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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-06

One Legro Killed another with pm"
knot in the parish Of Union last week.
There were thirteen -unsfiokes N New
Orleans on the 18th nit, aud seven Of
them proved fatal.
Johu Burnside, the richest man IN l"ui-
sians, aud perhaps the largest sugar riaut
es in the world, il dead
The Police Jury Of Union parish have
offered a reward of five dollars for every
wolf killed in tina, parish.
The corn crop has been seriously dam
aged by the drouth. Cotton i-stiil tonkiug
we'll but would be hotter IN with ram.
We learn that work has been otdc-,d
commenced Immediately on the vick..
burg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
There IL no change In The state # af-
fairs at Albany. The ballotiug still goes
on with no prospect of any ones ever bc-
ing elected.
District Court adjourned last Tiursdnv
after = session Of nearly two woek~ W
believe, however, about all tn" ca>rs ~
docket were disposed of.
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term will be greatly enhanced.
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The Jury that investigated the caliu.
=,
80 G' ''''' Wv
A little boy was asked, recently, # b"
knew where the wicked finally went To-
.,, :,
The hog law wet into operation FRIDAY
last. Hencefur,h there are to lac no more
hogs At large in the corporation We no.
The Clar Of Russia ia silll in constant
fear of sssassins,ion. The NihiI-'s arr
determined to haze his life Thu Emperor
Of An Empire 10 az exile from hi- Capitol
and Ia constant fear Of A violent death
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II looks nov =. u the crops ate :" he
failure, IN many places ihrr" has l"""
no rain for nNe or SIX wts'k- aud the corn
Is already beyoud hope. while the cotton
Will soon tSEin to fA'I II ram = not bad.
In the m"9urmc thor" II ~ appearance Il
ram.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Japanese Art.

The excellence of Japanese art, says
foreign, writer, is certainly not born of
any deliberate or direct study of nature.
Even the flower and bird compositions of
the japanese, exquisite as they are, are
almost always, botanically and ornitho-
logically, incorrect in drawing. OF dogs
and horses, deer and oxen, and qnadrql.
peds generally, the portraiture is child
ishly and ludicrously wrong, while OF
the human form and OF the human counte-
nance no attempt to linn the contours
md lines OF beauty and force, with either
truth or grace, seems ever to have been
made by the Japanese artist Yet the
special port and gesture, so TO speak, Of
The subject, be ita flower, bush, mass
81 wind-blown foliage, gnarled tree or
awing-poised bird, are rendered maugre
the faulty drawing, with incompatible
gigor, with fluent ease hardly to be
met with among ourselves; with n feeling
tnat has got the very core Of the matter.
Japanese sketches Of social life, Of tired
peasants, doughty warriors, dainty dam
sells, traders, peddiers, street folk-aye,
wen Of things divine-despite faulty and
sometimes absurd drawing, show always
= certain idiosyncratic quaintness, often
IF indescribable, and, to those not famii-
lar with Japanese modes OF life and
thought, not at once apprehensible,
humor or sly undercurrent Of enjoyment,
as if the artist were gently, but not m
kindly, laughing in his sleeve at the
amusing aspect, which, as well as sad
one, every phase of human life may be
said, in some greater or less degree,
to possess. The excellence of that art
viewing it as distinct from the deco
rative art of Japan, which is other
wise supreme within its limits of flat or
namentation-lie in the unrivaled ease
and fuency rather than accuracy of its
drawing, in the sebriety Of its means and
aims, and in the naive and admirable sin
cerity, and often truly Hogarthian wealth
of incident with which the peculiar and
indescribable moods Of the japanese art
istic mind, arising mainly out of the
study OF conventional models, Themselves
evolved originally from loyal though
narrowed contemplation of Nature, are
represented. --NcaO York Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
What Was the Dialect ?

If you don't know how to say in for
eign tongue what you want to say, don't
say you don't know what. Not a few
Americans have been mortified, while
airing their bad French in Partisan
store, to hear the polite clerk say:
Monsieur viii pardon me, but / under
stand English.
A story told of Representative Orth, OF
Indiana, illustrates the expediency Of
observing the above advice. He is of
German descent, and is proud of his
ability to speak the German language
Some years ago he was appointed
United States Minister at Vienna. When
he was presented at court, thinking to
pay delicate compliment to the En-
peror Of Austria, he delivered his official
address in German. The Minister cred.
tied himself with having done his part
well. But there are always two imprss
stems made by an address that made en-
the speaker himself. and that on tie
bearer.
A few days after Mr.. Orth's linguisti,
slccess, an American gentleman of higl
position was presented to the ismpero.
His Majesty alluded to Mr.. Orth in com
plimentary terms, he asked
g In what dialect did Mr.. Ortiz deliver
his address? I know, Of course, that it
was not English, and thought that |
detected faint traces of the Teutonic
tongue in some of the words. ~ Youths
COMPANION.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Amount ofLia
Savings of George Eliot.

No man can be wise ON an empty
stomach. adam Bcoe.
Nothing is so good as it seems before
hand.-63tas Mariner.
Troubles easy borne when everybody
gives it lift for you Fckr Holt.
As for aSo, what that's worth depends
on the quality of the liquor. Adam
Bede.
Genius at first is little more than a
great capacity for receiving discipline.
Daniel Deronda.
Blows are sarcasms turned stupid /;
wit is form of force that leaves the
limbs at rest. --Felir Holt.
There is no sorrow greater than to
love what is great, and try to reach it,
and yet to fail. --Jfiddienaarch.
There's sort Of human paste that,
when it comes near the fire of enthusi-
asm, is only baked into harder shape. -
Daniel Deroadd.
No story is the same to us after the
lapse of time; or, rather, we who read
1t are no longer the same interpreters.
Adam Bede.
Every mans work, pursued steadily,
tends to become an end in itself and so
to bridge over the loveless chasms of his
life. -.Silas Manner.
It's easy finding reasons why other
people should be patient. Adans Bedc.
Ignorance is not so damnable as hum
bug, but when it prescribes pills it may
to do more harm. -Felir Holt.
1t seems as if them as aren't wanted
here are the only folks as aren't wanted
/ the other world. Adam Bede.
It's allays the way wi them meek
faced people; YOU may as we'll pelt a
bag of feathers as talk to them.
Bede.
College mostly makes people like
bladders, just good for nothing but t.
hold the stuff as is poured into them.
adam Bede.
It's an uncommon fine thing when YOU
can let lnan know what you think of
him without paying for 1.-THE MI on
the Floss.
Life is SO complicated game that the
devices Of skill are liable to be defeat a
at every turn by air-blown chances. in
calculable as the descent of thistledown.
---Ronota.
The devil tempts motifs we tempt him,
Bcckoning his skin with opportunity
No man puts rotten apples in his pouch
Eecause their ripper side looks fair to him.
II e1fr Hot
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Old nickory,s Force Of Cl,aractcr

Says correspondent of the Cincin-
nati Commercial, There is an old story
that when the fact Of his death was
communicated to Mr.. Clay, his great
rival in politics, the question jocosely
arose as to the probabilities of his final
salvation. Mr.. Clay listened for mo-
ment and remarked Oh. yes: all h
couldn't prevent it!a Hon. Thos, Il.
Jones relates Gu anecdote of similar
nature. In letter of the late Gov.
Call, of Florida, who was once on the
military staff of Gen. jackson. and
was present at his obsequies, find this !:
"Shortly after tho funeral, one Of the
old negro women at the Hermitage was
visiting Nashville, and met with an ac-
quaintanee, O negro woman also-who
probably belonged TO Wing family.
and had imbibed its political preiudices.
Do You think your old masters gone
to heaven?' was asked of her, Doubt
ingly. Conc to heaven!' answered
tie other, with an air of sanctified dis
dain; why, of course he has and
added : If he wanted to go dar, I'd
like to know who's gwine to stop him !"
She evidently believed that even so
doughty saint as Peter could not re-
sist the imperious will of her dead mas
tar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Washington Malaria.

Congressman, saysa Washington letter
writer, have perfect right to drink as
much whisky as they please, providing
they attend to their duties and do not Of
fend the proprie ties. It must be con-
tessed that some of them devote good
deal OF time to the opportunities OF John
Barleycorn. There arc some very heavy
drinkers in both Houses-men who are as
straight as dart at home. Sometimes
they neglect their constitl ents and the
public business, sometimes they are seen
with pretty bad characters. / have
known congressman who were unable to
leave their beds for weeks because
Ct delirium tremens. / have known
others so drunk in the Capitol
that they could1lot stand or even sit in a
chair. You may properly say that this
is none Of my business Well, as / do
not assume to inform the world, it prob
ably is no affair of niue. But this is
what am coming to: After some mem
bers and Senators drink until their
stomachs are all gone and they are un-
able to eat or drink anything, and have
to lie by for week or two, they account
for their condition with the general ex-
PLANTATION malaria.
Malaria fiddlesticksl II is more like
rum-alial These people are little fond
Of using the words Washington ma
laria. The physicians here understand
the business. Whom they find an hon.
orable Senator or member suffering from
too much rum, they tell him he has the
malaria. They charge him an extra $40,
but he is willing to pay ii to deceive his
constituents, his family, and his friends.
he may really think he is fooling the
doctor too. bit he isrl Z
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
How The banana is DeYeloped.

The Cuba correspondent of the Boston
! Commercial Bulletin writes: The man
her In which the fruit is developed is
| quite Interesting From the midst OF
the leaves and at the top appears large,
smooth, purple cone, hanging down
gracefully at the end of a stock. The
flowers are all wrapped up in this cone.
which consists of large number of
closely picked spathes. By-and-by the
| uppermost Of these sheathes disengages
itself from the rest, curls up, aud dis
closes o row of three or four long BIOS
SONS, with the young fruit of each be-
ginning to form.
While this row of fruit is tender. the
spathe remains hanging over it like a
root; but when the fruit has acquired
some size and strength, the protecting
shield drops off, and the next in order
rises up, with similar row of Young
fruit, over which it stands in the same
watchful attitude, till if also drops off to
be succeeded by another.
When one circle of fruit is completed.
another is commenced below, and in due
time another; while the common stem
around which the fruit is disposed
grows constantly longer, and the conc Of
spathes diminishes in size, till it is N
unfolded, and a monstrous bunch of b.
nanas is finished, which seldom weiehes
less than twenty or thirty and sometimes
MS much as seventy or eighty pounds.
Of all kinds Of vegetable nutrimeht the
banana is perhaps the most productive,
and most easily raised.
After plant has produced its bunch
OF fruit, the stem is either cnt, or is suf-
fered to wither and fan on the spot. In
the former case, it is good fodder for
cattle; in the latter it forms good manure
for the young shoots which have been
springing from the root, and which are
soon ready to bear fruit in their turn.
From these shoots or sprouts the Plant is
propagated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Rules for Skaters.

Never get out of anybody's road.
Ii any one is In your road don't 90
round him-go straight through him.
When you fad yourself falling bring
some one else down with YOU, and be
sure to keep on top.
Don't burden yourself with any OK
ira wraps (; shivering is pleasant occa-
sionally.
II you happen to own skates DOM tend
them to little brother, little sister, or any
one else.
Ii you get uncomfortably warm, hand
your ulster or sealskin sacque to the first
one who comes along. They'll keep it
with pleasure.
Always carry temperance tracts about
you; then If you want to leave your girl
for few moments to get hot lemon
ade, tell her you see fellow Ia the dis
lance you want to give tract to she'll
believe you. II you give her pepper
mint lozenge when you come back, she'll
believe you more yet.
Skaters would do we'll to remember
that love on skates always iuns smooth.
A fellow that owns a good pair of skates,
commanding ulster and launting cap
can have pick and choice of girls.
If your straps and buckles get out of
order, swear at them; bottled anger is
bad for the sonl
If a green skater asks your assistance,
don't give il /; people might take you for
a greeny.
Ii pretty girl comes along and cap
sizes at your feet, pick her up tenderly
and offer her your arm.
Ii your sister takes tumble, make
out you don't see her; it's terribly stu
pid work to play the agreeable to an old
poke like her,
Ii you fall, don't be in hurry get
ting up; you can take rest, and ii a
dozen trip and double up over you, it
will only make sport for the crowd.
Don't learn to skate by the old-fash-
Toned methods; try spread eagle at
once.--Atdday Staaddy Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Winter Snnrfs

All, that's what like that's what /
like z chirped old Mr.. Whistleblossom.
as he came carefully down the bin where
the boys were exercising their sleds.
If there's anything / really love, it's to
see the boys, full of animal spirits. enioy-
ing these wintry spolt is. " And Just at
that instant $50 pounds of animal spirits
came dashing down the Hill on double
runner, and caught the unsuspectinc
Mr.. Whistleblossom between the heels
There was a sound of revelry by night.
and when they picked up the unfortunate
gentleman, and had pinned together The
ruptured back of his coat. he remarked
IN tone so gentle thai It made Inn,
quite black in the face. that the CIV
Government who would refuse to pass n
law making it a reform. school crime 10
slide on the streets were set Of pusillan-
imous yahoos. --Rockga9ad Courier
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Natures Big Gas Tanks.

Bradford, Pa, and neighboring places
are lighted and heated by natural gas
In 1873 an oil compa ~ was sinking q
well IA high hill west of Bradford. At
the depth Of several hundred feet fhev
struck vein OF gas. No oil was found
The force Of the gas was such that when
u was ignited pillar of fire more than
iiity feet high WAS formed. The roar
OF the gas conld be heard for a mile anl
more. This burned for months. The
heat was such that grass and foliage
grew il the depth Of winter as luxuli-
atty for hundreds Of feet around as Il
did in tho summer. Strawberries
rIpened near this we'll iii FEBRUARY
The well had been turning for LONG
time before the feasibility Of utilizing Il
was thought Of. A belt Of dry territory.
but yielding vast volumes OF gas. was
subsequently found to exist IN the vi
cinity Of the original gas well. A COM
pany yas formed to carry the gas into
the city. IT IS now distributed all
over the place by pipes. a gas-pipe, with
Jets attached, is run into the parlor and
kitchen stoves. The supply Of gas is
controlled by stopccek Oh The pipe.
When fire is wanted lighted ma ch is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
A Missing Finger.

Judge Lyter is as good name as any
other to call him by. He is one of the
best-known lawyers in the State, aud
not long ago spent several days in Neva-
da City trying an important case before
the Superior Court. One of his hands.
as most people observed, is minus a fin
ger, or ratherthe best Part ofone. There
IS quite history connected with that
unnaturally short piece of flesh. As the
story goes, the Juage did not always
center all of his talents on solving knot
ty legal problems. Ever SO many years
ago he lived in one of the northern
counties of the State. He was an infant
IN the profession then, and the denizens
Of the mining camp had way of settling
their little misunderstood ngs with pis-
tolls and knives. Consequently grass
got pretty short with the young lawyer,
and the first thing he knew he became
one of the ''b'hoys."
One night he got into q game of polk
er with 'Black Bob," an eminent card
sharp. There was mint of money on
the cloth, and both players became OBJ
livious of the crowd OF interested specta-
tors, who had seldom witnessed such
stiff playing, even in the mines. Bob
had the first deal, and he dealt well, for
he and the Judge continued to shove
coin to the center till their respective
treasures were exhausted. They then
showed up.
The Judge tossed two aces and three
kings down, aud reached out to rake in
the spoils. As his hand slid across the
table it came in contact with a bowie
knife that Bob had fished out from some
where, and one of his finger Joints was
whacked off clean as whistle.
The astonished lawyer looked mn in
amazement TO learn the cause of his on
ponent's eccentric action. The latter
laid three aces and two kings alongside
the other "full.
The Judge gazed at the two patches
Of cards a minute, then raised hi, ewes
to the stained knife that the other was
holding in readiness for any emergency.
"Ah, yes, see," he suffered ner-
vously; queer kind Of layout, amt II
Bob2 But your apology is accepted
Bob appropriated the spoils without
any demurrer being filed, and it is said
that for long time after the two men
had great respect for each other. and
hunted In pairs, ~ NevQdQ city Tran
script,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Wellington and Waterloo.

Wellington and Waterloo appeared in
a fresh aspect iii the following hitherto
unpublished letter unearthed Ivy the
Academy. The writer, who was an of
ticer at Wellington headquarters during
the battle, writes, under date of Brus-
sells, June 10, 1915:
Il cannot help writing two lines to
congratulate and condole with you on
the victory which England has purchased
for Europe-at the expense of more than
half her army. / must not attempt to
give you any account of the battle. of
which the Gasette will, dare saw, give
us the first distinct information. [ I'M
derstand, however, that it throws every
thing which the Duke has before done
into the shade. His personal exertions
were, it seems, incredible, and certainly
secured the success Of the day, of which
at one time everybody except himself
despaired. One of his aides-de-coaa,,
told me this morning that he took his
position on a ridge, from which he de-
clared that he never would moye-and
never did move but in triumph. When
Bonaparte headed an overwhelming
charge, the Duke threw himself into the
opposing square, by which it was sue
cessfully resisted / mention these par
ticulars because they are precisely what
his dispatches will not mention, and be-
cause ] have them from an eyewitness.
Everybody was killed or wounded about
him, but he is happily unhurt. One is
afraid to inquire after an acquaintance.
the carnage has been so inexpressibly
horrible. No words can do ANYTHING
like justice to the valor of our people.
who were literally almost smothered by
the superior numbers of the French. who
were themselves acharne beyond all for
mer examples. OF this you will Judge
when | tell you that one of the prisoners
has just now, opposite to this house. pro-
voked soldier to bayonet him by his
cries of PiUe TE,npereurr AS well as
can DE Judged. the French are supposed
to have lost 1870 pieces of cannon. The
day was at one time supposed to be SO
completely lost, and the French SO
thoroughly expected to make their APP
pearance, thought it prudent to dis
patch a part of the department, with pa
pers and some of our baggage, toward
Antwerp, ard have this morning sent af-
ter them to return.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
Real Jamaica Rum.

Jamaica rum, so-called, as that article
is sold IN this country, has for many
yesrs had salk color and a fiery quality
which it never possessed forty ar fifty
years ago. This dark color is wholly or
almust entirely due TO ingredients which
are put in the rum to color it. Jamaica
rum, when first distilled, is as white rs
!, taf; as coloa less as any other rum; but
in former days, in the primitive times
before the abolition Of slavery on the
island, il was customary TO use for con-
denser, instead Of the spiral worm
known to most distillenas. a simple rod
of bamboo, leading down through water,
and the bamboo was III many cases pre-
pared for the purpose by burning out a
hollow passage through it. from end to
end, with red-hotiron. This impaired
to the liquor certain tint about like
straw color. OF such was the "old
Jamaica that was SO popular in London
forty years ago. It possessed a peculiar
odor and taste, unlike that Of st. Croix
rum, but not less distinctive; and this
circumstance, Of so much of the islrnd
rum possessing a kind Of pale yellow
tint, led dealers to venture on 8 slight
additional coloring by the use of burnt
sugar. In due time the rIlni- using part
Of the public, in both hemisphcres, came
to recognize ssold jamaica as colored
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10

thrown into the stove and the gus turned
on. The fire is started at once. The gas
possesses great heating qualities, and
apartments are warmed as quickly and
as well by it as by coal. Gas for illu-
minating purposes is conducted into the
house the same as artificial gas is taken
in. AT first the light was not brilliant
andsteady, owingtoimpurities. Processes
for refining it were invented, and now the
natural illuminator is unsurpassed by
the finest manufactured gas. 1t il so
cheap that people seldom turn out their
lights. II burns day and night in stores
hotels, private houses aud streets. Con-
sumers pay ly the month instead of by
the thousand Gas-wells have come to
be more valuable than oil wells, and the
sudden phenomenal appearance of oil in
some Of the principal wells in the gas
belt has created CONSERVATION among
owners and consumers. For years the
gas has flowed from wells in unremit
ting volume. That oil was not to be
found there it was thought had been con-
clusively settled. - Philadelphia Tele-
tyrullh
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-10
POLITICAL.
THE deadlock in the election of State

THE deadlock in the election of State
officers was ended in the Tennessee Legis-
lature. by the election of Capt. James Nolan,
Republican, Comptroller and ex-Congressman
ID. A. Num-. Republican, Secretary of State,
four Low-Tax Democrats having gone over to
them, and made their election barely possible.
The Woman's National Anti Polyga-
my Society met at Salt Lake City and passed
resolutions urging Congress to sustain Gov.
Murray in unstating Cannon.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany announces that it has taken possession Of
the properties and privileges Of the American
Union and Atlantic and Pacific Companies
A dispatch from Victoria, b. c., says the three
MacLeans and Hare were hanged at New
Westminster for the murder of Constable
Usher anda settler named James Kelly, in De
cember, 1879.