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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
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Whales from 800 to 400 years old
are sometimes met with. The age Is
ascertained by the size and number
Of layers Of the whalebone, which in
crease yearly.
Many curious instances Of old laws
may still be found in England. In
Chester the man who fails to raise his
hat when funeral is passing becomes
liable by an old law to be taken be-
fore magistrate and imprisoned.
The visiting card is not an exclusive
institution Of polite society. The Co.
reans have visiting cards foot square.
The savages of Dahomey announce an
intended visit by sending in advance
| board. When the visit is paid the
board is returned to the owner, who
keeps it for future use. The Suma-
trans use piece Of wood decorated
with straw.
At the Hospice Of the Great St. Ber-
nard a dog who had spent his life, If
not in nursing, at least In succoring
the sick, died ION duty" This was
Barry" one Of the oldest and most
useful Of the noble canine band which
seeks out the lost traveller on the Alps.
"Barry's" fame was worldwide, and
letters Of sympathy have been receiv-
ed by the Prior from all countries.
A new record in Dervish whirling Is
believed to have been established at
Madison Gardens, New York, by the
performance Of Marie Bayrooty, from
Beirut, who kept herself awhirl spin
ming like human top for thirty-two
minutes. The former record for Der
wish Whirling is given as twenty-five
minutes. After whirling for a quarter
Of an hour she asked for an orange,
which she ate, still whirling. Then she
ate two bananas.
There is regular business In Italy
Of making little wire cages for grass
hoppers. The insect is regarded as
lucky and If one can be kept alive in
the cage for a month it is believed
the year will be prosperous. The su-
perStition arose from this incident: A
cardinal Of the Medici family invited
bishop to dine with him in his garden.
The cardinal handed the bishop a glass
of wine. A grasshopper fell from
tree into the wine and the bishop did
not drink it. The wine was afterWard
found to have been poisoned.
A dealer in trunks and travelling
bags tells Of an odd business which
he does in summer. The vacation goer
who has no trunk or valise hires one.
New trunks, Of course, cannot be had
on lease. Only the secondhand ones
are thus let out. 'You see," said the
dealer, there are good many young
people-clerks, statesmen, stenograph-
ers, male and female-that want a va
cation Of only week or SO, and they
don't care about going to the expense
Of buying valise or trunk. Bor-
row? Oh, yes, they could borrow,
suppose; but you know what opinion
people have Of trunk borrowers, espe
cially in vacation time"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25

science explains the phenomenSI ~
red hair thus: 1t is caused by supar-
abundance Of iron in the blood. This
1t is that imparts the vigor, the elias
ITCHY, the great vitality, the overflow
ing and thoroughly healthy animal
life that runs riot through the veins
of the ruddy-haired, and this strong,
sentient animal life is what renderx
them more intense in all their emo.
tons than their more languid fellow
creatures. The excess Of iron is also
the cause Of freckles on the peculiarly
clear, white skin which always accom-
panies red hair. The skin is abnormal
ly sensitive to the action Of the suns
rays, which not only bring out the
little brown spots in abundance, but
also burn like a mustard plaster, pro-
ducing a queer, creepy sensation, as II
the skin was wrinkling up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
DANCING IN SPAIN.
1t Is More than Amusement as Shown
by Religious Steps.

1t Is More than Amusement as Shown
by Religious Steps.
While the professional dancers most
clearly maintain the ancient tradition,
writes Havelock Ellis, in the Tween
tieth Century Home, dancing still re-
mains a universal instinct with Span
ish women.
The great annual feria at Seville is
largely an orgy Of dancing. AS even
ing approaches, everywhere one begins
to hear the sound Of castanets and to
see the gracious movements Of the
seguildilla, the universal Andalusian
dance.
But the fundamental instincts Of the
Spaniard for dancing and the serious
and profound way in which it express
es the temperament Of the people are
perhaps shown by nothing else so
much as by the existence of religious
dancing in Spain. At the time Of ST..
Thomas Of Villaneuva, bishop Of Va
lencia, it was customary to dance be-
fore the sacred elements in the church
es Of Seville, Toledo, Jerez and Valen-
cia. Religious dancing continued to be
common in Catalonia and in Roussil-
lon the most Spanish Of the French
provinces) up to the seventeenth CEN
fury.
But a real and unique survival Of
religious dancing is the dance Of the
seises in Seville cathedral, when tise
choristers, wearing the same costume
as they wore 400 years agos perform
dance to the accompaniment Of cas-
tanets in the space between the high
altar and the choir.
Dancing is something more than an
amusement in Spain. 1t is part of that
solemn ritual which enters into the
whole life Of the people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
FROM TEXAS
Some Coffee Facts from the Lone Star
State.

Some Coffee Facts from the Lone Star
State.
From a beautiful farLl down in Tex
as, where gushing springs unite to
form babbiing brooks that wind their
sparkling way through fowery meads,
comes a note Of gratitude for delivery.
from the coffee habit
when my baby boy came to me five
years ago, l began to drink Postum
Food Coffee, having a feeling that it
would be better for him and me than
the old kind of drugladen coffee. |
YVES not disappointed in it, for it en-
abled me, a small delicate woman, to
nurse a bouncing healthy baby IA
months old.
II have since continued the use Of
Postum for l have grown fond of it,
and have discovered to my joy that it
has entirely relieved me Of a bilious
habit which used to PROSTATE me two
or three times year, causing much
discomfort to my family and suffer
ing to myself.
NY oAolHCl-lH-ldW was SulOu -
chronic constipation by leaving off the
old kind of coffee and using Postum.
He has become even more fond Of it
than he was of the old coffee.
I'm fact the entire family, from the
latest arrival "a 2-year-old who always
calls for his 'potie' first thing in the
morning. up to the head of the house.
think there is no drink so good or so
wholesome as Postum" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
FEEDS HIS MULE AND WIFE.
Tennesseean Files Novel Answer to
Suit for Divorce.

Tennesseean Files a Novel Answer to a
Suit for Divorce.
T. B. Caldwell, clerk and master of
chancery, has received an amusing
document sent to him by friend in
Chattanooga. The paper in question is
an answer to a divorce suit filed in
the chancery court Of Marion county.
The document is typewriter affair
and is about four pages. There is not
a capital letter used in it, no punctua-
ton, and it was drawn by James II.
Higgins, the defendant to the divorce
suit, without the aid Of an attorney.
It is evident from the answer that
the petitioner, Dorindia q. Higgins,
preferred the charge Of nonsupport,
and one part Of the answer is as fol-
lows:
ii have not give hur individually
for support but she eat part Of what
/ give the children for i have gave
them all they made on the farm at
home besides this bought seed for
the farm and gave the children both
beef and pork from here have bought
-four for them and gave them both
-four and meal and have furnished
th potatoes and other vegetables
I mothers farm besides given them
airds Of the corn they made here
esld&s have bought corn / also gave
aeI1 re use Of a mule which is moth
ets 81 wash pryors until pay for it
and have don all the blacksmithing
for both the farm and fed them and
the mule dinner"
The funniest part about the whole
paper is the prayer. It must be read
to be appreciated:
NOW is my time to pray and ask
you to grant me an absolute divorce
from bur that i be free from hur to-
gether with all Of my property and my
six little children and that with a per-
feet rite to WORKSHOP god according to
the dictates of my own conscience and
no purson molestin or making me
afeared at home or any WHARF else at
any time or place for can not do this
while am bound to her in marriage
and hur living thar amen"
The answer is signed James II.
Higgins, senior" and Is Endorsed
james H. Higgins (senor) to Dorindia
Elezaboth Higgins. Memphis News
Scimitar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
JOHN HAYS ADAPTABiLiTY.

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Many stories are told Of the late
Secretary Of State John Hay to illus
trate the remarkable good fortune
which was his in finding at the COM
plet1on of every task a new one await
ing him, which was an advance in his
profession and an opportunity to de-
velop himself. Most chapters in his
career illustrate also the marvellous
adaptability which made it possible for
him to take instant advantage Of ev-
cry opportunity which offered.
When he was young man acting
as President Lincoln's assistant pri-
vate secretary, Hay met Whitelaw
Reid, then war correspondent. In
the years between then and 1870 Mr..
Reid rose rapidly, and became manag-
ing editor Of the New York Tribune
under Horace Greeley.
In that year Hay, a young man Of
but 32, resigned his position as charge
d'affaires in Madrid, returned to New
York, and there met Reid again and
dined with him. Later they walked
down to the Tribune office.
1t CHANGED that the foreign editor
was away that night,-Hay's inevita-
BILE good fortune and in the cable
messages which came to the manag-
ing editor was one Of especial impor-
lance.
Here" he said to Hay, "sit down
and write me leader for tomorrow
on this thing"
Half in joke but entirely competent,
Hay complied. The article proved ex-
cellent had accepted the oppor-
tunity. Reid asked him to stay a
week, then a month, and so John Hay
entered journalism. Without a days
apprenticeship, without solicitation or
expectation on his part, when he was,
in fact. on his way to Illinois. where
he expected to take up the practice Of
law, he received a high place on the
foremost paper in America. He held
the position five years, and was soon
we'll known in the profession.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
Get at the Cause.

Sacramento, Ky, Nov. 13.-(SpecialJ
"A typical illustration of the way
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure Rheumatism
Is we'll told by Catherine Devine, who
Is very we'll known here. She says:
For over four years l was greatly
troubled with Rheumatism. It used to
take me worst in my legs and feet. At
times | would be so bad I could not
put my feet to the ground. AS l am
over seventy-three years of age 1 be-
gan to think was too old to get cured
and should have to bear my Rheuma-
tism the best way I could. But heard
about Dodd's Kidney Pills and thought
would give them a trial. SO I got
box and began taking them. Well, ]
must say Dodd's Kidney Pills did ms
a wonderful lot Of good. They eased
the pain from the first, and to-day I
am in bstter health than / have been
for many years."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
MOTHERS DAY.
Her Big Boy Was Her Attentive Beau
for the Afternoon.

Her Big Boy Was Her Attentive Beau
for the Afternoon.
lawfully sorry l can't stop to see
you, old man." said Harold Massey.
He was locking the Office door on a
Saturday afternoon. Tom Griggs, for
whom also it was "early closing" had
come round to have a little chat and
perhaps leisurely lunch at the club.
''I'm going to take mother to the
Matinee" said Harold, as they walked
along together. $50 I've promised to
put in an appearance at lunch"
"Oh, telephone her, and say you're
not coming" said Tom. "She's got her
ticket, hasn't she?"
"What? Mother? No. It's here in
my pocket, if haven't lost it."
"Well, you're duffer. Why didn't
you see she had the ticket and let her
meet you? My sisters going with me
this afternoon, but she meets me in
the lobby, and glad enough of the
chance. Work it better next time. See
you there, maybe"
They parted, Tom for his comfort
able luncheon at the club and a half
hours chat with man he knew, and
Harold to go home.
His mother met him in the hail. She
was little old lady with white hair
and a happy face. She was opening
a big box of violets.
"a gentleman's card" said she,
pursuing her lips like girl. "Who can
it be-" She read the name, Mr..
Harold Massey" Then she laughed,
and Harold laughed. 1t was an old
drama between them. Like 'em,
mother?" asked Harold
Il guess l do" she responded,
sparkling. II shall wear 'em.'
Harold ran upstairs to dress, and
came down respondent. When he and
his mother left the house for their aft
ernoon they were, he told her, "as fine
a couple as ever walked down Beacon
street" He carried her opera glasses
and fan, and she wore the violets. He
helped her CALAMITY over a puddle.
Harold" said she, you're a splen-
did beau"
you're a splendid girl, mother!''
said Harold. Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25

Secretary Bonaparte pays a little
tribute to the kicker" as he calls
him. A few years ago this would have
been necessarily q defense, but the
kicker has got beyond the need of de-
Tending. AS the Secretary says, it
is recognized that "the kicker is the
only means by which an American
party is kept in order" The kicker
performs the same function in the
party that on occasion the party itself
performs in government. He repre-
sents the opposition; he embodies the
spirit Of examination and criticism.
He is justified by the current spirit of
revolt, which has concluded that this
business Of travelling with the crowd
has been overdone. People nowadays
like to flavor the stew with their own
Individuality.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25

Statistics have shown over and
yer again that washerWomen are
luch more likely to contract tubercu-
aOsis and actually suffer from the dis
ease in much larger proportion than
other working women Of the same
grade Of life. This is due to the fact
that the expectoration Of the tubercg-
lous patients clinging to their various
articles of clothing is not rendered
nonvirulent by antiseptics or by boil
ing before they come into the hands
of the washerwoman. It is particu-
larly handkerchiefS that are the most
dangerous in this respect, and the en-
forcement of sanitary regulations with
regard to expectoration is sure to add
to this danger. 1t would be well if
the Chinese custom Of using a paper
handkerchief (Which the Cinnamon Of
the better classes would disdain to
carry with him once it has been soiled,
but which he hands over to his SER
want to be disposed Of by burning)
could become the rule in this country.
Until it does, however, physicians
should call the attention, especially of
those suffering from tuberculosis, to
the necessity for having their hand
kerchiefs soaked for some time in a
suitable antiseptic solution before al
lowing them to be sent out to become
a possible danger for the overworked
and underfed poor.-American Medi-
oin0
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25

Unless there is change pretty soon
there will be nothing left for men to do
but to work in the field, because the
women are fast crowding themselves
into the positions where great physi-
cal strength is not needed. This is
what a man said at the convention
of factory inspectors in Chicago few
weeks ago. Was it not a man who
blamed it on Eve when he had to be-
gin earning his bread by the sweat of
his face?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25

Two bridges already cross the East
river between New York and Brook
Ign; work Is progressing rapidly on
third and the other day the contract
was let for the span Of fourth. The
fourth bridge is to be near the famous
Brooklyn bridge, and is intended to re-
lieve the crowding on that structure
which years ago became too small for
the demand made on it. Only few
hundred feet on the other side of the
old bridge engineers are boring tun-
mel under the river to connect the
subway system of New York with that
of Brooklyn, and several ferry lines
run over the surface Of the water. The
contract price Of the span for the new
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
AMONG LABRADOR FISHERMEN
Bridegroom Was Not Particular-Story
of Man Who Was Bled.

Bridegroom Was Not Particu1ar-Stor
of Man Who Was B1ed.
The absence of all conventionalities
and restrictions in Labrador is also
very refreshing, says writer in Les
lies Monthly, describing life among
the fishermen of Labrador A peripa-
tetic minister was called on at place
known as Spotted Islands to marry
couple who were awaiting a chance
for the ceremony. The bridegroom
was an elderly man, who was a kind
Of king in the place.
When the minister arrived at the
island he found all the islanders await
ing him. 1t was not till he actually
entered the building that he discov-
cred the bride was the deceased wifes
sister. This being a forbidden rela-
tionship, he refused to proceed, where
upon the intending bridegroom quiet
ly remarked:
"Never mind, mister, one of these
others will do"
So, turning to the expectant crowd,
he selected a suitable partner and, she
being willing, "all went as gayly as
a marriage bell"
Late one evening a fisherman came
off to our vessel, shy sort of fellow
Are you the doctor, sir?" he asked
II want bleeding, please, sir" To ease
his mind 1 called him below to ex-
anime him. Finding, however, it was
only a case Of impure blood without
any symptoms, and having no patience
to spend on nihilitis, 1 dismissed him
unbled and turned in
At daylight, when we rose to get
under way, he was on board again,
very detected and, coming up to me,
offered me dollar to bleed him. A
dollar cash on this coast is a thing
man so seldom gets he never parts
with if he can help it, Evidently it
was best to bleed him for his minds
sake. So I did it.
You see, sir" he said, while the
operation was going on, IAN old Indian
squaw, she bled my feet a good spell
ago, and 1 haven't had near a pain
since. So when they told me there
was a doctor aboard l thought it was
good chance" But he added. half
regretfully, ut didn't feel quite the
same. She bored the holes with
kind of corkscrew."
Few fishermen can swim.
"You see we has enough O. water
without goin' to bother WI it when we
are ashore" a man said to me only
the other day.
Yet this very man had fallen over
board in the open sea no less than
four times and had only been saved on
one occasion by catching the line
thrown him in his teeth and holding
on till he was hauled aboard. His
hands were too numbed to be of any
use. Still this fact does not deter
them from facing the water.
In an open bay in Labrador lives
one solitary settler. In the spring of
the year, when the ice was Just break
ing up, the mans two lads were ont
on the bay ice after seals, when all of
a sudden it gave way and the lads
fell through. The father, seeing it
from the shore, did not hesitate. but.
Selling a fishing line. hastily fastened
one end round his body, and. giving
the other end to his daughter to hold.
he ran out to the hole through which
they had fallen. He jumped into the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
Was He Left Handed?

A somewhat heated correspondence
has taken place between the British
war office and the government of Aus
tralia because one of the Australian
colonies who went with General Sir
William Nicholson to Japan wore his
aiguillette on his right shoulder in
stead of his left, thus conveying the
impression that he was on the gener-
ais personal staff, when he was not.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25

Laurence Hutton, talking about crit

Laurence Hutton, talking about crit
icism that hurts, tells the following
story as an instance of how the casual
comment Of a person for whose opinion
one has not an atom Of respect may
sometimes scrape bare place in ones
egotism. Shortly after I had taken
charge Of the department Of Literary
Notes in Harper's Magazine, and af-
ter my name had appeared on the
cover for a few MONTHS" says Mr..
Hutton, 81 met by chance in a street
car lady with whom had had for
long time some slight acquaintance.
She was a good woman who had never
enjoyed the advantages Of what we
call "a liberal education,' and who, l
supposed never read anything but the
daily papers and the signs in the
streets AS she made room for me in
the seat next to her she said abruptly
and apropos of nothing, Me and my
girls have been a-readin' Of them re-
views Of yourn. And we come to =
conclusion that you done be- Isl
you writ books nor when you
ed 'emv The dioti0n was So
that = burned Itself into my memory
and 1t Las remained there the seusi-
me0t was so vOaIaging That i, S j.
Sc, my feelings and Z srl haar the
brand ! would rio more nave respect
ed her dictum regarding the literary
efforts Of anybody else than I would
AVE minded the barking of an honest
dog or the whistling Of the summer
winds; but what she said Of my own
attempts nearly broke my spirit in
twain. She did not even say I done
well' when 1 wrote books, but she did
say that I done worse when [ criti-
cised them. And it hurt. l slept very
little that night. No comforting speech
Of my wife could reduce the infamma-
ton. I repeated the words to my
friends-always verbatim-and pre-
tended to laugh over them, but was
almost disheartened and l even went
so far as to tell the Harpers that /
feared 1 had mistaken my vocation
and I would advise them to find some
one in my place who could better do
the work and give more satisfaction to
the reading public"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
All the World to Him.

Harry" said the wealthy wife, as
she handed him a roll Of the long
green, do you remember how you
used to tell me that I was all the
world to your"
EYES," replied the husband, land I
meant it, too. Do you doubt it?'
mot a bit, not a bit! But, Harry,
can't you get over the idea that the
world owes you a living?"-Detroit
Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-25
His Case.

Mrs. Spenders-Oh, John! I saw q
sign in Bargen & Co.'s window to-day
that reminded me of what I am most
in
Mr.. Spenders Gnterrupting hastily
II, too, saw a sign in their window
that reminded me of what I am. It
read: Reduced to 40 cents "-Phila-
delphia Press.