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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-02-22

a warm one, but a process Of logical
sitting shows that to remain an idea
only. In Paris lovely spring cloaks are
made OF lace over colored satin, and
very thin woods are utilized for the same
purpose. So, you see, a long cloak can
be
EITHER THICK OR THIN,
and can be worn by either the Young
or the elderly, especially the latter.
There is fiippancy about the jacket
which suits not the lady who for many
years has weathered the storms of mat
rimonial life, and for her the dignity of
a prolonged garment is more in keep
ing. Young ladies have greater free
dom, and wear either or both, As the
paternal purse may give consent.
Each year the fancy for rugs seems
to grow and as the fancy grows so
grows a wherewithal to satisfy it. In
place of carpets, come very large rugs,
the one sufficient for u room, and which
are spread over mattings or painted
floors as the case may be. The advan-
tage of this over the carpet that must
be re-cut and re-fit every time one moves
the migratory Newly Yorker alone can
tell. We think of these things, now
that
THE IsJUcT or NAV TnnzyS ffrs
and nobody knows where anybody is
going to be. From the above climax
of rug, we have them in every size
down to convenient little things put any
where and everywhere, as the good
wife fancies, As late Improvement,
come rolls of carpeting with fringe
on the edge. These are cheaper than
the genuine rug, and also as desirable
Housekeepers may also note that
Horsford's Baking Powder is coming
more and more into favor. This is the
invention of Professor Horsford Of
Cambridge, whose Acid Phosphate rank
high with the medical profession. and
the same scientific principles which have
rendered that SO excellent remedy,
have produced ingredients that restore
to biscuits, cakes, etc, the nutritive
phosphates lost in the process Of bolt
ing.
One set of fashionables have their
panes of glass cut very small, in imita-
ton of some old ancestral homes
Others adopt the modern elegance of
an entire pane.
at is hard to tell '.master from man,
as the exquisite now initiates as nearly
as possible the attire of his coachman.
Lucy CARTER.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-02-22

Buuermilk is said to have healing
qualities. II is certainly sofiening and
soothing to the flesh.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-02-22

The cotton, wool and live stock ex-
ported from Texas last year was valued
nj $50, 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-02-22
Auction.

-, GTl6h. i f3sn sold d n, ny
town of Little
Grant six miles Northeast of Bloomington and
ten miles from Lancaster, will offer for sale al
auction to the highest bidder. on
TUESDAY. MARCHG
Sale to commence AT ten o'clock a. m. the fol
lowing stock, Farming Implements. Grain etc
lowit Fifty-eight head Of cattle namely, IA
steers coming three year old, Il coming Two wear
old 10 three and two year old Ueifers mileh
Cows and calves. all fine graded stock Nine
Horses, as follows: Three work Horses. three
aud two year old Colt. > yearhng Colts and >
Brood Mares. Fifty-eight sheep mostly Ewes
% Shotes. pair Of Bob Sleds ] Lumber Wagon
! two Horse Catter. 3 sets Of Harness and the
following Farming Utensils one Seeder
Drill. ? Snlky Corn Plows Marsh Harvester ,
Stnbble Plows. HArrowS, 20 bushels good Seed
Corn. 20 tons Of Hay. some Potatoes. and Other
things too numerous to mention
TERMS OF SALE: All sums Of ten dollars
and under Cash; all sums over that amount.
nine months credit. good approved note with in
terest at per cent Two per cent, off for cash
on sums over SO. DELOS ABRAMS.
5Hd GEO. LuMPKINs Auctioneer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-02-22

An ear Of corn raised by j. G. Scott,
OF Pike county Mo-, had twenty four
rows and 1,420 grains.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-02-22

an idea that long cloak ought to be
warm one, but process Of logical
sitting shows that to remain an idea
only. In Paris lovely spring cloaks are
made of lace over colored satin, and
very thin woods are utilized for the same
purpose. So, you see, long cloak can
-.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
THE ACTION OF THE HEART.

AS with each stroke the heart projects
several ounces of blood into the conduits
of the system, and as it does so some 70
times every minute, and 4,200 in an hour
this implies that it does the same thing
100,S00 times in twenty-four hours, 80,
100000 in year and more than 1850,
100000 times in a life of seventy years.
The mechanical force that is exerted at
each stroke amounts to a pressure OF
thirteen pounds upon the entire charge
of blood that has to be pressed outward
through the branching network of vessels.
According to the lowest estimate that has
been made, this gives an exertion of force
that would be adequate in another form
high every twenty four hours. Yet the
piece of living mechanism that is called
upon to do this, and to do it without a
pause for three-score years and ten with
out being itself worn out by the effort, is
small bundle of flesh that rarely weighs
more than eleven ounces. It is in the
nature of the case, also, it must be re-
membered, that this vital machine cannot
be at any time stopped for repair. If it
gets out of order it must be set right as it
runs. To stop the beating of the heart
for more than the briefest interval, would
be to change life into death. The nara
tive of what medical science has done to
penetrate into the secrets of this delicate
force-pump, SO jealouslY guarded from
the intrusion of the eye that it cannot
even be looked into until its action has
ceased, is, nevertheless, long history of
wonders. BY means of the spygmograph
"a writing style attached to the wrist by
system of levers and springs-the pulse
is made to record actual autographs of
cardiac and muscular arrangement
Edinburgh ReUieao.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
THE SCOTT LIQUOR LAW.

COLUMBUS, o., June 28.-The, Supreme
Court to-day gave out its opinion in over
5000 words in the Scott Liqour Tax law,
holding it valid and constitutional ex-
cept the second section, wherein it is held
not to apply to leases executed prior to
the passage of the act, as no contracts
made can be violated. Leases, however,
entered into subsequent to the passage of
the law came within its purview, the
same as rentals, wherein the collection of
a tax is first lien on the premises. The
court held that to subject freehold pro-
vided for by the statute, when made
against a tenant for carrying on business
upon premises leased prior to the passage
of the statute, would be an unwarrantable
interference with private property, sub
jecting one mans property to the pay
ment of another's debts If this inirmity
can be taken out of the statute, by ap-
plying it Oniy y to cases arising under Leases
executed after the passage of the statute,
it is our duty to so construe it. Every
presumption must be taken in favor of
the validity of the statutes. 1t will be
presumed that the Legislative intent was
to apply the statute to subsequent leases
only, if necessary 10 preserve it from con-
stitutional objection. 1t will never be
presumed that the Legislature intended
to pass an unconstitutional law.
The opinion goes into lengthy argu-
ment, showing the difference between the
Scott law and the Pond law; thatIthe lat
Ter, with its boud feature, implied licenses
which are constitutionally prohibited;
that the Scott law differs fundamentally
on this ground, and is in no sense a
license, according to the best authorities
Oh the definition of license.
The point is made that declaring one
section partially null and void does not
destroy the validity of the law as whole,
and its legality is thereby not affected.
SupremesJudge Okey dissents; Judges
Johnson, McIlvain, Doyle and Upson
concur, Last year the decision was four
to one the other way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04

A Ton OF Trout. Yesterday morning
about 10 o'clock one of the men who was
working alongside Lake Bigler wood
flume at at the lumber-yard in Carson
called out to the men below that all the
fish in Lake Bigler were coming down
the fume. A few seconds later school
offish struck the apparatus which is:plac-
ed in the hume to turn sticks of timber
over the edge of the fume, and being sud-
denly DETECTED ell all over the workmen.
Thesswater was airly bristling with trout
and suckers, and they came in irregular
numbers, about six inches long, and all
alive. Nearly ton of the fish fell un-
der the fume, and the workmen took
them away in baskets. A ton Of fish in
half an hour is about the best score on
record for Nevada. is believed that
they were crowded into the supply pond
of the fume by the storm, and then driv-
en- into the fiume in punches of say two
or three dozen in bunch. They would
strike the defectOr and fly in all direc-
tions. This thing was keptup for nearly
half an hour, when they got beautifully
less, and then ceased coming altogether
They were mostly brook trout Carson
(NeO.) Appeal.
Young ENGIsHWoMEN.-I is said
that young Englbhwomen of the middle
and upper ranks are physically stronger
than their compeers in any other Eu.
ropean country OF in the United States
Well. bred American.girls are famous for
an elegant and refined type of loveliness
French ladies are the best dressed in the
world: the youthful trauleins of Germany
have the finest heaGs of hair; the Spanish
girls the brightest eyes to be found any
where, and in Venice and Florence may
be seen, to this day, direct descendants
of those old World blonde beauties, still
fresh and fair upon the canvas of Titan.
| When, however, al is said that courtesy
to the foreigner demands, young Eng
| lish ladies remain stouter of limb,
clearer Of complexion, and altogether
more hearty than others elsewhere. Plain
food sound sleep, suitable clothing, ex-
ercise in the open ar and the plentiful
application ofsoap and water are the hi
gienic open secrets for the preservation
of health in the human being; and the
use of those aids. helped bya climate
favorable to physical development and
personal beauty, have made young En-
glishwomen what they are at their best.
London StandaaH
1t looks very mucL as if Miss Rose
Hoverman, of Greeusburg, Pa, was not
born to be married, as she has twice been
deprived of husband upon the very eve
of the nuptials. A gentleman she was
engaged to three years ago died two days
before the time set for the marriage, and
on Monday last David Price was drowned
at Lathrope, Pa, Just two weeks before
he was to be married to her. The lady is
only 18 years old.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
"TORPEDOING" AN OIL WE'LL

In his illustrated articIe.o Striking
OIL" in the July Century, E. Y. Small
ley says: When we'll fails it is usually
''torpedoed" to start the flow afresh. a
long tin tube, containing six or eight
quarts of nitro-glycerine. is lowered into
the hole and exploded by dropping a
weight upon it. The tremendous force
of the powerful explosive tears the sand
rock apart and loosers the imprisoned
oil and gas. Nothing is heard on the
surface save sharp report like a pistol
shot, but the ground heaves perceptlbly,
and pretty soon the oil comes squirting
out in jet that breaks in spray above
the lofty derrick The torpedo man" is
one of the interesting personagas of the
oil region who is seen with most satisfac-
ton from distance. He travels about
in light vehicle, with his tubes and his
nitro-glycerine can, travcrsing the rough
roads at jolly round trot, taking the
chances of an accidental explosion, and
whistling or singing as he goes. Some
times the chances are against him, and
blow of wheel against a stone sets free
the terrible force imprisoned in the
white fluid in his can. There is no occa.
sion for funeral after such an accident,
for there is nothing to bury. Man, horse
and buggy are annihilated in flash,
aad an ugly hole in the ground and a
cloud of smoke are all that is left to
show what has happened. TIE torpedo
company buys new horse and hires a
new man, and there is no more difficulty
about one transaction than the other.
The business of "torpedoing" wells is in
the hands of a single company, which
has made large amount of money from
patent covering the process of using eX-
/ plosives under fluid. Mot oil produc-
ers regard the patent as invalid, because
nature supplies the fluid in the we'll into
which the nif,oglycerlne tube is lower
ed; but the courts have sustained the
patent. Sometimes well-owners "torpe-
do" their wells stealthily by night to
avoid paying the high price charged by
the company. This operation is called
"moonlighting" and many lawsuits have
grown out CT il,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
FORT ATKINSON.

Hon. Knute Nelson, Congressman elect
on the Fifth district, of Minnesota, was
in town on Monday.
The Northwestern Manufacturing Co.
Of this city and turning out great guam
tity of their light and spring wagons, and
are much behind their orders for the
same. They have adopted steel reach
and and angle brace for the same that is
giving great satisfaction.
The old Heath Grist mill at Urfurt ID
Sullivan, has been purchased by part
les who have expended $4,000, by put
ting in rollers for the manufacturer oi
-four. The wheat for the same is hauled
from Sullivan station 21a miles distant
The Evergreen Cemetery Association
have built neat fence in front of the
cemetery grounds, and otherwise improv
ed the appearance Of the grounds.
The city council are putting up bel
tower for the fire department, on the roo
of the City Hail. When the new fire
bell is hung, its notes can be heard fal
and near.
G. L. Cole and E. P. May returned OF
Tuesday from Denver, where they went
10 inspect the mining property they have
in the vicinity of Georgetown: They ex
press themselves as highly pleased with
the developments that are being made IN
| their mine Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04

A freak of nature in the strawberry
line was shown us Tuesday by William
Hilliker. When shown to US it was moth
but common-sized berry, and had all
the appearances of regular delegate.
Mr.. Hilliker states, however, that on
Monday it measured four inches in cir
cumference, and had shrunk to the size
of a common berry in twenty four hours.
Before another issue of the Leader,
DR.. d. A. Mitchell will probably have
taken his departure for Spokan Falls,
Washington Territory, where he conten-
plates making a permanent location.
The DIR. mas practiced in Lake Mills and
cicinity since 1876.
Levi Ostrandef returned from Man
torville on Wednesday; he contemplates
leaving for Washington Territory next
week.
G. Earl, of Milford has located in Lake
Mills sas successor to DIR. D. A. Nit
chell.-Le0der.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
JUMBO STRAWBERRIES.

This is the year of large strawberries"
said Mr.. Jimeson, of West Washington
Market, to a journalier. "Here is one
that measures thirteen inches in circum-
ference, and the man who shipped it to
me picked ninety quarts from one patch
that averaged ten berries to the quart.
But the trouble is we can't get a price
for them. Those berries should bring
from 70 to 40 cents quart, and it is hard
work to get Is for them, while nearly all
the berries that arrive are double the
usual size, and 9 and 10 cents a quart is
the best we can get for them. [ expect
IN few years to see berries as large as
pineapplesn'
Strawberries are picked mostly by
class Of persons who are anxious to get
away from the large cities. They leave
the cities about the time the season opens
and wander up into Ulster and Duchess
county, New York, where the great Der
ry fields are located about the towns of
Marlborough, Milton, Highlands Tivoli
and into Bergen county, New jersey, and
hire out to the berry owners to pick for
21a cents per qnart and cent cup and
their board; or some board themselves.
Many Of the pickers are Germans who
build rude stanties and buy cheap pro.
visions and live comfortably, earning from
81 to 1926 per day.
BY the time the strawberries are gone,
the raspberry season commences; then
gooseberries, currants and cherries, and
SO they are given steady employment for
two months; some remain through har-
Yesting.
The picking is accomplished as follows:
A dozen quart or pint boxes are placed
on board attached to handle, the ber-
ries are picked directly into the boxes,
and are not touched again until the con-
sumer makes them ready for the table.
The Delaware berries are picked mostly
by darkies, who, when they pick a dozen
quarts, deliver them to the overseer, who
hands them check good for certain
amount at the village store.-Neso York
Morning -J0uJnal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04


HAY FEvER.-From Col J. Maidhof,
OF New York: -"I have suffered severely
for the last ten years from hay fever in
early and midsummer and in the fall. l
desire in the interest OF my fellow-sufer-
ers to testify in favor of Ely's Cream
Balm. My short use of it demonstrated
its efficacy .MAIDHoF, 401 Broadway.
1t is easily applied.
can recommend Ely's Cream Balm
to all hay fever sufferers, it being, in my
opinion, founded upon experience and a
sure cure. l was afflicted with hay fever
for twenty five years, and never before
found permanent relief.-WEBsTER II.
HAsKINs, MARsHFIELD, VT.
My brother Myron and myself were
both cured to all appearance. Of catarrh
and hay fever last July and August. Up
to this date, Dec. %, neither have had
any return Of these troubles. Ely's Cream
Balm was the medicine used. GABRIEL
FERRIS, Spencer, Tioga, Co., n. Y, 38
How TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE
Henry Thompson has written letter to
The Lancet about cigarette smoking. He
points out that in the East a cigarette
without mouthpiece is rarely smoked
more than half way through, and thus
very little of the offensive oil of tobacco
reaches the smokers mouth. Here, where
tobacco is dear, he suggests that the hold
er should always be used, and he says
that he himself invented one, which
opened transversely in the middle, dis
closing small cavity which is filled with
cotton wool to catch the oil. Smoked
simply" Sir Henry continues, "and with
cotton wool interposed, do not hesitate
to regard the cigarette as the least potent,
and therefore the least injurious, form of
tobacco smoking
A New York gentleman owns the car
riage in which George Washington rode
when President of the United States.
Tie carriage was known to the people as
the white chariot, and it was used by
Washington when he made his presiden-
tial trip from Mount Vernon through the
Southern States, journeysof ], 900 miles.
1t will probably be sent to the Louisville
Exposition.
Graveyard insurance is rapidly on
the decline The recent report of the In
surance Commissioner of Pennsylvania,
where the system originated, and where
it has chiefly fourished. show that there
are but thirty.seven cooperative or as
sessment insurance companies reporting
to the department, against l52 last year.
1t is hoped the fraudulent ones have
been welded out
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
How Watch Cases are Made.

Most persons have an ambition to carry
a gold watch case, and yet few people know
how watch case is made, or the vast diff
ference in Inequality of them. InaSoLID
GOLD WATCH CASE, aside from the neces-
sary thickness for engraving and polishing,
large proportion of the metal is needed
only to stiffen and hold the engraved por-
tions IN place, and supply strength. The
surplus is not only needless, but undesira-
BILE, because gold is a soft metal and cannot
furnish the stiffness, strength and elasticity
necessary to make the case permanently
strong and close-ftting. The perfect watch
case must combine gold with some metal
that will supply that in which the gold is
deficient This has been accomplished by
the James Boss Gold Watch Case 40. M,sx
which saves the WASTE of need . d
less gold, and INCREASES the soLIDITY and
STRENGTH of the case, and at the same time
reduces the cost ONE HALF.
stamp Keystone Watch Case Factories PhlA
dephia Pa handsome illustrated Pamphlet showing how
James BOsa' and KeystOne Watch Cases made.
he oonfiu,tedN j
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
LAKE MILLS.

John Schuyler, of Fort Atkinson was
in town yesterday looking after the but
ter and cheese products of this section,
and bought 378 cheese Of the factories at
MilforE, Faville Grove and of one other
factory, at prices ranging from s "a to
s $40 cents.
George Doolittle says others may "take
the cake but he takes the pickereI that
kicked the beam at 16 pounds.
VIM. Bragg, one of the oldest residents
of Lake Mills, died at his home on We'd
nesday morning.
The new bank is rapidly going up un-
der the trowels of the Spanglers of jeff
erson. Last week the vault door was
placed in position and the vault erected.
To see the construction of it would be a
poser on a burglar, and no one need fear
for the safety of their wealth within it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04

PENNSYLVANIA POLTrICs.-C. L. Magee,
one of the Regular Republican leaders in
Pennsylvania, has no doubt that harmony
will prevail in the party in that State.
He says that everything that the Inde-
pendents demanded has been conceded,
consequently they have noigrievance any
longer. The prospects of success he be-
lieves depend somewhat upon the result
in Ohio. If the latter State elects For
aker Pennsylvania will give an old-time
Republican majority, but there will be
be a hard struggle if Hoadley succeeds.
Mr.. Magee says that Senator Cameron is
doing nothing to influence the selection
of candidates on the Republican ticket
or to control the party in any way, and
he will probably not be a candidate for
reelection to the. Senate in 1856. These
statements of an old time Cameron leader
show how completely the defeat of last
year changed the attitude of the Regular
Republicans. Indeed the Independents
triumphed so absolutely that they appear
to be entirely satisfied without putting
forth any further effort.-Nea0 York
Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
JEFFERSON.

The golden rays that have tinged 90
years of married life for Mr. Romould
Weiss, and Mrs. Mary Weiss, were duly
observed in the celebration of their Gold
eu Wedding last Wednesday, June GOTH
VIM. Prell. % years of age, son of Carl
Prell, who resides southeast Of this city
met his death by drinking too much cold
water after working his system into a
fever heat while laboring beneath the
hot sun of that day.
Thos. Conan started for Minneapolis,
Mimi, last Tuesday. May success at
tend him.
Judge Bennett, in sentencing Lenk.
the forger, was so eloquent, sympathetic
as man, and yet SO stern as ajudge, as to
bring tears into the eyes Of nearly all who
heard him.-Bdnner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04

INDIANS WITH TAILs.-RIo JANEIRO.
May 26.-The existence Of a tribe of In
dians in Paraguay with tails is asserted,
apparently on good authority. An Ar
gentine domiciled in the Argentine mis-
sion has a yerba establishment in the Para
guayan missions in district called Tu-
curu-Tuyu. While collecting the yerba
in the yerba woods one day his mules
were attacked by some Guayacuyes In
dians, who fed after killing several mules.
The muleteers pursued, !fring,on the Indi-
ans, one of whom, boy of z or s years,
was wounded and captured. This boy
was brought to Posadas, the Argentine
residence of Don Francisco Goicochoe,
the Argentine referred to, and excited
much wonder, and some Germans photo
graphed him, he having tail six or eight
inches long. The boy is very ugly, but
his body is not covered with hair. A
brother, in possession of Colonel Rude.
cindo Roca, has also tail. and it is said
that all the tribe are similarly adorned.