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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
COFFEE DRINKING.

A Doctor Says 1t Weakens the HenP!,
I'm my opinion" says a well-known
German physician, mo one can truth
fully say coffee agrees with him, as it
has long since been proven that caffeine,
contained in coffee, is an injurious,
poisonous substance which weakenS and
degenerates the heart muscles.
For this reason the regular use Of
coffee, soon or late, causes a condition
of undernourishment, which leads to
various kinds of organic disease.
Convinced of this fact, have often
sought for some healthful beverage to
use instead of coffee At last 1 found
the thing desired in Postum. Having
had occasion to forbid people using
coffee, whose hearts were affected,
have recommended Postum as a bev-
erage, since it is free from all injurious
or exciting substances. l know this
from results in my own family, and
among patients.
Hundreds of persons who now use
Postum in place of coffee, are greatly
benefited thereby" There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. Read 1.-The Road to Well
Vnle." in pkgs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
CHINESE FOOTBALL.
1t Is More Like II Prolonged Riot
than PaStime.

1t Is More Like n Prolonged Riot
than a Pastime.
1.-THE first game Of football wit
messed upon my arrival in China" one
Of our consular representatives at home
for visit remarked recently, "I mis-
took for a very serious riot, and you
wouldn't have blamed me, either.
SIN the first place, l was not aware
that the Chinese had any such game,
but later found that it is very popular
in North China. 1t is not played as IS
the American game, and instead Of
eleven players to the side there are fif-
ty. These Northern Chinese are almost
giants, and every man on the team will
be six feet or over in height and weigh
on the average 200 pounds. There arS
no goals, side lines or halves. The
game lasts until one side is the winner,
and frequently this is not accomplished
before two or three days.
1.-The idea Of the game Is to force g.
small wicker basket, which takes the
place Of our ball. into the territory Of
the other side-this territory being one
half of the town-and up and down the
streets the fight RACES. Each man IL
equipped with a whistle with which TO
summon assistance when too hard
pressed.
stealth as we'll as main force may
be used in getting the BALI In to the
enemy's country, and l know of one
clever player who did so by passing
over the roofs of the houses. As yo4
may imagine, a hundred giants YELL
ing and fighting in the streets create
some excitement
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26

over to my views. You will have no
peace till you both consent"
l ladghingiy promised to listen to
all she could say as l babe her good
by.
l arrived In the city at midday and
went to look up Marian Drummond, a
friend of mine who lad started a very
successful typewriting Office in the
huge block of buildings called Farm
ham House.
do you mind waiting a little while.
for your lunch"' said Marian. 81 must
wait until Miss Rhodes comes back.
and old Mr.. Carton wants me to take
down some letters for him now"
Don't hurry" l answered. "TIl
write some letters for myself while
I'm waiting if one of the machines is
disengaged."
you can have any one you like"
said Marian, picking up her pencil and
notebook,
IF any one comes on business, III
take down the letters" l called after
her.
l took off my hat, sat down, and be-
gan to type my letters. Marian had
taught me some time ago. and often
in my spare time 1 ran in to help her.
was in the middle of q note to Gym
thia, when the door opened and a tall
young man came in. He raised his hat
courteOusly as l looked up.
May trouble you to write a few
letters for me? They are rather i'm
portant, and l should like to get them
off at once"
why, certainly. If you will dictate
them to me 1 will take them straight
down on the machine"
He placed his hat on a chair, and
sat down.
THANK you. l am leaving for Aus
tralia at the end Of the week, and
there seem so many things to do at the
last minute" he said smiling.
noticed that he glanced in rather q
puzzled way at me-perhaps he thought
white muslin and red roses hardly
suitable garb for a city typist-but as
I placed the paper In the machine he.
began his letter. 1 liked his voice,
clear, refined. decided; liked his face,
too.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26

A TIMELY INSPIRATION.
ooooooooooooo0ooooo
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At the celebration Of July 4, 1861,
Gen. Morris Schaff, then a cadet, de-
livered an address In the chapel 'at
West Point, and he gives a place in
his recent book, "The Spirit of Old
West Point" to funny incident con-
nected with the delivery of his speech.
1T was called an oration," Gen.
Schaff writes, 'but how should hang
my head If any one were to repeat
some Of it to me now! 1 committed
it to memory, and never feeling very
sure Of myself, concluded to put the
In the breast Of my coat, SO that If
worse came to worst, 1 could pull it
out and read it.
"While the Declaration was being
read l tried to think how my speech
began, and to save my life could not
recall three sentences. AS the reader
drew to the end, my perplexity deep
ened. The band then played a patri-
otto air. The orator was introduced,
and the fellows applauded as he rose
In dazed confusion.
''There was a great crowd present,
filling the aisles. A little dog had fol-
lowed his people up into the choir, and
Just as l was about to carry my hand
to my breast to extract my speech
for my mind was perfectly blank-some
one stepped on the dogs tail, and out
came a couple Of sharp yelps Where
upon the whole corps broke into a good
laugh can see three or four of them
laughing now. Well, it brought me to
my wits, and off went the grafton with
a bang.
81 have no doubt the Grafton was
dripping with metaphors and SMILES,
for when my little intellectual lamp is
lit, they come flying in like moths at
night. Now there was nothing that the
Academic Board and instructors in my
day, save one beloved exception, de-
spised so much as figurative language.
The sudden pallor, curling lip and ooh,
spare u.s. look Of disgust that attend
ed their woe were so obvious, however,
that cadet rarely made use Of a meta
phor a second time.
"Well, while was delivering the adj
dress, my eye fel! on the face of
Church, the professor Of mathematics.
He was scanning me with that cold
and entrenched expression worn by
some one in almost every audience.
Were to have given it in translation
it would have been in these terms:
From all oratory, and above all
from ,Kirkersville oratory, deliver us Y"
Gen. Schaff came from Kirkersville,
Ohio, and he says elsewhere in his
book that from the day of his admis-
sion to West Point to this, everybody
has smiled when the place is mentioned.
And yet, from within radius of TWEEN
ty-five miles of Kirkersville came Sher-
man, Mcdowell, ROsecrans. Curtis,
Griffin, Brice and Charles r. Woods
all graduates OF distinction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
ROUNDING UP RAZOR BACKS.

Exciting Oklahoma Sport In Which
Dogs Do Most of the Work.
The wild hog is still to be found in
the Chickasha Express. w. A. Dand-
ridge, a citizen of that tribe, says the
land owners there count on these hogs
and try to keep tab on them just as
they did many years ago before any
good hogs were raised there.
He says that farmers are raising
good breeds Of hogs, but that they still
own some Wild hogs which run in the
open country in the heavily timbered
districts. AS many Of these hogs as
marked on the ears, and some are
branded. Then they, are turned loose
and allowed to run wild with the other
hogs till they grow up.
1.-The roundup" says Mr.. cambridge,
lis exciting sport. There is no use
trying to round up these hogs on foot
or even on horseback. They can out
run a horse through the timber and get
clean out of sight in a few minutes.
We go on horseback and on foot, but
use good dogs to do most Of the work
The dogs 60 into the heavy brush after
them and bring them out, and in that
way we finally corral them.
'"Then they are kept in a strong in
closure for few weeks, where they are
fed on corn till they get fat enough to
butcher. They are usually leggy and
thin. with long bristles. They live on
acorns and grass and seem to be free
from all kinds Of diseases which de-
stroy so many of the tame hogs. The
roundup season is in the fall, when
the wild hogs are at their best"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26

DO you really think SOP" she said
wistfully.
I'm quite sure of 1t. And now you
must come back to the house! it is
growing chilly, and 1 have to take care
of you"
lay awake long time that night
thinking of Cynthia. She had only just
come home after a two years absence.
The doctor had ordered her a long sea
voyage to counterfeit q constitutional
delicacy. Cynthia was an orphan, heir
eSS TO large fortune and we two had
been inseparable till her lengthy alb
sence. My mother had taken the lone
ly child to her heart. and Cynthia
spent nearly all her time with us. We
did our lessons together, played togeth-
er, till just after the death of her
guardian. Then Cynthia went abroad,
while my mother and moved to town.
My voice, which had been carefully
cultivated, had gained me a very fair
reputation. 1 had plenty of engage
ments and thoroughly enjoyed my
WOLA anu pOSlllOu VI OIedu-Wln IleT, IOF
money was not plentiful in our little
household. 1t had always been Gym
thia's wish that on her return 1 should
live with her, and the subject was still
under discussion when 1 left for town
the next morning.
Il am coming up at the end of next
week." said Cynthia, "and then, l
promise you. shall talk your mother
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26

mics, and especially prowled over by
the coyote, the gray wolf and the TIM
Der wolf, which subsist upon the young
of all kinds of animals; yet the mother
can easily protect her babies from the
fiercest OF these marauders. The enemy
most dreaded is the soaring eagle.
There is q variety Of cactus, prick
ly plant which grows in great abund-
ance all over the Western plains, which
furnishes her the means for this pro-
lection. Horses, cattle, buffalo, and, In
fact, all animals know the danger Of
treading on this plant 1t grows In
large patches, some four or six inches
in height above the ground, and forms
q thick mat varying in breadth from
the size of the top Of a mans hat to
many feet. 1t is in the center of one
Of these patches that the female ante
lope prepares place for safety for her
young. The thorns ofthis cactus, while
very poisonous and terribly painful to
every other animal, for sole reason are
almost harmless to the antelope. The
cactus may lacerate her legs, making
them bleed freely, but neither the stick
ers nor their poison remain; while
other animals seldom bleed, but retain
the poisonous stickers in their wounds
until they become malignant sores,
causing excessive swelling of the limbs
and very great and long-continued suf-
fering.
When the antelope has selected her
patch Of cactus, backing away a few
feet, she will make a running jump,
bounding high in the air and alighting
In the middle of the patch, with all
four feet close together, the hoofs point
ing downward. Then, springing out
again and repeating this operation I'M
til she has chopped the roots of the
cactus plant to pieces, she loosens and
clears a space large enough for stand
ing room. She then will enlarge it by
paving and digging with her sharp
hoofs. Here she gives birth to her
young in undisturbed security, know
ing that she can leave them in COM
parative safety during the day and re-
turn at night to give them suck. Should
it be in a locality where eagles abound,
however, the mother does not venture
far away, as the soaring eagle often
swoops down on the young, taking
them away If she is not there to do
battle for their lives.-Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26

Medical experts are calling the at
tention of the public to the Importance
of performing the nose blowing opera
ton in a scientific and hygienic man
ner. First one nostrol and then the
other should be blown without undue
violence. Doctors state that the two
nasal passages should never be closed
at the same time. If they are obstruct-
ed, as in the case of a cold, the back
Of the throat is filled with compressed
air, and this, together with the dis
charge and the microbes which it con-
tains. may be driven through the euSta-
chan tube into the middle ear and lead
to serious results. A great authority
on the subject used to forbid his pa
tients to blow their noses when suffer
ing from a cold. The course is hardly
one which will commend itself to those
in the habit of catching cold. The best
advice would seem to be that when it
is necessary to blow the nose blowing
should be done gently.-LondOn Mail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
ORIGIN OF PROFANITY.


LinguisticaIIy 1t Is Primarily Due
to Desire for Emphasis.
One proposition there is which needs
to be stated emphatically as this point,
says a writer in Harper's Words and
phrases which are amply sufficient for
the understanding are often altogether
inadequate for the expression Of the
feelings. The result of his mental dis
satisfaction with the communication of
mere knowledge is most conspicuously
illustrated in the wide prevalence Of
profanity. Into the discussion of this
practice its moral and religious aspect
does not enter at all 1t is purely
from the linguistic side that it is here
to be considered. SO looked at it's eX-
istence and the extent Of the indul-
gence in it bear out the truth of the
principle just announced. Whatever
intellectual Justification there may be
for profanity is based upon the fact
that men are aiming to state strongly
what they feel strongly. The habit is,
in consequence, subject to the general
law governing intensives.
To a very great extent the practice
Of swearing is specially characteristic
Of a rude and imperfect civilization.
With the advance Of culture profanity
declines. 1t declines not so much be-
cause men become peculiarly sensitive
to its vlciOusness, but they do to its
ineffectiveness. The growth of refine
ment both in the individual and in the
community tends. more to its disuse
than all the exhortations Of mOraliSts
or the rebukes of divines. Much must
always be allowed in the case Of par
ticular persons for the influence Of
early training and association. Excep-
lions are, therefore, too numerous to
lay down any positive rule; still, it is
safe to say in general that a mans in
tellectual development is largely deter
mined by the extent of his indulgence
In profanity. No one, indeed, doubts
its wide prevalence at the present time
But compared to the practice of the
past, it has been steadily, even If slow
ly, diminishing for centuries. This
does not prove that men are better NOR
ally or intellectually than they were.
II does show, however, that there ex-
lists now a higher average of cultiva-
ton, which renders the habit distaste-
full to increasingly large numbers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
Timely Suggestion.

After having been seriously i'll for sew
eral weeks Mr.. Tyte-Phist was declared
to be out of danger.
whats the use of getting well?" he
groaned, when the attending physician
broke the news to him. "I'll have to
pay your bill, and l know it'll be a
mighty steep one!'
What of that, my friend?" soothingly
spoke the doctor. ''Think what it costs
to die in this town."
Mr.. Tyte-Phist reflected a moment.
That's so," he said, his voice grow
ing stronger. Il hadn' tNthought of that"
Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
"Only one MORE" he said; then he


'OnIy one more, he SAlu Lnen ne
stopped suddenly.
1t was an oppressively hot day, my
head ached after the long journey, and
the weight of my hair felt unbear-
able. 1 had been running my fingers
through it, almost unconsciously, but
as 1 looked up, startled, he stammer-
ed:
II really beg your pardon, but you
reminded me, the way you did that, Of
some one 1 used to know"
Someone who did that! Why, sure
ly Cynthia also had that same ges-
ture; we had often leased each other
about it. My glance fell on the letter
he had just signed. Maxwell Erring-
ing.
"Some one you used to care for?" 1
asked involuntarily.
''Some one 1 do care for" he said
very gravely.
1 bent down, and, taking a fresh
sheet Of paper, inserted it in the ma
chine waiting for the last letter, but
the action was quite unconscious, for
my brain was whirling with a vain eff
fort to find some way of telling him.
But no, simply could not tell him that
Cynthia cared for him. 1 wrote the
letter mechanically, not taking in It's
sense.
"'Your affectionate cousin Thanks ;
that's ALL"
Then the words which had danced
before my eyes became coherent SEN
fences. 1t was a short note to a cousin,
married, as l saw from the address
of the envelope. Mrs. G.. Farnham,"
asking her to meet him with her hus-
banG under the clock at London Bridge
Station at 80 the next day. Evident
~ they were going up the river. But
were they?
eff you will leave these with me-"
said. 81 will do them up and see they
are posted
THAT will save time" he said, look
ing at his watch. "Thank you. If you
will be so kind"
lie gave me the stamps, paid the
fee. and with a courteous, Good morn
ing" hurried away.
l fastened up the envelopes, then
tore up the letter 1 had begun to Gym
thia and wrote:
Dearest Cynthia: Meet me under
the clock at 1 80 at London Bridge
Station tomorrow without fail Wire
if you cannot come, but don't fail me
unless absolutely impossible. Very, very
important"
knew Cynthia would break any en-
gagement rather than disappoint me,
and there was just chance left for
her happiness. Somehow or other, I
regret to say, 1 omitted to post Mrs.
G. Farnham's letter till IL 80 the next
morning.
At five minutes before the time ap-
pointed, from behind a shelterlng pill
lar, 1 saw to my great relief Maxwell
ErringtOn's tall figure pacing to and
fro. He glanced up at the clock, then
turned to watch the people streaming
through the barrier. Just then l caught
sight of Cynthia hurrying across from
the opposite direction. She looked as
dainty and sweet as a summer rosebud
in her white muslin gown. She went
straight to the clock, and Maxwell at
that moment turned and saw her.
"Cynthia."
Maxi
He had both her hands in his regard
less of bystanders, and if ever love
shone in a mans eyes it was in Max
we'll Errington's as he looked down at
Cynthia's beautiful face. Then, appar-
emily oblivious of the fact that each
had come to meet a different person,
they moved away together.
l fed hastily.
Mrs. G., Farnham, am glad. to say,
has quite forgiven me.-Philadelphi
Telegraph.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
Advantages Of Madness.

The truth is, 1 fear, that madness
has a great advantage over sanity.
Sanity is always careless. Madness is
always careful There is a great deal
Of falsehood in the notion that truth
must necessarily prevail. There is this
falsehood to start with-that if a man
has got the truth he is generally happy.
And if he is happy he is generally
lazy, The incessant activity, the eXag-
gerated intelligence, generally belong to
those who are a little wrong and just It
little right. The whole advantage of
those who think that Bacon wrote
Shakespeare, says Gilbert J. ChestertOn,
writing In the Illustrated London
News, lies simply in the fact that they
care whether Bacon wrote Shakespeare
The whole disadvantage of those who
do not think 1t lies in the fact that
they do not care about it. The sane
man who is sane enough to see that
Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare is the
man who is sane enough not to worry
whether he did or not.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
THE HEATHEN.

The In folly anything that's good
He to
fourscore and ten,
sorely him is that CAM eat then.
Keep away pickles. keep away from spicN
from cabbage, cornfeld, and rice.
Never a thing that's sweet and always eat it cod
growing stale and old
The heather bubbles spring.
his thirst it thing;
lips Of the chin.
suspect that he commits q scientific sin.
Keep away from appetite, keep away from thirst
o
Keep away from exercise, keep away from thought
you will live until you die, you're caught
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
Gloomy Outlook.

Long MINDED Orator lowering his
voice to an impressive whisper) Have
you ever, o, my friends, allowed your
selves to wonder where you will be and
what you will be doing when another CEN
tury shall have rolled around?
Wearied Auditor Tin an equally i'm
pressive whisper) -Yes-w still be
here, waiting for you to finish your
SDeech ="
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
His Reason.

"Jinx attempted suicide by drowning
yesterday"
80 l heard; 1 wonder what his rea-
son was for the rash attempt?"
His wife had quit him."
"And hadn't he found it out?''-
Houston Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
MOTHER ANTELoPE's INSTINCT

Provision for Her Young a Wonder
full Instance of Natures PrOvid
The manner in which the mother an
telope protects her young until they
are old and strong enough to join the
full-grown bands in their wanderlngs
is an interesting and wonderful In
stance of natures providence. These
beautiful creatures live in an open
country infested by all kinds of enc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
A Goth.

$50 you are learning to enjoy Wag-
merriam music"
"Yes," answered Mr.. Cumrox. 81
like something positive one way or an
other. If l can't have absolute quiet
1 want as much noise as possible. =
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
Knew Why.

"He says, he has never said an I'm.
kind word to his wife"
"And you believe IT."
Il certainly do"
"You must have lots of faith in his
truthfulness?"
"None at all, but know his wife,
Houston Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26
Reasonably Sure.

She-Lois writes for the magazines.
He-She'll get 'em if she sends the
price.-Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-26

There is this about a conscience:
When 1t does hurt, it isn't nearly SO
painful as boil.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-26
.Cut or Win a shIIIinE.,

From the Lc15-r TelceaIh
We often hear Of the threat Of being
.'cur of with a shilling by our peculiar
and crocheJy relatives, but the following
clause Of a VIII IS a literal execution Of
it which would not De considered by many
Of Us TO be very effective salve for the
pain attending their demise:
Whereas it was my misfortune 10 be
made very uneasy by EliZaJh N. my
wife from our marriage. by her turbulent
behavior: for she was not content with
despisinE my adm0uitiOns, but she con
crived every method 20 make me unhappy;
she was so perverse in her nature that
she would not be reclaimed. but seems
only 20 be born 20 be plague 10 me The
strength Of Samson. the knowledge Of
Homer. the prudence Of Augustus. the
cunning Of Pyrrhus. the patience Of Job.
the subtlety CT Hannibal. and the watch
fulness Of Hermogenes could not have
been sufficient 10 subdue her; for no skill
I or force n the world could make her
/ good: and as we have lived separate and
Z apart from each other for eight years,
and she having perverted her son TO leave
Z and totally abandon me. therefore I give
I her one shilling Oulv."