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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-03

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
A Matter of Principle,

"Say, Uncle Mose," said young Jake
Snow, as he met the old man; "who
am dis aunty -monoply / heerd some oh
de folks talkin' about?"
Hush, chile, doan go roun' 'sposen'
yer ign'rence like dat. Aunty- monopoly
amt nobody but jes wat sum people
b'leeves"
"How's dat?"
IVY, yer see, wen q man has all
dere is, OATS monopoly. An wen you
doan b'leeve in one man habin' all dere
is, OATS aunty-monop1y."
How'd dey git to calm hit dat way,
Uncle Nose? Doan peer to me to hab
much sense in hit no way"
Now ies hole on, an let me 'splain.
Dere was ole niger name Monopoly
an he had power o chickens. An
dere ware ole Aunty Monopoly as hadn't
none, an she was posed to ole Monop-
'ly habin' all dem pullets he's ownse'f.
OATS de way hit fust started. an now
w'eneber man hab all dey is, dey SAYS
he's ole Monopoly, an wen annuder ono
haint got nothin' an wants to divide,
den dey say he's ole Aunty- Monopoly. I"
as you for Aunty- Monopoly, Uncle
Mose?'
"Now, see yer, chile, dis am mattah
oh princerple. TIE got lot oh chick
ems an a COW, darfo', ON de chicken an
COW question pze monopoly. But Ross
chile hab bank an railrode, darfo'.
ON de bank an railrode question TIE
aunty-monop1y cherry time. Dis yer
fing am matter OBJ princerple. -
I'erds Siftipqs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
A Glove Fight.

New YORK, May 13.-Eight thousand
people gathered at Madison Square Gar
den, to witness the glove fight between
Charley Mitchell and Billy Edwards.
The latter appeared to be overturned.
Mitchell was picture of health and in
perfect condition. The men had never
seen each other before. Edwards led
with blow at Mitchell's body, which
had little effect. except to set the mob
bowling. Edwards hit again with his
lett, but was neatly stopped and received
a counter on the head that made him
turn. He danced off with Mitchell after
him, and finally fell under the rope in
his corner. While on his knees Mitch
ell hit him twice in the face The crowd
yelled '.foul" persistentiy.
Captain Williams appeared and told
Mitchell to go to his corner, which
Mitchell was disinciined to do and Ed
wards came up to him. Both put up
their hands but Williams insisted upon
a rest.
At the opening of the second round
Edwards hit short with his left and
Mitchell went for him right and left,
knocking him down four times within
as many minutes. After the fourth
knock down Captain Williams again
interfered and separated the men in
spite of the unwillingness of Mitchell
In the third round Edwards came up
smiling, but very groggy, and was
promptly floored by Mitchell with a
right handler. Mitchell was preparing
for another onslaught when Edwards
should get to his feet, when Captain
Williams stopped the fight and the
match was declared draw. Edwards
was completely used up and could
hardly stand. Mitchell showed great
improvement in style. and is anxious to
meet Sullivan again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
A Remarkable Case.

BUFFALO, New York, May ia
man named Thomas Edmundson, of
Nebraska, has been arrested in this city
on charge of insanity. He was bound
for Europe. and on leaving his home in
Nebraska was believed to be perfectly
sane. When he reached Philadelphia
be acted in such a strange manner that
he was set down as a crank He sold
his steamship ticket for trifie, pur-
chased several railroad tickets for diff
erent points West and South, land finally
brought up in Buffalo, where he was
arrested in IN almost destitute condition.
On being examined by the police sur
geon he was pronounced insane and
at once committed to the state asylum
where he remains. The authorities
communicated with his family, and
after some correspondence Edmund
sons brother agreed to come down and
take him back. A few days ago let
ter was received from Edmundson' S
brother stating that he would be here
to take him home. Saturday the broth
er arrived and presented himself at
the office of the Superintendent of the
Poor. The stranger had not been in
the Office five minutes before the officials
realized that they had another maniac
to deal with. The unfortunate man
was Immediately placed under arrest
Whether he became insane on the trip
from Nebraska or not is at present n
mystery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
False Perceptions.

The simplest forms oI insanity ato
those which consist merely Of false pei
t-ptions, and they are not Of such
{ aracter a 10 lessen the responsibility
CT the Individual. There are two forl:.
o. false ccptions-illusions and kai-
'lcinations. Uncou,plicated illusion.
sre rare; still there is no doubt tlq,
there arc illusions not thc results of dis
case III the organs of Sease or OF err
cumstances unf.lvorabe to exact per-
ception, but which are due to morbid
condition of the perceptioual ganglia,
and the unreal nature of which is
clearly recognized by the individual.
Illusions OF sight often relate merely
20 the size oil objects. Tins, young
lady who had oyertasked herself at
school saw everything of enormous size
st which she looked. The head of n
person seemed to be several feet in
diameter, and little children looked like
giants. So far as her own person was
concerned there was no illusions. Her
own hands appeared Of the natural
size, but those of other people seemed
10 be of enormous proportions. Sauv-
ages refers to case III which Young
woman, is suffering from epilepsy, had
the illusion Of seong objects greatly
nagnified. A fly seemed to he to her
rs large as a chicken. in the case which
came under my oh crvation, the unreal
character of the perception was fully
recognized, and hence the intellect was
not involved.
Morbid illusions of hearing, unac-
companied by other evidences of men
tai arrangement, are not very common.
One case only has come under my oh
servation. 1t was that of a gentleman
to whom the ticking of clock was re-
solved into articulate words. Generally
the expressions were in the form of
commands. For instance, if ut dinner,
they would be. "Eat your soup"
"Drink no winel" and so on. One day
he made the discovery that, if he
closed the right ear firmly, the illusion
disappeared but, if the left ear wero
closed, the words were still distinctly
heard. 1t whas hence clear that tho
center of hearing on the right side was
the one affected, and that that ON the
left side was normal. For long time
this gentleman resisted accepting any
of these illusions as facts, but after -
time he began to be influenced by them
to the extent of regarding them az
guides. Evidently he put clocks in
every room in his house. and professed
to be governed altogether by the di-
rections they gave him. Popular
Science MONTHLY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
Threaded With Romance.

ST. PAUL, May 13.-The funeral OF
DR.. John George Kittson. one of the
thirtv-three children of Commodore n
w. Kittson, the well-known millionaire
turfman took place here Sunday DIR.
Kittson was thirty-eight years old ard
the son of a handsome Indian girl,
whom the Commodore met when he was
a young man in the employ of John
Jacob Astor in the Red River fur trade.
He was educated at Montreal, gradua
ting in the Medical School of McGill
University. He practiced for some
years in Canada, and in 1875 was APP
pointed by the Canadian Government
Chief of the Medical Department of the
Northwest, in connection with the
mounted police. His health failing, he
returned to his fathers home two wears
ago. For the last few days he COM
planned of his head and his memory
seemed to be impaired On Saturday
morning at 2 o'clock his brother spoke
with him for a few minutes and two
hours later found him in the bathroom
dead
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
Sights in Hong Kong.

One of the first things Noticed upon
landing in Hong Kong was the dissipa.
ton which is always going on. At first
thought some celebration must be in
progress, but upon making inquiries !
was assured that this was not the case.
at is always so" said the American
citizen. every day certain number
of sailors are allowed to come on shore,
and they avail themselves fully of this
privilege As there are some two
thousand OF these sailors at present on
board the men-of-war in Hong Kong
harbor, this city is quite lively most Of
the time. 1t is the men aboard these
war-ships who get the widest, for the
enforced idleness of their life breeds
recklessness when once they get ashore.
These sailors are beardless young
fellows for the most part. and though
they have a staggering and tyrannical
miep, should not think that they
would impress the Chinese as very
formidable. Walking about the streets
in company with citizen, / saw liter
ally hundreds Of these sailors crowding
the saloons so thick that you could not
see the counter. Outside of the saloon
the street would be packed with rick
ishas, for a sailor gravitates toward
rickisha the first thing upon coming
| ashore. He does not have to graYitate
far, for the Chinese runners almost at
tempt the perilous feat Of walking on
the water in their eagerness to meet
the sailors half way.
Soon after landing the sailors gravi-
tate toward saloon, and, numbers
breeding reckless iollty, it is not long
before they cease to be free moral
agents. Then they curse and beat their
rickisha men, and ride about with scarce
any cogniZance Of whittier they are be-
ing carried. As have already intimat-
ed, / am implacably opposed to the
Chinese; yet my indignation was kim
died in their behalf at first when ]
witnessed the brutality with which they
commiseration was all dissipated when
my friend said:
Don't pity them. John Chinaman
is under now, but he will be on top
pretty soon. Wait till the sailors get
stupidity drunk, and they will be igno-
miniously dumped out by the wayside,
while these long suffering heather
Chinese will proceed complacently to
go through their pockets. Don't mis-
place your pity
Don't the English make any effort
to check this evil?"
30 no, it is SO common that they
don't care to interfere. Once in 8. while
when men gets to smashing things too
generally and endangering peoples
lives. he will be locked up until he gets
sober. But so long as they only injrr
themselves, no matter if they do brea..
the peace, nothing is done about it,"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
Lincoln Pleading Under the Trees.

A correspondent of the Springfield
1ll.) State Journal tells this story of
Abraham Lincoln: About four miles
north of Mount Pulaski, on the farm of
Joseph Ream, stands white-oak tree
which once served as a temple of JUS
tice, where Lincoln practiced law. The
old dement, withstand, with its dam
was the first built on Salt Greek. De-
ment's rights were encroached upon hy
dam built a few miles below for the
Spence mill. The water of the dam
below backed up to the Dement, dam
and stopped its great Wheel Dement,
brought suit, and employed Lincoln to
prosecute the case. This was in $50.
A Justice of the Peace, fresh from his
pillow on the prairie, and bubbling over
with law and native justice, played the
part of Judge. Twelve of the best men
to be found in all the surrounding
country were made jurors, and the case
was opened to them, seated grayely in
a row on the ground in the shade of
the tree. When the evidence was all
in, Mr.. Lincoln made one of his pecul-
lar speeches, full of force, wit, apt an
ecdotes, and ridicule. The jury DELHI
Grated short time and brought in
verdict in favor of Mr.. Lincoln's client,
and pronounced the lower dam an en-
croachment on Dement'S rights. Tho
case gave Lincoln high place in pub
lie estimation in that locality, position
which he never lost, and the tree is still
known throughout the neighborhood NJ
Lincoln's tree. +"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15

right to sit in judgment upon his views
even before his visions of life became
SO heavily Swallowed by mental cloud.
We know that he rests in the hands
of that Being who .sdoet all things
well,' and ''who doth devise means
that his banished be not expelled from
him.
In this tribute to his memory the pre-
vailing sentiment of all his friends but
finds an echo, yet / kHeto him first
when in intellect and heat he ceased
to be child and grew a man. The
knowledge of that sudden growth
brought with it consolation, for when
grief and sorrow, deep, dark, and de-
spairing at once fell upon the writer
of these lines, the ever willing presence
of this young man was music medi-
cine and rest He knew it well and
glad he was that he could be COM
forter. 1t were unmeet in this me-
mortal, not to speak of comfort and SYM
pathy brought by him alone, for at
that time none else were allowed to lin-
derstand, and in his strength of tender
ness accomplished much, and ceasino
not to be the same kind friend as time
passed by, and cleared away the shad-
ows that such sorrow brings.
But in this trouble, that finally
brought disordered intellect to him it
seemed to be, under providence, that
no one was to be confidant but that
'.he must tread the wine press alone"
The very large concourse of people
that were present to show respect DUR
ing the last sad rites, shows how deep
ly the feelings of the community have
been moved; the presence and attention
of friends and neigbors to the family
denotes the sympathy and good will of
the surrounding neighborhood, and TO
the memory of departed worth this
humble tribute is offered by
w. b. PHILLIPS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
A Sweet Tooth.

s'It is scientific fact" said Dumley
one evening at the supper table, that
people who are fond of sweets are
rarely addicted to liquor" and with a
little dry cough he passed his dish fol
more preserved peaches.
$50 / have heard it said" replied
Brown. 81 notice, Dumley," he con.
tinued, "that you are very fond of any
thing sweet"
YES" replied Dumley, Il have a
very sweet tooth, and aside from this
believe that the system demands Ger.
tain amount of saccharine matter to
stimulate it to proper and healthful
degree of action. As regarding its neu.
Trailing the taste for liquor" he con-
tinued argumentatively, I'VE notice i,
more particularly in children. AS a
child approaches the age of manhood
if he retain his sweet taste, he rarely
acquires the habit of liquor drinking
The one satisfies any craving for the
other" And Dumley looked around
the table as though he had said some
thing.
WELL said young Brown, II DOM
pretend to be posted in such matters
but know that you are fond of any.
thing sweet. 1t was only this morning
that you called for gin and sugar, and
after you had poured the gin into the
glass, the bartender said if you wanted
sugar you should have left little room
for it. "-PhiiadelDhia Call.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
Joshua r. Giddings as a DueIist.

Giddings had made some fiery re-
marks on abolition and the South on
the floor of the Senate. In this he
drew a Southern Senator rather rough
~ over the Goals The Senator became
very angry and sent him challenge.
He would have an apology or blood.
Giddings accepted the challenge, but
he wrote that he was unacquainted with
the use of the pistol or other fire-weap-
ons. As challenged party he had the
choice of the weapons. He would name
rawhides, tough, long and why. The
two combatants should have the thumbs
of their left hands bound tightly to-
gether, and with rawhides in their
right, should castigate each other until
one gave in. The Southerner refused
to accept the challenge and the matter
dropped Had he accepted it. Gid
dings, who was a tall, muscular fellow,
would have cut him TO pieces. = Clece-
land Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15

The sea cook prepares for the sailor
several dishes which are rarely met
with on shore. "Dandyfunk" is the
name by which one of these compounds
is known. This is made of ship-biscuit
and molasses. The biscuits are placed
in bag and beaten with an iron Delay
ing-pin or hammer until they crumble.
The adamantine qualities of the bis
cults are such that much physical force
must be called into play in order to
crumble them. As this work is more
than the cook wishes to undertake, he
usually delegates it to one of the ships
boys. The fragments of the biscuits
are mixed with molasses, and the COM
pound is placed in a large pan and
baked. 1t is immateriaI to the cook
how long it remains in the oven. 1t is
usually served out to the sailors at sup
per, and when the hour for that meal
arrives the dandyfunk comes out of the
oven. 1t is much more digestable when
it has been well burned than when
underdone. In the latter state it is
somewhat trying to the stomach. A
very hungry sailor will never refuse
dandyfunk, although he does not re-
gard that dish as luxury. But there
is something about Jacks countenance
when engaged in masticating dandy
funk, which would lead an observing
philosopher to fancy that if the choice
were given him he would prefer to eat
something else.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
False Ideas OF Feyers.

Too often there is an absurd idea
that fever patient must be kept very
warm or hot, that no air must be adj
mitted, and that light is almost or quite
poison. At first, during the stage in
which the cold-the immediate cause
prevails, it is of the greatest import
ance to keep the patient sufficiently
warm, though it is not needfrl to ex-
clude pure air at any time. But when
the body is hot and feverish, the tenn
perature raised one or two degrees, it
is not needful to add more heat, but
rather to reduce it judiciously. 1t may
be needful, on account of the sensi-
tiveness of the eyes, to exclude the
light, or the glare of light-iust as far
as it is painful and yet the eyes may
be covered, or the light gradually adj
mitted, or admitted through colored
curtains, so as not to .nfict harm.
This same light is an aid in the removal
of disease of SO much Importance that
it should be excluded only when COM
fort demands it, and then allowing it as
soon and to the extent that the circum-
stances will admit. Ordinarily there
isno occasion for quilts at the windows;
no occasion to overhead or stifie the
patient by the presence of air loaded
with carbonic gas or the filthy exhal-
atoms from the diseased body.
The time was when no water was al
lowed for drink, though the patient
was almost famishing from want of it !;
but while it is now allowed more than
formerly, similar error exists as to
what should be used; as also in refer
ence to food, some persistjng in cram
ming the patient, however loathsome
food may be, with the foolish idea that
starvation will ensue, or that no
strength can be gained. If we add to
all this the fact that many are equally
crammed with medicines at random, we
need not be surprised at the results, at
least while so many kinds are given
just what may be suggested by ignorant
neighbors-with no regard to their APP
propriateness.--C City and Country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
Admission Tickets.

WASHINGTON. May 49, = Chairman
Sabin has issued circular TO the effect
that tickets of admission to the Repub-
lican National Convention have coupons
for each probable session. Each ticket
will be numbered and allotted a partic-
ular seat. No provision is made for
weekly newspapers. The daily papers
are amply cared for under charge of
John G. New. The tickets for dele
gates, alternates, and general admission
will be turned over to the National
Committee at Chicago on the 3lst of
May. The members of the National
Committee from each State and Terri
tory have charge of the tickets for his
State or Territory and will distribute the
same to delegates. Thus delegates have
the distribution of the tickets and are
the proper and only persons to whom
application should be made.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
PLATTEyuLLE.
NIT. IDA.
BLOOMINGTON.

Insurance -BLooMINGToN FARMERS In
suGANcE CoMPANy. Office at Bloomington. Grant
county, Wis. John Ryan, President; Thomas
PendletOn, Secretary and Treasurer.
Agent-JESsE BROOKS, Bloomington,
Wis. General Collecting Agent and Conveyancer.
Titles investigated and perfected. Collections
promptly attended to. Reference given when
desired.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
Paying the Traitor.

Men tise treachery and despise the
traitor Their moral sense reyolts
against the f1eafis which their craving
for success persuades them TO use fhe
fact shows that faith in the inovalst
maxim, Nothing is expedieht which i,
dishonorable,' is not strong enough tc
remove this moral contradiction. Ard
SO the world which makes success a
duty, will continue to pay and despise
the traitor
The late Count dc Chamboar,l's birtl
occurred after the assassination of his
father, the Duke de i}erri, in 1920. Hi
mother, woman of great courage and
force of character she offered to lead
the royal troops against the revolution
lists of lS30--plotted to seat him on the
French throne as the only legitimate
Bourbon.
In 1882 she landed ne1r Marseilles
and appealed 10 the French Legiti-
mists to rise against Louis Philippe.
The appeal fell lipon deaf ears, and the
duchess was obliged to hide herself
One of her suite, named Deutz, agreed
to sell to the government, for 10000
francs, the secret of her hiding place
The betrayed duchess was arrested and
imprisoned.
10 M. Didier. the secretary of the
Minister of the Interior, was assigned
the disagreeable duty of paying the
traitor. At the appointed hour, Di-
der called his son into the office, and
said:
Look we'll now at what passes, and
never forget it. You will learn what a
scoundrel is, and the method of paying
him."
The secretary spoke toa messenger,
and Deutz, the traitor, was brought in.
M. Didier stood behind his desk, on
which were placed two packages, each
containing $4,000 francs. As Deutz APP
preached the desk, the secretary made
sign to him to stop. Then with pair
of tongs, he picked up the packages,
and dropping them into the open hands
of the traitor, pointed to the door,
Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
After a Quarter OF a Century.

WASHINGTON, May 13.-For more
than quarter of a century Samuel
Reid. of Washington, had a claim be-
fore Congress for the destruction of the
brig Armstrong, the property of his
father. by American cruisers in the war
of 1912. Two years ago be finally got
the bill through, and received 100000
damages from the government. Just
before its passage, however, he became
very i'll, and, in order to protect his wife
III the matter against the other heirs,
assigned the proceeds of the claim to
her. Contrary to his expectation he
recovered, and wants the money. Mrs.
Reid refuses to surrender 1t, and the
dispute will have to be settled by the
courts. Mr.. Reid thinks it is rather
hard to work quarter of century to
get bill through Congress and then
have his wife enjoy the results of his
labors.