. He saith among .ae trum-
pets, Ha, ha! and he smelleth the bat
tie afar off, the thunder Of the can
tains and the shouting'-is familiar to
most, but Egypt, and not Ar bia.
seems to have been the source whence
Solomon's supplies were obtained. In
very early Egyptian monuments the
horse is seen in battle and under cir
cumstances which denote long subiuea-
ton and experienced training. It seems
to be quite clear that the wild horses
Of Tartary are as much the descend
ants of a domesticated race as the de-
wild horses of America, whose ances-
tors were introduced by the Spaniards:
nor have we any evidence to show the
time when the horse existed in a prim-
tive state Of nature. The horse the
ass, the mule are now spread over the
whole face of the civilized earth. and
in some places are still to be found
in their native freedom
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
$50. 500 in Gold Coin

Will be paid in prizes to those COM
Ing nearest at estimating the paid at
tendance at the st. Louis Worlds
Fair.
The above amount Is deposited with
the Missouri Trust Company, as per
the official receipt of the treasurer Of
that financial institution and publish
ed in the schedule Of prizes announced
elsewhere in this paper. The Worlds
Fair Contest Company, Delmar and
Adelaide avenues, st. Louis, Mo-, are
Offering these prizes and there is no
doubt Of the cash being in bank to pay
the lucky winners. The contest closes
October 18th.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
FACTS ABOUT THE HORSE.
Something About His History in An
Gent Tines.

Something About His History in An
cient Times.
Speaking Of the horse. that useful
and faithful member who has for so
long been a good friend of human
kind" said a friend Of the animal in
the New Orleans Times-Democrat "re-
minds me of q few things in connec-
ton with the animal as he is and as
he used to be. Marshall P. J. Cunning
ham of Moss Point drives a blackish-
brown horse that stops at every negro
met upon the public roads. This is
accounted for as part Of the officers
duty is to look after the collection of
force six days labor by all delinquents,
as we'll as the arrest Of crap-shooters.
And this leads me to consider the
time and the place where the horse
was the first subdued by the powerful
hand Of man. The Egyptians were
probably the first vino broke the proud
spirit Of this noble animal and reduced
it to obedience and seTvitude. The
books of Genesis and Exodus abound
with passages which prove that the
horse had been long under the domin-
ion of man at the date Of events then
recorded.
Solomon had 10000 stalls of horses
for his chariots and 10000 horsemen
q. Kings 1926. The grand descrip-
tons in Job (39:19 25)-"Hast thou
given the horse strength? last thou
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

The announcement that the vast
property accumulated by the late
William Weightman, Of Philadelphia,
had passed by will to his daughter,
Mrs Walker, and that thereby she be-
came the richest woman in America,
was followed on the next day by the
gathering of such a crowd about her
residence as to destroy her private life.
She was unable to go out of doors and
unable to keep the push away from
her neighborhood. At every attempt
that she made to take carriage there
was such a rush toward her that she
had to give up the plan. Riches are
supposed to have their chief value in
bringing to thPr possessor the means
of securing whatever he wants. One
Of the things we all most want is the
privilege of moving about undisturb
ed and making what use we wish of
our time. This overwhelmingly rich
Philadelphia woman starts off pris-
oner in her own home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

A young man who lives in Minneap-
oils has beaten the girls of the North
west at their own game. He has taken
the first prize at the fair for fancy
work." a term which includes all kinds
of tides and doilies and centerpieces
and pincushions and embroidery and
every other kind of dainty work with
the needle. There is an element Of
retribution in this. The girls have been
beating the boys in school and in the
university and taking their jobs away
from them in all kinds Of business. 1t
serves them right to have 4 boy get
even with them on their own ground
and beat them all hollow at their own
game.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

Galveston's great sea-wall, begun in
1902, to protect the city from inunda-
ton by the Gulf of Mexico, was COM
pleted in July. 1t is three and one
fourth miles long, and it's top is seven
teen feet above mean tide. The level
Of the city on the Gulf side will be
raised to the top Of the wall by dump
ing in sand dredged from the mouth
of the harbor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
That's Always Attractive.

"Well," remarked the man who was
fond of uttering platitudes, there's
certainly nothing attractive in power
IT,"
"Oh, / don't know replied Bor-
roughs, there's " in it."-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12
Barred from the Want Columns.

II want to advertise FOR man." said
the lady, approaching The want adver-
tisement counter in the daily newspa-
per Office. II want to get a man to
carry coal in the winter, keep up the
fires, shovel snow, NOW the lawn in
summer, also sprinkle it, tend the flow
ers, mind the children, wash dishes,
sweep the front porch, run errands,
and all that kind of work-in short, !
want a man who will always be
around the place and can be called
upon for any kind Of hard work. He
must be sober and reliable, of good
appearance, not over 30"
Pardon, madam" said the clerk;
I'VE cannot accept matrimonial adver-
hsements. Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

The Sultan's life was saved the other
day by a shirt of mail. This indicates
that the Sultan, in spite Of the many
things that come up to disturb him,
generally manages to keep his shirt on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

The farmers who are welcoming the
automobilists with shotguns do not
realize that an enlightened self-interest
would give every encoura cement to
the automobile, since its rise and prog
ress has already done much for good
roads in America, and it is likely to
do more
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

The small New Hampshire boy who
gave his friend cent CHS own penny
for saving his life is a glittering exam
pie for Your Uncle Russell. But he'd
thriftlessneSs on the text.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

Not many years after a boy has
made life miserable for his school
teachers by his viciousness, he begins
to make the mothers i'll town miser-
able by the attention he pays to their
daughters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

Some men chew and smoke not be-
cause they like tobacco or desire to
contract the habit, but because they
want one of the pieces Of furniture or
solid gold jewe!ry given away for TWEEN
ty-tive tags.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

The worst feature Of the Port
Arthur business is the fact that the
Survivor" of that historic siege will
shortly be coming around kitchen
doors with his dolorous tale.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-12

A new 500 bill doesn't look so big
to a man when he is flush as a 5O-cent
piece when he is broke and comes
across it Unexpectedly in the pocket
of his other vest.