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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Gratitude Well Expressed.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Aug. IA
Mr.. Q. L. Smith, painter and decorator,
whose home is at 800 Anne street this
city, makes the following statement:
Il was laid up with some kind Of
pains. Some said it was Lumbago,
others Sciatica, and others again Rheu-
matism. A few Of my friends suggest
ed that it was lead poison, but what
ever it was it gave me a great deal Of
pain, in fact, almost completely Grip
pied me. I had to use two canes to
walk about and even then it was a
very painful task.
"A friend advised me to try Dodd's
Kidney Pills and began the treat
ment. After had used the first box
I was able to throw away one of the
canes and was considerably improved.
The second box Strengthened me up so
that could go about free from pain
without any assistance and very soon
after I was completely cured, well and
happy, without pain or an ache.
Dodd's Kidney Pills seemed to go
right to the spot in my case and they
will always have my greatest praise"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
HEART RIGHT
When He Quit Coffee.


Life Insurance Companies will not
insure man suffering from heart trou-
BILE. The reason is obvious.
This is serious matter to the hus-
band or father who is solicitous for
the future of his dear ones. Often the
ed thing and can be corrected if taken
In time and properly treated. A man
in Colorado writes:
II was great coffee drinker for
many years, and was not aware OF the
injurious effects Of the habit till I be-
came a practical invalid, suffering
from heart trouble, indigestion and
nervousness to an extent that made me
wretchedly miserable myself and a
nuisance to those who witnessed my
sufferings.
Il continued to drink Coffee, how
ever, not suspecting that it was the
cause Of my ill-health, till. on applying
for life insurance l was rejected on
account Of the trouble with my heart.
Then | became alarmed. l found that
leaving off coffee helped me quickly, so
| quit it altogether and having been
attracted by the advertisements Of
Postum Food Coffee l began its use.
The change in my condition was re-
markable, and it was not long till l
was completely cured. All my all
ments vanished. My digestion was
completely restored, my nervousness
disappeared, and, most important Of
all, my heart steadied down and be-
came normal, and on a second examina-
ton l was accepted by the life insur-
ance company. Quitting Coffee and
using Postum worked the cure" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.
There's a reason, and it is explained
in the little book, "The Road to Well
ville.' in each pkg.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
JUST A MAN.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Folks when they read will have
ideas about writer's" said a casual ac-
quaintance on the train one day to
Miss Lucy Larcom, who was at the
time plump, pleasant, unromantlc.
middle-aged and housekeeperly-lo
person in an obviously unfashiona
bonnet. The remark was rendered
half by way Of apology, for there had
been discernible trace of disappoint.
ment in the ladys earlier observation
on first learning her companions iden.
tity: "Why, l thought you about
eighteen
Distinguished writer's are not often
eighteen; but it is quite true that
folks will have ideas" about their
favorite authors age, appearance and
characteristics which are frequently
wide of the mark. AS a consequence,
the meeting Of hero and -worshiper
not seldom results in a establishment
for which the hero is not wholly I'd
blame.
A lady long resident in London had
the pleasure Of introducing young
countrywoman at reception where
there were many guests Of distinction
in the world of letters. The girl en-.
joyed herself greatly in looking at the
lions Of the occasion, with several of
whom she had the honor Of exchang.
ing some ordinary civilities; but she
observed, after it was over, that al
though it had been immensely interest
ing to see the great men, she really
had not cared especially to be intro.
duced to them, since in mere momen.
tary conversation one could not OBJ.
tain any real impressions Of char.
acter.
THAT is so, no doubt" assented her
hostess, "but with Mr.. Browning al
least you had a conversation that was
more than momentary, and which you
seemed to be enjoying very much. You
must have talked with him ten or fiji.
teen minutes over there in the chim'
ney-corner."
"Browningv' gasped the girl, In
amazement. "Was that Browning? ]
had not caught his name. Oh, why
you not tell me? liked him immens6~-
ly as just a man, but he wasn't bit
satisfactory for poet!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

AS a contribution to the tainted
money" controversy, that made by
Mrs. William Connell is so valua able
that it should, or at least well might,
revive interest in that waning or
waned sensation. Mrs Council, when
asked in a Brooklyn court why she
wouldn't live with her husband and
wanted to deprive him Of the society
Of her children and his, presented none
Of the usual wifely grievances. She
did not charge unfaithfulness, cruelty
or failure to support. She only insist
ed that the money with which her
husband tried to supply her in gener-
Gus quantities was not good enough
for her or her children to live upon
because it was earned" on the race
track. She called 1t not tainted" but
dishonest" money, though we do not
understand, from the reports of the
hearing, that it's requirement was at
all dishonest, according to the stand
ards Of race tracks and those who fire.
Quent them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
QuEER SToRlE

The United States mails carry 81
6OO,0O00OO pieces of matter in a year,
at cost Of $150,00O,O0O 1
An American tourist recently wrote
the following inscription in an English
railroad train: Passengers are re-
quested not to pick flowers while the
train is in notion
. Mrs. A. r. Mcfarland, Of Alya. OH.
was the first woman missionary to 90
to Alaska. She made the trip thirty
years ago, and thinks that she was
the first woman to visit that terri
tory.
French anglers are now fishing with
a small mirror attached with the bait
to the hook. The fish sees his refec.
ton in the glass, and, thinking that a
rival Is about to forestall him, makes
haste. to snatch the bait. The scheme
has been quite successful.
Purcell Powless, full-blooded
Oneida Indian, grandson Of a former
chief of the tribe, has secured a POI
s1t1on as notorman in the st. Louis
street railway service. He is the Sec
ond full-blodded Indian to be employed
by the st. Louis Transit Company.
Felix Scott, Sioux, has been in the
service several months. Powless is %
years old. He was born in Wiscon.
sin, where the Oneida tribe has lived
for years. His Indian name is Soda.
Wah.
The form Of Western education
which the Filipino women, particularly
the elder ones, take to with the most
willingness, is card playing. They
easily master all the American games
-euchre, poker, seven-up, bridge, and
the like-and spend whole days In
playing them. They learn very quick
~ when to 'order it up" "raise the
ante" and SO on, and acquire the skill
Of the Heather Chinee which the vet
eran Bill Nye was somewhat sur
prised at.
An Alaskan missionary makes this
request, which shows how diversified
are the needs Of his calling: He asks
for "a peck Of spectacles and eye
glasses" A few years ago he made
a similar request, and in response re-
ceived a large quantity. That supply
Is running short, and as there are fire..
quent applications for glasses from
people to whom they would be a great
boon, he says, the glasses not only
minister to comfort, but aid some per-
sons in gaining a livelihood.
In 1859, some distance southeast of
Lake Nyassa, in Central Africa, Liv-
1ngston discovered Lake ShirWa, d
body of water about thirty miles long
and fifteen miles wide, which has now
entirely disappeared with the excep.
ton of few ponds in it's bed. Lake
Nyami, discovered by Livingston at
the same time, has also disappeared.
The cause Of the change appears to be
a gradual drying up Of bodies Of water
in Central Africa. AS marking the
results Of a single half century the
changes named with no doubt other
equally important, but not recorded
show rapidity Of mutation In those
inland waters not equaled elsewhere
In the contemporary geographers sur.
vey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
A PERSIAN HEADACHE CURE.


OF the progress Of medical science
the Persian people know little. They
divide diseases into two classes, hot
and cold. A cold remedy is applied
to "hot" disease, and a hot remedy
to a "cold" one. In with the Pill
grims to Mecca" the author tells his
experience with one Of their pilgrims:
The evening before 1 left Mecca for
Jiddah I was suffering from a rack
ing headache, and my friends advised
me to consult certain Arab physician.
In the East they never break the
ice Of silence with a remark on the
weather. The customary opening is
to inquire If you are in health. I told
the doctor, in answer to his question,
that l had a bad headache, and had
come to him to be cured. He asked
me on which side the head ached. I
touched the spot, whereupon he fell
to rubbing it vigorously with the palm
Of his right hand, calling out the while
to the urchin to fetch the necessary
apparatus for the forthcoming opera
ton. The boy disappeared. In a few
minutes he came back bearing in both
hands a round, hollow plate Of clay
in which were few Jumps Of burning
charcoal.
The next things he brought in were
couple Of iron rods about twice the
length Of an ordinary pencil, together
with a cup filed with a black liquid,
composed, if I mistake not, Of starch
and the SCOT Of an oil lamp. The doc
tor thrust the rods in the glowing char
coal. The fear Of being branded bath
ed my brow in sweat The doctor as
sured me l had no cause to be afraid.
The tips Of the rods by this time
were red-hot. Having dipped them in
the cup Of ink, he closed his eyes, and
then raised his voice in an incarnation
that lasted several minutes. Not
single word could I understand. When
it was over he opened his eyes, and
saying the word "Bismillah," proceed
ed to draw with one Of the rods now
cool, on my right temple, five perpen-
dicular lines crossed by five horizontal
ones, thus forming sixteen tiny
squares. Several magic hieroglyphics
besides were inscribed in the same
manner behind my ears and on the
nape Of my neck.
After every operation the good doc
tor would pause to ask me, SIS the
pain gone now" Four times did 1 tell
the truth; then, fearing further tattGp-
ing, assured the persevering little
man that thought was better.
His joy knew no bounds He said
the secret was left to him as an In
heritance from his father, and that on
no account must I wash off the signs
until the next day, or the pain would
return.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Tao Good IA Ti0aA

The peculiar state Of affairs has rel
suited from the recent orders that
twenty Cincinnati policemen should
bring down their weight. Each day
the men wrestled, juggled Indian
clubs, heavy dumbbells, Topped over
horizontal bars and circled the track
In the police gymnasium until their
lips were blue. Then Chief Milliken
had report fled with him as to the
weights Of the officers. To his amaze
ment several had increased in avoir-
dupois. The others had cut down their
weight very little. The chief will
ask the mayor to allow the heavy
weights to remain in their class.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

that story Of his losing a rib may have
arisen because he was operated on fol
appendicitis. When your grandfather
was a boy his neighbors had it ali
around him, and SO they did when you
were boy. But they called it inf1am.
nation of the bowels, stomach ache
acute indigestion, liver trouble or some
thing Of that sort. The patient got
we'll or he died, but no one ever opened
him when living to see what the mat
ter was. Perhaps it Is as we'll that
they did not, for much Of the surgery
of those days was more dangerous thar
any disease"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
huddle together like flock of sheep.

huddle together. like a flock of sheep!
Before dawn the rooms are empty and
the whole crowd has gathered on the
bank, where Greek priests, who will
presently drive a most lucrative trade,
await them. The principal articles
sold are branches Of trees from vari-
GUS sacred spots, stones from the
Mountain Of Temptation hard by,
plants from the wilderness and ros-
aries with olive stones for beads To
whatever religious value is claimed for
these articles the Russian peasants i'm
plicitly give credence, and they will
ingly pay their money to obtain them.
During the hours Immediately pre-
ceding the ceremony the motley crowd
is occupied in prayer and silent devo-
ton. To many pilgrims this occasion
is one Of the greatest life can bring
namely, to be permitted not only to
visit the Jordan, but actually to battle
in it's sacred waters. Suddenly chant
ing Is heard and the crowd quickly
opens to let procession Of purple-clad
ecclesiastics pass to the waters, then
the pilgrims close in again and station
themselves along the banks, eager and
watchful. And now, quite reverently,
jeweled cross is laid by the patri
arch on the surface Of the stream to
bless it, and no sooner does the sacred
symbol touch the water than dive Is
made into it by the enthusiastic crowd,
which splashes and prays and wallows
and dips-altogether a strange scene.
Such is the baptism, and the longer
it lasts the greater the merit the pill
grim will enjoy. All dripping with wa
ter each shroud Is now wrung out and
slowed away to serve as the cerecloth
when the pilgrimage Of life is over
and the body is ready for the grave.
AS the traveller rides away the next
day to Jerusalem he will see these
childlike peasants, bedraggled with
mud and fatigued by constant sleep
lessness, plodding along toward the
holy city, chanting and singing as they
go and leaning on their sticks Of reed.
But there is now a smile on their faces
and joy in their hearts, for have they
not bathed in the waters Of Jordan?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Harper. the eminent educator.

DR.. Harper, the eminent educator.
Perhaps there is a real difference Of
opinion between these gentlemen; If so,
neither succeeded In bringing 1t out.
There is nothing irreconcilable be-
tween their respective views as report
ed. What is true Of this debate is
true Of the average three RS debate
there is more misapprehension than
actual divergence disclosed. DR.. Har-
per, we are told, maintained that some
thing more was needed than that ev
cry child should acquire the three RS
and then go to work, since we stand
for equal opportunity and do not pro-
pose to create peasant class. True,
perfectly true; but DR.. Draper certain
ly would not teach the so-called fads
and frills at the expense Of the essen
tlals. What the conservatives" as
sert Is that ignorance Of the three Rs
Is worse, more dangerous to the Amer
lean ideal, than neglect of the orna-
mental studies. Who will deny this?
The chief purpose Of public educa-
ton, said Mayor Mcclellan, is to make
good citizens. This means that edu-
cation must be moral as well as intel
lectual Isn't this precisely the conten-
ton Of the progressives? The New
York Mayor is opposed TO get-wise-
quick methods; does any rational edu
Gator favor them? So all through the
discussion. Neither side really attack
ed what the other would care to up
hold. 1t is impossible to deny that
the essentials are essential. 1t Is i'm
possible to deny that If, without sac
rifcing the three Rs, other useful and
refining things can be taught in the
schools, these things should be added
unto the rising generation. The Ques-
ton is really one OF fact-whether or
not the "fads" have to any injurious
extent displaced the essentials.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
A Square Proposition,

A Western editor mailed a postal
to each subscriber with the printed
question: what do you read in tht
paper?" And replies came in as fol
lows:
1.-The market report"
Sporting news"
"War news"
Baseball"
Church notices"
Deaths and marriages.
Advertisements"
Editorials"
But a solitary subscriber sent in the
following unique reply:
I'll read every blamed thing you
print in it If you'll only print my poe
try three times week at reduced
ratesp'-Atlanta Constitution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
THE VACANT PLACE.
IL Is Always Ready for the Brother
Who Doesn't Come.

Who Doesn't Come.
When the Patriarch Of Venice be-
came the Pope of Rome, it made a
great change in the lives Of his sisters,
as we'll as in his own life. But the
three devoted women who had been
his housemates followed him, and hap
PLY found quarters in an old palace
that faces st. Peters and the papal
apartments in the Vatican.
From their terrace at certain hour
every morning, writes correspondent
Of the Springfield Republican, they
have the vision Of whiteclad figure
at window, a figure whose wave Of
the hand opens their day gladly.
The Sarto sisters have continued in
Rome custom Of their Venetian days
hospitality. In their house there is
ever spare bedroom, and the table is
always large enough for several addi-
tonal persons. eve like it so," they
explain. If friend comes he finds
that he is not incomnoding us. We
make no difference; all are welcome"
One evening stranger was taken
through tha dining-room to the terrace
and happening to cast his eye on the
table, already laid, noticed that there
were covers for four.
II must hurry" he said to the maid.
1.-THE ladies, l see, have a guest for
dinner"
"Where?" exclaimed the servant,
startled. '"They must have opened the
door for him themselvesw
II inferred So" said the other, "as
there are places for four at the ia
ble"
ooh, that means something else"
was the explanation. "At every meal
there are four places, three for them
selves and one for his holiness. He
cannot come, but he is with them in
spirit, they say. No matter how many
guests they have, no one ever takes
that place at the foot of the table.
1t is sacred. Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

TO say that an educational associa-
ton is in session anywhere or at any
time, with distinguished laymen as
participants In the discussion, is to
prepare one for another airing of the
three RS versus "fads" controversy.
The recent session Of the National Ed
ucational Association at Asbury Park
was marked by an assault" on the
so-called fads and gallant defense Of
the same. The assailant was Mayor
Mcclellan Of New York. the defender
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

How true is the statement we know
not, but it Is no doubt we'll sustained
that $30,O00,000 go every month into
Wall street from people Of the cities
and villages Of the entire country who
are anxious to get something for moth
ing in stock speculations, 80 per cent
of which goes to the Golfers Of the
brokers and their $4,000 employees,
many Of whom live in homes Of lux
ury. In one building alone are 1900
men dependent upon stock gambling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
FIFTEEN YEARS OF TORTURE.
Itching and Painful Sores Covered
Head and Body-Cured in Week by

Itching and Painful Sores Covered
Head and Body-Cured in Week by
Cuticura.
"For fifteen years my scalp and fore
head was one mass Of scabs, and my
body was covered with sores. Words
cannot express how I suffered from
the itching and pain. tried many
doctors and treatments, but could get
no help, and had given up hope when
a friend told me to get Cuticura. After
bathing with Cuticura Soap and ap-
plying Cuticura Ointment for three
days, my head was as clear as ever,
and to my surprise and joy, one cake
of soap and one box Of ointment made
a complete cure in one week. (Signed)
Ell. B. Franklin, ut Washington St.,
Allegheny, Pa"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
PRAIRIE DOGS AND OWLS

Do Not Live Together Because They
Are Friends.
One Of the most interesting additions
to geological gardens is an exhibit Illus
trating the mode Of life Of prairie dogs,
or prairie marmots, and burrowing
owls. These owls are found in many
districts in North and South America
and generally in the company Of unin-
telligent or defenseless animals, like
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

One soothing and amusing effect Of
the public laundering Of the Equitable
dirty linen is to show that the high
financiers-the men who buy a rail
road system as the rest Of us buy a
pair Of shoes-are as human as we
are. The spectacle Of these mag
mates jumping UP and down, daring
each other to step out in the hall and
voclferating "Wow-wow-woww shows
that the exponent Of haute finance is
still swayed by carnal passions. His
money is only an incident. He him
self Is very much a man, and when
his toes are trodden upon he forgets
finance in an earnest desire to smite
his enemy on the nose.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Appendicitis Is Not New.

"Why is it," asked a man of ply
sician, that so many people are suf-
fering these days with appendicitis and
have to be operated upon, when there
was formerly nothing Of the kind in
existence
"My young friend" the doctor an
swered, "this disease has been in the
world ever since Adam was-perhaps
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Real Unkind.

Hattie-My music teacher says I have
the most wonderful voice he ever heard
for one Of my age.
Carrie-Well, you shouldn't allow a
little thing like that to worry you.
Hattie-Worry me-! Why, what do
you mean?
Carrie-You are young yet, and the
chances are you will outgroW it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

Lettuce is q healthful food. It is
even good when used externally. A
boy fell from a fifth-story window into
o barrel Of the tender green's and es-
capped injury.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

There comes story to the effect
that a young woman committed sui
eide because she feared the man she
was to marry was too good for her.
She must have been talking to his
mother.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

A dispatch from New York says the
Equitable fight cost Jimmie Hyde 49,
100000. Still, he needn't feel bad
about It. Most Of it was other peo-
PIES money, anyway.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

1t has about reached the point where
some college will have to face the mu-
sic and show its appreciation by con-
ferring degree ON John D. Rookie
Teller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

DR.. Washington GLADDEN. has recent
~ been discussing new sins" Has
somebody been revising sin in order to
have it more up-to-date?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

Down in New Hampshire recently
man swan mile for the purpose of
being on time at his wedding. Even at
that he probably had to wait for the
bride to put the finishing touches on
her primpino.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

When the wife is too fond Of dry
goods and the husband Of wet goods,
the financial finish of that family is
not hard to forecast.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
A Strenuous Part

do you find Hamlet difficult role 2"
asked the inquisitive person.
mo-" replied the transforming TRACE
dian, 'but 1 have to hump myself when
ever I tackle Richard HIP
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23

Would that two-hearted man, who
offers his remains for sale as an ana
tomical freak, be guilty of bigamy if
he gave heart each to two women?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-23
Cautious Jack,

Irene-Has Jack asked you to mar
ry him yet?
Maybeie-Just as good. He asked
Aunt Ann the other day if there had
ever been any consumption in our fam'
ily.