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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-09-29

Never Mind What They Say.


Never Mind What They Say.
Don't worry nor fret
~ About what people think,
Ofyour ways or your means,
or your food or your drink;
II you know you are doing
Your best every dry,
With the right on your side,
Never mind what "they" say.
Lay out in the morning
Nour plans for each honr, a
And never forget
That old time is power;
This also remember,
Mong truths old and new. J.
The world is too busy
To think much Of you.
Then garner the minutes
That make up the hours
And pluck in your pilgrimage
Honor's bright flowers;
Should gamblers assure you
Your course will not pay,
With conscience at rest,
Never mind what "they" say.
Then let us, forgetting
The insentiate throng
That jostles us daily
While marching along,
Press onward and upward,
And make no delay
And though people talk
Never mind what they" say.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-09-29

A little girl hearing her mother observe
To another lady that she was going into
halfmourning, inquired whether her rcla.
tons were half dead.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-09-29

ltissaid that Hon. Alexander H. Stephens,
since his nomination for governor has grown
comparatively corpulent lie now weighs
nearly lOS pounds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-09-29

A wealthy citizen Of New York, in cele-
brating the fftieth anniversary Of his wed.
ding, toasted his wife as =" the healthy old
lady who combines beauty and durability"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-09-29

II Is not considered good form 10 ask a
young gentleman with fob ribbon II he Is
aware that the end Of his suspender is bang.
ing below his vest.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-09-29

Confidential A lecturer is telling How
we hear" 1t is easily told. Somebody tells
him not TO tell; that's the way we hear
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-09-29

Yearly advertisers will be allowed 10 chan
four times during the year without charger
Advertisements should be marked With time
and space they Hte to occupy. 'AN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
Willy He Omit Snecnlatinr.

He is an old gray-haired clerk in a
Wall street office. The boys were asking
him, at lunch time, why he never specu-
lated, and after some little hesitation. he
replied:
"There was a time when / was a con-
hrmed stock gambler. 1t was years ago,
and | was book keeper in a Broadway
store. L had some money left me by my
father, andI earned apretty good salary,
but IN a year after my first deal in stock
[ was cleaned out Of cash, owed for four
weeks board, and had drawn my salary
a month ahead. In this emergency I
robbed the store Of SO, 900 and made a
false entry on the books to conceal my
crime.'
"Is it possible" gasped several voices
in chorus.
eyes gentlemen, ii is. l knew that I
could conceal the theft for a week, and at
the end Of that time 1 hoped to have
made a big stake in Wabash and be on
my feet again. | invested the stolen
money ! II that stock and waited. 1t
jumped up n little, fell. and jumped
again, and finally dropped out Of sight
and swept my capital away"
An CA GIG 1AllAGAl
81 thought 50. Discovery must come,
and my employer was a mar who would
have sent me to prison. l determined to
go and drown myself. Discovery must
come on Saturday. Friday night [
closed the books and walked down Beck
man street to the river, calculating to
leap in and become food for sharks. AS
J neared the ship / came upon a stranger.
sick, and wet, and unable to move. He
asked me to secure a carriage for him.
and said he had plenty money to reward
me. fendish thought flashed through
my brain; it was hardly conceived before
executed. | grasped his throat, choked
him senseless, robbed the body, and
heaved it into tho water, and then fled"
"You don't say SOP" they shouted.
"Facts, gentlemen-cold facts. His
wallet contained $40, 900. [ took So. 900
to replace the stolen money. and with
the rest | bought me the property L now
own across the river. / made a solemn
vow never to speculate again, and l have
kept it."
and were You never found out?"
"Neyer; and I hope none Of you will
peach on me now"
While they looked al each other in a
dazed way the old clerk finished his
beef, wiped off his mouth, and observed:
"Got to go now. Remember mum is
the word. If it's noised around ] might
have the victims heirs bowling around
here for compromise of fifty cents on the
dollar. - WaH Street Nelos.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
Mica Masks.

A well-knOwn German manufacturer
OF mica wares, Herr Raphael, of Breslau.
now makes mica masks for the face.
which are quite transparent, very light.
and affedted neither by heat nor by.
acids. They afford good protection to
all workmen who are liable to be injured
by heat, dust, or noxious vapors, all
workers with fire, and glass METERS
stone-masons, etc. in all kinds of grind
ing and polishing work the flying frag-
ments rebound from tho arched mica
plates of the mask without injurinQ
them. These plates are fixed in a me-
tile frame, which is well isolated by
means of abestos, SO as not to be at
tackled by heat or acid. These masks
allow the turning of the eye many
direction, and, as against mica spectacies.
they afford the advantage of protection
to the whole face. In certain cases the
neck and shoulders may also be guarded
by a sheet of cloth inpregnated with
tire-proof material, or by asbesost
sheet attached to the mask. The inter-
val between the mica and the ewes
allows of workmen who have poor eye
sight wearing spectacles, and of workers
Will nIe u III melJulB operations wear
ing colored glass spectacles under the
mask without fear of breakage of the
glass, mica being such q bad conductor
of heat. Where the mask has to be
long, ii is found desirable to add a
caoutchouc tube with mouth piece for
admission of fresh air the tube passes
out to the shoulders, where its funnel
shaped end sometimes holding 4 moist
ened SPONGE is supported. The mask
has a sort of cap attached to it for fix
ture on the head.-Lonlon Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
Reserved pnwnr

1t is not wise to work constantlv mn
to the rate of which we are capable If
the engineer of the railroad were TO keen
the speed of his train mp to the highest
rate he could obtain with his enoina Il
would soon be used UP. If a horse is
driven at the top Of his speed for any
length OF time, he is ruined. 1t is we'll
enough to try the power occasionally of
a horse or engine, by putting on all the
motion It Will bear, but not continuously.
All 1nachlnists construct their machines
so there shall be q reserve force. If the
power required Is a four-horse. then thew
make a slx-horse power. In this case Il
works easily and lasts long. A man who
has strength enough to do twelve honest
hours u labor in twenty-four. and no
more, should DO but nine or ten hours
WORK. 4he reserve power keeps the
body IN repair. 1t rounds odt the frame
to tnll proportions. 1t keeps the mjnd
cheerful, hopeful, happy. The person
Wlth no reserve force is always incana-
Die q taking IN any more responsibility
than lie already has. A little exertion
puts him out III breath. He cannot in
crease his WORK for an hour without the
N"'t5NA " ~ SAiA'otp4t. Otttfl are Sell-
orally pale, bioOdless, nervous, irritable,
respondent, gloomy. We all pity them.
The great source Of power ia the indi-
vidual Is the blood. 1t runs the ma
chinery Of lie, and upon it depends our
health and strength. A mill on the
stream where water is scanty, can be
worked but 3 portion of the time. So a
man with little good blood can do but
little work. The reserve power must be
stored mp in this fluid. 1t is an old say
ing among stockraisers that ''blood
tell" Il is equally true that blood tells
IN the sense in which we use the word.
II it is only good blood, then the more of
it the better. When the reserve power
OF an individual runs low, it is an indica-
ton that q change is necessary, and that
it is best t. stop expanding and go to
accommodating, just as the miller does
when tae water gets low in the pond.
Sueh q eolaso would save many a person
from pIIYslcai "baukruptcy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
Arctic Banooninr.

MIR. ". MATHEW Williams expresses
Als surprise in the Gentleman's Mqoa.
zane at the large proportion of educated
people who still believe that the balloon
voyage to the North pole projected by
Commander Cheyne will encounter seri-
GUS difficulties on account of intense cold
IN the upper regions in the air during
the Arctic summer. Winter in the Arc
TIC regions is bitterly, horribly cold
and why? Simply because the sun is
altogether below the horizon for months
and all this time the earth is radiating
Its heat into space and receiving none in
eturn. IN summer the case is differ ent.
At Allen, 81 degrees north of the Arctic
circle, barley has been seen to grow two
and a half inches, and peas three inches
III twenty-four hours. At Hammerfest,
still further north, the hay is made in a
month after the snow has left the ground.
In Greenland, from which most of our
descriptions of Arctic climate are de-
tr1yed, he summer is married by the gla-
cIers, which fill up all the valleys land
How down flords and sea channels,
where, by their immersion in salt water.
q freezing mixture is produced. The
ottAAHlci tJlllptl abNIt 10 IttlltGu Dy THESE
glaciers just as 1t is in Switzerland,
where a few steps carry the tourist from
the %ecorching hillside to the frigid at
mosphere that stand overthe glacer, andi
has such a curious celebrating effect di-
rectly he steps upon the ice. The Sibe-
Ran plains are fed by no such accumula-
tons OF mountain ice, and hence the sun
does its full work in warming the earth
directly the snow has vanished.
A balloon floating well above the
Greenland ice would enjoy a luxurious
summer climate the sun would shine
upon it continuously, and some part of
its rotundity would always receive per-
pendicular rays, even with the sun on
the horizon. The elevation above the
lower humid atmosphere would remove
much of the chief cause Of the difference
between the direct heating power of the
polar and tropical sun rays, viz. the alb
sorption of a greater quantity of heat by
aqueous vapor through which the OBJ
hque rays usually travel. -Enchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14

Ii A recent lecture, Professor Edward
Frankland stated that six millions of tons
OF coal are probably burned in London
during the winter months, and the
quantities of steam, SCOT, tar and sui
phurous acid discharged into the air as
products Of this combustion are enor-
nous. These products unite to form
the london fogs. Steam supplies the basis
of all fog, and the yaporparticles become
covered with tar, which renders them
more permanent; dirt is necessary to
produce fog, while sulphurous acid pro
notes it. Dir. FARMLAND illustrated
these points by experiment. To prove
the effect Of dirt IN the air he filed a
large flask with moist air freed from dirt
by filtering, then cooled the flask. when
a slight mist was formed which disap-
peared in a moment; repeating the
experiment with air containing its 0
NAL charge Of dir:, The fog was much
more dense and lasting. larry matters
render fogs Persistent by retarding evap-
Grafton. He believes that the general
substitution of anthracite for bitumin-
Il coal would do much toward freeing
the metropolis from its fogs, as the dis.
charge of tar and SCOT into the atmos-
phere woald thus be vastly lessened.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14

Men of genius are hedged about by
privileges to which the coarser clay OF
humanity pay an involuntary respect
and homage. Mr.. l.. was a man oil
genius. One day a friend called to see
him and was informed by the girl who
answered the door-bell that her master
was not receiving visitors. whats the
matter with him?" he asked. Hes
got an attack Of the liver complaint
"Is that all Then he'll see me. 81
guess not" said the girl quickly, a.,
firmly, "when his bile amt a worAir
right he wants particular to be let 81 :.
as he allus writes poetry"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
A Matter OF Economy.

"That last butter I got from you" re.
marked the clearinghouse keeper to
the grocer, twas rather strong"
In his blandest way the grocer began
toexplain the matter, butwas interrupted
by:
"Have you got any more Of it?"
eve have it; but We have Just re-
ceived m excellent lot of the choi ,est. u
GLOW much is it?'
"Forty-fve cents a pound for the
best. We sell the other at forty"
"Well. now lust let me think" said
the 1oarGng-house man, reAectively.
"When [ get nice butter they gel
away with t'oVt four pounds a day.
That's twenty-eight pounds a week. and
it costs S12.60. That last four pounds
got from You lasted two weeks, and
used the last Of il this morning to grease
my boots. Gimme four pounds of your
forty cent butter."-OH CIfy Derrick.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
A Malicious Druggist.

A man who at onetime dealt in drugs
and groceries at Rome, n. y, had the
curiosity to keep Che hulk of the mis-
spelled notes which he received from
various sources and paste them IN a
scrap book. The Sentinel publishes
half a column of specimens, from which
We Gull the following:
Oae small scrap Of paper contains
simply the words Gear bollck assid.
Another contains the cabalastic words
"SUrep ePcak.
No one except q druggist would know
that tie person who wrote for ''perovd
bark aitl ailus' wanted Peruvian bark
and aloes.
The person who wrote for ''one ounce
Of eraac Of supplement" wanted corrosive
snblimate, no deubt.
A person with n weak back writes for
a "Borous Plaster."
A ''shaInie leather skin is called for
by a person who wants a chamois slim.
'Bickremen5 Of potash" which is
called for IN one note, probably means
bicuromate Of potash.
Ia another note ~biehromate Of potash
is tortured into ''prock mate of potash. +"
'B'udroot" and "iiqurash" are called
for N another note.
Some persons wrote for ''anuf yellow
to cullor to bh's of cotton rags"
Opodetdoa IS spelled ''oberdelduck"
IN one note, a1d ia anotlrr seidlitz pow
ders c me in tor the following "Satlife
POWDER"
Ut WIS d very careful person who
wrote |Biaguesia thus e'Mao-ue-cia."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
Ike Manla for Collecting.

1t was born within man 10 collect
something and 5iis something is usually
ndt moaey. Egary boy has been through
tte VARIOUS collection nanIas as he en-
dare't ti- various ailments known to
childhood Some were fatal. except to
tfas ahi money. Some Of these things
colt aled have becu STAGED under the
b al 4 "lgtbbi h. But this is met and
q saravad hy Tie state ment that what
ever adds to ia39's happiness is not rub
hi7h. There vtesaman Vallknown intllis
ans vlfo collected tin boilers. His plea
~a5 tiat they woali come in play some
tins. ila id not 1--we long enough to
SEQ the o,d tn boilers made Eeefpl. Col
15ct#ls 81 autographs atill worry public
mon and waruen, lat with less zeal, It's
SAID, than 1--we or ten years ago. Some
persons collect m~onograms, all with
pas 9 to SO ia a book. Others collect
bridesmaids and devices Of various
KINDS. Heraldry has some deyo!ees.
Badge collectors form a new specie Of
the same genera. Badges, all Of silk.
sone must have, and others will take
aay tho market affords. Medals belong
To CONS properly and with them are
i'' =" '''" "Ap ms are among Ine
new Go so1ao persous) freaks and ~fancies.
Single hairs or locks OF noted men and
women are pinned on the album page
and i5belcd. a hair from the head of
George Washington aud one from that
81 N ory Clly are found in an album in
thif city. 1t is hardly worth space to
mention that young men Of more OF less
Intelligence are collecting h~air-pins, put
ting taem IN a book and labelling them
with tie vearcr's name. But that has its
a'yaut as. It keeps fools out Of worse
employment. The qHilt-pieee search
c'e. On stal, AID tie card mania is not
ae"d. OLD or new postage stamps are
p q maad still g.asace journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14

SEVERAL residents Of Norwich, Conn,
recently witnessed what they call a
singular luu0r phenomenon" 1.-TWO
pylamloat luminous protuberances APP
pcared en- the rnoen's upper limb" III
they hid staid in The cin-mill till morn
iog, Instead Of trying to g.t home be-
fore Daylight. their dclirsln tremens
would have taken sqr1c other form.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14

Aetes were. first printed il
i.1- The first authentic Us.
81. instrument constructed OF
iAe E2# gn organ was
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
DR.. FISHBLATT,

Graduate Of one Of the most eminent Colleges Of
the United States, has effected some Of the most
astonishing cures that were ever known: MANY
tronbled with ringing in the head and ears when
asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at GER
tain sounds. with frequent blushiDg. attended
sometimes with arrangement Of the mind. were
cured Immediately.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
Deformities,
Spinal and
Chronic
Diseases,

Dyspepsia, Asthma, Angina, Pectogis, Chlorosis.
Loss of Voice, Rheumatism. Rheumatic Cont,
Liver Disease. all kinds Of Sexual Weakness.
Diabetes, Headache. Nervous Irritation OF the
Brain, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Disease of the Heart,
Eruptive Diseases, Commissions, Hysteria, Mem
ralgia. Thrush. Congestion of the Spleen, Irrita.
ton of stomach Diseases OF Kidneys, Liberation
and Displacement of the Womb, Morbid Appe.
lite, Wakefulness, General Debility.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
wv. 3. Baxter.

Lancaster, Wisconsin, Leading Dealer in Drugs,
Medicines. Chemical Patent Medicines. Soaps,
Brushes, Perfumery, Dye Woods & Dye Stuffs,
Toilet Articles and Fancy Goods. Physicians
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Day and
Night with Neatness and Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
DR.. FISHBLATT

Has discovered the greatest cure in the world
for weakness Of the back and limbs, involuntary
discharges, imp0tency. gendral debility, nervous
ness, languor, confusion of ideas, palness of
sight or giddiness, diseases of the throat. nose.
or skin, affections of the liver, lungs. stomach or
bowels-thosc terrible disorders arising from
solitary practices more fatal to their victims than
the songs OF the sirens to the Mariners of Ulys-
ses. blightingthelr most radiant hopes or antici-
pations, rendering marriage impossible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-14
YOUNG MEN


Married persons. or young men contemplating
aware of physical weakness 1oss Of
provocative power, impotency), nervous debility,
or any other disqualihcations, speedily relieved.
who places himself under the care of DR..
may religiOusly confde in his honor as
gentleman, and confidently rely upon his skill
as a physician.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-05-06
THE sCOURGE OF WHISKY.

Alcohol Kills More People than the
Yellow Fevcr-The Statistics to That
Effect.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-05-06
A Revenue Discovery.

Last week, United States Marshal Hink-
ley OF Saginaw, was in Vassar working
up a recent discovery in regard to the re-
failing of cOlOgnes and other perfumery
in bulk. 1t seems that the revenue laws
require tax of four cents upon each
dollar of the selling price; and that the
manufacturers or wholesalers have been
selling their goods to the druggists
stamped only to cover the wholesale price.
This was sufficient to clear themselves
of the law, but the druggists and other
retailers, inn0cently enough, suppOsing
that the stamping was sufficient, the
same as upon cigars and matches, have
retailed the goods for years, insufficient
ly stamped. The marshal now requires
that all the goods now in stock be stamp
ed up, and that, as it will be impossible
to get an acknowledgement of the past sales,
each retailer shall make out sworn es-
innate of the amount he has sold. Moth
ing criminal is charged upon the retail
ers, and the whole affair can only be
counted as peice of sharp practice OH
the part Of the wholesalers, who have
imposed upon their customers to this ex-
tent and left them in ignorance of the
deficiency. The amount of bulk per-
fumes sold in Vassar has been compare
lively small, as large quantities have
been sold in small bottles, which have
been properly stamped. Druggists Bull
lard and johnson have made their esti-
mates, which show tax due of IS and
$l0respectively. and it is understood
that one druggist in East Saginaw will
have to make up shortage of $50.
Some of the perfumers will catch a
blessing when the drummers come
around again.-V dssdr Pioneer.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-05-06
Sure cure for COrns.

sure OuHe hOE
Bijah walked them out together. One
was man with professional look and
All easy air, and the other drew his foot
after him as he walked and seemed ready
to give the battle with life.
(which of you is named JOnesw asked
the Court.
Il am" replied the professional.
"Then this other must be named Mil
ler?"
81 belief dot is me-" was the faint re-
ply:
"Well, prisoners, you are charged with
disturbing the peace of the people of the
state of Michigan. That means that you
had row on the street and were chOk-
ing each other to kill when the officer
arrived.
"May it pleased the Court" began the
professional in answer, as he squared off,
II am comparative stranger in your
beautiful city. In the glorious sun
shine of yesterday afternoon was walk
ing up GratiOt Avenue when l encOun-
tered this fiend in human shape"
"Do you refer to Mr.. MillerY
81 do"
"WelI, don't be quite so blunt. Refer
to him as fellow mortal, instead of
fend."
"Very we'll, sir. I was passing along
the street when he seized me and began
to pour out upon my head such phials of
wrath that was dumbfOunded. l took
him for crank and endeavOred to pass
on, but he detained me. 1t was only
when discovered that he meant to do
me personal injury that resisted.
That's all, sir"
swell, Mr.. Miller, what have you got
to say!"l
"vheli, Shudge, like to pull off my
shoe and show you my corn"
"GOt corn, eh?"
at yhas der biggest corn in der whole
world, ind it bains me SO dot / hope l
slump in der river
"Well, go on"
"Vhell, about a month ago this man
come in to my blaze und said he could
cure dot corn shust as easy as rolling off
some logs. Dot make me as hapl y
as some new boots on boy, und 1
paid him two dollars und tells him to
60 aheadt."
she warranted cure, did hep"
'He tells me if he doan't cure dot corn
he hangs himself NIT clOthes-line."
"Well?"
"Vhell, he only makes me worse.
| O-0-O-0h! Shudge, but yhaS lame una
seek und madt und almost dealt. Dot
corn vhas bigger as pefore. When [ see
dis man on der street yesterday Ivhants
my two dollars back, ind L fells dot |
must pOundt his headt. Dots all | hat
to say"
"Mr. Jones, do you remove cOrns?"
81 do. sir, but when the corn covers the
whole foot have to take little longer
to do it,"
"Well, the law has nothing to do with
cOrns. The law found you disturbing
the peace, and"
81 take an exception interrupted the
professional.
"Und L takes chair if could" grOan-
ed the patient.
"Mr. Jones, | shall fine you five dol
lars"
Il appealp'
THE appeal is noted. Will you pay or
go up for thirty days?"
Il said l appealed"
"Yes; but You'll find yourself going to
the Work House for thirty days if you
don't pay up. Mr.. Miller, you are fined
three dollars"
The professional paid under protest,
and the patient said lie was sorry he
hadn't been sentenced to be shot, as life
was burden to him, and Bijah cleared
the platform for a new drawing.-De-
trOH Free Press.