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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
van Street IIarn.

A year or two ago." said q prom
inent broker to a few of his friends who
were in his office, AN acquaintance of
mine of this city came to me with
s., 900, which he said was all the money
he had. He owed considerable money.
and he wanted to increase his capital so
that he could pay his debts. took the
81 900 with the understanding that I
was to do the best could with it. He
did not know one stock from another.
but had got an idea that money could
be made in Wall street. and he wanted
me TO make it Tor him. Well, did the
best / could, and l have been handling
the money for that man ever since.
He has now some securities on hand,
and | will find out how his account
stands. " Turning to the bookkeeper,
he asked: James, how does Mr.. 5
account stand?" James pulled out a
big ledger, turned over few pages,
and replied: "Overdrawn $796. IS.
What securities are we holding for
him. was the next query.
Five hundred shares of Sutro," was
the reply.
You had better make out his ae-
count and send it to him to-day, with a
polite request for check. .-Netc York
Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
A C0lOred Girls Intuition.

There is a little colored girl on the
place of Mr.. Rob White, in jackson
county. who is wonderful medium.
She IS subject to fits, and to relieve her
MIR. White mesmerises the child. While
in this state she makes the most wonder
full revelations, describing persons and
their occupation in an adjoining room.
The other day she was visited by doc
tor from Atlanta, who asked her il she
knew him, the gentleman having never
seen the girl before. Yes" She re-
piled, ''your name is DIR. - (giv-
Ing it correctly, and l saw you yester-
day in Atlanta playing on something
like a little piano" The physician
stated that at the time mentioned he
was in the city and using writing
machine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
wilkins Star Proverbs.

+" A light purse darkens the heart.
Air castles are built from sun
beams.
Momentary joys combine to make
years Of happiness.
Eloquent prayers please men
fervent ones delight God.
When heart string snaps, the re-
port reaches heaven.
The man who owes must dig until
his debt is spade.
Ideas are the soldiers and good
Judgment the generals.
Plant seeds of idleness if you wish
to raise gebbit mber.
Characters are wrecked when con-
science becomes a careless and bad
pilot
To defend the smiles OF your enemy,
you may lose tue smiles of your friends.
To climb hill man must be wide
awake. but dead man can roll down a
hill.
As the golden moments pass over
us, they sprinkle the HAN with silver
and fill the mind with gold
An elegant church may tickle the
people, even If God is not tickled by
the high steeplc.
Sleep takes away the senses, yet
we would have none to take away were
it not for sleep.
II men knew rs much about them
selves as they usually do about
their neighbors, they would hardly
dare speak to themselves. = Whitehall
Times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
Our Girls And Their Hands.

Harpers Bazaar says; white hands
are no longer IN fashion. The pretty,
delicate, well kept hand of our mothers
and our aunts has become something
rocco However, pretty hand is still
very beautiful, and there are those who
prefer it to the brown and knotty hand
of which most spOrtsman-like young
ladies are now so proud.
The fashion of playing games without
gloves, such as lawn tennis. rowing,
archery and ball, the habit of walking
gloveless about the country in the sum-
mer, alpenstock in hand, the exposure
TO the salt sea wave. have brought the
feminine hand, once so carefully cared
for, to the complexion which Shak-
speare derides when he says, "She hath
leathern hand would think that her
old gloves were on it,"
At the same time that these brown
hands are so fashionable, and the palm
hardened, even corrugated with the cal
louses which have been earned by the
severe use of the mallet aud the oar,
great attention is paid to the nails
more than ever before. A professional
manicure is to be found at every water
luG pldCc. VIM opCuuc nan aI mum %
day over the nails of a fastidious wo-
man, cutting, pairing. and removing
the supertluous skin from about the
roots, putting on powder and rosy I'M
guent, and then polishing them with her
own hand, or bit of wash leather,
&C., until she mrkes them shine like
Jewels. Lord Byron's nails were so
fine that Lady Blessington leaves des-
cription of them. She says they were
like rose leaf with a halt moon of sill
yer in it; and every lady now emulates
Lord Byron's nails. Nails should be
shaped like a filbert, and encouraged to
show that half moon at the root. This
can be accomplished by the person who
owns the nails if she simply runs del
icate steel point = a dull embroidery
needle is best around under the skin
every morning, and then pushes the
skin back with the towel as she wipes
her hands after washing them. Wea
glad to observe that these nut brown
maids who do not mind tanning the
hands, are still very neat and particu-
lar about the nails. One should pay
strict attention to their condition at all
times, both as to cleaning and cutting.
A liberal supply of soap on small nail
brush with warm water is the best way
to treat nails TO bring about cleanliness
then while the hand is moist, an ivory
nail cleaner should be passed under the
nails to free it from dirt; then the thin
skin which intrudes on the nail should
be cut with pair of sharp and bent
scissors. Occasionally the nails should
be filed, and the hard skin which forms
around the corners of them cut away.
In cutting the nails so as to preserve
the beauty of their shape, use very
sharp penknife; the nail should be cut
either pointed or oblong, following the
shape OF the finger. The Oriental la
dies knew this, aud allowed the nails to
grow of enormous length. Nothing de-
forms the hand like a stumpy or broken
nail, unless 1t is dirty one. They
should never be bitten; bitten nails are
hOpelesSly ugly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
A Railroad Pass.


"Ah, good morning, SIR" said a gen
tleman in black clothes and white neck
tie to the ticket agent at the Kentucky
Central Depot in Covington.
"Good morning." was the polite re-
spouse.
"Do you pass clergymen on this
road ?"
"Yes, sir, nearly always"
"Ah, thanks. Will you be kind
enough to give me ticket, then, to
Lexington ?"
Il can't do it, sir.
Didn't you say you passed clergy
men?"
Eyes, sir; and the conductor on the
last train in said he passed dozen,
and Mr.. Brown told him it was all right.
You'd better see Mr.. Brown"
Then he started up stairs after Mr..
Brown, and found him at his desk in
the corner.
Good morning, Mr.. Brown; your
ticket agent informs me that you pass
clergvmen on your road, and the last
conductor in passed a dozen or more.
Will you extend the same courtesy to
me?"
"Of course" said the polite officer,
IF you will except the same conditions
they did"
Il shall be pleased to do so. l GER
tainly would not ask more than had
been accorded nay brother clergymen.
Will you state the conditions?"
"Yes, sir. They were as follows:
The gentlemen in question, dozen, l
think stood on the platform of small
station up the road, waiting for an ac-
commodation train, and the conductor
on the through train passed them all /;
every one of them, sir. Never stopped
any more than if there wasn't any sta
ton there, and they came on the ac-
commodation fifteen minutes after
ward, and paid half fair as usual. The
The next train for Lexington starts in
five minutes and you'd better hurry if
you want to go there"
He hurried. Merchant Trdueler
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
Climbed Him AT Last.

Ever in California;" asked long,
iank, lean, lantern-iawed tramp of a
man in Center street.
NO"
Want in the boom of 40, eh?"
NO.
Never war in the mines in Colorado
or New Mexico, eh?"
no"
Don't know nuthin' bout minin' q
tall?s
NO"
wall, 1 be darnedl' said the tramp.
Never was in the war, was YEP"
Never"
Knock every button off my pants, if
this don't beat all Amt member Of
the melish?"
Il am not member of the melish."
"Wall, blast my hat, if you amt the
hardest man to work for drink ever
struck. Say, pard, amt yer never been
in the penitentiary?"
"Neyer have.
"Wall, try me for hoss-thief if
ever see the like. Yer the fust man
ever struck that hadn't done suthin'
mean or been to Californy, or in the
war, one or t'other Say. pard, what's
yer business?"
Il am n bank cashier from New Jer-
sey."
"Jewhillike ms! I knowd Id climb
yer yit. An we've never been in quad ?
Wall. by jinks, yer orter set EN- up"
and he did Through Mil
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
COurtship i'm Canada.

1t is alleged by the Canadian press
that Canadian father, wishing to dis
courage his daughters lover, set rat
trap in his front yard presumably
near the front gate. The fathers wife,
but not the lover, was caught in the
trap, and as the lover happened to ar
rive on the scene in time to release her,
she became his warm supporter, and
completely thwarted the opposing
father.--Nelc York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10

Judge Richard Ried. who killed him
self because Kentucky society turned
aginst him for not fighting duel with
the man who horse-whipped him. was
typical Kentuckiau in appearance. He
wore a hesvy moustache, long beard
low-cut vest, turn down collar and no
neck-tie.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10

The President vetoed the Fitz John
Porter bill on constitutional grounds on
Wednesday, and it was Immediately
passed over his veto in the House by a
vote of 16S to 78 but failed of two
thirds affirmative vote in the Senate,
the vote standing q to 81 Most loyal
and intelligent men throughout the
country will hail with rejoicing the Pres
ident's action, and it will probably
forever settle the Fitz John Porter ques-
ton
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
COME AND SEE US.

HEADQUARTERS REP. STATE CENTRAL Con-,
MILWAUKEE. June Is, 1894.
The Republican state Central Committee has
opened convenient and commodious headquarters
on Wisconsin street. near the post-office. in Nil
waukee. All Republicans, and especially those
OF cur State, are cordially invited to call when
in the city. An Republican papers published in
the state, and many OF the leading journals of
the country. will be kept on file.
Come and see us. la TAYLOR, Chm.
f7tf ii. c. PAYNE, Sec.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
Call for Republican State Convention.

The Republican electors Of the State OF Wis
cOnsin are requested to elect delegates TO State
Convention to be held at Madison, WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER Sd, 1884, at II O'Clock noon. for the
purpose OF placing in nomination candidates of
the Republican party for the several state offices.
The last Republican State Convention having
changed the basis OF representation for future
conventions delegates will he elected, not by AS
semhly and Senatorial districts rs heretofore, but
by Counties The Convention win consist OF 2o9
delegates, and the several counties are entitled
to delegates AZ follows: DELEGATES.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10


tempt the intelligence and patriotism of
the country from their allegiance to the
party Of freedom, justice and progress.
The nomination of Hayes was the signal
for fresh croaking and another bolt. A
powerful faction of the party was disap-
pointed and angered. Our candidate
was belittled, maligned and caricatured
without stint, and the most desperate
means ever resorted to in this country
for carrying an election were employed
by the opposition. without avail. The
Garfield campaign is OF such recent date
that few of our readers can have forgot
ten its history. Friends OF rival aspir-
ants received the news of Garfeld's
nomination with much displeasure and
even bitterness. Large numbers Of
Republicans left the party. Others,
widely influential, ofrecognized wisdom
in council and commanding power upon
the stump, held aloof, and were almost
or wholly silent. The storehouses Of
falsehood and SANDER were emptied
from cellar to attic, while every inven-
ton that the most develish malgnity
could prompt was brought to bear, to
defame our nominee. And so, the mo-
ment the name of James G.. Blaine was
given to the country as the Republican
candidate for the Office, to which the
popular judgment and favor long ago
assigned him, the floodgates of defama-
ton and abuse were opened wide, and
all the mud-batteries of falsehood and
prejudice were set in full play. What
of it? Let honest, intelligent Republic
cans and decent Democrats take
thought. Can anything in the way of
base accusation or foul invective be lev
eled against Mr.. Blaine that was not en-
ployed in the effort to blacken the name
and fame of Lincoln, and Grant, and
Hayes, and Garfield? James G. Blaine's
life and works have been before the eye
Of the public for a quarter of century.
He is one of the most eminent of living
statesmen in this or any other country.
For more than twenty years an active,
influential member of the National Con-
gress, no living man had prouder rec
ord for honorable service in the Repub-
lican party-for loyalty and zeal in de-
Tense of the integrity of the Union, for
faithful devotion TO the rights of all men,
and for the sturdy advocacy of sound
finance, wise and honest government,
and whatever may promote the moral,
material and political welfare of the
American people. The utmost efforts
Of jealous rivals and malicious enemies
have thus far failed to fasten any re-
proach upon the public or private char
acter of James G. Blaine. The Amer
lean people will on the fourth Of next
November crown him with the highest
honor in their gift.
The Democrats of Illinois have nom-
mated Mayor Carter III. Harrison, of
Chicago, for Governor and Henry Setter,
for Lieutenant Governor. They strad-
died the tariff plank and are for any
issue that will catch votes. Carter
will have an excellent chance to pose
before the country as a martyr in allow
ing himself to be annihilated by Cover
nor Oglesby in November, so rs to
slip in as Mayor of Chicago next spring
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10

Mr.. w. L. Stead win contribute pa
per on Chinese Gordon, to the forth
coming Century. MIR. Stead is per-
sonal friend of the eccentric general,
and therefore writes with full knowl-
adore
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
TAPE WORM.

An Eminent German Scientist ha. recently
discovered from root extract, an absolute spe-
etfc for Tape Worm
II Is pleasant to take and Il not distressing TO
tbe patient, but Is peculiarly siekening and
SIMPLIFYING TO the Tape Worm. which loosens its
hold OF its victim and passes away in natural
and easy manner. entirely whole, with HEAD, and
while stili alive.
One physician has used this specie in over 400
cases. without single failure II void worm
tire Success guaranteed. No pay required IN
til removed with head Send stamp for circular
and terms. HAYWOOD IL CO.
l6tf 10 Park Place, New York.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10

THE popular notion of genius is-oi
one who can do almost anything-ex-
cept make living.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10

FENCING is becoming very popular
among ladies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10

The scene of "A New England Win
ter" the two part story, by Henry
James, which will be begun in the
August Century, is laid in Boston, the
heroine being Brooklyn girl, and the
hero Boston artist just returned from
Europe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10

Allen Pinkerton the famous deceive
died in Chicago last Thursday of malar-
ial fever contracted some weeks since
while visiting in the South. He was
born in Glasgow, in 1919, where his
father was sergeant of police. He
founded Pinkertons detective agency
and took q prominent part in the Sc
cret service during President Lincoln s
administration.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
Republican Ticket.
For President
JAMES G.. BLAINE,
OF Maine.
For Vice-President-
JOHN A. LOGAN,
OF Illinois.
Republican Electors.

At Large. Charles ]. L. Meyer, OF Fond du Lac.
At Large ..........F. A. Husher, of La Crosse.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
The TribulatiOns OF a Funny Man.
Packls Sun

The editor Of humorous paper should be
pitied. He should be pitied because he is con-
demned to assume the caps and bells when a
plug hat or Scotch cap would suit him bet
ter, and perhaps be more becoming. He
should be pitied because he is obliged to write
yards of humorous matter every week,
whether he is In the humor or not, But more
especially should he be pensively pitied be-
cause upon him are thrust the old, worn, and
decrepit jokes, the old battered jokes, the
feeble old jokes, the moss-covered jokes which
should be banged down into the bottom of the
well.
They are brought to him by his friends,
and shot at him through the mail, and are
Away accompanied with the suggestion:
"That's mighty good thing to put in your
paper" They have shone and scntillated
and gistened through countless centuries,
but that these old familiar pleasantries
should be offered on the base pretense that
they are new, fresh and blooming is what
cuts us to the quick and racks our whole
anatomy with pain. Those Of US who are
acquainted with all these jokes, easily recog-
nize their familiar faces and can tell at a
glance, no matter in what form or dress they
masquerade, that they came to life long be-
fore the dawn Of the glacial period, and have
ever since bobbed and eddied on the surging
waters Of time, and are quite liable to float
out on the shoreless waves Of eternity.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
Lake Michigan Booming.

Inter Ocean "Curbstone Crayons.1
My friend stopped to shake hands with
stole in a SLOUGH hat, taking the rain as it
came, but this time retained the umbrella.
Returning to shelter, he said: "That man Is
q character. He lives down the Illinois Cen.
trail about $50 miles, and is pretty well off, "a
they say there. The last time he was in Chi.
cago there were freshets throughout the
state, and all the streams were very high.
On his return home his neighbors asked him
how the lake was, and he said with great
positiveness, Booming. The rains filed her
plumb full, and the water of by the crib was
ten feet higher than ever saw it before
And the worst Of it was his remark was
quoted In the district school for months
after to prove that the waters in Lake
Michigan went up and down with the ductu-
ating water courses"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
He Agreed That 1t Would
Detroit Free PresS1

In front of Detroit butcher shop yester-
day butcher sat cleaning a revolver. II
was rusty old Colt" which had not been
used for v+7"- and was to be put in order and
traded OIL \ shoemaker came along d.
rectly and observed:
"Of course there1l be an accidentr
eyes, presume So"
at isn't loaded, is itf'
"Oh, no"
"But it will 90 OFF, r
ut willn
81 never saw revolver without wanting
to handle 1t. Let me look at that weapon.
Ali I'm satisfied now that it doesn't contain
any stray bullets. Do you suppose you could
hit my foot at that distancer'
Certainly could Now, If she was loaded
I'd take a dead sight like that and pull the
trigger and"
The shoemaker jumped two feet and yelled
like an Indian, and when he came down be
danced and kicked and galloped around until
people thought him crazy. 1t was only after
crowd had collected and cornered him up
in the shop that any one found out the
trouble. The butcher had put bullet along
the sole Of his foot close enough to draw
blood.
II told you she'd 60 of |" howled tho SHOE
maker, as he sat with his boot in his hand
"And didn't / agree with your innocenty
responded the butcher
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
ParalyKing . Baggageman.
fSvracusA Standard

"Check my baggage sill" exclaimed no4
unmuscal voice at the Central depot yestsr-
day morning. The tosser Of personal prop
erty reached out his horny hand with the bit
Of brass In the same nonchalant way that be
has done 1t a thousand times before But hh
indifference was dispelled when he saw the
voucher disappear In the pocket Of q gentle
mans coat, which was stretched over The
skirt of full length ladys dress Lifting
his astonished eyes from the frills and rufies
of the ample lower garment be saw well
rounded chest clothed in neatftting waist
coat; next a shapely neck encircled with Q
No IS rundown collar increased bis wonder;
then head with closely-cropped black hair,
surmounted by jaunty Derby bat, filled
him with establishment
The mystery was soon solved, for In
answer to few kind questions the one rooed
in mystery declared that she was Q girl; tnae
her name was Miss Bryant; that she hailed
from Fulton, Oswego county, and vs. nos
doctor nor disciple of Mary walker q
Miss Boomer And she likewise aMrmed
that she was not reformer, never knew OF
any one who had adopted her mode of drso,
and did not know as any one would H9
object was comfort and economy. She
heeded not the suppressed whisper a ths
Ladies' or the glance Of askence Of the gentle.
nen, but busted herseN In an apparent
psthetic reverie over little bouquet IL.
toned on the lapel Of ber coat