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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
Close Calculation.

Extremes touch in commercial &C.
centricities, and the land Of the palm
is not SO different from that of the
pine, in the oddities of it's small trad
ers. 1t was Canada grocer who own
ed that it never paid him to keep
white sugar.
IF l get barrel folks buy it up so
fast it's gone in less n a week." said
he. Don't pay, tell We, it don't
pay"
A traveller in the Philippines gives
this experience on the Island Of Ne
gros. He had gone to the open-air
market, where the native women sit
squatting in row, prepared for the
long financial arguments that follow
the customers first mention of a price.
"How much?" asked the visitor.
pointing to some mangoes.
"Three cents each," was the answer.
There were six mangoes in the bas-
ket, and the traveller took them all and
laid 20-cent piece in the sellers lap.
But she angrily snatched them back,
and also returned the coin.
"They are cents, if you buy them
separately" said she. IF you buy the
lot, you will have to pay cents, for I
shall have none to sell to other peo-
1l1o ~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
Small Profit to Prisoner.

A white man was arraigned before q
colored justice of the peace during re-
construction times for killing a man
and stealing a mule. 1t was in Arkan-
sas, near the Texas border, and there
was some rivally between the States.
but the colored justice tried always to
preserve an impartial frame of mind.
"We'se got two kind OBJ law in dis
we're cot" he said, "Texas law and
Arkansas law. Which will YOU hab?'
The prisoner thought a minute and
then guessed he would take the Ar
kansas law.
Den I discharge you fo' stealin' de
mule an hang you TO KILN de man."
Hold on minute, judge" said the
prisoner. Better make that Texas
law"
"All right. Under de law oh Texas
fine yo' TO KILN de man an, hang
yo' TO stealth de mule"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

several attitudes. Other types of pom
chos and shawl-like garments are Orna-
mented with large hammered disks OF
silver the size of an ordinary saucer.
These, as well as the border, are fes-
TONED with handsome feather work.
Great numbers Of these fabrics were
prepared and consumed in religious
and ceremonial rites and sacrificial OBJ
servances. Many young girls were de-
manded as yearly tribute from distant
conquered tribes and during the period
Of their captivity were engaged in
weaving these brilliant ponchos, though
they were destined themselves to be
offered up as a sacrifice on some great
occasion. A year or more, it is thought,
was needed by tnese captives to turn
out an elaborate ornamental poncho.
Special care was taken to preserve
the fleet wild vicuna, which furnished
the fine wool. A special game preserve
was set apart for them by the lords
and the ordinary people were not al
lowed to hunt in it, The coarse wool
Of the llama and alpaca was allotted to
the common folk for the weaving Of
their apparel, while the fine, silklike
skeins of the vicuna were reserved for
the nobility and the ruling meas. The
color Of the vicunas wool is a rudy
yellow and it retains its hue forever.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
Shouting Their Praises.

Kirkland, ILL.,, Jan. 2.-(Special.)-
Cured Of the terrible Rheumatic pains
that made him cripple for years, Mr..
Richard r. Greenhon, an old and re-
spected resident Of this place, is shout
ing the praises of the remedy that
cured him, Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Il had the rheumatism in my left
limb SO that l could not walk over ten
to fifteen rods at time and that by
the use of two canes," Mr. Greenhon
says. II would have to sit or lie down
on the ground when l was out trying
to walk and the sweat would run
down my face, with SO much pain. 1
could not sleep at night for about five
or six weeks.
II tried different doctors medicines,
but they were all no good. Then I sent
for Dodd's Kidney Pills and almost
from the first they brought relief. BY
the time l had taken fourteen boxes
of them my rheumatism was all gone
and l can truly say 1 feel better than
have in the last twenty-five years."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
Wonderful Alabama Cat.

l had cat once remarkably intelli-
gent, even for a cat. He could turn a
knob Of door with his paws, fetch the
paper when it was thrown over the
fence, carry notes to the grocers, and
perform other stunts creditable alike
to his head and heart.
One night was reading rather late
in the sitting room, when / noticed the
cat rub up against my leg and start
for the door, and when | failed to fol-
low he would return and repeat the
performance. Alcibiades Chat was the
name Of the caD was SO insistent that
finally | decided to follow him. He led
me up the stairs and into a room. Co
ing up to a closet the cat tapped upon
the door with its paw. Understanding
the mute request, | opened the door
and much to my establishment discov-
cred negro man crouched down in a
corner of the closet. l seized him and
with the help of OTHER members of the
household delivered him at the station
house, where he was recognized as
badly wanted Overwhelmingly
News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
PROPER WAY TO WALK.
A Physical Instructor Gives Advice on
the Subject.

A Physical Instructor Gives Advice on
the Subject.
The way to walk straight is not to
think Of the shoulders at all, says a
physical instructor. Hang your arms
loosely at your sides and hold yourself
erect by moderate tension of the back
and abdominal muscles and the mus
cles of the neck. Then your shoulders
will have to hang right.
Don't throw OUT your chest. The
chest that is inflated properly by deep
breathing is bound to be thrown out,
and thrown out not like that of u
stuffed figure, but naturally, because
it can't help it.
Don't walk with stiff neck. Hol1
your head erect tie way an animal
does. Watch a deer. its neck is al
ways in motion, yet it is always held
beautifully. Your head poised on
stifly held neck is no good for either
balancing or looking around you. Pois-
ed confidently on strong but plant
neck muscles, it becomes what q head
should be.
Many clsases of men who do much
walking, such as Indians, guides and
trappers, walk with Their bodies in
clined Forward a little bit. But they
don't round their shoulders or stoop
their heads. They incline forward
from the hips. This throws their
weight little ahead and gives the leg
muscles the chance to exert all their
power in the best directions. But the
upper body is never bent by these
men. 1t simply is held forward from
the hips at very slight barely per-
ceptible angle.
Even if correct poise in walking had
nothing to do with other forms of ath-
letics it would be invaluable in itself.
The man who walks right is going to
keep his organs-heart, kidneys, liver
and lungs-in splendid form. But, be-
sides all this, it helps wonderfully in
all outdoor sports.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

an eggs, an sugar an spices an a
few other things mixed up together.
An all there is to cookin' is just to
cook things. You make me tired"
you're too sensertive, Evelina,"
said the grocery man. Il don't say it
don't take a whole lot O. thought an
years O. study to break an egg in q
pan an keep the sunny side whole.
know it's hard on the brain to learn
to slap a beefsteak on the broiler an
butter an pepper it the way it ought
to be buttered an peppered. I amt
knOckin'.
when | said q pie was easy 1
meant it was easy when you knew
how. I'll bet you know how to warm
over beans, but that amt sayin' you
know all about apples. 1t amt no
disgrace. You wasn't raised in or
chard the way l was Them spots is
where the insecs bit 'em. You take
an insec' an he knows what's good to
bite. If he sees poor apple he passes
it up. If it's sound an ripe an well
favored he takes a lunch on it right
there. He don't hurt it none; he jest
takes what he wants an leaves the
rest"
That's what I'll do" said the pretty
cook. I'll take what I want an |
don't want none O. them apples. If
you amt got any better know store
that has an won't charge any more
than 30 cents, either"
"Sure, we've got some BETTER" said
the grocery man. II didn't know you
wanted any better than these. Come
to think of it, your apples is in the
peck measure jest outside the door
there. I'm awful absentminded, some
how"
The pretty cook bit her lip. You'd
better get them apples emptied in the
drawers an foller your mind" she
said.-Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

"You'll not find any better apples
than them at 80 cents peek said the
grocery man to the pretty cook. 81
could have brought you some Jona-
thans at So, but the only difference
is that the peel looks prettier. Them
spots you see is only skin deep an
once you get the skin off YOU wouldn't
know but they was fancy selects, hand
polished"'
That's all right, but you can take
'em right back again. said the cook.
by the time pared them spots off
there wouldn't be nothin' left but the
core"
saw, what's the matter with your?
said the grocery man. You're Off.
It's just the outside. You don't want
apples to put under glass shade for
an ornament on the center table
You're goin' to use 'em as film for
pie crust, amt you? That's all right
then. I guarantee you won't get no
better nowhere. You take an cut
them apples up and fix 'em With sugar
an q little nutmeg OF lemon peel to
flavor; get your pie crust good an
short an see that the bottom amt
soggy, an have it we'll baked on top.
an if you haven't got an apple pie
that's a corker I'll engage to eat it
myself. I'll eat the crust anyway"
II suppose you think you know all
about maxim PIES" said the cook, sar-
castically.
Sure" answered the grocery man.
"All there is to it is -four an water
an shortenin' mixed up together, with
punkin, apples or mincemeat or some
athin' in between. It's dead easy"
THAT'S right" said the cook. "An'
all you need to make good bread is
flour an water an yeast, with a pinch
O. salt mixed up together, an all there
is to cake is flour an water an milk
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
LENGTHY SERMONS.
Five or Six Hours at Stretch and Di-
visions Up to "EighfS-sixth1y."

Five or Six Hours at Stretch and Di-
visions Up to "EighfS-sixth1y."
No English congregation would have
listened to such sermons as used to
be popular in the Presbyterian
churches of Scotland. There is indeed
a story told of dissenting preacher
named Lobb in the seventeenth cen
tury who, when South went to hear
him, "being mounted up i'll the pulpit
and naming his text, made nothing of
splitting it up into twenty-siX diyi-
sions, upon which separately he very
their order. Thereupon the doctor rose
up, and, jogging the friend who pore
him company, said, Let us go home
and fetch our gowns and slippers, for
I find this man will make night work
Of it."
But Mr.. Lobb himself was humane
in the pulpit as compared to a GER
tain Mr.. Thomas Boston, to whose SER
mons Sir Archibald Geikie has drawn
attention in his Scottish Reminis-
cences." Mr.. Thomas Boston, who
wrote a book called "Primitiae ct III
tima," was minister Of the gospel at
Ettrick. In sermon on Fear and
Hope, Objects of the Divine Com
placency," from the text Pslam
cXlvii., II, "The Lord taketh pleasure
in them that fear him and in those
that hope i'll his mercy" Mr.. Boston,
latter an introduction in four sections,
deduced six doctrines, each subdivided
into from three to eight heads, but
the last doctrine required another SER
mon which contained "a practical i'm
prOvement of the whole arranged
under eighty-siX heads. A sermon on
Matthew XII, %, was subdivided into
seventy-six heads.'" On this text, in
deed, Mr.. Boston preached four such
sermons.
1t is more than doubtful whether
any brains or hearts south of the
Tweed could have stood the strain of
such discourses. But Scotch preach
er, not in the present degenerate age,
has been known to preach from five
to six hours at stretch, and some
times when one preacher had finished
his sermon another would begin and
there would be a succession of preach
ers delivering sermon upon sermon
until the unhappy congregations were
kept listening to "the word" for as
many as ten hours without a break
Bishop Wildon in the Nineteenth Cen.
turY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
Longevity in Virginia.

''Mine is the prize state for longevi-
ty," said Virginian, who WAS regis
tered at q Chestnut street hotel, ac-
cording to the Philadelphia Press. Il
can produce list of nineteen f>-rmer
citizens and slaves of my State whose
years when they died aggregated
2,241. Of the nineteen persons named
the youngest when he died was Ito
years DID, Two lived to be 1870, one to
be 1875, two to be 121, one to be 11G,
two 115, three ia, one 113, two 112,
two III, one no. one 120 and one, a
negro, lived to the ripe old age of 1876
years. Of the nineteen persons only
six were negroes; all the others were
whites.
"While | am in the humor l will tell
another one. There is, or was, few
years ago, standing on the banks OF
Neabsco Creek, Virginia, tombstone
carrying probably the oldest monu-
mental inscription in the United States.
The date is 1908 and it is thought that
the decedent was one of John Smiths
men. This is the inscriptions: Here
lies We body of Lieutenant William
Herbs, who died May We 10th, 1908;
aged Go years; by birth a Briton; a
good soldier; a good husband and
neighbor.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
Snakes in Water.

All reptiles swim. Almost all snakes
move through the water with as much
ease and rapfdity as on land. Rattle
snakes, for example, are much given
to swimming in placid water if it is
not too cold. In the everglade lakes Of
Florida they may be often seen. 1t is
we'll to know that to attack from a
boat a poisonous snake in the water
is a much more dangerous proceeding
than to attack the snake on land. The
reason is that the reptile will immedi-
ately make for the boat, since it must
have a solid base from which to strike.
1t half leaps and half climbs into the
craft, and there is fight at uncom-
fortably close quarters.-Success
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
He's a Vegetarian.

After thin, pale man and a big,
horid man had been engaged in a
warm discussion for time on a sub
urban trolley car the other evening
the smaller and more peppery of the
two made it apparent that he wanted
all those present for an audience.
Il am vegetarianv' he shouted. II
never saw one of your beef eaters yet
that could think clearly or reason intel
ligently."
Then some of the indignant passen-
gers who did not agree with him and
resented his sweeping assertions came
in with their voluntaries.
Hairs just the color Of a carrot"
chuckled the fat man.
Nose is a little reddish" said the
young man i'll evening dress.
"And something Of a 'turnup,'" tit
tered the pretty girl hanging to the
same strap.
bet he's beat" snorted the
butcher.
Regular 'punkin 'ead,' growled the
Englishman who had eaten many an
OK.
The vanquished vegetarian raised a
parsnip- finger to the conductor.
The parson in the corner murmured:
Lettuce have peas" and the tittering
girl ended the fusillade by requesting
the little man not to squash" her as
he wedged his way to the rear plat
form.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
HABITS CHAIN.
Certain Habits Unconsciously Formed
and Hard to Break.


and Hard to Break.
An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power neces-
sary to break a lifelong habit would,
if it could be transformed, lift q
weight of many tons.
1t sometimes requires a higher de-
gree of heroism to break the chains Of
pernicious habit than to lead a for
lorn hope in a bloody battle. A lady
writes from an Indiana town:
"From my earliest childhood was
lover Of coffee. Before l was out
of my teens 1 was a miserable dys-
peptic, suffering terribly at times with
my stomach.
II was convinced that it was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
could not deny myself a cup for
breakfast. AT the age Of 36 | was in
very poor health, indeed My sister
told me was in danger of becoming
a coffee drunkard.
But l never could give up drink
ing coffee for breakfast although it
hCpI 1He CONSTANTLY III, until LrleQ
Postum. learned to make it properly
according to directions, and now we
can hardly do without Postum for
breakfast, and care nothing at all for
coffee
II am no longer troubled with dys-
pepsia, do not have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used to trouble
me so when 1 drank coffee" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book, "The Road to WellYille."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

probable that the frightful slaughter
in Manchuria has made the statesmen
of the old world and of the new re-
fleet mere seriously than ever before
upon the horrors, the inhumanity, the
destructiveness of war. If, however,
the conflict in the far East has not
made statesmen and rulers think more
deeply upon the subject, it has at least
stirred the hearts of the people in ev-
cry land and made them revolt against
such carnage. 1t is no eXaggeratiOn to
say that in every country the move
ment for interna tional arbitration has
been strengthened by the Russo-Japa
nese conflict. In Japan there is a reac-
ton which finds expression not in pro-
test against the government, but in
profound sorrow over the loss Of many
thousands of sturdy subjects of the
Mikado. That the war is not popular
in Russia has been asserted time and
again by students Of public opinion in
the empire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

The startling information that immi-
grants are coming to New York more
rapidly than they can be disposed of
with anything like convenience is off
set somewhat by the fact that there is
a large exodus from this country to
different countries of Europe. Greeks
and Italians belong to the class that
can easily drift back and forth as tenn
peratUre prompts. A little money earn
ed in America enables them to take ad.
vantage Of low steerage rates and to
spend the winter in the milder home
climate. The thrifty Scandinavians
usually plan some time beforehand for
a generous visit home Each winter
finds large numbers Of these hardy peo-
pie making a trip to the fatherland to
share with the home folks some of the
blessings they have found in America.
This year special inducements are held
out to them to return to Norway and
Sweden, for the northern country has
been so far depleted Of it's best blood
that there is a loud demand for men
to till the soil, to work in the mines
and to engage in promising manufac-
lures. Scandinavia finds she has un-
developed resources of her own and
plenty of work for her sturdy sons and
is begging them to return. The French
and English are following suit, al
though in not so great numbers. So
h0nonCnnlynrc q
looked upon win something of anxiety
the other phase Of the situation is also
to be taken into account. This going
back and forth Of native Europeans
portant in their way as is the inter
change Of scholarships among differ.
ent nations of which so much has been
said in praise Of late. These emigrants
carry home the principles and ideas
they have gained in America, the thrift
Ter habits, the higher ideals. Their
views may be crude and often errone-
Gus, but they are far broader and more
accurate than they would be if these
persons remained permanently in eth
er country. The same is true Of their
sympathies. Frequent interchange of
visits between Europeans and Ameri-
cans, to whatever status of society
they may belong, tends to a better I'M
derstanding between the different coun-
tries and a better prospect Of peace
and good will among the different ma
tons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

The women believe that every man
knows all about poker, but only a few
men do. 1t is true, however, that near
ly every man pretends to understand
the game thoroughly. When there is
a poker joke at a theater all the men
smile and look at their women folks
with sort of pity, but the fellows
who smile know very little about the
game and are afraid to play it, for in
almost every little social affair con-
nected with chips and pairs there is a
tin-horn gambler industriously engaged
in working chumps The few men who
really understand poker have a habit
Of winning the money Of the men who
pretend to understand it, so the large
majority Of men know nothing about
the game further than that a good
hand is hard to get.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
500 Reward. 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to the med
ical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease. requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system THEREBY destroying the Of
building up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to
cure. Send for list of Testimonials.
Address. F. j. CHENEY & co. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
GEORGEOUS PERUVIAN ROBE.
Magnificent Specimen of Ancient Inca
Weaving Is Found


What is said to be the finest and
most gorgeous garment Of ancient Pc
ruvian workmanship ever recovered
and which is classed as one Of the
most extraordinary pieces of primi-
tive weaving in the world says a
writer in the ST. Louis Republic, is a
multicolored rough poncho, interviewer
front and back into 100 squares, while
these in turn contain more than 800 adj
ditional figures making 500 varied de-
signs used. The squares contain diff
ferent geometric patterns, a conspicu-
Gus one being a series of terracelike
steps, with bird, thought to be the
condor, ascending.
The. two lower sections contain the
border, which depicts a conventional
lied warrior, with lamp and shield, in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
He Was IT.

I'D like to inspect the third floor
fat" said the man in uniform.
The other man, who had signed a
lease for a year, and then found that
the only way he could get water in
his rooms was by carrying it from the
floor below, folded his arms.
WELL" he said, take a good look
at me. I'm the third floor fat."-Chi-
cagO Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

Any woman can take up new fad,
the dress record for its basis is
merely a stout scrap book, into which
the owner pins a piece of each new
dress she gets, and appends memor-
andum of the cost of the dress and the
special occasions on which it was
worn. If ever the memorandum has
TO record that the girl made the dress
herself, made it over once, and wore
it 70 times between May 20, 1908, and
Sept. l, 1904-well, she might not like
to put the fact before the public, but
she need never fear that it will repel a
man who thinks of marrying her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
Chicago newspapers declare that thai

Chicago newspapers declare that that
city will soon build a subway for
street cars and foot passengers which
will be as fine as that in New York,
and even more extensive. If it is done
it will place Chicago in the novel posi-
ton of having streets four stories high
Forty feet down below many Of the
streets run miles of subway already,
understanding tunnels in which runs
an electric railway for carrying freight
TO business houses. Electric wires and
gas and water pipes also use this tun-
mel. The new subway will be over
this, then will come as now the level
surface Of the street, and above that
the elevated railroads.