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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
THE GHOSTS OF TO-DAY.
The Mysterious warninx In the Earl of
AirIie's Family.

A+-S1NSA
Mrs. Aun Day formerly Gladden.. 81
Burgoyne road, S. W, writes question
ing the statement of Mr.. MsLeod that
the traditional warming OF impending
disaster II the Airlie family consists only
OF the sound OF drum. She says:
Early in the year 1916 l went to
Cortachy Castle in attendance upon Miss
Margaret Dalrymple, who was paving
two-days' visit to the Earl and Countess
OF Alrlie. We arrived in the evening.
and Miss Dalrymple had only just time
TO dress for dinner. AS she rested for
few minutes on sofa, however (this she
told me some time after we had left the
castle), she heard distinctly, as if imme-
dlately beneath the floor, the sound of
iltes and afterward the beating of
drum. While at dinner she remarked to
Lord Airlie, who sat near her, What is
that strange music you have about the
house? You assuredly have an excel
lent piper.
Lord Airlie, without replying. drop
ped his knife and fork and retired from
the dining-room. Later in the evening
the place seemed all in confusion. and /
learned that Lord Airlie, after leaving
the table, went to the library and dined
in solitude.
"The next morning, while the family
were at breakfast, | was quite alone in
Miss Dalrymple's room, and as | stood
before the fire | heard, as | thought,
carriage drive UP, and stop dead. d.
rectly under my feet. Immediately there
followed the sound of another carriage
driving up and stopping in precisely the
same manner. And then, as if following
the vehicles, came the tramp. tramp,
tramp, of marching soldiers. Then /
heard some shrill notes of the fife SO
distinctly that / looked round instinct
lively, expecting to see a piper in the
room. In another moment | was still
more startled by the beating of drum.
About this there was something indie
scribably disagreeable it seemed as if
the drummer was making his way
through the floor. Being a perfect
stranger to the place, / thought there
might be coach road and an entrance
door to the castle, near the room in
which [ stood, and that some distin-
gulshed guests were arriving or depart
ing. On looking ont of the window.
however, / found there was no door or
coach road near, and not human being
was to be seen. concluded, therefore,
that the sounds must have been echoed
from a distance.
"The next morning, before our de.
parture, Lady Airlie came to the door Of
Miss Dalrymple's room, to give her 60
note for an orphan school in which she
was interested. Neither of us ever saw
the Countess again. She was confined
OF twins at Brighton some months after
ward and died 1t was not until Miss
Dalrymple, few days after we left the
castle, asked me if / had heard the
strange music there, that / disclosed
my experience, and then for the first
time learned from her the tradition
about the Airlie drummer boy. She told
me that she herself had been totally in
ignorance of it until her allusion at the
dlnner-tahle to the music she had heard
elected from another guest an explana-
ton"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
OLD TIMES.

theresa beautiful song on the slumhrous air
That drifts through the valley Of dreams;
1t comes from the cline where The roses were,
And tune full heart ans bright brown hatT.
That waved in the morning beams.
Soft eyes Of azure and eyes o. bcOUn,
And snow white forehesds, are there,
A glimmering cross and glitiering crown,
a thorny bed and 4 couch of do~n.
Lost hopes and leaflets Of prayer.
A breath Of spring in the breezy woods,
Sweet watts from the quivering pines
Blue violet eyes beneath green hoods,
A bubble Of brookle,s, scent Of buds,
Bird warblers and clambering vines.
A rosy wreath and dimpled hand,
A ring and sighted VOW
Three golden links Of broken band,
A tiny track in the snow.white sand,
tear and sinless brow.
There's a tincture Of grief in the beautiful song
That sobs on the slambrous air,
And loneliness felt in the festive tlrcng
Sinks down on the sopl as il ircnbles along
From a cline where the roses were.
We heard il frs At the dawn ~ day
And il mingled with matn chimes;
But years have distanced the beautiful lay,
And It's melody howeth from the far away,
And We call il now Ola Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
Brief Interview With Man Who At.
tended the Show.

A representative of the Indianapolis
News, found q gentleman who had been
TO the show. and was granted an inter-
view, of which rare chance the reporter
was not slow to avail himself. The first
question submitted was
do you think 1t wrong to attend
shows?"
II do, my boy; it is undoubtedly very
wrong"
'Then why did you go?"
The witness demurred, and the de-
murrer was sustained, the court holding
that the show business would be ruined
if the public were compelled to categori-
cally answer why it went.
Without attempting to lead the wit
ness, the reporter insinuated that per-
haps the animals were an attraction.
Whats the use of lion?" was the am
biguous answer.
'Then you think that the idea of the
wild animals being the attraction is q
delusion?"
Eyes, my son; great phantasm-
elephaD tism, in fact. I"
Hath music charms for thee?"
'Aye, my cherub, my bosom swells
wien INT LuclOuy EOliS over the arena.
but | do not think it is right to beat the
drumedary."
what animal do you regard as the
most GRACEFUL"
1.-The camel, oh, pard!"
Here the faithful scribe seated him.
self III order to take a reckoning of his
bearings, his temperature, respirations.
etc. being bulletined as sec. 20. town
10, range Z, west, containing forty-two
acres, more or less, which was an i'm
provement over the same hour Yesterday.
"But really" persisted the young
man, edo you not think man may at
tend show and not compromise his
character?"
at is entirely owing to what prompt
ed the yak, was the slow reply. Where
upon he of the pencil apparently fell
over the guy rope of the centre-pole.
Gathering himself together again, the
reporter CALAMITY returned t. the
charge.
Chow many people use the menagerie
as cloak to steal into the main tent?p
Snakes to impossible to say. nv
friend.
A glass of pink lemonade was admin
istered, the customary milk and rum
not being on hand, and the patient re-
vived enough to inquire what animal he
regarded as the most useless and despic-
able, and was seized with a rigor when
he heard the reply:
''Ihe wild ass of ta-ta-ry."
care you willing TO qualify to all Of
this?"
Witness my hand and seal" he said.
holding up one and pointing to the
other.
The -gatherer was growing con-
fused and discouraged, when the band
struck Up and the gentleman Disappeared
in the pavilion. simply Remaining that
ii any one inquired for him to tel them
that he is intent on business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
Rule That Works Both Wars.

THAT must be false rule, says the
Interior, requiring virtue. cleanliness
and good temper and conduct in women,
while men may go on to any length al
most. and society one and al wink, if
not blink at our faults. Whatever de-
grades a woman also degrades q man.
Take some Of the vices and habits Of the
day. A man smokes a filthy cigar, or
carries about half al ounce OF tobacco
in his cheek, ard yet expects his wife to
preserve a clean mouth and q sweet
breath. Again, Young man starts out
to spend the evening with his sdored
Eyelina. Should he find her not at
home, but IN the neiehboring saloon.
however genteel it might be. that would
be his last visit. In his estimation she
would have sunk below his level, ana
yet that young man himself Is a daily
visitor to that same salocn, and engages
III all its exercises.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
Hancock,s Chair.

Two q Il most venerable relics ia
the National Museum ave the official
chair Of Hancock, a the table upon
which JeifeIson wrote the Declaration
os Independence. They were trans
feTTed with the Assembly from Phiia3el-
pbia to Lancaster IN 1779. from thence
To Harrisburg N 1872, where the chair
was occupied bv the successive Speakers
Of the H u uatii 1867. when. ct tie re-
quest Of the Historical Society, III v
we're brought back TO Independence
Hall The chief historical connection
Of the ella IS With the G influential Con
gress Of 1T76 and the Constitutional Con-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

vention of 1857. Il is therefore the
chair of Washington as well as Hancock
A olnd the table mentioned gathered
Jefferson, Franklin, John Adams. Sher-
man and Livingston, to sign the men,
orable document aud when. eleven
years afterward, Washington sat in that
chair presiding over the constitutional
Convention, it was upon this same table
that the instrument containing the or
gauic law of the Union was signed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

You must find it monstrous bore,
says a visitor to his hostess. the goddess
of a renowned salon, TO have to enter
tain so many people How do you ever
manage 10 & rid Of tiresene folk p
Easily enough. When | want to
get rid oil anybody I talE to him about
myself. Il 1 wish any one to stay, all
i have To DO is to talk TO him about
himself. "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
French Breakfasts.

Can't get acclimated to French break
fast. First the hour-11 o'clock And
the first dish? Soup Potage Soup
for breakfast! And the waits between
the acts mean the intervals between
the dishes as they're brought on the
table. They seem to have no idea Of
breakfast? mean an American break
fast. A swallow of coffee, bite OF
bread, bolt of beefteak Cest tout.
nest pas? Oui Time, ten minutes.
But here the waits between dishes are
FIVE, ten, even fifteen minutes. Betimes
methinks they have forgotten me alto
gether. Occasionally they commence
their meal with a slice of bologna
brought IN on plate with ridiculous
ceremony. | fork my slice of bologna
10 my mouth. VOLTA The plate is
empty. But the Gaul cuts it up with as
much pomp and circumstance though
1t were a turkey, and eats it circum-
specify, bit by bit And after the sonp
single dish of boiled beans. or cauli-
flower. Alone and unsupported by
aught else. And In ten minutes more "a
miniature fish. Over this the G3ul
waists a good quarter Of an hour. l cut
my fish n four pieces and swallow it ia
eight seconds, a I Americana. For |
am diligent in basiness-and breakfasts.
Seest thou man diligent in business
He shall stand before kings, even though
dyspepsia stand with him. After the
fish bit Of steak. Enough 70 bait a
fox trap. On. the precious minutes the
lazy Gaul wastes over that steak Aud
then cheese Cheese for breakfast.
And then CONNECTION. A teaspoonfu Of
Jam which the procrastinating Gaul
requires Ten minutes to eat. And then
coffee and cigarette. For all Of which
the Gaul takes an hour, at least. Sixty
precious golden Minutes wasted every
day here by thousands over what they
cali breakfast. Because | emptied q
third of the little -decanter of brandy
into my black coffee they charged me
extra. objected They showed me the
tide-water marks on the bottle. You
must pour only down to each marx.
And charged me a sou for a serviette-s
napkin = reAfice Mstlf0rd.
Po1TTTcAI, ecopomy-buxinf, a xota for
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

"MARRYISe, saws tie New York
Herald. is the leading social industry,
and il argues that this Is file best season
for il. Furthermore, It considers NUM-
erous marriages a subject for copgratuia.
ton. "a newly married couple. It
saws. " generally consists Of rash vouth
and a rasher maiden, but unmarried peo-
pie generally fall into faults more serious
than rashness. 1t is far worse to be an
aimless lounger in society than an over
worked wife or a perplexed husband !"
This is philosophy for those VINO need it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

By actual merit the famous substance.
St Jacobs Oh. has steadily won its way
until il is to-day the national remedy for
rheumatism Lawyers, physicians, clergy
men-alI use it, Cincinnati (Obiol Daily
EBnuirer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

She threw her hair back and took her
position at the Instrument SAINT
Simeon Styhtos, the younger, explained
the mvsteri Of the moon to her She
wondered how the young people there
liked H. or whether there were any
young people there perhaps nobody
was young and nobody was old, hut they
were like mummies-what an idea-two
mummies making love to each other
Suddenly she turned t. MIN
"Will you show me the double star 2"
With the greatest pleasure, said he.
How beautiful One is orange red
and one is emerald green, and the two
revolye round each other p said the
Young girl.
VS. he answered, leach shining.
tUt with different light from the
otu.r'
+" How charming, Ii must be so
much pleasauter than TO be alone in
such a great empty space. Does not a
single star seem to you very lonely up
tbrre "
4" Not more lonely than l am myself. :"
sail The Young astronomer.
The Young Lady kept her eve closely
applied 10 the telescope a very lone
u and when she looked Of the glass
i,r eyes We're suffused and glistentng.
IL may "a that she pitied the lonely
young man.
~ 49, There is nothing in the world
se-8,rer than the pity that a kind
hearted young girl has for young man
who feels lonely.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
ADVERTISING RAfES.

Annual advertisements payable quarterly ssnls
resist easrterly without extra charge.
Advertisements set 70 double column IS per cent
extra
Business cards. lines or less, s. per zach
extra line 81.
Estrsy Notices. II one animal be described, s.. SO
for four weeks each additional sninai described In
same notice, o. ccnts
Special notices aid business notices IN news type
10 cents per line first insertion; cent? per hne
esch subsequent Insertion
Advance pay required for transient adver-
hsenents, Conmiss.0ners' ; toee, Attachment No
ices and Estsa5 Notices tof animals taken upl.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

THE Pittsburgh SssadGg Leader quotes !:
Mr. Martin Nary. Silver Creek. Mimi.
cured a badly wounded horse with ST. ia
cobs Oh.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

o.. Inn amount OF opposition is n
So. ne'p 70 man. Kites rise AGAINST
h'.' "ol WIN tile wind. Even LoaS
" -I-I Is better than none. M nar -.
MJ1Aea ms passage anywhere in : 6eei
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

POLITICAL economy-buying vote for
twenty-five cents, when the voter wanted
. dollar for it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

HazeltOn & PrOvis, ca Atssspsy, ;. r and
,aracnce Ia United States and all gtats Courts
eensra Collection and Real Estate Agents. once
on Wi~ons!n Avenue Boseobel, VIA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22

J. Z. & j. M. Mills, A h.iSsasy; at w. e..
Csye at residence Of Judge Nils VA"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
NUMBER Il.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

The Anti-Bonrb0n Movement i'm the
Soutii--- Democrats Alarmed at the
Situation---The Tariff issue i'm Com
.resS.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-05-26
A Few Hints How to Enjoy the Hot
season.

The annual problem, show to keep.
cool" which interests everybody with
the approach of summer is again coming
I'D for solution. To the wealthy the most
apparent relief from torrid heat is a
change of venue to the cool breezes OF
Lake Superior, the temperate air OF tlorl-
da, or the briny atmosphere OF the sea-
board watering-places. But totha large
class which cannot afford such expensive
trips, the Patriot recommends daily ply
sical exercises, followed by baths. The
superficial objections to this remedy are
that in warm weather the human body
should be heated as little as possible, that
the majority of business and workingmen
cannot give time to exercise: that baths
are expensive, productive Of colds, etc.
But the reverse Of these objections IS the
truth Muscular exercise heats the body,
it is true, but this is only temporary, and
when followed by shower, plunge or
sponge baths, in cold water, and wlplng
dry with a course towel, the product is a
delicious GOODNESS which will last for "a
hours afterward. Undue perspiration in
hot weather is. caused more by bodily
weakness than high temperature. Mod
crate exercise braces the nerves and mus
cles, casts off effete tissue, stimulates the
secretions and excretions, and keeps the
body at uniform temperature IN sum
mer and winter. To those who can attorc
it, light exercise in a gymnasium lasting
not more than an hour a day, with an &C
companying bath, is a positive remedy
for languor and excessive perspiratlor
caused by the heated term.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-05-26
LOST in THE LAKE.
Nearly Two Hundred Lives Sacrificed
The Queens Birthday Proves Day
of Death to Her Subjects.

LONDON, ONT, May 24,-This evening,
at 6 o'clock, the steamer Victoria, with
over 600 excursionists on board. was re-
turning from Spring Bank, and when
near the Cove railway bridge, one mile
below the city, the boat suddenly col
lapsed like an egg shell and became a
total wreck level with the waters edge.
All the passengers were instantly plunged
into the stream, more than half OF them
being underneath the debris. The frst
news which reached the city was brought
by the survivors, who struggled through
the streets wet and weary. The news
fell like thunderbolt, and stampede
took place for the spot. Arriving there a
horrible sight met their view. Some fifty
or sixty bodies had already been recover
ed and were lying on the green sward
some distance up the bank. Those arrlv-
ing from the city from every direction,
crowded around anxious to see If any rel
atives were on board. Several hundred
families were represented on the excur'
sion, and the wall of anguish that arose
at the sight of the victims was heartrend
ing. BY Z o'clock about so bodies were
recovered from underneath the wreck
where the water is II feet in depth
| Almost every minute some victim was
brought to the surface and conveyed tt
the bank. Petroleum torches were
brought and the search continued. Th'
total loss of life will aggregate 175.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-05-26
BURIED ALIVE.
Terrible Calamity In Mining Shaft
Men Blown Out Of the Shaft
as from q Cannon.

DEADwoop, DAKOTA, May 20.-At 1880
last evening as the night shift OF the
Golden Terra mine, Sixty men, were en-
tering the tunnel for the night, and when
at the first chamber, about three hundred
feet from the mouth, the tunnel works
caved, carrying down the timbers with a
terrible crash, filing the great slope and
burrying the foremost men beneath the
debris. The compression of air forced the
rear portion of the shift through the tuu-
mel as though fred from a cannon from
fifty to one hundred feet, instantly kill
ing Thomas Green and seriously iDJuring
John Bates, William Wren, Matten Lago,
John Hall. Charles Rouse. Patrick King,
Timothy Sullivan and T. B. Sullivan. A
number of others escaped unhurt through
the tunnel to the Home Stake mine OF
back to the open cut. Among those
known to be buried beneath the cave
and probably killed are James Farley. L.
Weigan, ]. Wedlock, &ohn Miller, Thom
as Thomas, P. Calvin. Angus Mckin,
Jack Beavy, Jack Eddy, Joseph Harkine
and Mccormack.
News of the disaster spread rapidly tC
all camps and thousands of men were
soon on the ground with picks and shov:
| els. Superintendent McMasters, Of the
Home Stake Company, brought over hun
dred men, who went to work with a VII
digging for their comrades, while as
many men as could work were sent into
the tunnel from the Home Stake side
After an hours work the eXcavators were
able to converse with James Farley, who
said he was pinioned by timbers ant
rock and exclaimed: For Gods sake
boys, hurry; can't stand it much long
er." This inspired the men to create
effort, but Farley's voice soon died out
and probably he as we'll as his compan
ions is dead. At one o'clock this morn
ing no bodies have been extracted. Th
vicinity of the mine is crowded with th
friends of the miners; women and chill
dren crying and wild with grief, present
ing a scene of the greatest horror. Worl
will be continued until the tunnel an'
chamber are clear.
The Gold Terra mine belongs to tn
Homestake Company, and is considere'
one of the best in the hills. The point o
the catastrophe is what is known as tn
disputed ground between the Gopher an
Terra Companies, to secure the posses
sion of which both companies have bee
working with undue haste, timbering i
careless manner. The chamber wa
eight sets of timber, or fifty-six feet higf
two hundred feet long and one hundre
feet inside. The perfect Mountain OF
and dirt, probably one hundred feet
depth, fell into. and filled up this yal
Il spaces Hsd the .aGeidentl occurred fly
. minutes later every one of the sixty me
would undoubtedly have been killed.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-05-26
THE SENATE GONE.
Peaceful Ending Of a Stormy Session
Moderation Of the Democrats
Closing Scenes,

Especial TO the PLAIN DEzIKR-
WASHINGTON, MAY 21.-The executive
session of the Senate ended yesterday
quietly and peacefully, after the stormy
scenes that occupied most of its time
since it first convened. The Republicans
chained by the troubles that have fal-
len upon them. and with all their plans
broken UP, had nothing to say and no
obstacles to interpose. The Democrats
showed no disposition to taunt their dis
comfted antagonists nor take advantage
of their weakness. but with a dignity and
conservatism that does them credit at
tended strictly and quietly to business,
and when that was finished quietly ad-
| journed.
The New York appointments, Wood
ford, Tenny, MacDougaIl, Knox and
GoRTd, were all confirmed, and without
opposition, in the same manner that the
nominations of Robertson and Merritt
were so rapidly disposed Of day before
Yesterday. There was a short debate on
| the nomination of William f. Chandler
as Solicitor General. Senator Bayard
briefly outlined the Democratic opposi-
tiofi TO its confirmation on the ground that
Chandler had been hostile to the South
! and is too pronounced Republican fol
the position. Senator Blair spoke at con
siderable length in support of the nom'
ination, and Mr.. Frye also earnestly hVt
briefly advocated its confirmation, and 8
vote was then taken, which resulted in
its rejection by fve majority, as follows
Yeas, 10 Republicans; nays, 90 Democrats
and Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania
! The oaly other Republican present anC
impaired, who did not vote in favor o.
!. confirmation was Senator Mitchell Penn
sylyaaal who withheld his vote from
either side.
Business having been finished, Senator
Harris took the chair and Mr.. Pendletor
offered the following resolutions, which
was adopted:
4 Resolved that the thanks of the Senat,
are due and are hereby rendered to th'
Vice President for the courtesy, abilit!
and impartiaity with which he has pre-
sided over the deliberations of the Senat
! during the present session.
!, When the doors opened, they havinI
been kept closed while the foregoing res
olutions were acted upon, the Senate, o.
motion Of Mr.. Pendleton, adjourned sin
, die.
s. Vice-President Arthur was absent fror
the chamber when adjournment too
place, the chair being occupied by MI
; Harris. Owing to the fact that up to th
, moment of adjournment the Senate ha
! remained in executive session, there Wei
: neaoectators in the galleries and all US,
!, I Il. scefes attending .siue die Adjournmat
were missing. The Senate INDUCED
the usual handshaking and we'll wishing
q and in few moments the chambe
y which had been the theater of SO muc
excitement during the session just close
n was deserted.