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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
SELF DELUsIoN.

Many People Deceived by Coffee.
We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be con-
vinced of their actual harmfulness.
A man can convince himself that
whisky is good for him on a cool morn
ing, or beer on a hot summer day
when he wants the whisky or beer!
It's the same with coffee. Thousands
of people suffer headache and nervous
ness year after year but try to per-
suade themselves the cause is not cof-
fee-because they like coffee.
''While yet a child l commenced
using coffee and continued it," writes
a Wis. man, until 1 was a regular
coffee fiend. 1 drank it every morn
ing and in consequence had binding
headache nearly every afternoon.
"My folks thought it was coffee that
allied me, but l liked it and would not
admit it was the cause of my trouble,
so 1 stuck to coffee and the headaches
stuck to me.
FINALLY, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Postum.
They made 1t right directions on pkg
and told me to see what difference 1t
would make with my head, and during
that first week on Postum my old al
Fiction did not bother me once. FROM
that day to this we have used nothing
but Postum in place Of cofee-head-
aches are a thing of the past and the
whole family is in fine health"
postum looks good, smells good,
tastes good, is good, and does good to
the whole body" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich Read THE Road to Well
ville,' in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time TO time.
They are genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
JUST LIKE AMERICANS.

Chinese Who Won't Study Able to
Turn Aside Wrath of Their, Fathers.
The American father seems not to
be the only one who is worried by
Freddy's derelictions at college and
who inevitably is wheedled out of his
rage by Freddy in the long run, says
the New York Sun. Witness this true
tale that comes in circuitous route from
China:
A wealthy Chinese gentleman who
had an only and worthless son wanted
the youth to take the classical exam
nations and get into the official class
He paid for tutors and for months his
house sounded with the dronings of the
works of the great sage. The youth
liked flying whistling pigeons better
than COnfucius and as a consequence
when he went to Pekin to take the ex-
animation he failed 1amentably.
The father, believing that his son
possessed all the paternal traits again
paid for tutors, and again the house
rang with the chanted wisdom Of the
wise one. Once more after the father
had spent large sums the worthless boy
went up to the examinations and again
he failed. A third and yet a fourth
time he came back from the yearly
trials with no better showing
At last the father lost patience and
warned his son that if he did not pass
on a last trial he would expect the
boy to go out and drown himself. Once
more the youth failed. The father
turned him out of the house and or
dered preparations to be made for q
funeral.
When all the hired mourners had
come and the coffin had been built the
reckless youth put in an appearance.
"Why have you returned yelled the
father, "when by my orders you were
to drown yourself, and here all the
preparations have been made for your
funeralY
Father" up spake that willy youth
cit IS true that 1 expected to drown
myself and I tried my best to do so, but
i could not.
81 went to the village pond and pre-
pared to throw myself in, but I found
it chock full of bodies Of unfortunate
youths who had failed in their exam.
nations and had drowned themselves
that there was no room for me. I sal
on the bank and waited for some one
to come and remove a body so as tc
make room for me, but none came
81 dared not disturb the bodies to
make room for myself, for Confucius
has written: 'Jostle not those who
cannot reprove YOU
Hence, o my indulgent father con.
tinued the son, sit must be plain tc
you that cannot obey your orders
The truth chronicle from China re
lates that there upon the father broke
into a hearty laugh and made his sor
the president of an insurance company
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
PRoLoNc LIFE OF THE TIE.
Plates Placed just Beneath the Rails
Found to Be satisfactory.

Plates Placed Just Beneath the Rails
Found to Be Satisfactory.
Upon the advice of the bureau of
forestry the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe Railroad eight months ago began to
experiment with wooden tie plates
These plates are intended to protect
the tie from wear under the rail- They
are cut the width of the bottom Of the
rail and as long as the tie is wide
usually six or seven inches-and are
kept In place by the weight of the rail,
in a fat groove in the tie. The re-
suits of the experiment are of much
interest both to the railroads Of the
country and to those who have at heart
the cause of forest protection.
The Santa Fe places cypress tie
plates one-Quarter Of an inch thick on
several thousand old and much-worn
cypress ties laid In its track north Of
Galveston, Texas. After eight months
Of constant use the plates are perfect
ly sound and show practically not g
trace Of wear. The officials Of the
road are greatly pleased with the re
sU Of this trial.
The bureau Of forestry will now
make similar experiments with red
gum, red oak and beech tie plates,
which will be placed in the tracks
of the st. Louis and San Francisco,
the Burlington and the Northern Pa
cif1c systems.
These are all harder woods than
cypress and are, therefore, less liable
to wear under the rails, but are much
more subject to decay. The tie plates
made from these woods will, therefore,
all be heavily creosoted. This will make
them about as resistant to decay as
the untreated cypress, while their much
greater hardness will better qualify
them to resist the wear of the rails.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

Seven Times Threc-LOve.
l leaned out of the window, l smelt the
white clover
Dark, dark was the garden, l saw not
the gate;
Now, if there. be footsteps, he comes,
my one lover
Hush, nightingale, hush o sweet night.
ingale wait
Till l listen and hear
If step draweth near,
For my love he is late
"The skies in the darkness stoop nearer
and nearer,
A cluster of stars hangs like fruit in
the tree,
The fall of the water comes sweeter,
comes clearer;
To what art thou listening, and what
dost thou see?
Let the star clusters glow,
Let the sweet waters flow,
And cross quickly. to me.
"You night moths that hover where honey
brims over
From sycamore blossoms, or settle or
sleep;
You glowworms, shine out, and the path
way discover
To him that comes darkling along the
rough steep.
All, my sailor, make haste,
For the time runs to waste,
And my love lieth deep
"Too deep for swift telling; and yet, my
one lover,
I've conned thee an answer, 1t waits
thee tonight"
By the sycamore passed he, and through
the white clover,
Then all the sweet speech l had fash
toned took flight;
But I'll love him more, more
Than e'er wife loved before,
Be the days dark or bright.
Jean Ingelow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

"Sorter KEEP you busy, didn't they,
1ufeT remarked Marvin Parsons as
Inc country storekeeper returned from
his last trip to the wagon. 81 reckon
Jim must have spent as much as $12
OF $50 IN fixin's."
"Clost on to It." replied the store
keeper. these young married fellows
all do that, fust off, but they git brave
~ over 1t, as a gln'raI thing"
81 seen him over to the hardware
store buyin'. too" said Sol Baker.
1T won't last" predicted Parsons.
Ell know Jim"
II reckon you think you know him, !"
drawled Washington Hancock. "Mabbe
you're right and mabbe you're wrong.
Clay Trumbell didn't get over 1t.
Member the fuss there WIlz along the
Little Tarkio when Clay got married p
NO" replied Parsons. what
aboutY
at wuz thiS-a-way," said Hancock.
Bout twenty years ago the folks over
that way wuZ as mean an ornery as
they are now, most Of 'em. There wuz
q mess Of 'em-the Bolsovers an the
Eatterlees an Jupps an Killings,
speshly, that was as clost as the bark
on the tree. The way they stented
ther wimmen folks wuz a sin an q
shame. Well. right In among 'em wuz
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
Circulation of the Blood.

The idea of some sort of movement
of the blood in man and the lower ami
mails was possessed by Aristotle and
other Greeks and by the physicians of
the Alexandrian school, as well as by
the doctors and surgeons of the middle
ages. In fact, even the village BARRIERS
knew of such movement. But no one,
not even the wisest Of men, had any
conception of a continuous stream re-
turning to it's source-a circulation in
the true sense Of the wOrd-or of the
functions of the heart as the motor
power of the movement of the blood
until it was demonstrated by Harvey in
1923.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
MONEY AND THE MAID.
Giuseppe Was Simply n Little Ahead
of Time in Financial Deal.

Giuseppe Was Simply n Little Ahead
of Time in Financial Deal.
Police Magistrate Hogan mended two
broken hearts in the Harlem police
court to-day, and, thanks to his inter
ference in an apparently irreconcilable
quarrel, they now beat as one.
Giuseppe Urigidua and Maria Schrei-
ter, both Of 444 East 15Oth street, have
been lovers for years until last We'd
nesday night, when she missed 1927.
She accused her admirer Of taking it.
Giuseppe inquired why she should ac-
cuse him Of taking it, when they were
soon to be married. 1t was mean, he
said, to accuse him Of taking money
from his intended wife. Maria said
that no one else could possibly have
taken the money, and that If he didn't
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove.


Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
Look how we grovel here below,
Fond of these earthly toys;
Our souls, how heavily they go
To reach eternal joys!
In vain we tune our formal songs;
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
Father, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold, to Ihee
And Thine to US so great?
Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;
Come. shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours
Isaac Watts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
TrumbGII Worried His NeighbOrs

wuzn't agoin' to be. led into no such
doin's.
That didn't stop their wives from
tal1in'. 1t got so plague-taked bad an
there wuz sech rumpus that the mel
fin'ly got holt O. Clay at thrashin' time
an reasoned weth him. Clay thought
they wuz jokin' ct fust when they be-
gun to argy, but when Bill Jupp come
right out plum an plain an told him
that he wuz settin' bad example for
everybody In the township he got right
hot.
why, you doggone pea-souled, flint
skinnin' OF skeezickses,' says Clay. DO
you reckon that because you're too
blame ornery mean an clost to git your
wimmen folks what they need I'm a.
goin' to stent my wife? No, street As
far as a ridin' pillow is concerned, I've
got good laigs an en- walk behind my
nevis for while yit, an 1 don't need
no patent hay fork to lift my hay into
the NOW 8 longs my back an arms
don't give out You all go plumb to
"An' he walked away, an a week
after he sold a beef critter an got his
wife bewrow for the bedroom.
''That jest made the neighbors hop
pin mad an Bolsover. In pertickler.
He swore up an down he'd fix Clay all
right an git him where he wouldn't
buy no more fancy trimmin's. He lay
low after that for quite a while an
studied how he could do 1T.
Zone mornin' he met Clay in town
an told him that he'd concluded he'd
sell piece o. land he had j'inin' on to
Clay's eighty farm. Clay'd been want
in to buy it for quite a spell, but he
couldn't see his way to it.
"T'd give you time If you cd make
cash payment Clay says the OF
man. IN give you time an make the
price right. Twelve dollars an acre.
"Clay still couldn't see his way.
though the land wuz cheap at that, so
Bolsover come down 50 on it, an then
So. CIay's mouth watered. Fin1y he
said he'd buy it if it wusn't for the
500 to his name.
If you could raise another hundred
I'd let 1T co. says Bolsover. 'Mabbe
you could borrow it. 1 reckon Jupp
would let you have it.
ct turned out that Jupp would an
the upshot wuz that they give him
deed an mortgaged him up to his eye
brows, fXin' the payments SOS they'd
come hard an there wouldn't be moth
in more'n enough to pay for groceries.
That wuz the way they fixed Clay"
Mighty good way, too,' said the
storekeeper, approvingly.
''Yaas," agreed Hancock. eff it
hadn't been that Clay sold that piece
of land at $15 an acre about six mouths
after an bought carpet for the bedroom
an got his wife a hired gal it would
have worked all right."-Chicago News
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs,thas been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prOStratiOn.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
The Moral of Playing Cards.

Playing cards have had their moral
side, 1t may surprise you to know. At
the Blenheim Club in London, lecturing
on the subject Of playing cards from
the point Of view of-the collector, Al
fred Whitman said that the most
valuable packs were those that taught
Biblical history or lnculcated moral
lessons. In Italy in the eighteenth CEN
tury 1t was customary to issue packs
of cards with Old Testament scenes
engraved upon them. In Germany Of
the same period playing cards with
fables to which morals were attached
were customary. French playing cards
Of the time Of Louis XIV were used to
teach geography and history, while in
the England Of Elizabeth and the Stu
arts playing cards were used as po-
litical pamphlets. Most valuable were
cards issued in France at the time Of
the French revolution, when figures Of
Genius, Liberty and Equality took the
place Of kings, queens and knaves.-
London Saturday Review.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
A FntaI Disease.

A celebrated general once inquired
of one Of his soldiers the cause Of his
brothers death.
"My brother died, sir" replied the
soldier, because he had nothing to do"
"We1l, my man," said the general,
''that is reason enough to kill the great
est general of US all"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
THE IMPENETRABLE SECRET.

From Adams arrival In this wicked world
To the wonderful age we are In,
Our wise have shattered some pretty hard nuts,
And also committed much sin;
But one of the problems that's baffled them all,
And has put all their science to rout,
Is something concerning the sex we ADORE
What woman Is thinking about
Her eyes may be laughing at something we wear
And her face may be solemn as death;
Her tongue may be waggng on forty-odd themes
TIL she's really gasping for breath;
But the wisdom and science of all the world
Isn't able to clearly find out
What fits through her mind, even surmise
What woman Is thinking about
Her lips may be saying host OF sweet things,
And her eyes with true love be enshrined;
Her lover may think that he knows ev'ry thought
In her gentle and feminine mind;
But the very next breath her mood is transformed,
And she's having mystical pout;
All, all of loves logic cannot make 1t clear
What a woman is thinking about.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
FearfuHy Foxy.

"I work a foxy scheme on my boy.
He'd rather wash the dishes than wash
his hands, so 1 let him wash the
dishes"
whats the foxy part?"
"Why, he gets his hands clean."-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
A ParticuIar Patient.

"Are you sure that Is what is the
matter with meY'
eyes, madam"
swell, you'll have to guess again,
doctor l won't have it. It's too COM
mon a complaint. York Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

When farmer comes int posses
sion of a traction engine. he delights
to fire it up, and go snorting through
the streets of the town where he
trades.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
Bee Comb.

Bee comb, or beeswaX, the material
of which the honey cells in the beehive
are composed, is a wax produced by a
system of chemistry carried on In the
"wax pockets" which are located in the
abdomen of all working bees. 1t is a
peculiar substance and is said to be
analogous to the fats Of higher ami
mails. Originally it was supposed that
this wax was taken up in an almost
pure state from the flowers by the
bees. but experiments carried on by
the leading botanists and chemists of
the world concluslvely prove that the
bee is capable of celebrating his pc
culiar wax, although confined to a diet
purely saccharine in its nature
The woman who likes to do all the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
A Natural Curlosity.

do you know what I do when
man offers me advice?" said lie curb
stone philosopher.
mo"
TASK him If he's tried it"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

Tho Other WOmaRS@ Opinion.
"How well she preserves her youth
'Yes. The stuff she puts OH her face
must be weatherproof. Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

The woman who likes to do all the
talking, and the woman who likes to
listen, never meet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

Maude E. Forgie, of Leesburg, Va,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
"I want other suffering women to
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. For
months I suffered from feminine ills
so that I thought could not live. I
wrote you, and after taking Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. and
using the treatment you prescribed I
felt like new woman. / am now
strong, and well as ever, and thank you
for the good you have done me-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

A conquered foe should be watched.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

This woman says that after
months of suffering Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made her as well as ever.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-01
FORTY LANGUAGES
SPOKEN BY WOMAN
Teacher Holds Worlds Rec
ord and Masters Most Diff
fcult Tongues.

ALBANY, n. 2. June ion her way
home from the Orient Is Miss Mary
Elizabeth s. Cotton, OF East Hampton.
who is believed to be the foremost lin
guist OF the world.
Miss Cotton speaks forty languages
that is, she has conversational and read
ing knowledge of each, and has also
made careful study OF the religions
and philosophy IN which each OF the diff
ferent tongues and dialects is spoken.
Miss COltons list. moreover. bnciudes
a long roll of different tongues, which
are numbered among the most difficult
in the world 10 learn, and which include
Chinese. Pail Avestan, Sanscrit He
brew, Syrian. Assyrian, Arabic. and
Persian.
While this now famous American wo-
man was following the occupation OF a
vocal teacher at the Pennington Conn
Seminary for Girls, number OF years
ago, she first became interested in the
Oriental languages through having been
brought in contact with several pupils
from the Far East Her interest soon
became passion. and in the Interval
since that time she has devoted nearly,
all her time to the acquisition OF the
different tongues. Many years ago she
became fluent user OF Italian Spsn-
lsh, and French
Inc greatest tribute 10 her wonderful
memory lies In the fact that 1he roots
or the numerous Eastern lansuao 80
Malch she has learned are all entiTelv
QlHerent from those OF the VVastern
tongues. In the present dav coIIeess
throughout the world separate courses
are held In such languages as Hehrs1g
SahScrlt, and Persian. and to obtain a
,M W knowledge or any single one
IS considered difficult task.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-01
GIRL BEATS FATHER
IN BUSINESS DEAL
Heads Milling Plant Worth
$175,0O0, and Supervises
Work of $50 Men.

FOREST Ohio, June Having the
confidence Of the substantial business
men or the town. who were willing 10
advance her money when they were
not agreeable TO lending her father A.
nanciai assistance, Miss Lizzie II. Dick
Gilman Won unique tight against him,
and now is the owner of Il business
worth $4,000 ana the manager OF a
force Of 80 millhands. These same mill
hands showed their regard for the elder
Dickelman few days ago by burning
him in efhgy when they thought he had
defeated their fair employer.
The clash grew out OF an attempt 10
make the Dickelman Steel Roofing Com
pany moro Of a family affair than it had
been for some years through the young
WomaTs association with her father
She had earned a D X interest In the
business through e. srt knowledge OF
the mill end Of the bl 5iness and by sales
ability. For severA years, under heT
guidance, a profit Of $4,000 a year had
been earned until the father. Joseph L.
Dickelman. thought 10 give share ~
the business TO his son. .I-aWre lces anc
10 w. @. Purdy. his son-in-laEg. Miss
Dickeiman objected because they had
no experience, and were not entitled 10
reap a share Of the profits she had aided
IN earning. Unable 10 settle me dlTIeE-
enCe. father and daughter agreed TO
throw the company into a receiVershlp
When il was offered for sale by the
receiver, the young woman startled the
town BY bidding up TO SIS5000, but her
father won topping his daughters final
offer by $500. But he could not raise the
money and the daughter. by calling 10
her help friendly investors. succeeded in
obtaining the business. She had herself
elected 10 the highest offices IN the new
company she organized, and now is In
a position TO give her father work under
her.