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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
CRABB'S HILL SAMARITAN.
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The young man whose automobile
was slightly out of order knocked at
the door Of the long, low farmhouse
which stood, the only house for two
miles, at the foot of Crabb's Hill.
1--WE need a little help and a tool
have left behind, by some oversight"
said the young man, when his knock
was answered. rs there anybody ia
this region who has an automobileF
A lean man with a humorous face
looked at him with a good deal of in
terest, and then threw the door wide
open.
You'd better let the young woman
come in out Of the sun while we
tinker" he said, Hospitality. Il don't
know as there's any automobiles owned
round here, but living alone In this spot
at the foot O. Crabb's as l do, and SO
many folks riding over from the towns
beyond, I've found it wise to keep some
considerable automobile gear on hand.
Well step out to the shed, and you can
make your selection"
There's something else," said the
young man, when the automobile was
once more ready for action. "Can you
tell me the nearest place for US to get
a good dinner? Is there any inn With
in a few miles?"
mot that l know of" said the lean
man, stroking his jaw thoughtfully.
but living at the foot o. 'Crabb's as l
do, and SO many driving or riding by,
I've found it wise to keep q good sup
ply of berries and fruit in their sea
son, eggs and milk, and can cook
brook trout as we'll as most if you want
to try the results. Ny potatoes aren't
far behind the best"
At the end of a simple but excel
lent meal the young man rose, hest
tated, looked at the young woman, and
then stepped close to his host.
"Theres one more thing I'll ask
you,' he said, in low tone. 1--WE want
to find a minister. We're both Of age,
with nobody to consider but ourselves,
but we don't like the conventional we'd
ding, so we started off. this morning.
I've got the llcenSe-We-
His voice trailed off as the lean man
stepped to a small table and took from
it book.
II haven't had a church for fifteen
years." he said, "but 1 studied; thought
| had a call; and 1 was ordained and
settled over a parish before l found
out 1 wasn't cut out for a preacher.
But living here at the foot of Crabb's
as do, I've found it best to keep my
hand in with some o my duties"
He paused, and a slow smile lighted
his face.
Il suspicioned how twas from the
first" he said. "You see, living at the
foot o. Crabb's as 1 do, I've seen a good
many Of ou."-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
A Biz Household.

The missionary was at once pale and
yellOw-pale, he explained, from an
avoidance of the deadly Indian sun,
yellow from a disordered liver.
Nevertheless" he said gayly, India
for me first, last and all the time On
the money you and your family are
paying at this hotel do you know how
you would live in India?"
He lighted a cigarette and resumed:
you would like in a beautiful house
set in a lovely garden, with a list Of
servants that would include a khan
samah, or butler; a khitmutgar, or ia
bic servant; a chOFra, or page; mus
salchee, or light bearer; a mug, or
cook; two syces, or grOOms a bhees-
tee, or water carrier saniah, or house
cody; molli, or gardener; a dhObie,
or washerman; a durZee, or private
tailor; an ayah, or nurse; sirdah, or
valet; a furrash bearer, or lamp man
three punkah coolies to work the fans
a durham, or lodge porter; a jamadar,
or fOOtman, and several chuprasSies, or
messengers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

This active age disregards old rules
bearing on the amount of work which
normal man can accomplish. The eX-
cuse is that moderns are wiser than the
ancients, that they know that rest is
not cessation but change Of occupation
In two distinct quarters a voice of pro
test has been raised against this new
definition of rest Drs. Acland and
Lewis have presented to the British as
ISOLATION the results of a study in the
nature of fatigue, and Prof. Fere, an
aIienist of Paris, publishes nearly the
same view. These physicians, two En-
glish and one French, agree that ia
tigue is the result of q toxic or poison
Gus element in the blood, and that the
only way in which its further accumu-
latiOn can be stopped is by sleep. The
phenomenon of increased activity as s
result Of stimulants is followed by a
worse condition than before. Physical
exercise is not a substitute for sleep
The improved condition of the body
due to exercise may make the brain
better able to resist fatigue, but it does
not take the place of necessary rest.
In cases where the patient finds relief
in a new line of activity the reason is
that the limit of endurance has not
been reached and the body is not yet
ready for rest. Enforced rest, in DR..
Fere's opinion, is as bad as Overwork.
There must be work enough to induce
healthy feeling of fatigue and then
there must be rest, but there should be
neither rest without work nor work
without rest If mind and body are to
remain in a sound condition. The toX-
ic bodies produced by the exhaustion
of one set of nerve centers affect 9th
ers, so that fatigue is diffused through
the body, and yet it is possible for a
person to be partially exhausted but
not in a condition where all parts Of
the system require rest. Individual
differences are so great as to make it
| impossible to formulate invariable
rules. The most that can be hoped
from this new pronouncement of the
French and English physicians is that
it may encourage those who need rest
to secure it if possible, regardless of
the well meaning insistence of others
upon physical exercise or new activity
as a substitute for sleep. One mans
brain work may be so specialized that
he needs to tire other portions of his
brain or his muscles before he can rest,
while another man doing the same kind
of work may find his whole body pol
soned by fatigue. The first needs
change, the second needs release. Each
must find out the law of his body and
obey it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

The fates were kind and at lasH
found a white man who in the old con-
federacy days had often been to the
settlement, knew the Africans we'll and,
in fact, at a certain time had had them
under his control as a confederate off,
Ger.
drive of half a dozen miles over
an elevated plank road ana through
wilderness of trees and water brought
us out to the clay hills by the Alabama
river.
There was a cluster OF sawmills
close by in the ''piney woods" and be-
yOnd these many negro cabins in rows.
But their occupants were the common
negroes, working in the mills and Of
recent arrival. 1t was little they knew
of the real africans" as distinguished
from themselves. After much inquiry
and much running about the pineys, the
pathetic-Iooking confederate breast
works that still stretch sullenly for
mile and more through the woods we
came to a few African houses. They
were only dilapidated cabins, but sur
rounded with truck gardens and rose
bushes.
Hardly a dozen of the old Clotilde's
victims are alive, though numbers OF
their children live near the settlem 2nt
and have intermarried with the con-
mon negro. Few of the captured ones
had been more than 20 at the time Of
tbnir opCIovaOant 0nd oil rou,o,,,b ovad
the horrible details as if they had been
experiences OF a recent time They
were more stalwart in appearance and
of finer physique than the American
negro whose ancestors have been long
in bondage. Their eyes were brighter,
too; their voices even softer and more
melodious.-Harper's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
A DOCTORS TRIALS.
He Sometimes Gets Sick Like Other
People.

He Sometimes Gets Sick Like Other
People.
Even doing good to people IL hard
work if you have too much Of Il to do
No one knows this better than the
Woodworking, conscientious family doc
tor. He has troubles Of his Own-often
gets caught in the rain or snow, or loses
SO much sleep he sometimes gets out
Of sorts. An overwOrked Ohio doctor
tells his experience:
about three years ago az the result
of doing two mems work, attending a
large practice and looking after the de.
tails Of another business, my health
broke down completely, and I was little
better than a physical wreck.
81 suffered from Indigestion and con
stipation, loss of weight and appetite.
bloating and pain after meals, loss Q:
memory and lack of nerve force for
continued mental application.
81 became irritable, easily Rngered
and respondent without cause. The
hearts action became irregular anc
weak, with frequent attacks of palplta
ton during the first hour or two after
retiring.
Some Grape-Nuts and cut bananas
came for my lunch one day and pleased
me particularly with the result I got
more satisfaction from 1t thaa from
anything l had eaten for months, and
On further investigation and use, adopt
ed Grape-Nuts for my morning and
evening meals, served usually VITA
cream and a sprinkle OF kat or sugar.
My Improvement was rapid and per
manent in weight as well as ID phys
cal and mental endurance. IN q word.
am filled with the JOY of living again.
and continue the daily use Of Grape
Nuts for breakfast and often Tor the
evening meal.
The little pamphlet, The Road to
MELVILLE, found in pkgs., is invariably
saved and handed to some needy pa
tient along with the Indicated remedy
Name given by Postum Co. BATHS
Ereek, Mich There's q reason"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

In practically all of the great coun-
tries of the world the birth rate is de-
Ginning. 1t is world movement, and
though France was a little earlier IN
revealing it than was any other great
country all of them are falling into
line with her. Coincidentally, however,
with the falling In the birthrate is 4
decline IN the rate OF deaths, which
may preserve the equilibrium in pop
ulation, as it evidently does in France,
where the total of inhabitants remains
virtually stationary. Coincidentally,
moreover. with the shrinkage in births
comes an increase in the food supply Of
the world. If Nautilus were here in 1906
he would be compelled 10 revise, his no
lions about the increasing pressure Of
population on the means of subsistence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

"a 1913 OAANDALL' Piled Tor ADMISSION
to the school and was allowed to enter.
The town was at once in an uprOar.
The pupils threatened to leave unless
the negro girl was ordered out.
Miss Crandall refused to insist upon
the girls departure. The town became
rlotous over the question. The pupils
all departed. The townspeOple sent q
petition to the State legislature to pre-
vent Miss Crandall from turning the
school into negro institution, as she
stated her intention to be.
Before the legislature acted on the
petition the negro girls were installed
at the school. The legislature passed
an act forbidding school for negro
nonresidents. The town boycotted the
plucky woman. Finally she was arrest
ed, imprisoned and finally convicted.
On a technicality of law she was
freed Her school and home were
burned down and her project failed
but she threw herself into the aboli-
ZIONIST cause with the ardor of yea
Iot
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

The teleVue, which enables a person
seated at a telephone to see the person
with whom he is talking at the other
end of the line, Is described as some
thing ingenious, rather than practical
bic. However, that is what they said
Of the telephone when Prof. Bell was
first experimenting with 1t, and it is
the skeptical verdict which is generally
passed upon all remarkable inventions
when they are first introduced to the
world. Later on the startling inven-
ton OF to-day becomes the instrument
Of general utility tomorrow. No doubt
we shall see as well as hear you later.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
school for NIiStrexses.

If, in the United States. along with
a training school for professional do
nestle servants, there could be a train
ing school for mistresseS, which would
stand for uniform methods of household
work, would regulate wages ana hours
Of work, would educate the housekeep-
ers upon the subject of giving truthful
recommendation, and last, but by no
means least. would emphasize the i'm
pertinence of attempting TO regulate the
maids life down TO the minutest detail,
rs Is so frequently done By the we'll
meaning but misguided women. peace,
i'm time. would take the place Of present
strife.-M. y. Cranston, in the Crafts
man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

Kansas has new rule, drawn by the
State board Of health, which is an in
teresting contribution to the solution
of the pure food problem. THE sale at
retail within the State of Kansas for
human food of any domestic or wild
fowl or game or fish that has been kept
In cold storage with entrails, crops and
other offensive parts undrawn is pro-
hibited. The service for food of any
domestic or wild fowl or game or fish is
also prohibited" With each State lies
the responsibility of protecting tspeople
against impure food produced and con-
sumed within the State, and many OF
the States are waking to their respon-
slbility.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

In order to ascertain how often and
for what a dollar IS spent, a Califor-
MIA society is sending into circulation
a hundred silver dollars, each fasten-
ed to 4 parchment tag. The person
into whose hands one of the dollars
falls Is requested to write in blank
spaces on the tag the date. place and
occasion Of the transfer Of tile coin to
his possession. and then pass il on IN
tile course of ordinary business Ten
coins will be sent out by each Of sev-
eral trades and professions. bankers
artisans. retailers. and 81 ON. 1t is
hoped that the coins viii bc returned
according to directions. with all the
blanks filed. to the projectors Of Tie
scheme, and that they may draw ''prac-
tically scientific" conclusions about he
habits Of American purchasers. IN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
THE coNNELLYs' LEGACY.


Startling ImprOvidence Displayed
by the Very Poor.
81 have news for you," the district
visitor said, dropping into the Asso-
ciated Charities Office one noon.
what" the secretary asked, resign
edly. "has happened to the COnnellys
now?"
The visitor laughed. you are wrong
this time. Mr.. Connolly has been at
work eight days, the baby is well, and
Jimmy has had no accident, barring
two or three black eyes, for a week.
They have had legacy"
The secretary dropped her pen. Her
voice was full Of dismay.
"a legacy! In all my worrying over
the Connellys I never once thought Of
that. just when we had got them to
going, too. How much is it?'
GA hundred dollars" the visitor re-
Piled "But, Anna. I think you are
wrong this time. l have had a seri-
GUS talk with Mrs. Connolly, and
planned out with her just how the
money could be best invested. She
seemed very reasonable. I'm quite sure
that we sha'n't have to do anything for
them for six months at least"
"Six months!" the secretary retort-
Ell, gloom1ly. "I'll be surprised if they
aren't back in six days. You're new
you don't know the Connellys."
"At least" the visitor returned, II
have some confidence in human ma
ture"
1t was, perhaps, five days later, as
the secretary and visitor were walking
home from the Office together, that the
secretary suddenly stopped.
"LOok across the street." she said.
The visitor looked. Upon the Oppo-
site sidewalk she behelu the whole Con-
nelly family, gorgeously attired, stroll
ing with an air of elegant and mex
haustible leisure, Jimmy eating banan-
as, the baby sucking candy, and Mr..
and Mrs. Connolly RECALLING themselves
from a paper bag of cream puffs.
"What did I say?" the secretary
groaned. 'They will be back to us in
three days."
1t was not three days, but 1t was
about a week later that Mrs. Connolly,
gay and beaming, appeared at the office
with a demand for work. She met the
secretary's reproaches alphabetically
but unregretfully.
Twas the tonne Of me loife, Miss
PRESCOTT" she declared. "Sure, it's
beyond me powers to tell you all we
did We gave q party that made the
Flahertys open the eyes of thin, and
they won't be troublin' us no more for
wan while; and Jimmy. he treated the
byes in school and took a bouquet to
the teacher, an it's a hero they think
he is, an twill be savin' the doctors
bills, dye moind, for thin accidents
they was always gettin' him into. Oh,
twas a grand tonne all round, and it's
not the work I'll be moindin' now. I
have the grandeur to be thinkin' of all
me loife. It's a great thing, Miss Pres
colt, to know We was a lady for tin
days."
As Mrs. COnnelly's broad back disap-
peared down the steps the secretary
and the visitor looked at each other
with laughing eyes. After all, it might
have been so much worse.
"It's a great thing the visitor
quoted, refectively, TO know We was a
lady for tin days. youths Compan-
| ion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
Prnvfdent.

"The provident wife lays up some
thing for a stormy day" remarked the
observer Of events and things; cher
pin money may come in very handy, to
pay her divorce lawyer. Yonkers
Statesman
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

school compositions "The Autobiogra-
ply of a Cent used to be a favorite
subject, and those innocent fictions are
no doubt the progenitors of these real
travels of real dollars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

Those whose memory runneth back a
half century or SO will wonder why
some Bishop Vincent didn't protest
against the long family prayer when
their knees were young and tender.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

dence Crandall, who
might be character
lied as one of the
martyrs Of principle
and admired for her
steadfast bravery,
| no matter whether
one agree OF not
with her opinions.
Prudence Crandall
was the head of a
fashionable boarding
school inCanterbury
Conn, in 1888. A
young negro girl APP
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
Under Water.

You see" said Subhubs. Il bought
the property for truck farm, but
was badly sViudled."
Cant grow anything on It, chg
asked Gilman.
wei. ! might grow fish ~ it #
only knew how. "-Philadclphia Press
The champion corn lusker always
Interests rs more than the champion
football player.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

Two ponies were among the guests
at a banquet given by a wealthy New
Yorker. 1t is refreshing to note the in
PRODUCTION of horse sense at these
swell feeds
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

Mrs. Sage has presented $4,000 IN
cash to her eoachman. and she is go
ing to build a $4,000 cottage for him.
The best part of it is that he will not
be compelled to raise a like amount
from other sources.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

The Marquis of Townsend brought
only $4,000 in the marriage market,
and the British are investigating his
sanity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

That Philadelphia girl who left her
rich old bridegroom waiting at the
church" evidently didn't know the
value OF ready money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

Ones morals depend upon what one
eats" says Bishop Fallows. Accord
ing to that, a good many politicians
don't eat anything.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

Every time the Hon. Poult Bigelow
breaks into the magazines 1t becomes
apparent that the Panama canal never
can be finished quite to his satisfac-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

The cost of the Cuban instruction
IS placed at S1,OOO,OOO. People with
any business sense would have waited
Tor a bargain offering.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

A small station in Sac Paulo, Brazil,
has been named Elihu Root. How the
natives will have to twist their tongues
to pronounce It!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

The Duke of Marlborough must be q
highly Objectionable and unpleasant
person if it is worth 100000 a year TO
be rid OF him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

One advantage In turning political
speeches out Of a monograph IS that
the speaker can't be interrupted with
out breaking the machinery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

When the express companies are
called on for statements the country
must feel like calling them suppress
companies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

That Englishman who is taxing
about the joyless American face"
never saw US on pay day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
4 LITTLE LESSON IN ADVERSELY.
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In the history of the abolitionist
movement it seems strange that more
has not been made of the story of Pru-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

Work is becoming a favorite pas
time for the sons of mlllionaires.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

remedies have been used Dy doctors and
by the people in Europe and America
for a hundred years.
Peruna has been used by DR.. Hartman
in his private practice for many years
with notable results. Its efficacy has
been proven by decades of use by thou
sands of people and has been substan-
tiated over and over by many thou
sands of homes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
NOVEMBER AILMENTS
THEIR PREVENTION AND CURE

November Is the month Of falling
temperatures. Over all the temperate
regions the hot weather has passed and
the first rigors OF winter have appeared.
As the great bulk of civilized nations Is
located in the Temperate Zones, the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
New star in old Glory.

The admission of Oklahoma Terri
tory to the Union has raised a dispute
as to how the new star will be placed
In the flag, according to Percy Trench
ard in the Technical World Magazine.
The pattern of the national flag Of the
future should be definitely settled. The
next half-century may see great
many new states admitted, and some
arrangement must be made so that
the stars may be added to the flag
without disarranging the pattern. Mr..
Yogt of Philadelphia proposes a design
which places thirteen stars, represent
ing the original thirteen States, in a
star in the center Of the blue field, and
makes a circle of the balance of the
stars, which Of course can be enlarged
as each new State is admitted
Talk about smart people, and great
people, as much as you please, but we
prefer people who are really agree
able.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05

Peruna is a COM
binatiOn of well
trie d harmless
remedies tn a t
have stood the
test of tim e.
Many of these
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-05
The Human System
Must Adjust Itself
to Changing Tenn
nSTdtureS.

warm to cold, when cool nights succeed
hot nights, when clear, cold days follow
hot, sultry days, the human body must
adjust itself to this changed condition
or perish.
The perspiration incident to warm
weather has been checked. This detainE
within the system poisonous materials
which have heretofore found escape
through the perspiratiOn.
Most of the poisonous materials re-
tanned in the system by the checked
perspiration find theiI way out OF the
body, if at all, through the kidneys.
This throws upon the kidneys extra
labor. They become charged and over
loaded with the poisonous excretory
materials. This has a nlency to in
fame the kidneys, producing functional
diseases of the kidneys and sometimes
Bright's Disease.
Peruna acts upon the skin by stimu-
lating the emunctory glands and ducts,
thus preventing the detention of poison
Gus materials which should pass out.
Peruna invigorates the kidneys and en-
courages them to fulfill their function
in spite of the chills and discouragements