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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
Preserving Beauty.

4 celebrated beauty, says a New York
writer for the Washington Critic, whose
complexion at sixty was fresher than
that of our women at thirty, told me
her secret this summer, and it was di-
vided into two parts: First-She never
used wash-rag or towel on her face. but
she washed it with her hands, rinsing it
off with soft sponge. She used clear
water in the morning, but white CASTLE
soap or very warm water at night and
after drying it off on soft towel she
would take flesh brush and rub her
cheeks, chin and forehead. Second
If she was going to be up late at night
she always slept as many hours in the
day as she expected to be awake beyond
her usual time. She finished her little
sermon on beauty preservation by say
ing: soft water and sound sleep keep
of wrinkles and spots. and girls should
give more attention TO this than they do.
for ''With the coming of the crows feet
is the going of the beaux feet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16

il is noticeable that Immediately upon
tho announcement of the Democratic
victories in London the price of con-
federate boncs went up, and quite a
little activity was manifested in these
obsolete securities This shows that
Notwithstanding all the protestations
81 Democratic statesmen, ami con-
stitutional provisions, which would
seem to preclude all hope of the holders
ever realizing on these relics of the con-
federacy, there still fingers a feeling of
encouragement, and this is quickened
into a warmer flame whenever the
Democratic party comes into power.
Tncre IS latent hope that the
Southern tail, which always wags the
Democratic cynIne, will be able to make
the animal assume guardianship of
these rotten securities. While there is
but very feeble minority who antici-
pate any such result, the nero ripple
IS another illustration of the reason why
this party is 50 disiru5ted by the nation
and why its elevation to power is looked
upon with apprehension not only at
home but abroad
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16


Latest returns from all portions of the
State shows that the Republican team
took the bit in their teeth and landed
the caravan in the middle of the Demo-
cratic camp. The opposition made very
near clean sweep and Wisconsin will
be represented in the forty-eighth CON
gress by three Republicans and six
Democrats instead OF having an almost
solid Republican delegation as before.
Yet it is u victory over which the
Democratic party can do little rejoicing.
1t comes not from Democratic strength
but from Republican discussions and
Republican mulishncss which led the last
congress to ignore the wishes of the
people in the matter of tariff revision
and rush into an extravaganza of expen-
diture which could hardly fail of result
ing disastrously to the party at large.
Then came a long list of minor abuses
for which the people themselves were
primarially responsible, but with that
inconsistency peculiar to frail human
nature, they preferred to lay the blame
on other shoulders and accordingly the
congressional candidates were selected
a scape goats to bear the sins of the
people, and out into the wilderness they
went
Another factor which played an inn
portant part in the forming of the out
come in this state was the policy, or
rather lack of policy, which has lis.
tinguished the party leadership in Wis
consin for the past two years. With n
fixed policy aiming only 1t the right and
pursuing is course without fear or favor
Wisconsin is as strongly Republican to-
day as il ever was. For two years how
crert the party has been playing policy
game, varying with every wind that
blew in politics and the inevitable result
has followed
Ii The recent defeat should serve 10
bring about the desired toning up Of the
party system the present sacrifice. not
wthstauding it takes some Of The best
members the state ever had in congress.
win not have been in vain. Consider
able more Of principle and much less Of
policy taken IN stalwart doses will bring
the patient up in shape for a winning
nght at the next election.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
A New Mode of Dressing Wounds.

DR.. Neuberg has recently introduced
i'll the clinic of Prof Esmarch, of Kiel.
method of mountaineering to which he
was led in the following way: Two
years ago laborer one day appeared
who had sustained compound fracture
OF both bones of the foreman eight or
ten days previously, with considerable
laceration. He had got comrade to
surround the whole forearm at once
with thick paste of peat mold, on
which was laid a rough splint of wood.
When he came to the clinic he was in
good general health, and on clearing off
the mold the wound was found to be
healing beautifully, without any sigh of
suppuration. A Historian dressing was
applied, and the limb better fixed. and
the man made a good recovery. Dr.
Neuberg was led to investigate the
properties of peat mold with reference to
mountaineering, and he found that the
dust resulting from the manufacture of
blocks of peat with the circular saw (as
carried on in Schleswig-Holstein) and
which is very light in weight and in
color, has powerful affinity for am
monla, carbonate of ammonia, and bad
smelling materials generally, and takes
up nine times its own weight of water
In the infantry barracks at Brunswick
1t is found very useful as deodorizer
in privies. For dressing wounds DR..
Neuberb now uses two bags of oauze
Gone double the other In size) wrunp
out in cal bolic solution, and filled with
mold in the smaller bag containing q
per cent. of idoform, that in the larger
saturated with five per cent. carboiic
solution. The smaller bag is placed on
the wound directly after disinfection of
the latter with carbolic solution. zinc
chloride, or iOdoform, and the larger
bag is placed above, the whole being
kept in place by gauze bandage. The
dressing remains on mostly fortnight
or more. Excellent results have been
thus obtained, into details of which we
do not here enter. The advantages
claimed for the method are these: |.
given quantity of the mold takes up
more fluid than iute, gauze, or cotton
wool. If it be slightly moistened, its
absorbent power is increased. 2. 1t
has great power of absorbing products
OF decomposition of organic substances,
and hence prevents these occurring. 8.
The moistened mold is a very soft but
still elastic substance, and so is easily
placed in the required position in the
bags before applying them to the in
CAPABILITIES of the body. 4. 1t is the
cheapest of known antiseptic dressings,
one pennyworth being sufficient for one
dressing, and still less if the prepare
ton with an antiseptic be left out ).
1t makes very suitable pad for all
purposes when inclosed in gauze. Lon
don Times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
SHAKESPEARE'S LOVE STORY.
How 1t Appears Under the Glass Of Critic Look
ing for Defects.

Beautiful as is the conversation IN
which Juliet plays upon the doubt wheth-
er it is the nightingale or the lark that
sings at the moment of the forlorn bride
and bridegroom parting, there is in its
composition troubling strain of artlice.
No one ever felt it to be perfectly ma
tural, though many have been excus-
ably indifferent rs TO whether it was
natural or not. Somewhat may be al
lowed for Coleridge's suggestion that
the whole play was not meant to APP
proach a poem; but one would prefer
that it should not approach poem so
near as to be dramatically unreal.
Now the key to the right recital of this
awkward piece of dialogue probably is,
that as Juliet is prone to indulge and
to follow, even In most serious crises.
the fanciful conceits of her own mind:
SO it is suggested by the quaint, ac-
quiescent, initiative elocution of Irving
in this nightingale episode, that Romeo,
in conformity with his character, and
in consistency with all the plaintive
knightliness OF his love, falls in with
Juliets cOnceitS. Ills is very in
genious solution of what has always
seemed difficulty, and gives a new and
slncerer feeling to the hitherto artili-
clal-seeming beauties of the lines. Even
in the very agony of the final parting at
the window, Juliet's fancy is still the
channel of her grief. As he descends
she eXclaims-and in what tones!-
'Methinks see thee. now thou art below.
As one dead in the bottom of tomb
Either my eyesight fails or thou look st pale
And Romeo's fancy still is stirred,
though gloomlly and TO the dregs of
bitterness
Trust me, love, in my eye so do you:
Dry orrow drinks our blood
That beautiful upper chamber, seen
under so many exquisitelv different
lights, reminds one how even mere ar
tistic mounting may help criticism at
| points where it has faltered. In spitc
OF mucn ruggedness and stagincss of
! accessories, the loneliness of the morn
ing escape, and the grandeur of Juliet S
| potion scene, have always been recog-
nized; but in Coleridge's charming notes
on this play he puts sort of query
/ against the fifth scene of the fourth act.
/ where the nurse discovers Juliet, as She
| snpposes, dead, on coming to wake her
| on the morning of her expected wedding
with the Count Paris. He saws. "As
the audience know that Juliet is not
dead this scene is, perhaps, cxcusable.
But 1t Is strong warning to minor dra-
matists not 10 introduce at one time
many separate characters agitated by
one and the same circumstance 1t is
/ difficult TO understand what effect.
whether that of pity or of laughter,
Shakespeare meant to produce, the oc-
ca>ion and the characteristic speeches
are so little in harmony! For example.
what the nurse says is excellent suited
to the nurses character. but grotesquely
unsuited TO the occasion. ~ Macmilians
| N4g4.ilic
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
Health is Wealth 7

HALLS VEGETABLE SIcnIaN HAIR
REVIEWER is scientific combination
of some of the most powerful restora-
tive agents in the vegetable kingdom.
II restores gray hair to its original
color 1t makes the scalp white and
clean. 1t cures dandruff and humors,
and falling-out of the hair It furnishes
the nutritive principle by which the
hair is nourished and supported. 1t
makes the hair moist, soft and glossy,
and is unsurpassed as a hair dressing.
1t is the most economical preparation
ever offered to the public, as its effects
remain long time, making only an
occasional application necessary. 1t is
recommended and used By eminent
medical men, and officially endorsed by
the State Assayer of Massachusetts.
The popularity of Halls Hair Remover
has increased with the test of many
years, both in this country and in
foreign lands, and it is now known and
used in all the civilized countries of
the world.
For sale by all dealers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
Rheumatism In HnrSeS

When horse falls lame ut uncertain
and irregular intervals, and suddenly
RECEIVERS and rs suddenly falls lame
again. it indicates that the cause is rheu-
matism. Rheumatism is form of in
Illumination arising from disordered
and usually acid taste of the blood, and
attacks the tibrous structure, the mus
cles and tendons of the body 1t is fire.
qucntly constitutional and hereditary.
and shifts from place to place without
warning and very suddenly. and 1t NAV
rs rapidly disappear by warmth, the
heat of the sun or change of weather,
rainy, warm weather being favorable.
Indigestion will cause it to appear. or a
cold. or even an exposure to slight
change of temperature. The most eff
foctiye remedy is alkaline salts, an asce-
tate of potaSSa or hyphosulphate of soda.
given in One-ounce doses. and continued
for week or two Local application
OF hot lamentations to the limb affected,
or of stimulating liniment, will be use
ful. No corn should be given, and soft
mashes of bran or oats and linseed
should form the bulk of the food.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16

P portion of road in the county as
county road and are authorized to levy
a tax, not exceeding eight thousand dol
lars annually, for the purpose of improy-
ing such roads as are adopted Under
this section it would be possible for the
county to adopt some one or more of the
trunk lines of road and macadamize
them, continuing with new portions
each year, the improved parts being
turnedovertothe different towns through
which they passed, as could be done
undersection 1910 Of therevised statutes.
By this plan, once inaugurated ard
steadily carried forward year by year,
the county would soon come into pos
session of highways on which farmers
could haul as heavy load one time as
well as another and thus be in a position
to take advantage of the markets at any
and all seasons, whenever prices war
ranted.
Depending as this county does and
must, certainly for long time to come,
almost entirely on highways for inter-
county communication it is absolutely
necessary that these highways are put
in as good shape as possible. If the
county took the main thoroughfares in
hand the towns would follow suit with
the roads which connected with them
and thus we would soon have uninter-
rupted communication between every
part of the comfy at any and all seasons
of the year, instead of being tied up with
an embargo of mud for one third of the
year as at present At such times the
merchants goods lie on the shelves I'M
sold, the farmers produce lies shrink
ing in the graneries, or if stock they can
not be turned off at the proper time
after which the food they consume is a
clear loss, all because the roads are inn
passable. Let a new railroad be pro-
posed and towns will vote thousands of
dollars to further the project They
will bind themselves down with debt in
order to secure railroad communication
with the outside world. A much less
amount expended in macademizing the
county roads would put them in as
directand at the same time prove of
more benefit by allowing the farmer
to get to market any day with ease and
dispatch. Not only in this but in other
states the improvement of the country
roads has been recognized as question
of vital importance affecting the bust
ness interests of the country to suca an
extent that public meetings are held to
further this object, and where the ways
and means of best achieving the desired
result are carefully considered. The
age of railroad building in the older
settled states has passed and the age of
turnpike improvement should take its
place All that is needed is a move in
the right direction and we are out of the
mud
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
PRACTICAL TEMPERANCE,
Bright, Pleasant Coffee Houses as an Offset to
Saloons.

Saloons.
These supply the practical way of con-
testing saloon traffic, and probably the
best way thus far discovered. Almost
everybody likes good cup of coffee,
while it is perfectly safe to say that it
never could harm the person whom
glass of liquor would not seriously disa-
gree with. A coffee house, Anglice, or
cafe, Francois, has domestic air about
it. Noriotous suggestions; contentment
in place of quarreling; meditative full
ness instead of a fierce stimulation of
excitement; perfect willingness to go
home after pleasant chat with friends,
instead of growing desire to 90 off
anywhere else and finally to come to
blows with whom the hour was begun
in peace. If every time man has a
moving desire to take drink at liquor
bar he would defect his course to the
coffee house and satisfy himself with
fragrant cup instead, he will be most
agreeably surprised to find how easily
he is working his old and pernicious
habit out of its place and establishing
far better and safer one. If coffee is to
certain extent an antidote for yinous
and spirituous effects, it will prove no
less the corrective of the habit which
leads to these effects Let any one
try it honestly for thirty days and see.
The point is, to break up the liquor
drinking habit and get rid Of the appe-
tite that is fastening its fangs on either
the throat or the temperament, or both
The reSolute and habitual frequenting
of the well-appointed coffee house will do
this if anything will. The mind of the
would-be reformer is not held bound by
the rigid restrictions of total abstention,
but feels just as free as it ever did to
practice indulgence; only the mode of
indulgence is changed, and the associa-
tons, and after that the habits change
along with it. Thrice blessed be coffee,
if it will avail to release men from the
drink habit from which they would only
be too glad to be free. The opening of
the second public coffee house in town,
near Bowdoin square, by the Oriental
Coffee Company, is hailed with satisfac-
ton no less by those who daily stand at
bars than by those who would rejoice
to call them away where they could see
| their own true interests in clear light
| We would like to see coffee shops, large
and small, dotting the thoroughfares of
Boston for their whole length The
time passed in them would not be lost
to any one, for reason would hold the
throne every minute. And, so far as all
harm goes, better q thousand times die
of excess of coffee than of delirium, in
rags and Abandoned by everybody -
| Boston Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
Want Plenty OF Sunshine

Sheep should have airy, well-littered
sheds, with plenty of sunshine, and pro-
tected from snow. One great adyant-
age OF Keeping sheep is TO convert straw
into manure. Hence much litter is usu-
ally strewn in sheep sheds, to the dis
tress OF the sheep, unless they have hard
places TO lie upon. because their feet
and legs get so hot. few platforms.
like old doors, which can be shifted
about every few days BY turning over
will be greatly enjoyed, and viii pro-
mote both health and comfort.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
WHAT He Died Of.

An old lady from this city who was
visiting in Boston heard a doctor giving
q description of a late patients illness
and she asked what disease he had died
OF.
Euthanasia," answered the Boston
doctor, with professional accuracy.
"Youth-in-Asia!" retoried the old lady.
"never heard tell of it before there amt
no slch name in my Biography
"Ohl' said the doctor, politely, sit
means that the mental and physical
forces have succumbed to the invasion
OF years and the vital fires burned out
from lack of fuel-exhausted themselves,
% 1t were"
:" Humph," said the mystified visitor,
shortly, 1--WE should call it Old Age IN
Detroit Detroit Post and Tri6une
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
4 Good Aim.

She heard burglar coming in the
front door She sprang from bed,
seized the washbowl, pitcher, boot-jack.
ilatiron. and waited for the intruder.
Her aim was good. Picking himself up
from the floor the burglar beat hastv
retreat. Her husband limped into the
house the following morning in time for
breakfast and assured her that he should
never again return from the lodge be-
fore midnight. His scars are iudellible
though.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
Destroying the Flowers.

AT hotel in Oswego. n. Y. the Other
day. couple from the country of Miles
ian extraction took seats at the dinner
table. Directly after a young couple
seated themselves opposite, and the
young man took a stalk of celery from
the dish and commenced eating it The
Old lady opposite looked at him a mo-
ment with an air of disgust, and then
nudged her husband and said in a STAGE
Whisper: Dye moind the BLACKBOARD
ating the bokay?'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
III is Muller.

Apropos of the pronunciation Of Whit
tiers MAUD Muller, we quote ths fol-
lowing from letter to the Boston Jour-
nal, which seems to settle the matter.
Last summer | met Mr.. Whittier. and
IN answer to the same question, which
has been asked me a score of times. Mr.
Whittier replied that the family whose
name suggested the word to him pro-
nounced their name Muller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
A Puzzling Case,

Bernays, lawyer of Antwerp, was
found with bullet through his heart.
The case was at first regarded as suicide,
but an anonymous letter. laboriously
striving to make it appear an accident,
led to the prosecution of two brothers
named PeItzer for his murder. The
trial. it is promised, Twill rival ANYTHING
related by Poe. 1t will surely be exhaust.
i've, judging by the facts that $50 wit
nesses will be examined, and twenty
writer's are occupied night ard day
copying the documents, which alone
will take month. The expenses up to
the present have reached $40, 200, and
the indictment fills big volume.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16

William II. Vanderbilt, the public
Gamner. is highly indignant because of
an editorial in the New York Times, of
Oct. % referring in delieiously satiri-
cal way to his anything but his aristo-
cratic origin. 1t is said that he at once
telephoned down, stop my paper
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16

Oscar Wilde called on Nilsson at the
Windsor, in New York, the other day,
and the prima donna sent back his card
with the message that she was weary
and begged TO be excused. Oscar was
wild, aud said number of naughty
things upon the subject OF aesthetic
art"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
= arxgz xog saIel

In the of Harrison Said has acres;
cuvaon good frame house. frame granary, barn and
cribs 1t good Stock Farm, well
Orchard and small fruits thereon.
TERMS-Price 81 500 time $4,000 with $500
down Apply prcmises-the Bradbury mor address CHARLES
w. KNAPP at Lancaster Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
HERALD AGENCIES.


The following Agents have been appointed for The
HERALD. Subscribers or parties wishing Printing or
Advertising can obtain the same terms from these
gentlemen as they would at this ONCE as they have
full authority to make contracts and transact bust
ness for this paper
HAZEL GREEN AND VICINITY: Mr.. Geo. Mills.
Headquarters north Of Empire Hotel
FENwNoRE Asp wrNcvILLE Mr.. Joe Morrison.
Headquarters at Squire Rooney's. Fennimore, where
all orders may be left in his absence.
Mr.. IDA. Mr.. r. Buggins as THE HERALD
agent for the town OF MI. Ida will transact busi
ness at the postoslce in said town.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-16
WHENCE COMES THE UNB0UNDED
POPULARITY OF

Allcock's Porous Plasters?
Because they have proved them
selves the Best External Remedy
ever invented. They will cure
asthma, colds, coughs, rheumatism,
neuralgia, and any local pains.
Applied to the small Of the back
they are infallible in Back-Ache,
Nervous Debility, and all Kidney
troubles; to the pit OF the stomach
they are sure cure for Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint
ALLCOCK'S POROUS
PLASTERS are painless, fragrant
and quick to cure. Beware Of
limitations that blister and burn.
Get ALLcOCK'S, the only GEN.
uine Porous Plaster.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-04
HYMEEIAL.

t. w. Dunn last week led Miss Laura
Halstead, of Coldwater, Michigan, to the
altar Both of the contracting parties
were of high social standing and the pair
were happily wed And now comes Frank
G. Allen and Miss Minnie Stevens, who
are to be made one. The cards of betroth-
al were sent out yesterday. Mr.. Allen oc-
cupies prominent position with the Mo
line Plow Co. and Miss Stevens is the ae-
complished daughter of Geo. w Stevens of
the Moliue Plow Co. Both prospective
bride and groom occupy high social posi-
tons in Moline and are admired by all who
know them. The date of the wedding is
not fixed rh y p ~rstfzzs