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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

as long as the Simplon tunnel, finished
last spring.
While it required six years to bore
the great Alpine tunnel, it is believed
the channel tunnel can be dug in two
years after work is properly begun. The
recently completed tunnel under Boston
harbor required almost five years, yet
it is only a mile and a half long. The
tunnel beneath the Hudson river, a
little over mile in length, was built
in somewhat less time, but another
year will be required to complete it.
The advantages of a tunnel under
the English channel are many, and the
financial returns from the enterprise
promise to be all that could be de-
sired. Nearly every person who has
made the passage Of the channel in
the steamships which ply between the
two shores knows to his sorrow what
an aggravated attack Of NAL de mer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

We have lately been given an I'M
usual number Of striking examples Of
the simple but so often disregarded fact
success. Charles e. Hughes, the law
yer who conducted the investigation of
the big life insurance companies, had
as intimate a view of business corrup-
ton in high places, perhaps, as it was
any mans lot to witness. What we
need" he says, is revival Of the sense
Of honor. We want to hear less Of the
man who began poor and amassed
riches, and more about the man who
lives unsullied, though he dies poor"
No one will charge Mr. Hughes with
being a mere idealist. His searching
questions during the life insurance in
vestigation showed him to be a hard
headed man, whose views of life are
sternly practical What the times need
is less success" and more heart-less
individual triumph and more regard
for the rights Of all. Business is not.
after all, the main thing in the world.
The captain of industry" is not the
only great leader Of human interests.
Material things shape their own rem
edies. When commerce must be great
ened, commerce is. When waterways
must be opened, they are. They are
the worlds appetite, and when thirsty,
drink is sought and found, and when
hungry, food is obtained and eaten.
The higher and gentler side Of hui
man nature is more modest. 1t must
have some sort of an invitation in a
measure, be sought, and IN reciprocal
ton it seeks. To make it part of the
daily duty that no seeking Of this kind
remains unfulflled, so long as it is
within our power to satisfy it, is just
as noble an endeavOr and will give
employment to just as great a force Of
tremendous energies as does this con-
tinual and overriding race for any
thing that can be classed as riches.
Frankly, don't you know that life
would be a great deal pleasanter for
you and for the other fellow if you
less often left out the heart?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
Back to Nature.

The French peasant who, since the
days of the revolution, has turned all
France into a kind of walled garden,
is still closely in touch with nature,
and in spite Of all agitators and poll
ticians, his presence in the suffrage, to
which he brings the sense and cunning
Of the fields, makes for national health.
In proof of this is little scene repro
duced by one Of the authors Of
Sketches on the Old Road Through
France to Florence"
Between Argentan and Alencon the
writer fell to conversing with a peasant
who, with immense patience, was en-
gagged in stirring the earth with vigor
into harvests. He also protested him
self interested In politics and econom-
les, and willingly talked on these sub
jects.
There is only one thing" the peas
ant said, at last, that France has to
fear"
You mean," said the writer this
religious questionable dispute with
church and Pope?"
mo, don't mean that
DO you think there's any fear Of
another German WARP"
Il don't know. 1 wasn't thinking of
that?'
I suppose you are not afraid Of So
cialism?'
Not at ALL"
well, then, what is the only thing
France has to fear?"
Hail." said the peasant, and Gc2t
digging.
Make the best you can of the woT5l
Won get
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
ALL AT SEA.

Little Irish folk who have been
taught at home to be proud Of their
Celtic lineage are sometimes surprised
on arriving in America at finding
themselves the butt for childish wit
That was the fate which overlook
"Kate Jordan" who describes her ex-
perience in the BooklOverS Magazine.
She was a little more than three
years old when her family came from
Dublin to New York. Much to her
amazement and chagrin, she gradual
~ discovered that the precocious
American children she played with
were given to hooking all foreigners,
but particularly the Irish. She did
not realize for her comfort then, as
she did later, that, the vast throngs
Of adults, they had only a surface
knowledge Of the Irish, gained from
caricatures.
When she began to go to school she
said nothing to any one about her ma
tionality. 1t was the guilty secret Of
her childish heart. She must have
lost all trace of her Dublin accent, for
no one found her out But at last a
black day of discovery overlook her.
A geography lesson was the imme-
date cause. In illustrating it, the
teacher called on each child to point
out his or her birthplace on the map.
Nearly all were Americans, but there
were some English and one or two
French, but not another Celt. The lit
tie Irish girl hoped against hope that
she might be skipped, but she was
not.
"Where were you born, KittyY
asked the teacher.
Kitty rose, swallowing hard and
feeling CHASTITY. She was afraid to
claim any particular country, lest
questioning bring her downfall, and
yet in her fear Of the discontinue
which would follow a disclosure of the
truth, she determined to lie about it.
81 was born on the high SEAS" she
said, in a faint voice.
The teacher became enthusiastic.
"How interesting" she exclaimed.
"a little girl almost without a coun-
try! But the flag under which the
ship sailed proclaims your fatherland.
Under the flag Of what country did
you sail? Now listen, children, f5
this is very interesting"
By this time thirty odd pairs of eyes
were fixed upon Kitty, and if she had
had any vague idea Of finally taking
refuge in the truth, it was frightened
out of her. She swallowed hard again.
81 don't know what country it was" "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

If all the peoples of the earth should
suddenly insist on being kept as warm
during the cold months as the average
American does, the resulting demand
for fuel would revolutionize the worlds
trade and transportation. Nothing i'm
presses our winter travellers among the
civilized peoples Of Europe more than
the low temperatures which they en-
dure. Mr.. Howells, in his recent book.
London Films" casts a gentle slur on
the English fireplace, with its meager
Outgiving Of heat, but comedies that
lat the end 1t Is a question OF whether
you would rather be warm and we'll, or
cold and well; we choose the first
course, and they choose the last" The
rest Of the world makes small de.
mands upon the fuel supply for warm.
ing dwellings. In some cold regions of
the earth it is regarded as detrimental
to health TO have rooms artifcially
heated. In many cold regions the peo-
pie have little more artificial warmth
than the domestic animals in our
barns. The United States has been
peculiarly fortunate, first in it's enor-
nous wooded areas, and second i'll its
coal beds, oil wells and natural gas.
The coal supply, it is estimated, will
last, at the present rate Of consump.
ton, nearly three thousand years. How
ever long the great coal supplies Of
the world may hold out, it is safe to
predict that the peoples of the temper
ate zone will not have to migrate to
the tropics each winter, even after all
the coal is exhausted. The winds and
the tides may be harnessed to dynamos
as effectively as the waterfalls, and
there are other heat-giving possibili-
ties; but for the present coal is the
worlds chief reliance for artificial heat
ing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

The project for a tunnel beneath the
English channel has never appeared so
likely Of realization as at present.
Thirty years ago the French Tunnel
Company was organized, and work was
soon begun upon the great project; but
the English government, fearing a mil
itary invasion by way of this subter-
ranean passage, ordered work stopped
on the English end and so the scheme
has remained for a quarter century. AS
those two Evolutionary enemies, France
and England, have been drawn closer
together during the last few years, a
friendly movement which eliminated
in the spectacular ''entente" last sum-
mer, it is now believed that the only
objection to the, enterprise has been
removed.
Strange as it may appear to the I'M
initiated, the boring Of the tunnel be-
meath the channel presents no insur-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
A BOYS BREAKFAST.
There's a Natural Food that Makes
It's Own Way.

There's a Natural Food that Makes
It's Own Way.
There's a boy up in Hoosick Falls,
N Y, who is growing into sturdy
manhood on Grape-Nuts breakfasts. 1t
might have been different with him,
as his mother explains:
MY 11-year-old boy is large, we'll
developed and active, and has been
made so by his fondness for Grape
Nuts food. At years he was a very
nervous child and was subject to fire.
quent attacks of indigestion which
used to rob him of his strength and
were very troublesome to deal with.
He never seemed to care for anything
for his breakfast until | tried Grape
Nuts, and | have never had to change
from that. He makes his entire break
fast OF Grape-Nuts food. 1t is always
relished by him and he says that it
satisfies him better than the ordinary
kind of n meal.
Better than all he is no longer trOu-
bled with indigestion or nervousness,
and has got to be a splendidly devel-
oped fellow since he began to use
Grape Nuts food" Name given by
Postum Company, Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book, The Road to WellYille," in
pkgS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
DOVER
CRoss-sECT1oN OF PROPOSED TUNNEL.

mountable difficulties. The chief prob
lem to be solved, and a very important
one, will be that of proper ventilation.
It is not expected that the drainage Of
the work will prove to be beyond the
skill Of the engineers.
The line of the tunnel is naturally
between the nearest points on the two
coasts. The Dover end is to come out
near the South Foreland, and the Ca
lais entrance will be, as has been stat
ed, near Sangatte. The shortest dis
lance across the Strait of Dover is
about twenty miles. With the necessary
long approaches at either end, the tun-
mel is designed to be about twenty-three
and one-half miles long, or almost twice
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
CALAIS

he can have in the short voyage. Al
most constantly the seas are choppy or
rough, and intercourse between the two
countries would be appreciably in
creased if the passage could be made
quickly and comfortably.
With the tunnel completed, one could
drop into a first-class carriage in Lon
don and make a continuous railway
journey to Brindisi-if one wanted to
connect with the p. & o. liners for the
East, or to Vienna, or even st. Peters
burg. Eventually one could travel en-
tirely by rail from London to Pekin.
Perhaps before the next five years a
realization Of these dreams may be pos
sible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
CURTAIN SUPPORT.
Rollers and Curtain Poles.

Rollers and Curtain Poles.
Arrangement for Supporting Shade
An Ohio inventor has patented a
simple article in the window-shade
roller and curtain-pole support, illus
trated below. It can be formed from
a single piece of metal, is readily ap-
piled to a window frame, and when
in place Is strong and rigidly braced to
properly support the shade roller and
curtain pole. Preferably it can be
made from round wire or of metal
strips, cast and stamped. 1t is shaped
into two parts or loops, the upper
loop serving as support for the shade
roller and the lower loop as a supprt
for the curtain pole. At the top the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu-
couS lining of the EuStachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh. which is nothing but an inflamed con-
ditiOn of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
It. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

and sentenced to public reprimand and
to confinement within the academy for
year. Disgrace has come upon this
young man because Of a false code Of
honor among the cadets, the rules of
which are regarded by them as more
binding than the rules of the naval
academy. This academy is not pecu-
liar In having such a code. Similar
rules Of conduct prevail in practically
all large schools and colleges, and seem
to be characteristic of youth and i'm
maturity,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

device Is fastened with a shank, and
at the bottom with a screw, inserted
through the gcreweye. In applying
the device the shank is screwed into
the window frame by turning the fix.
ture until the loops come in contact
with the frame. The fastening screw
is then put into position. One advan-
tage Of this support is that it is not
liable to become deranged from the
weight Of the articles supported.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

The government of Turkey Is called
in diplomatic language the Sublime
Porte. The origin of the term is in the
Oriental custom of administering JUS
tice at the gates Of the palace. In time
the phrase became synonymous with
the government itself Trojan councils
were held in the gates Of Priam's pal
ace, and Xenophon calls the Persian
court ''the Gate" Mohammed II, found.
er of the present Ottoman Empire and
sultan from 1851 to 14S1, styled his
capital 1.-THE Lofty Gate Of the Royal
Tent" Through French, the language
of diplomacy, Lofty Gate" became
Sublime Porte"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
ANEMIA CAN BE CURED
Or. Williams Pink Pills Make New
Blood and Strike Straight at the
Root OF Disease.

root or disease.
An9mia is Just the doctors name for
bloodlessness. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
actually make new blood. They cure
an@mla just as food cures hunger. They
cured Mrs. Thos. J. McGann. of II
Lincoln Place, Plainfield, NJ. and they
can do as much for any other pale, weak
ailing, bloOdless person.
In the spring of 1903 did nv usua
house cleaning" says Mrs. McGann
"and soon afterward began to have the
most terrible headaches. NV hear
would beat so irregularly that it wa
painful and there came morning whel
l could not get up. My doctor said hat
an@mia and he was surprised that haC
continued to live in the condition l wa
in. Twas confined to my bed for nearl-
two months, the doctor coming ever
day for the first few weeks, but 1 di.
not improve to amount to anything.
Altogether / was sick for nearly tw
years. [ was as weak as a rag, ha
headaches, irregular heart beats, loss {
appetite, cramps Ill the limbs and wa
unable to get good nights sleep. M
legs and feet were so swollen that
feared they would burst.
Zone day, while [ was wonderinghoI
long | could live, feeling as I did, re
ceived a booklet telling about DR.. Wi
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
read it and told my husband to get M
some of the pills. Before the first DO.
was gone felt a change Tor the better
have taken about twelve boxes and al
though [ was as near the grave as [ coul;
be, now feel as if I had n new lease O,
life. have nomore headache, the hear
beats regularly, my cheeks are pink an6
I feel ten years younger. I feel that
have been cured very cheaply and have
recommended Dr. Williams Pink Pills
to lots of my friends"
For further information address the
DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec-
tady, N Y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
At the Sign Of the Horseshoe

They were waiting in their trap
while the smith frightened a shoe on
the horse.
"When is a blacksmith not black
smith," the man inquired, with CLEAN
Of intelligence Frightening his face.
II hate cOnundrums," the girl replied.
whats the answer?"
when he's a horse, sure" said the
man, and the girls face cleaned also.
Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

1t is the fashion of the day to place
society upon the vivisection table, and
since the abnormal is always more SEN
sational than the normal we are being
treated to horrifying disquisitions upon
the results Of these Investigations. Why
do not these sensationalists consider
the average man once in a while? Is
It because he is conventional and fails
to furnish startling theories? Yet
there are many million times more of
him than of the subjects of social vivi-
section at either end Of the scale. And
the normal men and women are to be
found in slums and mansions just as
we'll as in the ordinary dwellings that
do not belong to either category. The
progress of the nation, of humanity,
depends upon normal, not the abnor-
NAL, and there is every indication that
the average is constantly being raised.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

A movement Is on foot in New Jer-
sey to disbar SHARP" lawyers who try
by dragging In foolish technicalities
to thwart the ends of pustice. This is
encouraging. The SHARP" lawyer is
a costly luxury, and it is time to abol-
iSh him
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
Fond of Humor Indeed.

Towne- about your cool nerve
and courage! tell you, Jack Ster-
hng's got it.
Browne--You don't say!
'Yes, sir! Why, that fellow can ac-
tually enjoy the jokes in the comic
papers on the dentists table while he's
waiting his turn in the chair."-Phila-
delphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

The new uniform for the German
army is a sort Of greenish gray in col
or, and is believed to contrast admira-
bly, with the shade Of Kaiser VIII
helms mustache.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
She Had Home.

When Bilkins was away from home
on a long business trip he got letter
from his wife that still puzzles him. It
ended thus:
"Baby is we'll and lots brighter than
she used to be. Hoping you are the
same, remain, Your Loving Wife"
Cleveland Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

Prof. McClintock, Of Chicago, be-
neves married women make the best
teachers. Perhaps the pendulum is
swinging back again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

Women in a Missouri town were
raising funds for a public library. A
farmer who was asked to contribute
agreed to give them all the corn that
fifteen women Of their own choosing
could shuck in an hour. The town
turned out to see the husking. The
corn was taken to town and sold to the
highest bidder, and brought a good sum.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

An English playwright says he
thinks of writing a drama around
John D. Rockefeller. There will be a
fine chance to work In II. II. Rodgers
as the low comedian.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
Easy Prey.

Tess-I think Miss Passay expects to
be married pretty soon.
Jess Impossible!
TesS-Fact. She tells me there's a
supplemented young fellow calling at
their house now who is under financial
obligations to her Philadelphia
Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

In Texas recently a man left his
second wife and eloped with the wom-
an from whom he had been divorced
two years before. In his caseitappears
to have been loft with the new love,
on with the DID,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
Love and Friendship.

Love is the shadow OF the morning,
which decreases as the day advances.
Friendship is the shadow Of the even
ing, which strengthens with the set
ting sun Of life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

The great lOafers seem to scent the
air when their presence would make
the greatest trouble; they never bother
when one has nothing to do.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

The report from the war in Santo
Domingo that several generals have
been killed needs to be tempered by
the consideration that there are prob
ably several generals to every pri-
Vate
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

It was an evidence Of foresight
when Mr.. Carnegie provided the coun-
try with an ample supply Of library
buildings before he began to write
hooks
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

Two more heads Of insurance COM
panies have been forced to resign.
The companies all seem determined
now to have presidents who are too
honest to steal or too slick to get
caught.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

For some women to have faith In
their husbands must be equal to look
ing straight at stone wall, and In
gisting that no stone wall Is there.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

Children are disappearing from the
stage, says the State factory inspector;
and not only the humanitarian but the
plain theater-goer will heave sigh
of relief.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

Russia can always wake up in the
morning with the assurance that trou-
BILE has broken out in several new
places during the night
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

Few persons will regret that the evil
dence in the recent court martial of an
Annapolis cadet, on account of the
death Of a cOmrade with whom he had
fought, did not warrant the court in
finding the youth guilty of manslaugh-
ter. The fist fight itself, after which
one of the participants died, was in
violation of the rules, and the accused
cadet was found guilty of this violation
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

An iceman IN Chicago committed
suicide. The explanation is that he
was not also in the coal business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

A Kansas town is Boosting of a man
who read the Presidents message in
full.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

There is the best Of reason for pre-
dieting that the unexpected will not
happen in Russia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

Any man who can fasten his sus-
pender to a brass button is a general
In Santo Domingo.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21
Worth Knowing

that Allcock's are the original and
only genuine porous plasters; all other
so-called porous plasters are limitations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

Polish women are renowned for the
beauty of their hands and feet. They
place fneness of the hands above every
other charm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

Lots Of people should be glad to get
rid Of their experience for less than
they paid for it
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

One Of the sorrows of a newspaper
reporters life is that every night he
has to revise his list of friends.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-02-21

McCurdy says he resigned for his
health. Also for the health of the pol
4cy-hO1ders.