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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
The Pleasures of Business.

No human mind is contented without
occupation. No human soul is satisfied
without an aim or purpose III life. The
greatest success in life consists not in
the mere Accommodated If riches, but in
being able to acquire wealth with dis
position to apply it in such manner
that it shall be a comfort and blessing
to others-not in the mere giving away
OF money, but in putting people in a
way TO labor and help themselves. Thu g
is no pleasure In oppression. There is
no Joy IN grinding and exacting gold
from the poor; but there is great deal
OF genuine satisfaction in being able to
offer steady and honorable employment
to the many willing hands that have
nothing to do. One of the greatest en-
ioyments of the prosperous business man
consists In being able to comfortably
provide for the many employees in his
house or mandatory. In doing this
he is fulfilling his obligations to society /;
he becomes useful and honored citi-
zen :, business to him is real pleasure I;
he enjoys his successes, when they are
fairly won, because he feels that he de-
serves them.
When bcsiness man has the right
kind of a purpose in life he enjoys his
occupation, he feels just and worthy
pride 10 his prosperity, he is pleased
with the respect and gratitude of those
whom be directs and controls in the
management of his Grdfrairs, and lac feels
that in benefiting himself he is confer
ing q favor upon others. - Criterion,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
A Chinese Execution.

The criminal is conveyed to the execu-
ton ground in a basket slung on BAN
boo between two coolies. Half stupe-
fed by fear and rendered almost inselisi'
BILE to the fate about to be suffered from
the effects Of samshoo, which is given to
the victim in abundance, the procession
wends its way between throngs of Celes-
tails. The road is lined with sedan
chairs conveying the officials, both high
and low, TO witness the sight
Upon arrival at the place OF punish
ment, crowd of chattering Chinese may
be seen, some engaged smoking their
pipes, Others discussing their early bowl
of congee at the stall of the perambulat-
ing vendors OF edibles. Not the least
trace of any feeling Of awe or compassion
is exhibited OF the tragedy about to be
enacted. A stolid indifference marks
tho countenanee of the assemblage, and
it is only when the eortege files into po-
sition before the dais, whereon the
Viceroy and the provincial Judge have
taken their seats, that any observable
emotion animates the crowd. The Grim
ind is made to kneel, while subordi-
nate officer reads the edict Of the Vice
roy. This sets forth the crime and the
penalty, and exhorts the eulprit to COLI
Tess fully. All the victim can do is to
cry for mercy, of which quality there is
apparently lack. AT given signal
from the Judge the two executioners
stop forward and seize the unfortunate
wretch. Diyested of every particle OF
clothing he or she is bound hand and
foot to two upright pieces of wood in the
form of Saint Andrews cross. The
minions OF the law draw from their belts
two short, sharp knives. They are now
ready for their bloody work. With
deyilish skill they commence to slit the
Skin and flesh ut the wrists. Proceed
ing up the arms until the neck Is reached,
their attention is then directed to the
lower limbs. The ankles upward, the
heshy part of the legs and thighs right
up to the chest are under operation.
The whole body is now one quivering
mass Of strips OF skin and flesh, from
which the blood rA~Fouring in streams,
dying the ground and the executioners'
clothes vivid red color. BY this time
the vast crowd are ON the tiptoe of ex-
pectation, straining their bodies to get a
glimpse of the CORY figure, and eager to
watch the least sound OF ii sigh or groan
After the shrek of pain which attends
the first use of the knife, frequently
nothing but low, agonizing means es-
cape the lips. While this horrible scene
is being enacted, the peanut hawkers,
the beancupd and candy hucksters ply
their trade, obliyious of the fact that II
human being is undergoing torture.
! With head droopinp ON the breast.
closed eyes, and face bearing an unut-
terable look Of pain and agony, the vic
tim now stands. The Judge, seemingly
tired at the disgusting sight, claps his
hands. The ohiei executioner, at the
signal, plunges his knife into the breast,
and with one hand tears open the flesh,
while with the other he pulls the quly-
| ering heart ont by the roots, holds it up
to view. and then dashes it to the
ground. Thus justice is indicated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
mTbe Collector

IL is always the fate OF man who tries
b collect an old bill to get snubbed
Now we think of it, the old bill collector
who trudges painfully through the
streets from day to day, trying to tind
the man who is ever trying to dodge
him, ought to have more sympathy. lbs
only business is to persuade delinquents
to pay their just debts, and yet every
body looks upon him very much as a
sailor looks upon craft that has raised
the black flag of piracy. Poor fellow !
He has hard time OF it trying TO catch
sight Of the man who has just gone round
the corner, who will be back in five min
utes, so the clerk says, but who never
comes back until the old bill collector
has gone 1t is on record that by some
strange faulty Of forraae collector
once found bis debtor at home. Such q
circumstance nearly took his breath
away, for, like the Wandering jew, he
had been flying from pillar to post for
nearly year, md had never once found
the right man in the right place; but he
took ont his battered wallet and pre-
sented the account, yellow with age, and
humbly asked Tor q settlement You
must call again, was the stern, impera~
tive demand Of the man, who never in
tended to have money enough to pay
that bill. The victim with the thread
bare clothes and WORKOUT shoes sug-
gested that it was not easy to go up three
flights of stairs three times day IN order
to find the ominous word "out on the
Office door. "Well, said the naughty
debtor, perhaps yon would like to have
me rent room on the first floor for the
sake of my creditors The old bin col
Iector uttered deep sigh, put his wallet
back into his pocket, and walked into a
back alley where his home was, while
the jaunty debtor sprang into his landau
and went up to the park for a drive.
Such is life.--NeW York Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
Marrying Stendanghters.

Adolphus Andrew Hoagland, of Shade
vile, Va, is 10 years old, and has had
three wives. The first was widow when
he married her, and had little daugh-
ter. When this wife died her daughter
was widowed mother, and Hoaeland
within few years married her. There
was some feeling, he says, against his
making his stepdaughter his wife, but
they were happy couple, and the pre-
ludice died out. Ten years ago the
second wife died Her daughter was
then Is. Five years elapsed, and then
Hoagland again married his stepdangh-
ter, who was also his stepgrandaughter
She is still living, and her husbands age,
aside from the fact that she had nodaugh-
ter when she became his wife, precludes
the idea OF his peculiar system being
carried any further. He has children OF
his own by each Of the three wives, and
the complications Of their relationships
are most endless. Hoagland declares
that his matrimonial experience. cover
ing about fifty years, has been exception
ally happy. The last two wives Inherit
ed the good qualities Of their mothers,
and all were SO much alike that they
have seemed to him the same woman,
with her youth occasionally renewed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06

the elevated region. Quail aud other wild
game in the valley Of the Ohio have been killed
IN large numbers by the Arctic weather =.
Among the fires Of the week we note the burn
ing OF the Suford piow Factory, at Rock
Island, Ill, involving q loss of $4,000 10
EzOe,OU0; the summer residence of james X,
heene, al Newport, r. l., loss estimated at
100000; four stores on Magazine street. New
Orleans. entaiing a loss of $4,000 the MARI
on House, bank and several stores in jack
son, Mich, loss $4,000 and two hotels at
Atlantic CITY n. J., loss $40, Geo +; the First
Methodist Church at Canton. Ohio, valued at
$4,000; the Office of the Cosmos newspaper
and an opera house at st. CHARLES, No, caus-
ing loss OF $4,000 tine hotel 1t North
Adams. Macs. an opera house at Kingston. n.
~, and the tine museum IN Central Park, New
York.
ABoUr 5000 miles # railway were
constructed ia the United States during the
past year. The total mileage noef exceeds
", SOC, or more than any four nations Of Eu-
rope. a 1879, 4,72i miles Of new rOed We e
built, and this has only Teen exceeded three
times within the past ten years. The following
table shows the Bumber of niles operated and
he annual increase of mileage during the DE-
cade ending with 1879:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06

dered, the villagers returning from the
fields remarked the male owl flying in an
agitated manner round the farm. Dur
ing whole week it lowered near the
farm, biding its time, and at length the
right moment arrived. The young man
who had SO ruthlessly extarminated the
brood of owls was crossing the tlresh-
old Of the farm at dusk, when the be-
reaved bird swooped down on him from
the tree where it was keeping watch, and
with surprising swiftness tore out his
left eye with its claws. The intolerable
pain caused by this sudden attack made
the victim Of it swoon away. When he
recovered consciousness, and had had
his wound dressed, he related the cir
cumstances under which he had received
it, and search was instituted to dis
cover whether the owl was still lurking
in The vicinity. No traces Of it were,
however, TO be found, bat the young
man will have reason to remember the
ledger in the old oak tree, since for the
rest of his life he will have to make one
eye do duty for two.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
An Owls Revenge.

A remarkable instance of intelligence
shown by an owl i'll conceiving and car
rylng out a project of vengeance on n
farm laborer, who had destroyed whole
family of young ones before they had
gained the requisite strength to take
wing, is related by French provincial
journal. An owl had built its nest in an
old oak tree, which grew near farm III
the commune Of Beauvry. Its mate had
hid during the month OF July several
eggs, which IA due time developed into
a promising Progeny OF Young birds. A
farm laborer, moved igy a sentiment Of
aversion for owls which is common in
country parts, determined to cut short
the lives of the Young ones, and. choos-
ing favorable opportunity, put his
project into execution. The infant owls
were taken away from the maternal nest
and massacred, but by what followed il
will be seen the parent birds did not al.
lew their traglcal fate to go uDavenQed.
On several evenings succeeding that
during which the nest had been plum
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
AIligators In brazil.

Enormous numbers Of alligators have.
itappears, been ssi5sefged frisking along
the lower courses and in the marginal
swamps and lakes Of the Amazon, and
even as cork trees IN the benefcent econ
omy Of nature, grow up, expand, and
develop a bulky epidermis on bark. fol
the preordained purpose Of stopping bot
ties, SO, no doubt, are these amiable rep
tiles accredited with mission Of utility
to the manufacturers Of port-monnaies
card-cases, shooting-boots, aud other ar
ticles fabricated of the now fashionable
alligator skin. 4 Brazilian paper
shrewdly draws the attention Of wealthy
aud unoceupied Englishmen to this re.
markable increase in the ground game OF
a cllarmiugly salubrious, though some
what sultry. district, an industrial enter
prise Of great profit might, it is sug-
gestsd, be combined with excellent
sport, and as the idea is fast-spreading
Ia England shat the land can not much
longer support both the farmers and the
rabbits, what could be better than O
migration of sportsmen to the equatorial
home Of the noble alligator, whose hide
is natural target for rifle practice, aud.
if MT too much riddled ny bullets, is in
brisk commercial depand, and rules high
IN the quotations ST the leather market
Where the alligator frisks and frolics.
there the stealthy turtle prowls, and.
despite lis furtive habits, falls an easier
prey 10 the wilier and more intelligent
hunter. A daring aud agile Alderman,
with brace of rifles, good legs and
lungs, a salamandarine constitution, and
no objection to mosquitoes, might stalk
down six or eight alligators before break
fast, and saunter home with q middling-
sized turtle under each arm. Winter is
coming, the Nile is getting overdone by
tourists, and the midsummer Of an infin-
itesimal latitude never fades from the
teeming mud and fragrant, health.
breathing slime Of the stately Amazon
Let enterprising Englishmen, then. nc.
cept this inviting hint Of the Brazilian
journal, and join the next excursion to
the Amazonian swamps. London Tele-
fJr0IlN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
Etarb-yyire l.nrysni,s.

The bsrb-wire lawsuits, which have beer
pending in the United States Courts for the
past five years, have been decided and the
broad claims of the Hunt, Kelly and Glidden
patents fully sustained These suits involve
millions Of dollars, and render all persons nlals-
ing, selling OF using bArb wire NOT made under
these patents liable for damages Ii is impor~
tant for farmers and dealers TO know that thu
KELLY steel BARR WIRE, made by the I nonx
WINK HEpaE COMPANY, Of Chicago, is made
under the patents, and all those who have used
Il can be happy, as none can modest or make
them afraid
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
Waiting for a Render.

When Kepler, the astronomer. pub
lished the book announcing his dis
covery Of the laws which govern the mo-
tons Of the planets, he said It may
we'll wait q century for Il reader, as God
has waited 5000 years for an observer. !"
A great mathematician Of tire present
day is, according TO the New York 7rib-
sae, gifted with Z similar patience OF
one mathematical work written by the
venerable and accomplished Prof.
Pierce, Ut Harvard, he himself says that
there Is emily one mon living beside
himself who could read IL aud under.
stand II aud 81 another work he says
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
tloerciya Measures.

A Galveston Irishman has very
bright boy, who reads the papers. The
other morning the old man asked Pat
rick junior why he didn't return the
change from the marketing. There was
no answer except that the boy NUT
tered The toigant.
. Have you fed the pig, Patrick y
A stony stare was the only reply.
Then, for about fifteen minutes, there
was vision Of son closely pursued by
10 bareheadcd father, revolving around
the house until the latter overlook the
former and yanked him over a water
barrel.
II was only thrying Boycott on yez,
feyther; for the sake OF ould Ireland
lave me alone"
It's boy caught We are,' painted
the old man. "I'll tache We to thrife
wild home-ruler, and he reached ont
and gathered barrel-stave.
The application Of coercive measures
could DO heard four blocks of. Gal
uesfon Meas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
entity Of Wrong.

Some people have fashion Of confusing
excellent remedies with the large mass Of "pat-
emit medicines, and in this they are guilty Of q
wrona There are some advertised remedies
fuDlv worth Oil that il asked for them, aud one
nt least We know of-Hop Bitters. The writer
Has had occasion TO uss the Bitters in just such
a climate as we have most of the year IN Bay
City. and has always found them to be first
class and reliable, doing all that is claimed foz
them Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
a ltammoek,e vlIId WAY.


An Illinois exchange feels called TO thus
deliver itself: His hammock swung loose
at the sport Of the wind, and tumbled the
Hon j 8 Irwin on his head, ard, but for
the application Of St Jacobs Oil, he might
have gone where the woodbine twineth.
Even 50, dear Beacon, as many others have
gone, who failing to use the Great German
Remedy in time, for their rheumatism and
other dangerous diseases, have paid the
debt of Nature" Rub is our motto,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06

RECENT deaths: DIR. Joseph Il. Beck,
"A prominent physician Of Fort Wayne, Ind. /;
the Dowager Grand Duchess OF Mecslenburp.
Strelit2.
The recent phenomenal cold wave
seems to have penetrated 10 every nook and
corner Of the United States. It was exception
ally severe in the Southern States. The Ar
kansas river was frozen over solid from Fort
Smith to its Junction with the Mississippi.
something unprecedented. Al PETERSBURG.
Va, the thermometer registered l6 degrees
below zero. the lowest ever recorded. In
Virgins, cattle and game persisted bv the hun
dred, and devr came from their treats TO the
very doors q tie farmers in search of food.
AT wash gio' city It was 10 degrees below,
and there wAs great suffering il consequence
of the .niense cold In New HAMPSHIRE
and Vermont the thermometer ranged
from 70 20 81, and at Antrim, in Maine. the
mercury fell 10 IS below. Throughout New
York the temperature varied from 10 and ie
below n the river valleys 70 20 10 a0 belew "a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06

THOSE are cute fellows. those New
York sharpers. One Of them advertised
that he could cure tnrn-up nose, and
would send directions to all who would
forward dollar. A lady sent this
amount, and was told in reply to employ
a blacksmith to hit her nose on the end
with a sledge hammer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
WASHINGTON.

The President, says a Washington
telegram. has found SO much difficulty in find
ing suitable person to act as Secretary Of the
Navy for two months that he has partially de-
clded to request Secretary Ramsey t. perform
I the duties Of both the Navy and War Depart
incnts untll March t. and, in order to comply
with the technical language of the statute siS
reoommission him secretary Of the Navy every
ten days.
THE Judge Advocate General has
been ordered to prepare the charges and speci-
foations in the case of Cadet Whitaker, and
a court-mertlal will be ordered at an early
date, the sessions to be he'd in New York ETY.
a.. The excess Of exports over imports for
the month ending Nov. 80, 1850, were s35, $685.
34O month ending Nov. 30, 1879. SIS, $50, 794 F.;
eleven months ending Nov. 80, 1880, Sl4i, 1861. :
Od2 eleven months ending Nov. 80, 1879,
@23O, 27g.9S7 twelve months ending Nov. So
1870, 1852, 63S,044; twelve months ending
Nov. 30 1879, 1856 245, 1913.
SPEAKER RANDALL, Of the House o.
lsel resentatives, believes there il every probe
bility that the bill to place ex-President Grant
on the retired list of the army, with the rank
aad pay of General, viii be reported favorably
by the Military Committee. Judge Fnscm n,
the legal adviser Of the PostOfiice Department ,
declares that printed commercial papers filed
out in writing are legally subject 10 letter
postage
The Superintendent of Census makes
the following approximate statement of the
population Of States and Territories. Ii is be-
lieved TO be very near the official figures,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
No More Hard Times.

If you will stop spending 30 much ON fine
clothes, rich food and style, buy good, healthy
food, cheaper and better clothing get more
real and substantial things Of lifs every way
and especially stop the foolish habit Of employ
ing expensive, quack doctors or using SO much
OF the vile hnmbug medicine that does you
only harm. but put your trust Ia that simple,
pure remedy, Hop Bitters that cures al ways
at q trifling cost, and you vii see good times
and have good health Chroaicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
The Epixoo,ic

Has again made its appearance in various parts
Of the country. As prevention is better than
cnre, The attention of owners of stock is called
% UNCLE SAINTS CONDITION POWDERS.
These celebrated powders stand unriyaled for
tier excelleIcy as a preventive from disease.
BY mixing With the feed they will keep the an
insl in the best general health, tonine up the
system and keeping the digestive organs and
blood in healthy condition
The Powders are warranted to give perfect
satisfaction. Prepared By the EaIsrERT Pro
PRIErARY Co., Chicago. Til. Put mp in 25 and
50-eent pact1sges, and sold ty all druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
The Bicycle.

A bicycle is much easier to master than
one would think. The first thought in
getting on one is quick calculation. The
calculation is to solve the problem Of
which way one will fall Thesolution is
tumble, being q combination OF every
conceivable way Of getting down with a
vim and bruises. One soon masters the
thing. The captain of the capital bicy-
Gle club Of this city says that in half an
hour be can teach any one to ride. At
the end of that time noyiees can get
along on the streets, ard keep going.
They will not be finished wheelmen
though It takes time and patience to
become ''dy" rider The enjoyment of
the exercise is keen and not wearisome.
Your true wheelman would not exchange
fer good saddle horse 1t is not tire
some The weight of the body is on the
saddle instead OF on the knee as in walk
il.g. Forty miles day can be made
without fatigue except a slight string III
the knee the first two nights OF the trip.
This explains the long trips by wheel
men ever the country. A man with a
good pair of lungs gets winded if he
runs hundred yards at the top of his
hpctu. IHc I1cyCiS St1uSI VIII hathe u
quarter Of mile at his best bent before
his wind hegins to fail The English
papers speak of Characteristic bicycle
back hump-shouilered, chestcon-
tracted SORT of appearance--resultipg
from the Wheel There is nothing of the
kind in the United States. The style of
riding is different in the two countries.
In England tie gay flyer grasps the
handles or Il Ter, as ii the thing were q
boat, cverhanded; the back Of his hands
are uppermost, and his arms making the
hypotenuse Of right angled triangle
causes him to stoop In the American
style the handles are graspad with the
palms uppernost; the elbows are by the
side. The fore arm making the base Of
the right angled triangle condnces 10 an
expansion of the chest instead OF a con
traction. The summer is the most
favorable season for the sport, but in
Washington it holds on during the win
ter owing to the mild climate. La
chance
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
POLITICAL.

GEN. GARFIELD is consulting with his
friends about the formation of bis Cabinet,
and Cleveland dispatch gives an idea of what
has taken place. Although the President
elect has not yet decided upon anything
definitely, il seems to be under
stood among those who have enjoyec his
society of late that Ohio is TO be skipped this
time, that James +. Wilson, of Iowa, is to be
Secretary OF the Treasury, and that Blaine. Of
Name, Filley of Missouri, Hitchcock, of Ne
hraska, Routt, of Colorado, and Morton, OF
New York, are regarded By Gen. Garfield with
confidence.
A CALL for meeting Of New York
Democrats to reorganize the party in that city
was responded TO by large attendance.
Abram S. Hewitt was the chief speaker, the
audience rising to its feet whom he said
Tammany Hall is thing of tue past. 1t was
resolved that the Chairman appoint commit
tee OF fifty ciizen' to reorganize the party.
A SPECIAL Congressional election in the Third
District of New Hampshire. to till the vacancy
caused by the death of the Hon. Eyarts W.
Farr, n suited in the erection of Ray (Republ-
canl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06

that only one man beside himself has
READ it and understood it. A mathema-
tician, the professor says, is not really
known while he is alive he must wait
for history to do him justice aud estal :
lish his real worth aud scientific posi-
4iaYt