Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-21
WHOLE NO. 1897.
THE JOURNAL OF THE FUTURE.
4 Gdmpss Of How the Paris Editor Of the Age
20 Come WIN be .snppiied with the a.aisss
Sensations.

Some VIM DC ssuPPhca WIN inc Aatr
= Sensations.
Correspondence iag.l,d c0ncet a
ing events which are to take place
The Journal of the Future win b
sen, free to any address On The fol
l0~ang terms
For theft. burglary, etc ..... s month
For political scandal. ..... -. 6 month
FOR murder $4,000. ....... 9 month
For tragedy or other sensation. i2 month
III.
/ (ScENE-TheEdi,or in-Chiei's Room.
Sir. have been sent to yod BY
the King of the Island of Tulpatan.
'Ah. news of the war. How ar,
things going-I mean going TO 60 ?
Very prospercusly the King viii
make has triumphal entry into the
4 Spanish capital at noon tomorrow
| Tne city will be stormed tonight
and taken with loss of 800 men.
But II The stormers are repulsed?
They can't be-
We'll, we shouldn't overlook any
contingency
Be So go)d as to iDser, the news
which | give you exclusively. Ii will
lend new courage and confidence to
I our troops, for they know that the
journal Of The Future is invariably
well informed There are $4,000
4 francs 80 a guarantee fuud-if the
King does not enter Madrid to NOR.
row by mon, or ten minutes past,
the money il yours
! Here are some particulars aboat
to-morrow's election
Glad to have them. rhe pu bile
Is taking most lively interest in
the struggle. You have been over
the ground-in every placer
Yes, and I've canvassed every
voter. The Republican candidate
will receive 800 votes, and the
lmperialist 28,432. There will be
l63 blank ballots or votes rejected
for informalily.'
Thanks. Is j, to be quiet cleo
tion?'
'You may say that the slightest
disturbance will not be recorded
".
'Your paper comes out thi. eve
ning p
Yes, my nan, at. 6 O'clock
well, then, cap, can you.give it
TO them that the crib III be cracked
to night
The crib--be cracked. / don't
quite understand
is the door shut ? No one listen
ing--is there?'
Not soul. my friend we are
quite one.'
'Well,to night we're going through
jewelers. shop in the Paiais Royal
for 100000 francs worth of spark.
lers'
The deuce you say
Yes; put down 100000 francs !;
the Doodle won't vary from that
amount 10 franc, one way or the
other. You can gamble on that
But yon may not succeed
'Oh, we'll make the riffs all right.
The janitor is going to let US 10 and
he has the key of the combination
Haven't you any fears that may
let the police know all these details?'
What you blow on us and spoil
your reputation for giving early and
accurate news? What are YOU Civ.
ing me? None of the boys would
ever bring you an item il you did
Il only said so to try you aud see
that you were not an impostor.'
oh. Pm no fraud Pm a square,
homes. thief. You can have conf.
dence IN me-
well, thanks for your news. exit
burglary Confound the scoundreI.
he's carried off my watch. He can't
be fa:, I'll call the police. No, on
second thoughts 1 won't, because if
did that would spoil my sensation
about the burglary. Still the rascal
charges mighty steep column.rstes
tor his copy
V.
Sir, | am 10 love-
And he ought to be in love with
you, too, Miss, for so handsome q
young woman
But he is not. and therefore | am
about to die. BE so good as TO take
some notes about my suicide
OF course bave no desire to do
ter you if your mind is made up; go
ahead with the particulars
Tomorrow night will lock my
room, close the windows and all the
apertures and light my brnzier of
charcoal. Ii is probable that by
midnight | shall have hidden fare.
well to this cold, dark, cruel world.
This is a copy of the letter to the
man | lo--lo-love. which | will
leave under the click Oh the manteI.
piece. You will perceive that in il
L give Ill Tho reasons which will
have impeiled TO this awful STEP
Permit ms 70 wipe my weeping
eyes such sad tales Of unrequi.ed
love always overpower me
Good-afternoou, sir
Before dying, won't you come out
| and have some oysters, or, say, q
few chicken livers en- 6rochette p
90, NJ, sir thank you ali the
same
Don't you Ike oysters ?
Il love them but since Ferdinand
has proved faithless victuaIs have
no longer any charm for me-
vi.
Sir, ] am tired of my life
Love unrequited ? Wife proved
false3 Discrepancy in your accounts?
What p
NO; merely incurable melancholia.
About 2 p. m. tomorrow / shall
hurl myself out OF my window. /
live on the fifth floor, so that You
can safely announce that my death
will be Instantaneous
Your address. please, 80 that /
can warn our readers not to be pass
ing along the sidewalk beneath a.
the time that you precipi,ate your
self from above. As you must weigh
28u pounds a. least, it would be de
cidedly unpleasant to have you light
or rather heavy-on q porson'e
mead. Such paragraphs. YOU will