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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01
WEIGHT AND HEALTH
THIN, NERVOUS PEOPLE NEED
TIE TONIC TREATMENT.
This Woman Took Or. Williams Pink
Pills, Gained Thirty Pounds end
Has Been Well Ever Since.


How many women-and men too
are suffering from a general decline in
health which the ordinary remedies
seem unable to check! How many hus-
bands see their wives wasting away,
steadily losing health and beauty, and
are pOwerless to helpl Consumption
and other germ diseases find in these
debilitated systems easy prey, for the
lowered vitality is unequal to the task Of
fighting off the infection of these diseases
to which most of US are almost daily ex.
posed.
The symptoms indicating the decline
which may have results so fatal could
scarcely be better described than in the
statement of Mrs. William Manley, Of
90 Court street, Utica, n. 7. Her case
is typical one. She says:
''For six months after the birth Of my
baby, suffered from sick, dizzy head
aches, which seemed like a rush Of
blood to my forehead, just back of my
eyes. Some days they twitched so I
could hardly see and black spots foated
before them. The least exertion brought
on this sickness. My appetite was poor
and was often sick to my stomach.
eff I tried to work my feet soon be-
came swollen, paining me terribly.
had sinking spells and grew pale and
nervous. was so thin that weighed
only 50 pounds.
Zone day when at the drug store to
get headache powders I decided to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills instead. /
soon noticed that my headache was dis
appearing and my nerves gradually
grew stronger. The pills gave me q
hearty appetite and I now weigh over
$50 pounds. believe the pills to be the
best tonic and builder woman can take,
as they certainly helped me when my
condition was critical and have never
been seriously i'll since"
The great value of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills lies in the fact that they actually
make new blood and this carries health
and strength to every portion of the
body. The stomach is toned up, the
nerves are strengthened, every organ is.
stimulated to do its work.
If you are i'll and the treatment you
are taking does not cure you, write for
proof of what DIR. Williams Pink Pills
have done in similar cases.
Your druggist sells them or they will
be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt OF
price, so cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine Co..
Schenectady, n. 7.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01
Solves fine Cow Problem.

Spilsonbury had been crafty annoyed
by Perkins COW. Perkins always pas
tured the critter on the lots next to his
friends houses, carefully avoiding the
empty lots adjacent to his own prem
ises. The cow often spent the night Ia
the open air and nearly strained her
own milk mooing at midnight when she
was suffering from coldhoof and cOnse-
queut insomnia.
SpiIsonbury finally sent to New York
and bought an india rubber COW that
had been made for advertising pur
poses. This india rubber Jersey bad
foghorn interior connected up with al
automatic blower, so that about once
every hour she blew blast that could
have been heard from Gloucester,
Mass, to Cape Ann. After dark, Spill
sonbnry anchored this COW Oh the va
cant lot off Perkins shed and wound
the COW up to go from II p. N. on.
When the automatic COW first blew
off the noise nearly ripped the clap
boards from Perkins barn. All Tie
dogs In the neighborhood took up tie
refrain and made more noise than the
Sunday school class of bad boys.
Sixty minutes later the COW again
cried havoc and let slip the dogs of
war,
Perkins appeared at the window, Wis
IDLY annoyed In the morning early the
cow was led away and the vocal ap
paratus turned of.
The Improvement association then
took up the COW question Dad all Jer-
seys were kept in the shed or sent
away to pasture.
1t was an expensive solution of tie
cow problem, but the neighbors are
sleeping better Minneapolis Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01
By Intention.

: When a Scotchman has no argument
at his tongues end to defend his own
line Of conduct which another may have
criticised, it may safely be inferred
that his ancestry has a strain from
some other nation.
A man who has an estate in Scot
land took his new plowman to task
for the waverlng burrows which were
The result Of his work
"Your drills are not nearly az
straight as those Angus made" he said,
severely. 'He would not have LETT such
Il gleb as this"
Angus didna ken his work said
TamInas, calmly, contemplating his
employer with All indulgent gaze. "Ye
see, when the drills is crookit the sun
gets in ON all sides, an It's then We get
early 'taties."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01
APPENDICITIS.
Not at All Necessary to Operate in
Many Cases.

Not at All Necessary to Operate In
Many Cases.
Automobiles and Appendicitis scare
some people before they are hit
Appendicitis is often caused by too
much starch in the bowels. Starch is
hard to digest and clogs up the digest
i've machinery-also tends to form
cakes in the cecum. CHATS the blind
pouch at entrance to the appendiX.)
A n. H. girl had appendicitis, but
lived on milk for a while-then Grape
Nuts and got well without an opera
ton.
She says: Five years ago while at
school 1 suffered terribly with constipa-
ton and Indigestion" (Too much
starch white bread, potatoes, etc.,
which she did not digest.)
"Soon after l left school I had an
attack of appendicitis and for thirteen
weeks lived on milk and water. When.
1 recovered enough to eat solid food
there was nothing that would agree
with me, until a friend recommended
Grape-Nuts.
when began to eat Grape-Nuts I
weighed SO lbs, but 1 soon grew to 115
lbs. The distress after eating left me
entirely and now 1 am like a new per-
SON."
"a little Grape-Nuts dissolved in hot
water or milk would have been much
better for this case than milk alone, for
the starchy part of the wheat and bar
ley is changed into a form Of digest
ible sugar in making Grape-Nuts.)
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the little book, THE
Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's
a Reason"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

out by an old-time fiddler; and, when
the dance is over, each maiden is es-
corted home by her best fellow" and
you would imagine that the joy of the
evening was over; but it isn't, for there
are always hopes that the week fol-
lowing will always be just as happy
one-at the other neighbours place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01
A BLOW ON THE HEAD.
Observation-Disclosures
~O~~N~~~~~O


What effect a blow on the head may
have upon the one who receives 1t, no
man can predict. Stories have been
written, the turning-point Of which was
the recovery Of memory lost by such
a blow. In more recent times instances
have come to light-thrOugh modern
psychological treatment-in which per-
sonality was apparently quite changed
BY a blow on the head. Many back
ward schoolboy, even when apparently
eager to do criminal things, has been
found to be suffering from the effect of
such a shock received years before, and
to be durable by surgery.
Seldom is such story more thrilling
than the true one which changed the
life Of young writer who died recent
ly in a Western city.
From his earliest bOyhoOd he had
been incorrigible. He began running
away from home before he was three
years old, and as soon as he was of
school age became terror to his teach
er. He stole from his mother, led 9th
er boys astray, and by his misadven-
lures and his habit Of going on long
Journeys with the toughest of tramps,
kept his mother on the verge of nervous
prostration.
Every Imaginable plea was tried in
vain with him. He made promises only
to break them. He seemed unable to
resist the mad impulse to vagabOndage
which impelled him. Several times his
parents had him examined for sanity.
and the verdict Of the alienists was
that there was some cause of mental
disturbance which they could not de-
termine. The police Of many States
came to know him.
At last his behavior so wore on his
mother that she was driven to Europe
in order that she might rest for a time,
out Of hearing of his adventures. Even
in Europe, however, she was not free
from him, for, tramping through the
continent, he encountered her in a pub
lie park No one could have been more
disreputable in appearance than the
mothers heart went out to him, and
she persuaded him to remain a little
while.
"At least" she said, "if you must do
this way, let me provide you with mon
ey. Let me hear from you once in a
while. Let me know you are safe and
well'
All this he promised to do, and hav-
ing q desire to see South America.
went with her consent to England to
embark on a sailing vessel for tramp
through that continent. AS they lay at
anchor in the harbor mouth waiting
or clearer weather, a fellow passenger
and he stood in the bow, looking out
into the fog.
Suddenly, without warning, a huge
steamship crashed into them, and cut
far into the sailing ships wooden hull.
Spars fell from aloft, and the fellow
passenger YVES instantly killed. The
American was picked up unconscious,
with a Jagged wound in his head where
n spar had struck him.
He lay unconscious in the hospital
for long time, tenderly nursed by his
mother, and then passed through a
stage of brain fever. But when the i'll
ness was over and he was rational and
conscious again, a change had been
wrought. Something had been altered
in his brain, and all the passion for
vagabondage had left him. He cared
for tramping no longer.
IT only want to go to work to turn
my knowledge of the tramp's world to
account" he said, 80 that may pre-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

vent as many other boys as possible
from going the terrible road 1 went"
To that end he long devoted himself.
He wrote many stories of tramping
days, but through them all ran the note
of sorrow that so many years of his
life had been lost in disreputable wan
derings.-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

The Baltimore Sun expresses the
opinion that lawn tennis Is a molly
Goldfish game. We suspect that the
editor Of the Sun bases his opinion
upon the fact that some tennis players
wear white flannel trousers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

Everybody knows the imprint Of
Blackwood-the man in the skull cap.
1t is not a portrait Of the original
BIackwood. When the magazine was
started Maya" wanted picture. The
portrait is Of George Buchanan, and
how it came to be chosen for a frontis-
piece to 'Maga" no one knows. Prob
ably, thinks the writer in the Book
Monthly, some sort of decoration
seemed necessary for the plain cover.
There was a block of George Buchanan
lying about. And so George Buchan-
ans face confronts the universe as the
embodiment Of Scottish intellectually.
London Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

A man who pretends to know says
2OO,O0O,OO0 atoms Of matter could lie
in a row on an inch of space. 1t is
much easier to believe him than 1t
would be to count 'em.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

A Cleveland man who has grown too
fat to work has been released from the
task Of paying alimony. Some one will
have to show us before we believe that
many.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., says it is
easier to tell the truth than to lie. Evil
IDENTIFY young Mr.. Rockefeller has never
wandered homeward late at night
when he had no business to be out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

A Harvard professor is at work on a
new play to be entitled when Words
Fail" The climax will probably be
baseball scene, in which the rOoters
begin to throw things at the umpire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

Hudson Maxim announces that he
has completed an invention which will
make armor-plate useless. This ought
20 help some more toward the estab-
lishment of universal peace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

The motto of the Salvation Army is
Talk sunshine" But that is not by
any means an Invitation to indulge in
light conversation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

A New York woman who lost $50 at
Q card party called for the police and
had the game broken up. She needn't
expect to be invited out much after
this
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

conciliatory, and although strong in his
Dutch nationalism, not in sympathy
with the minority of irreconcilable
Dutch. If the Transvaal government
succeeds, all the South African states
under British control will be formed
into a federation somewhat like those
OF Australia and Canada.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

Speaking of high finance, there's the
smooth gentleman who abducted $175,-
900 from the ub-treasury in Chicago
and didn't even leave 8 clue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

Suicide was a success" reads a
headline in an exchange. But after
reading the article we learn that the
man was a failure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

A Monrovia, CAL, man is so hard up
that he offers to sell his cemetery lot
and monument With him the question
Of living must be a grave problem.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

The physician who advises people to
eat when their appetite Graves will not
ind it necessary to advertise for pa
tents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

Measuring Distance In Russia.
"How far off is the Hotel Gaspipe
skip"
mot far, moujik."
''Well, how far?"
about a bombs throw" -LOuisYill
Courier Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

There are many bad railroad men !;
and preachers are not all angels.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

Even men who have been living dou-
bic lives find it necessary to commit
suicide only once.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

II there Is such a thing as personal
devil the Bible trust must be affording
him a good deal of amusement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

People do not dread death so much
but while they live they would like to
BE- young.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

The Washington Post has found a
good definition for "mollycoddle." His
name is Count Boni de Castellane.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01
Point of view.

If you get yourself in the public eye
And think yourself Of note,
It's likely that the public will
Regard you as a mote.
= philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-01

You know how important politeneSi
is. Then why don't you cultivate it,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-01
BASKETS FOR THE TABLE.
Decorative Effect as Well as Use
Baskets for Special Occasions.


Baskets OF one sort and another, OF
simple or more or less ornamental
character. have long been used for
holding fruit on tables, but within the
last few years there have come to be
offered for such use baskets specially
designed with a view to their dec
oratiye effect.
Here. for instance, Is n lifelike bas-
network turkey pcrched on a basket
work pumpkin of proportionate dlmcn-
sions, both turkey and pumpkin fin.
ished In their natural colors, this tur.
key table basket being designed to
stand on Thanksgiving dinner
table.
And here is table basket In the
form Of swan, life size and natural
In appearance, and graceful. and here
is n gorgeous table basket of fine
work in the form and colorings OF
peacock. There is table basket in
the shape of a chicken, and here Is
one designed to adorn patriotic table
In the form OF an eagle.
Sometimes table baskets are made
to order in special forms. as for ban.
quets. One such basket was made in
the form Of a billiard table. Where
such baskets are made specially 1t is
necessary TO give the order well in
advance, for 1t must go to Europe to
be filed, table baskets, like almost
all other fancy baskets. being made
In Germany.
Besides being used for fruits table
baskets are sometimes used for flow
ers. They cost from five to twenty.
five dollars.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-01
DAMAGED Lace Hint.

A handsome flounce of embroidered
muslin with heavy motifs of grape
lunches and vine leaves, which had
been badly torn. had the best OF the
design cut out and applied, after being
tinted biscuit color, to a groundwork
of biscuit net. Much the same treat.
ment was accorded to n length Of lace
which had also suffered; in this case
a groundwork of ninon was supplied.
ct is a pity that striped acts are not
more used, and It is a wonder they are
not In this season of stripes) When
these applied designs are used they
can be much enhanced in effect by
backing Just the pattern itself with
satin or velvet of some bright color.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-01
THE CANADIAN CROPS .
THREE-oUARTERs OF THE AVER.
AGE YIELD is REPORTED.
THE FARMERS DO NOT LOSE
Increased Prices for Grain More Than
Compensates Them for the De.
crease in ouantity-Reports
from Crop Experts.

Most Of the states OF the union felt
the unusually severe winter Of 1867,
and the effects OF the succeeding late
spring were everywhere apparent.
Corn was planted two and sometimes
three times. the winter wheat suffered
and generally there was n nervous
feeling as the retarded growth was in
evidence. From the Dakotas to Texas
She feeling of dread existed, and the
fears were entertained that the crop OF
corn. wheat. oats and barley would
be a distinct failure. How far this was
che case Is best left to those who
passed through the experience. Natur.
ally the same conditions were preya.
lent throughout the Isoylnce OF Mani.
toba Saskatchewan and Alberta, in
western Canada, and with from $50.
600 TO 100000 farmers there from the
United States a large degree Of inter.
est was manifest in almost every state
OF the uuiou, for every state has some
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-01

self Is not very deep it holds all that
a young girl need carry. The trim.
mings are plain silver gilt and the
handle is a narrow stitched strap OF
the suede When the bag Is opened
the mouth forms q perfect circle. The
inside Is divided permanently by tho
coin purse, which has an outside GOV.
erlng of reseda MORE and lining of
white suede. This is roomy without
suggesting bulk
The bag proper is lined throughout
with watered silk. and on one side Is
a shirred pocket, which holds tiny
oblong mirror faced with silk and
green suede powder pun envelope. In
which reposes an intinitesimal bit of
eiderdown, while between these two
cases is tiny glass salt bottle, with
silver gilt top. These purses come
IN other shades, too, in the fashiona-
bic purple and lavenders, In gray,
brown ranging from tan to seal, and
In blue. 1t is the fad to have the
purse match or at least shade into the
color OF the costume. Even young
girls adhere strictly to this one tone
effect or to the one of harmony in
coluring.
Another smart bag of soft suede In
n lovely shade Of brown was oblong in
shape and had the outside shocked
near the top, There were two or three
rows of shocking below the narrow
silver gilt rim. which provided consd.
cradle fulness at the bottom. This
purse held the usual coin compartment
and the three essential beauty acces.
sGrics-the puff case, the mirror and
the powder box.
pigskin. while neither new nor es-
pecially smart, Is always in good
taste foI morning use. II Is a particu-
larry suitable leather for young girls
and Is made up in most attractive
purses If the strap kind is liked
then a long, narrow purse is chosen,
with the usual compartments and u
well attached strap running length.
wise Of the back. There are shorter
purses of pigskin with Il rounding
down flap, trimmed with a narrow sill.
yer rim. This has no visible fasten.
ing, but there Is snap on the under
side. The square purse, while very
roomy md easy to carry, is not In as
good taste as the long narrow one.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-01

-, ,-, :. a, ~, - ,.,,.,.,
r ,Ios, ,,,i,,, ~ ~ ", - $500,
ro,' "H,nih uelFeIy' t"e Soo' u ','.
una nhhuhns tor "neaN s,'INos an
age OF nc per husHel lot IN" "h''o ".sN
rms means that the average price 70 ~.
tarmor FOR contract wheat al o,ei u1
prairie country Ii exactly u per ou'..
the farmers have been LOOKING tor .ns
day when dollar wheat would rue anu
they have 1t now. Some old whea, ID suit
coming forward from the elevators anu
httlo OF last years crop remains IN '"e
hands OF the farmers. This nearly an
grades up to tho contract. and u means
great gain for those who held H. The
new wheat is stu grading very hish'
when one considers the conditions uhner
which II was produced Out OF fos cars
aS In two days contained wheat "hIch
would answer for delivery on contracts:
In other words over 10000 bushels OF
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-01
BABY IN TERRIBLE STATE.
Awful Humor Eating Away Face.
Body Mass of Sores--cuticura
Cures In Two Weeks.

my little daughter broke out all
over her body with a humor, and we
used everything recommended, but
without results. | called In three doc.
tors, but she continued to grow worse.
Her body was a mass of sores, and her
little face was being eaten away. Her
ears looked as II they would drop of.
Neighbors advised me to get Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, and before had
used half of the cake OF Soap and box
OF Ointment the sores had all healed,
and my little ones face and body were
as clear as newborn babes. would
not be without It again If It cost five
dollars, instead OF seventy.1ve cents.
Mrs. George j. Steese, FOL Coburn St..
Akron, o., Aug. 80, 1906"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-01
THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS.
Recent Attempts to TabuIato tho
Beasts That Perish.

Every now and then some natural.
ist endeavors TO make an approximate
numerical count of known animal
species. This kind Of attempt is sure
ly not without interest but It must be
acknowledged that Its results are very
uncertain. We are far from knowing
all species, and there is yet delight
full prospect ahead for those who love
systematic zoology and for biologists
who bestow mutual honors by giving
each others names to some animal
hitherto unknown.
AS Nurmann remarked to recent
meeting Of naturalists at the museum,
to which he presented his Catalogues
Mammalian" the species of rodents
known in 1880 were only $40 in mum.
Der; now they are 1900. The mum.
Der has thus, at least, doubled In n
years. The number OF living species
OF this creature now known is about
1900. divided among 100 genera. This
family is the most numerous Of the
class Of mammalia.-Wissen fur Allie
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-01
Blouse Novelty.

One of the most charming novelties
In the way of blouses has been
launched by well known designer Of
unusual styles. This delightful little
waist is made of soft silk in the most
delicate of she'll pink tones. The en-
tire bodice and dropping sleeves are
formed of two-inch folds, one over.
tapping the other. These run from
the high glrdle over the shoulders and
tuck In at the back. The sleeves are
formed of a continuation of plalts or
folds extending to the wrist, where
they narrow down to proportionate
dimensions. The neck is finished with
q high lace end batiste collar and
chemisette. Two rather more elab-
crate blouses of this character have
their folds an inch wide. and each one
edged with the narrowest lace to be
found Besides giving the desired
broad shouldered effect the lace
softens the regular lines of the folds
so carefully placed.