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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-03

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-03
MEXICAN FEMALE REMEDY

which all ladies should know. See ear
circular At your druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
Helm Yourself.

Fight your own battles. Hoe your
own row. Ask no favors of any one,
and you'll succeed thousand times bet
ter than one who is always beseeching
some ones influence and patronage.
No one will ever help you as you can
help yourself, because no one will be so
heartily interested in your affairs. The
first step will be such mountain, You
make each one lead to another, and
stand firm while you chop still another
out. Men who have made fortunes are
not those who have had five thousand
dollars given to them to start with, but
boys who have started fair with q WELL
earned dollar or two Men who ac-
quired fame have never been thrust into
popularity by puffs begged or paid for,
or given in friendly spirit. They have
outstretched their own hands and touch
ed the public heart. Men who win love
do their own wooing, and never knew
a man to fail so signally as one who in
duced his affectionate grandmother to
speak good word for him. Whether
you work for fame, for love, for money,
or anything else, work with your hands.
and heart. and brain. Say Il will"
and some day you will conquer. Never
let man have it to say, 81 have
dragged you up" Too many friends
sometimes hurt man more than none
at all.-EG.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
Fiery Phil.

In the summer of 1868, or shortly fol-
lowing Bragg's retreat, writes the Bos-
ton correspondent of the bingham Jour
nal, your correspondent received orders
from Washington to go over the Nash
vile and Chattanooga Railroad as far
rs Bridgeport on the Tennessee River.
The party of reconnaissance consisted OF
your correspondent, Mr.. Nash. native
of Taunton, an experienced railroad
man. connected with the United States
military railroad service, q conductor
and colored servant, on SPECIAL train,
consisting of Two platform cars and two
army WAGONS, drawn by the locomotive
Jupiter, Butterworth engineer. Sheri-
dan at that time was located with his
division at Cowan, station just this
side of the Tantallon Tunnel. Our
scout had informed us that the rebels
had thrown large boulders down the five
shafts of the tunnel. The special train
arrived at Cowan about daybrcak. Mr..
Nash, who had charge of the train,
asked your correspondent ii he thought
it best TO go through the tunnel first, or
let Maj. Hopkins, who was in charge of
engineer corps and had small ma
chine, go in advance. left the matter
entirely with Nash, who was one of the
coolest heads | ever saw, and thor
ough railroad man. In the meantime
Sheridan with his full staff appeared.
Nash was across the track, consulting
with Maj. Hopkins. Sheridan sent an
orderly over, requesting the immediate
attendance of Nash. Nash very quietly
replied: 'Teli Gen. Sheridan when /
get through with Maj. Hopkins / will
attend on him." The message exasper-
ated Sheridan. He repeated the re-
quest, changed to an order three times,
with the same cool reply from Nash.
As the messenger was on his way for
the fourth time, Nash met him and STEP
psd up on the bank, when Sheridan met
him with volley OF oaths. Nash very
quietly took his briarwood pipe from his
mouth, emptied the bowl, refilled it with
killikinick, rammed it home. took
match from his vest pocket and lit it;
as it began to draw easy, he turned to
Gen. Sheridan and remarked: ~ see
by the two stars on your shoulder-straps
you are Major-General, and that you
command the - division" Yes"
replied Gen. Sheridan, ''and | will let
you know it," repeating his oaths.
"Well,h said Nash, 'syou may be Gen.
eral commanding the division.
You want to go to the river. Well,
command the railroad, and if you don't
keep civil tongue in your head, will
run the train off the track at Crow Creek,
and break your head" Sheridan SUBJ
sided, and the trip was pleasantly made.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
The Eye as an Index to Character.

The eye shows character. If the eve
has been blackened, for instance, it
means impulsiveness on the part of the
man that blackened it, and recklessness
on the part of the owner, who probably
called the other party har The eyes
OF great warriors have always been gray
their brows lowering like thunder
clouds. To verify this statement, ex-
anime the eyes of target company or
policeman. Philosophers have large,
deep-set eyes, and usually two of them,
unless they happen to live in Arkansaw
Poets have large, full eyes, from having
taken too much beer the day before.
Button considers that the most beauti-
full eyes are black eyes. You can see a
beautiful lot of black eyes by going to
the recorders court ON Monday
morning. Mary, queen of Scots. had
liquid gray eyes. She also had her
head cut off At the same time it does
not matter what kind of eyes a deeapi-
tated federal official has. If. in ac-
cordance with the civil service reform
rules, federal official fails to pay his
assessment to the campaign fund, off
goes his head, even if one of his ewes
should be pea green, and the other a
Solferino red. Red eyes indicate ten
dency to weep and to whisky, and oc-
casionally both. ''Who hath red eyes?''
asks Solomon, and before you answer
be replies, 'Those who tarry at the
wine cup" Monsters have green eyes.
Shakespeare noticed this popularity,
possibly at menagerie, for he fire.
quently refers to the green-eyed mon
ster. -TeGGS iSitti7aqS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
The Bonanza Kings.

Flood, Fair, and Mackey, are brawny
full-blooded men, with good color,
heightened by good living and drink
ing. They dress carelessly and have
all the California characteristics free
and easy in address, hail fellows well
met with all their friends. Sharon, on
the contrary, could sit for picture of
a good Connecticut deacon. He is thin,
angular, understood, fiat-chested, with
straight, lank hair, whitened by age,
combed down smooth over his small
head; pallid face, almost destitute of
expression, and moustache that adds
nothing to the countenance. When he
looks at you, however, you notice a
pair of eyes as sharp as those of weasel
and the quiet gestures show that the
small body has good deal of nervous
energy. He always dresses in plain.
black broadcloth, of ministerial cut,
and this. with his white neck.ie and silk
hat, adds to his clerical appearance.
He is one of the best poker-p players on
the Pacific coast.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
An Interview with Jeff Davis.

''Has your History of the War been a
success MIR. Davis?n / asked of him.
- know very little about il since put-
ting it into the hands of the publishers.
If the amount of money it has brought
me is q criterion, / should say that it
has not been successful.
Are you engagad in any similar en-
terprise now, and do you expect to give
any more utterances upon the questions
involved in the civil war;"
None at ais
'.Do you contemplate ever making a
tour of the north? I have seen bv the
papers thatsuch a trip was not improba-
ble."
When you see anything in the papers
about me you can almost accept the
contrary as the truth. | do not now
ever expect TO go north. | am living a
quite life, removed entirely from public
observation. L receive numerous invi-
tations to make public addresses, but /
habitually decline them, even those COM
ing from my own neighborhood.
w hat IS the hope of the south?n
Her vast timber regions, stretching
from Pearl river east to the coast. al
most as yet untouched; her mineral re-
sources of almost unbounded value. and
her rich soil, capable of producing al
most everything that grows. At Birm-
ingham, on the Louisville & Nashville
road, In Alabama, great city has
sprung up among the mines, and all
through the south are evidences of
growth. Then the soil and climate are
favorable for stock raising, and the
south will coin money from this advan-
tage. The south is q great undevelop-
ed country, but its Importance will not
remain long unknown. Cor. Indian
apoliS NetoS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
DisfranchiSement.

Discussing the difficulties that attend
all efforts to protect the purity of the
ballot, the New York Albany Express
proposes, as the only Practical plan
which promises to eradica the evil of
election bribery, that the I who sells
his vote shall be perpet ly disfran-
chised. 1t is said that su PROPOSE
tion will be brought to tn .tention of
the New Yoak Legislator ais winter.
The evil has become one appalling
magnitude, ana it is wing and
spreading from year t, year The
remedy suggested is no more severe
than Just. The man who will sell his
vote is utterly unworthy OF the fran
chise. The ballot is ofno value to him
while in his hands it becomes a menace
to the public welfare. Unless some
means can be devised to check this evil
speedily the day is not far distant when
the honest voters of the country will find
themselves powerless in the hands of
designing and dangerous men; our
boosted liberties will be but an empty
boast indeed, while the issue OF elections
for representatives and rulers, from
lowest to highest. will turn upon the
corrupt use of money by bold and
wicked men. Disfranchisement of the
vote-seller is good SO far as it goes but
even with that penalty staring them in
the face men will be found willing to
sell their votes so long as there are those
who dare to buy. Let some adequate
penalty be provided for the thrice guilty
NOte-hnVer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
Gov. Sprague and Kate Chase.

Miss Kate Chase and Gov. Sprague
became enamoured at a celebration
given at Cleveland, when the monu-
ment of Commodore Perry was unveiled.
She was a guest of her fathers most
trusted friend, Col. Dick Parsons, at
his house on Prospect street. Governor
Spragoe came there with his full staff
and body guard, all in uniform, while
he wore quiet suit of black. He was
then young and handsome, while she,
with her graceful figure, clear COM
plexion, chestnut hair and expressive
eyes, commanded the admiration of all
who saw her. 1t was case of mutual
infatuation, which ended in matrimony.
Her friends thought that she had Sc
cured 'tthe barrer' necessary to make
her father president, which was the fore
most object of her ambition, and for
some years the Governor lavished money
upon her. The bills for the enlarge
ment of ''Canonchet'' from a country
house into chateau, were simply enor-
nous, and finally brought a remons-
trance from the governors brother, who
held the purse-strings. Love, on each
side of the house. gradually turned into
hatred, and the devoted couple at Cleve-
land became enemies. Ben Perley Poore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
A POLITE JUDGE,
Exemplifying His Politeness In Sentencing Prls.
Oners to Death.

Mr.. Baron Graham was one of the
Judges who sat on the English bench in
the early part this century. He was
distinguished for his remarkable polite
ness, and for having sentenced more un-
fortunate beings to death than any other
judge whoever presided at the county
assizes. He invariably exemplified his
peculiar notions of politeness even in
the very act of sentencing poor Great
ureS to death. His manner on such oc-
casions would often have been laugha-
BILE, but for the deeply affecting situation
in which the unhappy prisoners stood.
A very singular instance of the Baron's
excessive and ill-timed politeness occur
red on one occasion after the close of the
trials at a county .assize. Nine unhappy
men were appointed to receive sentence
of death for burglary, highway robber-
les and other offences. 1t so happened,
however, that on entering the names of
the unfortunate parties, after being con-
victed, on his own slip of paper, Baron
Graham omitted the name of one prls-
oner. The nine men were brought up
to receive Judgment, and the eight
whose names were on his paper were
severally sentenced to death. They
then quilted the bar The ninth stood
III mute establishment at the circum-
stance that no sentence was passed on
him. The clerk of the court, perceiving
the mistake, Immediately called aloud
to His Lordship just as he was opening
the door to leave the court, that he had
omitted to pass sentence on one unfor-
tunate man. Turning about end cast
ing a look of unhappy surprise at the
unhappy prisoner, he hurried back to
the seat he had just vacated, and, TAX
ing pinch of snuff-he was one of the
most inveterate snuff takers that ever
lived-and. putting on the black cap,
he addressed the prisoner in the follow
ing strain, making. at the same time a
profusion of bows: MY good man, |
really beg your pardon tor the mistake;
it was entirely a mistake-altogether
mistake, | assure you. The sentence of
the Court on you is that you be taken
to the place whence you came, thence to
the place of execution, and there hanged
by the neck until you are dead. And
the Lord have mercy on your sonl. |
do beg your pardon. I'm very sorry
for the mistake, assure you" SO say
ing, he made another bow to the I'M
happy man and then quilted the court.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
The B0MerY.

The Bowery is a street, and nothing
more, but what street! Shops, sa-
looms, restaurants. concert halls, thea
tres, museums, pawnbrokers, pistol gal
leries, dives and dens, all of the cheap
est shoddy, like the clothing displayed
for sale by the Hebrew dealers there,
galvanized, like the fiashy jewelry seen
in the windows and on the people. 1t
is the Broadway of the rough elements
of the city; the Champs Elysees of the
poor and criminal classes; the Boule-
ward des Common Place for the slow
down. of all nations. An hours walk
will carry one through il, and the faces
and costumes met will represent every
cline and country-landsmen and sea-
men, hoodlum and Chinaman, Indian,
African, Turk and Norsemen, bunko-
man roustabout and tramp. They all
fall into the miscellaneous and conglom-
crate society, the tendency of which is
ever downward. In early times it was
called Bowery Lane, but the dingy lamp
posts now bear the single word by which
it is known and spoken in every tongue
-''Bowery." 1t is sleepiest when the
light of day is brightest, and rises to a
wilder wakefulness as midnight APP
proaches. 1t has its daily GIBBS and
flows, and the tide of sin is highest when
the sacred Sabbath is nearest. Then
the discarded of earth issue into dim
view under the shadow of night, in this
waste basket of the human family
Correspondence Chicago Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
What the Throne OF England is Made of.

The throne of England. so splendid
when covered with silk velvet and gold,
is. in fact, only an ''old oak chair" over
600 years in use for the same purpose.
Its existence has been traced back to
the days of Edward l. The wood is
very hard and solid The back and
sides were formerly painted in various
colors and the seat is made of rough
looking sandstone twenty-six inches in
length, seventeen inches in breadth and
fifteen and half in thickness, and in
this stone lies the grand popularity of
the chair. Numberless legends are told
in connection with it, the truth probably
being that it was originally taken from
Ireland to Scotland. and served at the
coronation of the early Scottish kings.
--Netc FORK Netcs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
The Ohio SenatOrshin.

The contest in Ohio over the Senator
ship, by the Democrats, is ended by the
election of Henry Is. Payne, very
wealthy man and a representative of the
great Standard Oil Company monopoly,
as successor to George H. Pendleton, a
civil service reformer and anti-monop-
olist, who is a man of culture and abil-
ity, and made good Senator
Early in the contest it became appar-
ent that the only chance Mr.. Pendleton
had of being reelected, was his ability
to secure the support of some corpora
ton stronger than the Standard Oil
Company; and, rs he could not do that,
he was knitted, and Payne's henchmen
bought up the Democratic members of
the legislature, like so many cattle, re-
CARELESS of price.
From this time forward and forever,
the Democratic party must hold its
peace and surrender whatever claims
it may have made OF being a champion
OF ahtl-monopoly, Trend OF the COM
mon people and the working men
party. When great monopoly can
pave the way to n seat in the greatest
legislative body in the world, and seat
its representative there by its own influ-.
ence and money, it is tim the peopie
looked to their laurels and the brand
of iniquity ON the brow of = bparty that
ever again claims their su, ort and re-
cogniuon.
Mr.. Payne is "A years zoe, man
of considerable ability, an las served
seyer9k years in Congress He has va
rie& business interests, is wealthy,
ahd is another addition the list of
wealthy men in the Senate, where, each
year, it seems palmer that wealth is the
passport to honor and position, not en-
inent intellectual endowmen;s or acqui-
SitlOnS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
A Hint to Unknown Authors.

The editor of magazine is trustee.
The character and the prosperity of the
trust committed to him, as well as his
own reputation and his own personal
and pecuniary interest, depend upon
the success of the magazine But how
can he promote that success by accept
ing the work of his personal friends, or
of little clique of writer's, to the ex-
clusion of the better work of unknown
men? 1t is the editors acceptance of
this last which has made the fame of
many of the best known If living
writer's.
my DEAR" said the wise nurse to the
young child, "bugaboos leset us on
every hand. BIT lock steadily at
them and they 81 vlLish. The man
who came hu1 : midnight saw an
awful specfer. outstretched, wide
flying aiming him from his own
door g marched bravely on, and
To- one of his own shirts dang
ling 81 che night wind upon the clothes
line. -Harper's Easy Chair.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
LAWYERS i'm Georgia.

The practice. of law is beginning to
dwindle into nothingness in the South
1t is a profession that presents to the
young man very meagre inducements.
In country like Talbot, for instance,
prominent gentleman and citizen told
us not long since that he thought the
whole law practice of the county was
worth scarcely more than $1,000 per an
mum, cash. We agree with him and can
readily see that it grows less and less
every year. 1t looks very much as if a
prophecy made by Colonel Branford at
our last March term would come to pass.
He said that the time would come when
lawyers would have to stop at the Jail
as they could not pay hotel bills Tai
bottom (Ga.) NesC Era.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
Money the Root or all Evil.

A terrible affair recently happened in
Puebla. An employee of the railroad
brought home all his savings, $3.50, in
bank bills, as surprise to show his
wife, who did not know he had
that amount of money. Hearing
the approach of the train be put them
on the table and ran out to his work and
his wife went to the door to look after
him. During her absence their little
three-year-old daughter crawled up to
the table and seeing the roll of bright
colored papers threw them in the fire.
The father on his return on learning
of the loss struck the child such terri
BILE blow as to kill it and that night,
filled with remorse, cast himself under
the wheels of a train and committed
suicide. The mother went insane and
is now in the asylum. - GdireSt0n Nes0s.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
A Joker Who Got Left.

The fool who thinks it is funny to
play practical joke has come to grief
by SO doing in Albany. He was in a dry
goods store, and saw gentleman whom
he recognized as an acquaintance. He
stopped up quietly behind his friend,
who was standing by the counter. and
took small package from his outside
pocket. The joke ought to have come
in here, but it didn't. The clerk saw
the affair, and thinking he had detected
thief plying his vocation, at once took
the supposed culprit by the collar. The
joker explained his joke, and called on
his friend to help him out of the scrape.
But to his CONSERVATION, the gentle
man proved to be an utter stran-
ger to him. Everyone decided that the
poor joker looked like hardened thief,
and a policeman was at once sent for.
After much difficulty, however, the jo-
ker convinced the minion of the law that
he was respectable man, and was re-
leased.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
Borrowing a Clergyman,s Boy.

\ story is told by Toledo West End
preacher on a brother minister that will
bear repeating. Recently a circus was
in the city, and the ministerial curiosity
was so awakened that an outside view of
the stretch of canvass would not suffice.
The minister had compunctions of con-
science against the qualification of what
he fancied might be questionable desire.
However, his liberality of belief would
permit of the children going, and of
their seeing all there was to be seen.
provided they had some good sized
masculine protector with them But I'M
fortunately for him, he had no children.
and was therefore-to use an unortho
dox expression-'in a hole. Finally he
hit upon plan. He went to the preacher
and tried to borrow his five-year-old boy
as a companion to the circus. But it
wouldn't work, the preacher remarking:
I've waited a long time for my boy to
get big enough to go to circus, and
now | want to use him myself - Totedo
Blale.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
Drinking Healths.

The drinking of healths originated
during the Danish occupation of Brit
ain. The Danes frequently stabbed
Englishmen while in the act of drink
ing, and it finally became necessary for
the English, in view of the constant
repetition of this dastardly mode of as
sassination, to enter into compact to be
mutual pledges of security for each
others health and preservation. Hence
the custom of pledging and drinking
healths.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
To the Ypllowsfone.

1t is all well enough for those who are
fond of roughing it for great distances
on wagons or on horseback, over the
unevenest roads imaginable, to go to
the Yellowstone Park. but, as for this
deponent, he would prefer to await the
construction of railroad to and through
the park; or, at all events, the improve
ment of the roads. But look at those
wonderful geysers is worth any mans
time and money. These water volca-
noes are one of the wonders of the
world. Those who suppose that the
Northern Pacific Railroad passes
through the park, or even near it, are
deluded. But the connection will no
doubt be made in due time.-Cor.
Chicago Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17
The "Wishbone'' Wedding.

The "wishbonen wedding has become
the correct thing. The couple stand be-
meath floral wishbone. After the GER
emony the bride and groom are given
the wishbone to pull. The tug results
in break somewhere, and whoever
holds the long piece is absolyed from
getting up to build fires in the morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17

Can these be very hard times-can a
country be very "hard up" which CON
sumes fifty million gallons of whisky,
ten million barrels of beer, two thou
sand million cigars, and thousand
million pounds of tobacco in a single
year?" Tue Dubuque Times inquiries.
Probably the Government is not; but
majority of the consumers are '.hard
up from that very cause.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-01-17

1t is singularly strange what har-
monious sound the word "bar'r' has to
the Democracy. ''Bar'r' and boom
are evidently very symphonious terms
to that party, as the new Ohio Senator
possesses the former to very great de-
gree, they are doing their best to boom
him as Presidential candidate.