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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
Pleads Ignorance of Attorney.

This is an incident in the court
room Of a village in Alabama.
A prisoner who had been found
guilty of larceny was arraigned before
the judge to receive his sentence.
"Have you anything to say before
sentence is passed." asked the judge.
With his eyes resting upon the young
attorney who defended him, he re-
piled:
"Your Honor, there is only one re-.
quest that 1 wish to make of you.
That is, in passing your sentence,
wish that you would take into consid-
Grafton the yeuthfulness and ignorance
of my attorney"
A broad smile spread over the coun-
tenance Of the judge as he calmly SEN
fenced the prisoner to six month In
Jail, and the attorney for the defense,
Selling his books and papers, hurriedly
left the court room.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

This is world of beauty not to
them who have money to pluck ana
wear its roses, but to them who have
souls sensitized to the sweet odors.
With love of the beautiful in man and
in nature no one can be rich. Happi-
ness Is carried not in the pocket, but
in the heart. The millionaire may
make his thousand-acre park in the
rich valley and by a fiction Of the law
call it his own; but it all is the front
rudest cabin on the rugged hillside.
The one who has paid for it owns it?
No! 1t is most truly possessed by the
one who most enjoys it. What can a
beautiful park mean to a man whose
heart is smothered in q money bag?
And to one who loves the trees, the
brooks, the hills, the sky, what matters
it who holds the title? Why, Adam
and Eve never had a deed to Eden.
Descendants Of theirs to-day hold
deeds, but not possession. 1t was not
the land itself which was taken away,
but the power to enjoy it. What we
love is ours-and nothing more. We
can really possess nothing that we sac
rifice to our own selfish purposes. 1t
Is only to the man who is poor that
wealth CLOVIS like a bright star in the
night. The law Of recompense always
is in force. 1t is only when darkness
shrouds our world that we can see the
light of a million others. Scientists
tell us that if we could approach q
star it's glow and glamour would van
ish and the star itself dissipate into
dust. Did we not learn in babyhood
that the bubble is brilliant only until
we grasp it? The gems in the fine
lady's hair and at her throat sparkle
not for her eyes, but for the eyes of
others. She owns only some stones.
never the light that dances in them.
This priceless treasure is only for
them who love it, and for them it is
scattered broadcast at their very feet
in countless myriads Of frost flakes
on the brown winter earth and in the
morning dewdrops in the summer
grass. Yes; what we love is ours, and
in the same degree as we love we own.
All that is good in the world we may
own, If we will.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
run over before the sled could be

run over before the sled could be
stopped.
1t Is known. however, that Pa went
home In a hack, accompanied by sew
eral bumps and bruises, and that Ma,
with a scrapful smile OF welcome
awaited him at the door.
II told you so, you sweet old crook |
l told you sop she shoutfully cried.
II told you that that bobsled would
break your ugly neck! I told you
that"
ut wasn't the sled, Mary! 1t wasn't
the sled, dearie!" hastily explained Pa,
as he painfully dragged himself into
the house. 'They were blasting rock
out that way, and charge Of dyna-
mite"
Don't say another word, you pretty
boy!" was Mas sympathetic response.
Don't make the matter any worse |!
You can't expert testimony me a little
bit! You ought to be in a lunatic asy-
luml You ought to be in JaiI with the
rest Of the Joneses! You don't know
enough to keep from getting frost-bit-
ten!"
Thus the battle continued far into
the night, and when it was all over
poor old Pa Jones mentally resolved
that the next time he wanted to coast
he would slide in trolley car.-Phila-
delphia. Telegraph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
TWITCHING NERVES
a Serious Hereditary Trouble Cured
BY Dr.. Williams Pink Pills.

Sufferers from ailments that have af.
hlcted III regular succession one genera.
ton after another of their family are. as
rule, inclined to submit to them as in
evitable. The case which follows nrovas
that such hereditary difficulties are not
beyond the reach Of curative forces and
should inspire hopefulness and a readi-
ness to try remedies that have effected
signal cures, such as that which is here
given.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rannells, of No 40S
East Seventh street, Newton, Kansas,
gives the following account of her ali.
ment and her cure:
"For two years suffered from trying
nervousness i'll my lower limbs from my
knees down, as my mother and my
grandmother had suffered before me.
The situation was for many years ao~
cepted as unavoidable because heredi-
tary. But about two years ago, when my
son was realizing benefit from the use of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, thought there
might possibly be some good i'll them for
me. My trouble had then become so
serious as to make it difficult for me to
sleep. l often had to walk the floor in
restlessness the whole night. After TAX
ing some six boxes the twitching disap-
peared and ceased to use the remedy.
evidently stopped little too soon for
nervousness came back after month or
80 and l used the pills again for a short
time. Relief came at once and since I
Stopped using them the second time
have been free from any return of the
twitchings or from any interference with
my sleep"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills have cured
the worst cases of bloodlessness, indiges-
ton, influenza, headaches, lumbago, sci
atlca, neuralgia, nervousness, spinal
weakness and the special ailments of girls
and women. For further information,
address the DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, n. Y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
Harvest of the Shears.

A reporter recently took a journey
Of considerable length for the purpose
Of interviewing a rising literary light
as to his next novel. On reaching the
house he discovered the author seat
ed in his garden, engaged in earnest
conversation with little boy who had
large towel pinned around his neck.
The author received his visitor cor
daily, but seemed rather absent-mind-
ed. Are you willing to tell me a lit
tie about your next important work p
asked the reporter. The literary man
clicked q pair Of shears and patted the
boy on the shoulder. 1--WE were just
talking about it as you came up," he
said. willie thinks can do it with
a bowl, but 1 think I can do it with
out. What would you advise? You
see, his mother has always cut it be-
fore, but she's away just now"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
She Did Not Trust Men

A well-known real estate agent said
the other day that one of the most
amusing experiences of his life oc-
Cured some time ago, when an old
Quaker lady sent for him to come to
her house.
"After 1 greeted her, as 1 knew her
quite we'll, she said: L am preparing
to take an extended trip to Europe, and
| have sent for thee to place certain
business matters in thy hands. 1 do
not trust any man, but thou art the
best that 1 can get
"Of course the moment was a very
serious one, but liz spite of that 1 think
| betrayed my amusement by a smile.
The old lady has never told me if
my management of her business helped
to give her at least some confidence in
men"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

Esperanto, the artificial universal
language has new following in this
country, owing to the interest in this
very modern tongue Of Prof. Wilhelm
OSWALD, the German chemist who is
lecturing at Harvard. An Esperanto
club has been formed, and any day
one may hear amid the babbIe of the
old savage tongues in the college yard
sentences that sound like this: "Pied-
pilko ne estas la sole interesa afero
en- Harvard" This high sentiment
translated into English means, Foot
ball is not the only interesting thing
at Harvard" Esperanto can be learn
ed, they say, in a few hours. News
papers are printed in it. Classics have
been translated into it. Professor Ost-
wald is not the only scientist to take it
seriously, for Sir William Ramsay be
lieves that Esperanto has come to
stay" nor is Esperanto the only uni
versal language that has not become
universal Where now is Volapuki
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
SWEET POTATO WILL KEEP.
A Boon to Farmers Is Found in the
South Sea Islands.

South Sea Islands.
A sweet potato that will, like the
Irish potato, keep for an indefinite
length Of time under normal conditions
is the discovery of Capt. ]. A. Macon
Der Of Oakland, who returned recently
from an extended trip around the
world on his schooner Gothama. The
box Of potatoes which were carried for
eight months on the ship and which
remained in perfect state of preser-
walton for that time, have been turned
over to the Department Of Agriculture
at the University of California, and
steps will be taken toward the intro
duction Of this most valuable plant
into this State, says the San Francisco
Chronicle.
The potato was discovered by Capt.
MacOmber on Pagan island, in the La
drone groupain the South seas. So i'm
pressed was Capt. Macomber with the
richness Of the tuber and it's value as
a delicacy for his table that he took
a lot with him on leaving the island.
He expected that, like all the other
sweet potatoes that he had seen. they
would spoil in a few weeks, but, to his
surprise, they did not. They kept
from April to November.
Upon arriving at Berkeley. Capt.
Macomber took his find, along with
some other plants he had gathered on
his trip, to Prof. E. J. Wickson, head
Of the Department Of Agriculture at
the State University, and Prof. Wick
son says that the discovery is as val
liable as any that has been made in
many years.
It will mean millions of dollars saw
ed If we can get a sweet potato that
will not only not have TO be refriger-
ated to be kept, but keep as long as the
other potato. During sweet potato sea-
son and out of it sweets are high be-
cause they will not keep. Merchants
put them in cold storage and command
high price for them when the crop
is all used up. And then millions rot
every year in spite Of everything that
can BIO done to preserve them.
Capt. Macomber also brought some
curraDts which he got on Feligstrofr
island, in the bay Of Shanta, in the sea
Of Okhotsch. This island is near the
Boring sea and is extremely cold. The
discovery Of currants there was a sur
prise to Capt. Macomber, who knew
that the berries will not stand q very
cold climate. He brought home a
bush. The currant, which is more
hardy than the American variety. will
be grown at Berkeley and distributed
in the State. 1t will mean that farm
ers of currants will not need to cover
UP their currant bushes when the frost
comes.
Capt. Macomber brought home sew
eral other plants from other parts of
the world. From the arctic to the ant
arctic he collected plants wherever he
went.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

The struggle to get away from pow
erty has been a great man developer.
Had every human being been born
with a silver spoon in his mouth
had there been no necessity put upon
him to wOrk-the race would still be
in its infancy. Civilization owes more
to the perpetual struggle of man to
get away from poverty than to any
thing else. 1t is not poverty itself,
but the effort to get away from it,
that makes the man. We are so con-
stituted that we make our greatest eff
forts and do our best work while strug-
Cling to attain that which the heart
longs for. Power is the result of force
overcome. The giant is made strong
in wrestling with difficulties. It is i'm
possible for one who does not have to
struggle and to fight obstacles to de-
velop fiber or stamina ITO live with
out trial is to die but half a man."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
UNDER WHICH KING.

HThe More Postum the More Food
the More Coffee the More PoisOn.o
The President of the W. c. T. q. in
a young giant State in the Northwest
says:
81 did not realize that / was a slave
to coffee till left off drinking it, For
three or four years 1 was obliged to
take nerve tonic every day. Now I
am free. thanks to Postum Food COT
fee.
after finding out what coffee will
do to it's victims, l could hardly stand
to have my husband drink it; but he
was not willing to quit. l studied for
months to find a way to induce him to
leave it off. Finally 1 told him 1
would make no more coffee
81 got Postum Food Coffee, and
made it strong-boiled it the required
time, and had him read the little book,
THE Road TO MELVILLE that comes in
every pkg.
To-day Postum has no stronger adj
vocate than my husband. He tells
our friends how to make it, and that
he got through the winter without
spell of the grip aad has not had
headache for months-ne used to be
subject to frequent nervous head
aches.
1.-The stronger YOU drink Postum the
more food you get; the stronger you
drink coffee the more poison you get"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
characteristics.

Those who have seen the late John
Fiske recall that ones first impress
sion was of his enormous size for his
proportions were truly elephantine.
A student of the University of Mis-.
souri, being asked by the president of
the institution if he had read the books
of John Fiske, replied that he thought
Fiske superficial
"Superfcial?" asked the president,
in much amazement. John Fiske SUI
perfcial? You had as we'll said he is
emaciated. Talent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
Dog Turns SIeuth.

A German dog was the means of
catching the two assailants Of its mas
ter, the latter being unable to give a
description of the ruffians. The dog
had made no cutlery during the attack,
and his owner was preparing to give
the animal away when word was sent
to the police station that two men had
been arrested upon suspicion, and that
perhaps the dog might be able to recog-
niZe them. 1t did and they confessed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
Easy to See.

Tie Lady-You'n excuse me, but you
don't travel on this car line often, do
you. sir?
Tie Gentleman-No, madam. How do
you know?
The Lady.You gave me your seat.
Tie Gentleman-And you don't
travel on this line often yourself
The Lady-What makes you think
so?
The Gentleman-You thanked me-
Cleveland Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
Experimenting.

'You have a nice office here, Mr..
Binks. Do you have many callers while
you are working? How do you get
rid of bores?"
''Tell 'em all about my rheumatism
and what 1 do for it. I've tried every
thing, you know. Sometimes when I
get up in the morning, 7 What, must
you be going: So long, old man! Works
pretty well, by Jove Cleveland Lead.
ors
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

sending children of that age to school,
for they get practically no intellectual
advantage from the school, and often
the teaching seems to dull their mag
nations and to weaken the power Of
observation. Many of the children,
after one or two years of this early
school, appear apathetic, and never &C
quire enthusiasm for study. OF course
such generalization must be accepted
cautiously, for many other causes may
be at work to bring about the unde-
Sirable result. Bad sanitary conditions
in crowded homes, insufficient nour-
ishment, disturbed sleep are too fire.
quent evils surrounding the babies who
are sent early to school. The English
report recommends more play, more
sleep, and more free conversation for
the little children. Constant story
telling, both to the children and by
them, is also excellent. The teacher
who is a motherly woman, with quick
instincts for the needs Of babyhood,
will often succeed better in the devel-
opment Of small children than one ever
so well trained in her profession yet
lacking in sympathy. The criticism Of
ordinary school methods and results
will not apply to the kindergarten. The
dangers there lie at the other extreme
the imbuing the child with the idea
that all study must be play, and that
the sterner demands Of later education
are irrational and old-fashiOned.
Schools of all sorts must be continual
ly trying to deal more successfully
with the needs Of little children.
Meantime, it is likely to remain true
in the twentieth century as it has
been in all past history, that the moth
er is the best teacher and home the
best school for children under six
years old, and that other education for
them is generally but poor imitation
and makeshift.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
MorCenarV.

''Do you think that the corporation
men are going to run the government
NO" answered Senator Sorghum, 81
don't think they will give their time
to it SO long as corporations pay SO
much larger salaries than the govern
ment. Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
NO COLOR wooIen Goods RInck.

An old and reliable way to color black
is to thoroughly dissolve ozs. of extract
of logwood in three gallons of warm
water; add 2 ozs. blue vitriol and 1 OF.
copperas. Wet the goods well, then put
into the dye and let simmer, stirring
often, until dark enough. Wash two OF
three times in a strong suds of Ivory
Soap. Rinse and press while damp.
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
Perseverance,,

Born in poverty, reared in obscure
ty, little Tad suffered many handicaps
through youth, and never knew what
it was to have a penny to get gum
drops or licorice root.
Did he lose hope? No: he perse-
vered until he is now opulent, for lit
tie Tad has become a plumber.-In-
dianapOlis Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

The Chicago woman who kept
boarding house claims she was drug
ged and married against her will by
the star boarder. Some men will do
anything to escape the necessity of
working for their living.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

If you find a few dimes added to
the price of your next ton of coal,
don't be surprised. A prominent sci
enlist has announced that the sun will
give out on heat 100000 years
hence. The prudent coal dealer al
ways looks ahead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
Satisfactorily Explained.

81 want you to understand, madam,
that you are a mere fraction, COM
mon fraction, in this householder
me a fraction! What do you mean
by that?"
"Why, you're the better half, Of
course Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
Nothing the Matter.

is person of very strange notionsi
She Is crazy for medicines, l do de-
clare
She has powders, and tablets, and lotions.
What is in all these things must remain
great mystery.
I just write of Miss Flora. Behold here
her history
Miss Flora's spinster, exceedingly
wealthy;
She would rather be poor, though, she
says, and be healthy.
Her aches come alone, and her aches
come together,
AT all hours of the day, and il all sorts
of weather.;
She's all manner of things that the doc
tor can put
On the crown of her head or the sole of
her foot;
Or rub on her shoulders, or tie round her
waist;
Or that's known to the feel, or the smell,
or the taste;
Or that's smeared on without, or digest
ed within.
She's afraid she'll get fat, she's afraid
she'll get thin,
She's afraid she'll get sick, she's afraid
she'll stay well,
She's afraid she'll keep silent, she's
frightened to tell.
She's frightened of fruit, and she's fright
ened of meat,
She's frightened to diet, she's frightened
to eat,
She's afraid to stay in, she's afraid to
go out,
She's afraid to believe, she's afraid she
will doubt,
She's afraid she'll get warm, she's afraid
she'll get cold,
She's afraid she'll die young, she's afraid
she'll grow old,
She's frightened to live, and she's fright
ened to die,
Ahe's frightened and scared, cause she
doesn't know why,
in short, for all ails that could ever be
thought Of,
Or doctor, or dentist, or druggist be
bought of,
From a spray for the throat, to cure
for the ehilIs,
From q lotion for bruises, to food for the
blood,
From a gargle for gumboils, to bathing
in mud,
She's tried all these things-and she's
footed the bills.
Miss McQuinsy is known unto every
physician
AS woman who's got a diseased dispo-
sition,
With her fears about measles, lumbago
pOd cDrainS
And her horror of fevers, and all sorts
of pains,
For of every disease Miss McQuinsy COM
plains
And there was never anything awful
around
But In Miss McQuinsy the symptoms
were found.
When yoW'Ue got it badly, why, she's got
it worse;
She's always in charge of doctor and
nurse.
IT'S thus that she uses her very long
purse.
She wastes time and money on doses
and drugs;
Her only companions are frauds and
humbugs.
They humor her WITNESSES, but still keep
her i'll,
With horrid concoctions her insides they
fill.
Alas, Miss McQuinsy, you're in bad
way;
The doctors have "cured" you, but you
are sick still;
And sick, my poor lady, it seems you
will stay
AS long as you gloat over troubles rheu-
matte,
AS long as you dote upon ailments asth-
matte.
And now, be it told, though she screams
and she faints,
And though her whole life is a list of
complaints
That while on each ailment she's anxious
to seize,
And while there's no i'll can her longing
appease,
She will still have complaints. But she
has no disease!
Success Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

The New York man who, when the
tunnel of Southern railroad fell in,
demolishing the car he was in, said,
while he coolly smoked a cigar, he was
waiting for some one to dig him out,
illustrates what morals life insurance
points to.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

An English committee of trained ed
ucators has been investigating the re-
suit of the teaching in schools of chill
dren between the ages of three and
Ave. They report unanimously against
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

The most serious thing about the
100000 fire in the Carnegie steel
works is the fact that 400 men are
thrown out of employment, and the
loss Of product. The corporation
never will miss the money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

Shakespeare's Julius Caesar" was
recently played in Rome for the first
time. The critics report that the Ro-
man mob played its part very natural
".
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

Colonel Bryan went to the Philip
pines in search Of data and will come
home a datto. Mrs Bryan was with
him. Will she return a ditto?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

1t is funny how a man will get up
in church and confess that he Is the
chief Of sinners and deny it at home if
any one accused him Of simply being
an outside guard at the Sinners Club.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

The statement that a large part of
the American navy has been useless
for long time will be received with
some incredulity in Spain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

Did 1t ever occur to you that you
are just as much entitled to guess
what is going on in Mars as the as
tronomers?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

1t is sometimes difficult to convince
a young man that all the world loves
a lover after he has met the dear
girls father.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28

Richard Mansfield says all the
worlds a stage and every mans an
actor. The critics have doubts about
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-28
This Is a Chestnut.

'I don't see what there is about me
that you like"
"Well, there's my arm, you know"
Cleveland Leader.