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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
THE SIMPLE LIFE
Ways that Are Pleasant and Paths that
Are Peace.

Ways that Are Pleasant and Paths that
Are Peace.
1t is the simple life that gives length
of days, serenity of mind and body and
tranquility of soul.
Simple hopes and ambitions, bound
ed by the desire to do good to ones
neighbors, simple pleasures, habits,
food and drink.
Men die long before their time be-
cause they try to crowd too much into
their experiences-they climb too high
and fall too hard. A wise woman
writes of the good that simple diet
has done her:
Il have been using Grape-Nuts for
about six months. l began rather
sparingly, until l acquired such lik-
ing for it that for the last three
months ! have depended upon it al
most entirely for my diet, eating moth
ing else whatever, but Grape Nuts for
breakfast and supper, and I believe
l could eat it for dinner with fruit
and be satisfied without other food
and feel much better and have more
strength to do my homework.
when I began the use of Grape
Nuts | was thin and weak, my muscles
were so soft that I was not able to do
any work. l weighed only 10S pounds.
Nothing that / ate did me any good.
| was going down hill rapidly, was
nervous and miserable, with no ambi-
ton for anything. My condition i'm.
proved rapidly after l began to eat
Grape-Nuts food. 1t made me feel
Like new woman; my muscles got
solid, my figure rounded out, my
weight increased to 1875 pounds in
few weeks, my nerves grew steady
and my mind better and clearer. My
friends tell me they haven't seen me
look SO we'll for years.
II consider Grape-Nuts the best food
on the market, and shall never go back
to meats and white bread again"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look in each pkg. for the little book,
1.-THE Road to WellFille."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
CHINESE HARvESTS.


While hundreds of men are harvest
Ing the big crops Of Oklahoma or the
Dakotas different sort of harvesting
Is going on in southern China, where
Wong Poy gathers in his wheat. Jack
Smith, Of Oklahoma, is a great land
holder, with his twelve or fifteen thou
sand acres. Wong Poy, says a writer
in Everybodys Magazine, is a great
land magnate. He owns and farms four
acres.
His envious neighbors hold compe-
tence Of one acre Or bare pittance of
an eighth Of an acre; but Wong Poy
Is lucky. His father before him was
a frugal man, as was his fathers
father, and he himself is an only son.
He has even been able to afford wife.
Two Glands" work for him in these
harvest days, at the panic wages Of
twenty cents a day. The men squat,
Oriental fashion, at their work, chop
ping down the stalks with swift stabs
Of their little sickles. Mrs. Wong Poy
and her eldest, daughter, follow be-
hind, and tie up the sheaves with
WispsOf straw The two cherished men
children sole hope of heaven for Wong
Poy, play through the stubbe and steal
grains of wheat to chew. It is a mat
ter for corporal punishment if they
are caught in this, for in China every
grain is numbered.
When the wheat is all in, and has
been beaten out on the thra shing floors
and stored in the well-guarded granary
under Wong Poy's house, the family
makes rejoicing. There is little mess
of fish for the pot. A punk stick and
a cup Of rice brandy are offered up to
the gods of grain, and before them
Wong Poy, his hands tucked in his
sleeves, bows to the ground while he
recites prayers.
In their harvesting China and the
Dakotas have this, at least, i'll COM
mon, that when the crop is in every
one makes holiday. While the Chinese
is making sacrifices to his gods, the
American farm hand amuses himself
with more materialistic pleasures. The
holiday Of harvest home is observed
alike by the peasant of Tyrol and the
farmer of Kansas. The red Indian,
when his corn was husked and shelled
and packed into baskets, danced under
the harvest-moon in gratitude to Mani
tou, the Giver. Under that same moon
Chinese peasants sacrificed long be-
fore the Aryans came out of their
mountain Businesses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
An Ex-Sheriff Talks.

Scott City, Kan, March 2Oth.-(Spe-
c1al.)-Almost every newspaper tells
Of cures of the most deadly of kidney
diseases by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheuma-
tism and Bladder troubles, in fact any
disease that is Of the kidneys or
caused by disordered kidneys is read
lily cured by this great American rem
edy.
But it is in curing the earlier stages
of kidney complaint that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills are doing their greatest
work. They are preventing thousands
Of cases Of Bright's disease and other
deadly ailments by curing Kidney Dis
ease when it first shows it's presence
in the body.
Speaking Of this work ex-Sheriff
James Scott of Scott County, says:
II have used eight boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and must say that they
are just the thing for Kidney Disease.
We have tried many kidney medi-
cines, but Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best of ALL"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

Churches in the United States pros
pered during 1904. The Lutheran
shows the largest ratio of growth,
gain of more than 5 per cent over
the membership in 1908; the Protestant
Episcopal comes next, and the Dis
ciples of Christ follow. Hardly any
denomination lost in members or con-
tributions, and there are to-day" on
the authority Of the Church Economist,
more Christian believers, more stu
dents Of the Bible, more churches and
more money raised for Christian en-
terprises than ever before since the
birth Of Christ" Still there are waste
places" but in the foregoing facts
there is inspiration and sustainment
for all who are laboring to comfort
and rebuild.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Cold from Sympathy.

Goodness Of feet and limbs is almost
invariably an evidence of indigestion.
The GOODNESS is due not to the weak
ness of the heart or feebleness Of cir
culation, as is generally supposed, but
to the contraction of the small ar
teries, preventing blood from entering
the parts. There is generally an irri-
tation of the abdominal sympathetic
nerve centers which control the cirru-
lation of the lower extremities. This
difficulty is not to be removed by ex-
ercise or by any special application to
the limbs, but by removal Of the
causes Of irritation. This may be a
prolapsed stomach, or chronic indiges-
ton. Hot and cold foot baths arg val
liable. These act not simply or the
feet and limbs, but by reflex action
affect benefcially the abdominal sym
pathetic centers, which are in dis
eaSed condition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

eloquence falling from his lips. At
other times, he can be found in his
spacious studio where he still makes
pictures.
Born eighty-one years ago in Nurem-
burg, Bavaria, Father Oertel studied
art under good masters and came to
this country early in life to carry on
his work, locating in New York. He
painted many notable pictures and in
1867, in his studio at Westerly, r. l.,
produced Rock of Ages. 1t was a
small canvas, about 3x4 in dimensions.
The idea was simple and direct, and
it made an immediate appeal to hui
manity. The rich and the poor, the
cultured and the ignorant, all could
grasp this touching expression of faith.
The original painting was sold, after
having been exhibited in New York
for two days, to Augustus Storrs, of
Brooklyn, the price being $1,000. All
who saw it desired it. The rich asked
for copies from the artists hand, and
one Of these duplicates now hangs in
the gallery of art in Cincinnati. The
poor begged for Photographic repro.
auctions, and fine Photographic plate
was made from the painting. Prints
Of this were sold for S. each, and
many hundreds went abroad. A
shrewd dealer saw large harvest in
still wider circulation by less expen-
sive process. He begged for permits
sion to make photographic reproduc-
tons and promised rich returns in
royalties. His request was granted.
But true it is, "and pity it's, It's true"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Her Practical Mind.

He always said that she had mind
too severely practical for an authors
wife He could be optimistic on very
slight provocation, but she wanted
something tangible to inspire optim-
ism.
You seem to be happy" she remark
ed, as he came in one evening.
81 am," he replied, "and with good
reason. I've brought home some good
news"
"Delightful!' she returned, with gen.
tie sarcasm. "Now all that remains is
to decide how you will have it cook
ed"
Have what cooked?"
''The good news. I infer from what
you say that you have brought home
nothing else, SO we must live on that"
Brooklyn Eagle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

The remarkable religious revival in
Wales and the awakening in London
has turned attention sharply to SINH
lar possibilities in other parts Of the
world. The distinguished English edi-
tor, w. L. Stead, and the eminent
American clergyman Newell Dwight
Hills, unite in the prediction that the
movement is to become worldwide.
Certainly, the time is ripe. Mankind
has been moving at a rapid pace. 1t
is hard, materialiStic age. The rich
have become more and more lavish
and oppressive of the poor, and the
poor have given themselves up very
largely to the thought of how to keep
up with the procession. It might seem
to the unthinking that this is the
hardest of conditions for religious en-
thusiasm to break in upon. But the
truth is that human nature swings,
like the pendulum, from the extreme
of idealism to that of materialism and
from the materialism back to idealism.
Its attitude to-day is no indication that
it will be the same tomorrow. World
wide materialism works its own cure.
The whole thing eventually breaks
down of it's own weight. Mems minds
become surfeited and susceptible to
other and very different considerations.
1t is then remembered and proclaimed
that man does not live by bread alone.
Wa NOV bova en- much 0f T3n now
and here as to sicken Of it, and turn
to thought of the beyond for Fest and
inspiration.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

The study Of the infnitesimal is pro-
crossing. w. A. Sherstone declares in
the Cornhill Magazine that there "are
no atoms now; they have all been cut
up into electrons and corpuscles." The
chemical atoms that go to make up a
single cubic centimeter of water, which
would nicely fill the shell Of small
filbert, number 9O,OOO,OO0,OOO,OOO 100000,
600 (ninety thousand million billion,
and it is thought that their individual
weight may be determined.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
The EnglishwOman.

The American or the French woman
never allows herself to be daunted by
the fact that she has not been en-
dowed by nature with good looks or a
good figure. She dresses as carefully,
carries herself as grandly, as her beau
tiful sisters and indeed assume rather
more Of an air than they, with the
happy result that America and France
seem to have no ill dressed and no
really plain or ungraceful daughters.
We Englishwomen are too modest and
fancy we are altogether hopeless un.
less we have good material on which
to wOrk-London World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Potato Crop Breaks Record.

The potato crop Of 1904 beat a rec
ord, being 100000 bushels more
than the banner crop of 1896. The
three years totals are: 1902, 2S4, OOO,-
600 bushels; 1908, PAT 100000 bushels;
1904, 332, 100000 bushels, twenty bush
els for every family in the country.
New York is the champion potato
State, says the New York World. The
east end of Long Island is all one
potato patch. Potato schooners haul
up at little docks anywhere.
Michigan and Wisconsin tie for Sec
ond place. Then, in order, come Penn
sylvania, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Illinois.
Colorado has come to be quite a
factor in the potato market. She sup
plies the southern and southwestern
markets, principally Texas, Oklahoma
and Indian Territory, also Kansas and
western Nebraska.
Potatoes are the fourth largest farm
crop in this country, and are a very
important article of commerce, an ar
ticle found ON the tables of rich and
poor every meal.
st. Louis is an important potato
market, being a distributing point for
northern shipments during the fall and
winter and southern shipments during
the spring and summer. st. Louis is
located in one of the important potato
growing districts Of the country, the
American bottoms, just east of the
Mississippi river in Illinois, where
large quantities are raised each sea-
son
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

A publication devoted to suggestive
therapeutics, telepathy and kindred in
terests maintains that thousands of
people actually think themselves to
death every year by allowing their
minds to dwell on morbid subjects. 1t
would be more accurate to say that
these persons worry themselves to
death. 1t is not thinking. To think
would be to fortify the mind against
morbidity. There seems to be no doubt
that unreasoning and unreasonable
worry has a distinct and pernicious
effect on mind and body. That it is
practicable to overcome this cause of
trouble is affirmed by special students
of psychology, but there is an attrac-
ton to some minds in morbid melan-
choly and a disposition to shun what
ever is cheerful and wholesome.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

In the army no small proportion Of
the officers, especially since the Span
ish war, have come from the ranks. In
the navy, and in spite of recent legis-
lation, there is practically impossible
barrier between fOrecastle and quar-
ter-deck, and the few men who have
succeeded in overcoming it have been
enabled to do so chiefly through the
urgent need of officers, demand
which will soon be supplied by the
graduates of the greatly enlarged
naval academy at Annapolis, when
the "door of hope" for the moment
ajar, will be closed again. The ma
tural consequences OF drawing this
hard and fast caste line is that the
best and most promising young men
in the service leave it just as they be
gin to be valuable to it. AS in every
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Orders DiSODeye0.

The orders of General Health have
been disobeyed when you feel under
the weather, weak, tired, irritable,
and suffer from headache, constipa-
ton, biliousness, etc. The only sure,
safe, and permanent cure for this con.
dition is DR.. CaldwelPs Qaxative)
Syrup Pepsin. 1t has a gentle action
all its own, superior to that Of pills,
powders, and cathartic waters. Try
it. Sold by all druggists at soc and
$1.0O. Money back if it fails.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

than the hymn,
Rock of Ages. 1t
is the music of
faith. 1t is sung
as a lullaby to
the child in the
cradle and as
the mother fond
ly watches the
eyes close in
slumber S h e
prays that its
truth NAV gliide
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

There are four times as many words
in the English language as in the
French, but young writer's always feel
that it is necessary to work in a French
phrase here and there i'll order to make
their meaning clear.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

and protect the loved one in the COM
ing years. Youth in it's early and
strenuous battles with temptation finds
it shelter in storm. In the full vigor,
activity and responsibility Of matur-
ity, men and women derive from it
inspiration and assurance. And as
death draws back the curtain, shutting
out forever from the vision of the aged
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

One of the college presidents thinks
the higher education will eventually
cause the obliteration of the human
race. Are we to understand from this
that the time is coming when the man
who confesses that he is father will
at once be listed with the illiterate?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

The curious public is waiting eager
ly for the promised publication Of
Love Letters of a United States Sen
ator." All the world loves to read
somebody else's love letters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

If a man wants to dispose of his
property SO that his heirs will not go
to law over it he can always do so by
giving it away during his lifetime.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

The Emperor of Japan has written
another poem, which consists Of six
lines. He gets 100000 a year, and
is undoubtedly the highest salaried
poet on earth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

Highland Nidette: An old El& i'll ate
half pound of cheese the othar even
ing and that night dreamed size had a
man. Since then. the groceIg have
been unable to supply the demand for
cheese.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

A half-shot man went home late and
his angry wife shot him. 1t is just
such harsh treatment as this that
drives men to stay away from home
altogether and sleep in a cemetery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
DISCRIMINATION.

"Our Willie shows great determine
tion," said the boys mother.
"Yes?" queried the proud papa.
'Yes. He spent the whole day MAX
ing soap bubbles and trying to pin one
to the wall. Philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

"The public schools must be kept out
of politics, and politics must be kept
out of the public schools" That has
the right ring.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

Twenty thousand people have ap-
piled for medals and pensions under
the provisions governing the Carnegie
hero fund. Little General Joe Wheeler
isn't among them either.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

The name of Jay Cookies father was
Eleutheros Cooke. The simple and
easily spelled name given to the son
was merely the natural reaction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

1t is surprising how many men there
are who can go blindfolded and put
their finger on "the cause of the peo-
pie"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Effect of Bee Stings.

Two bee stings suffice to kill spar
row in two or three hours. Analysis
of the bee poison has shown that it
contains three principles-one con-
vulsive, one Supplying and one which
gives rise to acute inflammation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

Senator Dolliver says civilization
and mud go together. No, the Sena-
tor did not have politics in mind par
ticularly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
Narrow Escape.

ever have appendicitis"
"No. The doctor thought had
once, but he changed his mind as soon
as I showed him my bank book. "-IlIi-
nois State Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

other career, the knowledge that 1t Is
impossible to rise above a certain and
wholly subordinate position has a
deadening or demoralizing effect upon
any man worth having.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

The man who thinks the world
owes him a living doesn't think any
thing about what he owes the world.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05
THE ROCK OF AGES.
BEAUTIFUL PAINTING AND CON-
PORTING HYMN.
A Symbol of the Christian Faith Which
Is One of the Most Widely Circulated
the Artist.

In all the literature Of Christianity
there is nothing which more beautiful
ly expresses the essence of our religion
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

Student is informed that Warsaw
is pronounced with a heavy accent on
the first syllable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

The actor is never hungry enough to
enjoy the hot roast served to him by
the dramatic critic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

A New York youth lost 100000 In
less than three seconds recently. The
heiress said NO."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-05

The weather man is all the time
ensy thinking of mean things.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-03-17
Strikes Hidden Rocks

Nmn your ship VI health strike
The hidden mrk, Il Consumption.
Pneumonia, etc, youar lu.t II yon
don't Ut help irom Dr. King
New Discovery ior Cun,ummiuu
" W NcHmnon. of Talad,g,
Spring. Ala. writes. ~ had l..r
very III with pneumonia. under IN,
carr ol ivo do,tur.. lot wa. getting
uo ls,I,r uh,n ! lsrm ionl, nr.
King New ni.wup IN, Hr,
du- gave uliyt anil w., l.s,.
'url aus sum ,uu mr som.
ihr1i bronchitis. u,usl..1nI..'.l.
Guaranteed, Il o. Ilu,r. dog
.lor. priyv in mlsI.w Trial
lu,llr ip,
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-03-17

wwr Ties. H... u'.n.rg uf
Cop clover n,. %. .. f'...
.hupmI HORSES llwm ,..
dividend m Oh, Investment Ne
ohwv shelter. r.. wm.I ..
mI,ra drH mI sixth suggestion.
ht ,h,y win lv. ur Inw aIr H.,
l.u solved Ny 90. hrwr
Oh, idea 1t .s.ug out 90 pt..s
oialyng m 90. hm 8. uou o
dead mr Farm Goo ms, .u.
o.... today up something m Oh,
saving. huk ur tnr mnnH,
rainy day EUu., 5000, i.ahr
mor Dies uui signify Doc B.. NOT up
t"dat, progressive, informed uu
thr market. Boo touch With tIt
world
Bgui.b Oh, da tla, lh, farm b,
au unsuitable dwelling ur tbr ,Iu.
a'cd. tina, /, &. tIr slough hou,,
vhu, these who can du nothing
els, may Il, uut living Villa,
mm thy grand estates u England
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-03-17
THE FARMER

= , > > > > > > > , . .

y
The farmer vhu mm, bis mm
8. the safeguard ui civilization md
tic ,talvart auu upon which r.-t,
independence. Take away Oh, Mr-
ucr and what d, produce. rn Boz.
arm and thy food supply OF th,
aorld i. cu, di,,rc.,iugly short.
There !, uu more useful class, nor
mory honorable elias. ui people
than they on the farm Hard
working, conservative, long huur.
5i toll. small profit. IN return,
these vorl, write hi. history
But the average farmer du- uu,
make farming mv There s. al.
way, the mu.t economical living ,u
make end. mryi during the year.
They do mc,,, hui larrly do, and
% some instance, the next year /.
harvest must H. drawn upnu iu
unset hi. years contingencies,
Rad crop-, lu,. oi stock and
uauy oihyr thing, ronirihuty "a
,ur,c rri..,. - much ,n ll. thi.
l,comr that the farm m, lo.' IL.
ttmcti,rn,.. tu many
~ ruurr thr luy who ha. uh
biucl lu education !. no, going "a
pcud Do. liir iD hm drudgr,
a profession ur hU.iup.. luom. ur
ion, him. and grand i. Oh,
SWEET mur.l that play. about hi,
tongue. Now. why Is ihi.3 What,
ever thr ,lty 1T farming, tbi. sut,
mcnt !, no, a healthy ouy. NJ
me will question that. llavc TOW,
pi corn lc,. attraction than rows VI
fgur,, ~ !, il lvcau,c there !,
more mon"y IN something else than
u farming
tine thing that has helped I,
.untr thi. sentiment l. mn utt.F,n,,
n have heard farmer father. max,
IN the presence ut their loy,: II
have had larl time un the farm,
md | don't want my 10y lu hav
.uch a time as | have. I want Z,
live him au education that be- mas
cater ,omc profession or lai.m,,.
Mistaken Iurui. n Your jrsir iu
ave YOUR l1y irom hard time
sou ha,v created in him a disgust
~ the huu. aui maybe you thyr-
3 y spoilrl q r,0d farmer and madr