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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

Maybe / was iu,Mted?" he said,
as be took Il chair in the Central sta
ton yesterday and used very small
handkerchief to blow very large blast
from his nose.
Maybe You were, said the captain,
as he closed the biutter.
81 likes to 90 oop on Myrtle street"
continued Mr.. Dundcr. Il goes oop
py Grand rifcr, snust like my son
Shake tells me to. und by und by
doan' find no Myrtle street looks
oop und down, und in all der alleys
und pehind all der buildings. but |
doan' find him. vhas most discour-
aged, when young man comes along.
he looks all tired out, but like TO ask
him. und 50 says:
Maybe you knows where Myrtle
street vhasp'
Eh?' he says, und he puts some
Eyeglasses on his nose und looks at
me so long dot | vas ashamed
IL like to find Myrtle street, says.
Maybe you yhas SO kindt und shentle
dot you tell an oldt man like me how
TO lind it. like TO see my wife's sis
ter, you knowP She falls down shtairs
una Jumps All oafef, una L Ike TO
know if she feels hurt
Dots What | told him, und he puts
dot eye-glass away, takes cork nit II
shtring tied to it from his west pocket,
und shust sosure as you viias alive, puts
dot cork in his car uud yhalks await
pellet he has der earachc. but when
goes home my son Shake falls on der
floor NIT his laughing, und he says dot
Was a guy on me. Captain, vhas dot
SOP Does he mean to Insult me?"
81 guess he did.
I'm! Say, captain, | vhas too long
in Detroit, und pays too much taxes
in two wards to put up nit such con-
duct! | shall go oop Grand ritter some
more. shall meet dot same young
man. He Will put dot cork III his ear
for mo again, und-und-
Don't get excited, MIR. Dunder. "
'Ob. der vhas no excite me- vhas
shust so cool as pumpkins. shust
like to say dot Ilrive dot cork through
his head NIT my fist, und den | snail
grab il uud leadt him all oafer town
by der sthrng You keep some bo-
leecemans AWAY from me! vhas all
right on my gait. "-DetroH Free
7esS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
All Hash TO Him.

The daughter OF Boston merchant
of great wealth, wide mercantile con.
nections. and boundless hospitality
was lately married. The western agent
of the merchant happened to be in
town. and, as the proud father was in
yiting about every body to his daugh-
ter's wedding he invited the westerner
too.
Tho westerner came. lie was un-
easy, and shifted about from place to
place in the house as if he were hunt
ing for spots that suited him better
than those he had been in. He nut
his hands nonchalantly on things aud
took them off agaia suddenly, as if he
found them hot, ana grinned familiar
ly J~ople he had never seen before.
:. . then suddenly drew his features
back with CHASTITY solemnity. 1t
seemed to be an occasion of great and
overwhelming novelty TO him.
When the refreshments came around
he was inclined 10 fight shy of pretty
nearly everything. II was as if he pro-
posed to take en- a little Boston for
mality, now that he WAS in Boston. and
require an introduction to every dish.
His host saw that he wasn't eating
much, and came around to see about
it.
why, you arn't eating anything,
Dir. West, he said. can't | help YOU
to something's
mo, | thank you, said the western
er, Il ain't very hungry tonight. |
reckon I've eat enough"
just then waiter came along with
some croquettes.
Mr.. West. take one Of those GRO
quotes, think you'll like them; take
one. take one. !"
The westerner took one. He punch
ed it with his fork, laid it open a bit,
and examined it critically. Then he
tasted it and exclaimed:
''Gosh! Hashr - Boston record
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
Possible Origin of the Phrase.

A number of correspondents have
written to number of newspapers
lately, inquiring about the origin of
the phrase bloody shirt" SO often
used in the political discussions of the
present day. We know of no better
explanation than that given by Roscoe
Conkling in a speech made in New
York September IL, 1880. Referring
to the bloody shirt, he said: at IS
a relief to remember that this phrase.
with the thing it means, is no inye4-
ton of our politics. 1t dates back to
Scotland three centuries ago. After a
massacre in Glenfruin, not so savage
as has stained our annals, 220 widows
rode on white palfreys 10 Stirling
Tower. bearing each on a spear her
husband's bloody sairi- The appeal
walked Scotland's siumbering sword.
and outlawry and the block made the
name of G,enfruin terrible to yictori-
Gus Clan Alpine. even to the third and
fourth generations
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
A Box at Tvnry Stroke,

In the recent pafaue Of the trades
unions there were several banners
bearing such inscriptions as: Use No
Goods Put Up in Machine-Made
Boxes!' and Boycott Machine-Made
Boxes, or Let Good Men Staryef
George Blair, the socialist aeitator and
boxmaker, was asked yesterday wnat
grounds there WAS for opposition 10
machne-m dc boxes.
about ten years ago. he rep!ied,
there was no such thing as mach'te-
made box. Nowadays, in some trades,
there is no such thing as a hand-n lie
box. Formerly the knocking together
OF small boxes for soap. oil, etc, was a
trade by itself, at which nearly i've
hundred men in this city mate lair
wages. The wood WIS cut ont Dy ma
chinery and the workmen nailed the
pieces together. About 1874 some man
improved considerably upon machine,
which hammered in 1T one blow all the
nails on one side oil The box. Since then
improvement has followed improve
ment, until now you pour keg OF
nails at the top OF the machine, and a
boy feeds the wood in at the bottom.
All that the boy does is to put in the
right pieces and in proper order, the
machine doing all the rest.
''The macnine works so well aud so
fast that the men have been driven out
OF the business by boys. the price of
such work having dwindied until no
man can support himself at it. In 1878
the Standard Oil company paid IS Tor
knocking together one hundred boxes.
Thanks to the machine it now gets the
same work done Tor q cents. The
work of mailing the boxes together
costs less than the nails used. The
boxes l speak of are used to put oil
cans in, and many measure twenty in
ches in length, ten inches in height,
and fourteen inches in width. The
Standard OIL company saves n fortune
every year by the use of these ma
chimes, and so it is with soap boxes,
some starch boxes, etc. in fact, every
sort OF box that is made in very large
quantities of one particular SIZE. In
inc meantime the men who used to
look upon boxmaking as their business
want to know what they are going TO
do"
Are the handmade boxes much
better than those made by machineryP"
Certainly; but the difference is not
great enough to offset the cheapness of
machlne-made goods. In mailing a box
together a man will not send the nail
through knot or into a rotten bit.
The machine knows no better. StllI,
as 1 say, the difference in price is tre-
mendous, and the machine is bound to
make iurtner inroads into the business.
My Class OF work does not require it
yet, but it may some day. BY asking
consumers TO boycott goods that are
put up in machine.made boxes they
hope to delay the day wnen every COM
mon box will be turned out 10y machin-
cry. | confess that whlle / sympathlze
with the men, ana reahze that the in
PRODUCTION OF the machine is taking
bread and butter out of their mouths,
do not see how they can fight against
it any more Than against any other la
bor-saving machinery. But the five
hundred boxmakers now out OF work
feel so badly used that they can not
help uttering some sort OF a protest,
even though they know it is useless. =
N. \. sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
w all Street Bears and Their Opera
tions.

Brokers and operators are ''bears"
when they have sold stock. and par
ticularly stock that they did not own.
contracting to deliver it at some future
time. They are then ''short of the
market. The disposition of the bear
is TO pull things down. The Wall
street bear is often found 'gunning a
stock by putting forth all his strength
and craft to break down the price, and
especially when aware that certain
house is heavily loaded and can not
resist his attack. He 'buys in by
purchasing stock to meet ''shortn
contract, or to return borrowed stock;
covers" or ''covers his shorts by
buying stock 10 fulfill his contract on
the day of delivery. This is self
protective measure, and is called
covering short sales A ''drop" in
the price of stock is to bear the
next best thing to ''break." He re-
joiccs in an ,'off p" market when prices
fall. He .'sells OUT man by forcing
down the price OF stock that the per-
son is carrying so low that he is
obliged to let it go, and perhaps to
fail. He groans Justify when the bulls
get a twist on the shorts" by artifi-
cially raising prices, and Squeezing"
or compelling the bears to settle at
ruinous rates. Neither 'sbull" nor
'bear" is an altogether safe 'scritter. y
The latter, however, is reputed to be
about four times as miscellaneous as the
former, inasmuch as he rudely sells
another mans property, whereas the
bull contents himself with carrying his
own.
The bear occasionally finds himself
in ''corner," where it is impossible
to buy the stock OF which he is
''short, and which he must deliver at
specified time. He growls and begs,
but must pay what the holders of his
contracts are willing to accept. Some
relief is afforded by ''let up, or
withdrawal from the market OF tu..
"cique," or pool" or combination
of operators that cornered him. A
"squeal in the pool is the revelation
OF Its secrets by one of its member>.
and ''leak in the pool' is wnen one
of the parties sells out his interest
without the knowledge of the others.
Either form of detection yields soms
mitigation to the bears suiferings. =
Il. lIheattey, ia Aa1per's .44yaglue TO-.
NoCen6er.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
Not Well Trained.

A certain man who owned q fine,
large dog was Dragging about now
well trained the faithful animal was,
and how he would obey any order that
was given him. One OF the gentlemen
present, 10 test the obedience OF the
dog, said to the proud owner:
''lf the dog is SO well trained, tell
him to get up and go out doors, aud
then we can see il you have got Inn
under control.
Grover, " said the man, you get
up and go out.
The dog got up, but instead Of going
out he walked up to his master and bit
him on the leg.
''0r bite me in the leg, if you don't
want TO so out, said the owner oI TIC
animal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

Through the courtesy of Lieut.. Geo.
Barnett, of Boscobel, now stationed at
Sitka, Alaska, we have received cspy
of the first number of The Alaskan, the
first and only paper published in that
far off land of the western main. The
editorial pages bear the unmistakable
ear-marks of Alfred Peter Swineford,
governor of Alaska and late editor of
The Marquette (Mich. Mining journal.
We presume when A. p. left home to
assume the executive Office he shoveled
up bag full of the Mining Journal
type, and providing himself with press
in San Francisco, comes forth like a
fairy in his new home with this child of
his alleged brain. 1t is certainly a
credit to the governor, aud shows that
Democrat cannot be sent to place so
far away from civilization but that he
will find means to indulge his appetite
for literature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
Rheumatism

Usually settles in the back or i'm -,
and often so completely overpowers its
victims that all business or labor has a.
be abandoned. Our readers should ri.
member that Hoods Sarsaparilla is M
recommended as positive sp.citi tnr
rheumatism; its proprietors dpun
if there is. or can be, such a remed,
But many people who were most severe
ly afflicted, state that they have be- n
positively cured by Hoods Sarsap;,f,
The disease is often the result y Ia
pure blood. hence the power Il
great medicine over il lis .ueer..
many severe cases justities u IN r.ctso-
mending its use To Nh sui - 4
rheumatism. 100 Doses One ID 81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

Hoods Sarsaparilla has cured thous-
ands of cases of rheumatism. This is
abundant reason for belief that il viii
cure you Try it.
have been afflicied with catarrh for
20 years. 1t became chronic, and there
was Il constant dropping Of mucous
matter frem the roof Of my mouth 1t
extended 70 my throat, causing hoarse-
ness and great difficulty in spanking,
infted f' tears es nsd al3ls g So k
N. Than tbir msnues I'd ot.p
This slif sreti i,iii nitY sIsa. 10 i.
greal xtrnt. iost toe ass 81 hearing
ii the trft esr. and efiaste By the use
OF Ey's Cream Bfm VI dropping i
mucous Aas ceased u M voice aad
hearing has greatls improved JAS
w. Davidson, Attorney IL Law, Mon
m uth, liz
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

Rev. Father Mai,hcr. OF ST. Patrick 5
Church, Racine. claims to have been
relieved OF caueyrous affection of the
throat by the application OF an onion
poultice. The reverend Gentleman had
consulted several physicians. who held
out but little hope Tor the patient. and
predicted his death in short time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
A Great Victory
A Terrible Case of ScrofuIa
Cured by
Hoods SarsaparilIa

" In the winter of 1879 was attacked with
Scrofula in one of the most aggrayating forms.
At one time had no less than thirteen large
assesses over and aroundmy neck and throat,
continually exuding an offensive mass of
bloody matter disgusting to behold, and
almost intolerable to endure. 1t is impossible
to fully describe my sufferings, as the case
was complicated with Chronic Catarrh. After
three years Of misery, having been treated by
three physicians, / was worse than ever.
Finally, on the recommendation of w. j,
Huntley, druggist, Of Loekport, was induced
/ to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. And now, after
having taken twelve bottles, within the last
twelve months, the scrofulous eruptions have
entirely ceased, and the assesses have all
disappeared, except the unsightly scars, which
are daily becoming smaller by degrees, and
beautifully less do not know what it may
have done Tor others, but l do know that in
my case, Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved an
effective specific indeed. AS an evidence OF
my gratitude / send these facts unsolicited,
this cure, by personal correspondence with
any one who doubts it, CHARLES A. Rob-
ERTs, East Wilson, N. Y.
This statement is confirmed by w. j. Hunt
ley, druggist, of Lockport, n. Y, who calls the
cure great victorg for Hoods sarsaparilla.
Send for book giving statements ofmany cures.
Hoods SarsapariIEa
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for S.. Made
only by C. ]. HOOD s. CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

The Polish Catholic church at Detroit,
Mich, has been having an exciting
time. A short time ago Father Kolas-
inski, the beloved pastor, was removed
by order of the bishop and Father Dom
browski placed in charge, whereupon
he was set upon at his first appearance
in the pulpit and mobbed, the rioters
being principally women. The priests
robes were torn from him and he was
so roughly handled that had not the
police interfered it is probable he would
have been killed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

No one will question the afli nation
OF The postulate, that speech Is one of
tue chief aud most valuable of the tai
ents possessed by men, and .uat they
are held responsible 10 God and man
.or lis wise and bcnciicent use.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

Those who believe rhaf nature ,,.s.
work off cough or cnld shonul n,il
stand that this is done al Inc Exp, n>c
of the constitution Each tim. 49,
weakens the system. and We Il n,1,,
that the termination OF THIS = ger a.-
practice is consumpiiv-'s gray
Don take the chances. wbea i III
G. NJ bottle of Dr. Bigelnw~ P.4~ifis
ur will safely and promptly eur asY
recent cough. culd ar throat or luz
trouble. Bul the dollar bottle pf b
Der. MeNair G. Co. Successors If Free
v Bryan. Lancaster, tor chronic eases
or family use.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

The timber work OF the domes OF
the Churen Of ST. Mark, ut Venice, is
more Than $40 years Old, and is still in
3 good state
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

As the great object of all public insti-
tutions is to become self-sustsining. the
institution of drunkenness might be
made so by compelling the whisky-sel-
,er to pay the fines of those arrested,
whom his liquor has made drunk. The
fine is now usually paid by the wife of
10 drinker, who hardly seems the
nroner person upon whom to iniiict the
punishment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
100 Doses One Dollar,
For Sale.

We offer for sale at decided bargain the land
and buildings formerly occupied by The Lancas-
ter Wooden Mills; also the S5-hor-e-power engine
and the boiler connected Herewith.
Tobacco warehouses aid pork packing estab-
lishment are necessities in Lancaster, and this
plant is admirably adapted for either Terms
easy. Address GEO. w. RYLAND s CO.,
37w9 LANCASTER, WIS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-09-12

l gave you reason to think me only q
vain, silly girl. But hear my defense,
how sorry and ashamed am, wont
you:" And Jenny made her peni-
tent little confession, ending with
II don't know what you think of me
now, but indeed"
81 think you the dearest, bravest
little girl in the world, and tits who
am the fool" cried the doctor, ar
IDENTIFY. And them .
But, then, l don't think outsiders
like you and l, reader, have any bust
ness to listen.
When Jenny got home she took off
the blue slippers which had SO near
ly cost her lover and flung them
under a wardrobe, saying:
"Lie there, you blue wretches
But you have taught me a good les
son. I've done with you. I'll buy
my wedding-boots before long, and
they'll not be blue ones either"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-09-12
Wise and Unwise.

THE value of a life can not be over
estimated. DR.. Agnew, the distin-
guished Philadelphia surgeon, who
was repeatedly summoned to Wash
ington during the illness of President
Garfield, was one day requested to re-
main but declined because Of patients
requiring his attention III Phil
adelphia. One of the patients refer
red to in particular was laborer at
the ship-yard, who had a badly frac-
tured skull, and another was a work.
man who was suffering from danger
Gus wound in the abdomen. When
it was urged that the Presidents
life was more valuable, the eminent
surgeon replied that "human life
was human life" that the President
was attended by skillful surgeons,
abundantly able to cope with any
emergency, while these poor men had
nobody; thereby intlmating that the
life of a workman is as important to
himself as that of the Presidents.
This is the value which mine bosses
and superintendents, colllery owners,
inspectors, legislators, and all others,
should place upon the life Of the wage
worker in and about the coal mines,
hundreds of whom annually lose
their lives IN the anthracite region
alone.-Shenandoah pa } Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-09-12
xsdieins-Surgsry-Dsntistry.
AYERS
Cherry Pectoral.

No other complaints are 70 insidious In their
attack ~ thoss Anseting the throat and lungs:
none 20 trifSd With By the majority Of suffer-
srs. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from . triaing or unconscious sx-
posurs. y often bat the beginning Of fatal
s4sknsss. AYl1's 'OxxIRY PzcToRAL has
veil proven it stnoaey In forty years fight
With throat and lung diseases, and should b.
taken In all eases without dslay.
A Terrible Cough Cured.
In 1867 I took severe cold, which affected
ny ayyhs lung: s I'D terrible cough And pa...d
gave me up. l tried AYxR's CRxRRY PFC
roRAL, which relieved my lungs, induced
sleep, and Afforded me tie rest necessary
70. :sns:.s In: 10: & q sh.Y Y :,:1s B, me
old, hale AID hearty. and am satisned yous
Chznhx fHcrolAL saved me.
Rockingham. Vt. July Is. iSs2.
Croup. A Nothsr's Tribute.
"Whils in the country last winter my little
boy. three yeA!s old, vas taken Ill With Group;
Is scanned - u he would die from strans1-
lstion. One Of the family suggested the use
Of AYnR's C1zRs1 PxcrolXL, = bottle Of
which vas always ksps In the house. This
y.s tried IN snill and frequent doses. and
u
Little patient vAs hrsashing easily. Tho doc
tor said that the CkxR1Y PEcroRAL had
aAved my daxiing's life. Can yoa vondAr at
our gratitndss Sincerely yeuFs,
AHs. xANA GHDHRY.'s
10 West 12sth st., New York. Nay Is, ise2.
NJ have ssed AYxR's CHRlRY PKcToRAI
In nay family for several years, and do nos
hesitAts to pronounce 1t the most eMestoAl
remedy for coughs and colds vs have ever
Lake Crystal. MIMI, March Is. lss2.
suffered for eight ysAxs from Brouehitss,
and after trying many remedies With NO sue.
case, vas cured by the use Of AYxR's CKlA-
NJ PRcTonAL. Jos1FH VALDEZ"
Byhalta. Miss. April 5. 1ee3.
~ cannot say enough In praise Of AYHR's
CHERRY PEcTonAL, believing - I do that
but for its uss should long Inss have died
from lung troubles. Z. BRA0DoA."
Palestine, Texas, April e, lsa7.
No ease Of an affection Of the throat or
langs exists which cannot b greatly relieved
BY ths sss Of AYRR's CKxhIY PxcToRAx,
and 1t will oirsys esss vhsn the diseAse .
not already beyond ths control Of medicine.
PRRPARRD By
Dr.J.C.Ayer&C Co., Lowell, Macs.
Sold by ali Druggists.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-09-12

S1sTER-"Now, Ethel, be sure and
pray God to make you a good girl"
Ethel (praying) - "Dear bod,
pleathe twy and make me dood
little dirl; and if at firtht you don't
thuctheed, why, twy, twy again."
Chicago Rambler.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-09-12
Steamship Schedules.
ALLAN LINE.
STEAM BETWEEN
Baltimore and Liverpool,
CALLING AT
HALIFAX
EACH WAY.

TNHE SPLENDID SCREW STEAMERS
L of the above Line will run regularly be-
tween the above ports.
CASPIAN, 1900 tons, Lieut.. r. Barrett r.
N. R., captain.
HANOVERIAN, 1000 tons, Lieut.. B. Thom-
son, K. N. R.. captain.
NOVA SCOTIAN, 1900 tons, r. H. Hughes,
captain.
Steerage Passage to Liverpool or Queens
town, S13; to Dublin, S14 to Derry, Glasgow
Belfast, London, Bristol, Cardiff, SIS.
Prepaid Certificates at Lowest Rates.
Very Best Accommodations for Steerage and
intermediate Passengers.
An experienced Surgeon is attached to each
vessel.
Intermediate and Steerage Stewardesses car
ried by each Steamer for the purpose of at
tending to the wants of females and children.
For further particulars or Passage Tickets
apply to A. SCHUMACHER & CO.,
No. South Gay street, Baltimore,
Or in Frostburg to J. JANDORF,
Sept 5-y Main Street.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-09-12

A SCHOOL journal advises snake
the school intensely interesting.
That's what the small boy tries to do
to the best Of his ability.