Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-11
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MIS-. vance, VIE OF the North Caro-
lima Senator, has in her Washington
parlor hornets nest forty-two inches
in length.
Ralph Disraeli, Lord Beaconsield's
! only surviving brother, has been made
Clerk of Parliament, to succeed Sir
William Rose. The salary is $4,000
Duty, nil.
Liquid fuel is exciting much attention
in England. With view to its use the
Russian Black Sea Navigation Company
Is building large fleet of tank steam
ers to import petroleum in bulk.
Paper is now used as material for pic
ture frames. The pulp, mixed with
glue, oil and whiting, is run into molds
and hardened, after which il may be
gilded or bronzed in the usual way.
In one of the many Bibles scattered
about hotel in Grand Rapids for the
use OF its guests a matter-of-fact drum
mer wrote in large letters on the title
page an appeal for less Bibles and
better beds. "
An American company is reported to
have been formed for the purpose OF
laying paper railway in Russia. The
rails and wheels are to be of compressed
paper. Less vibration and noise is ex-
pected than from the ordinary iron
roads.
The latest explanation of the fact that
a drunken man usually escapes injury
by fall is that his nerve centers are
! paralyzed. Hence they are not affected
by the shock Of the fall which, with
sober man, would have acted violently
upon the heart
Two medical journals are fighting
over chewing gum. One thinks it pre-
serves the teeth, develops the gums, and
should be encouraged; the other points
out the injurious draught upon the sail
vary glands and digestive organs. and
its crushing effect upon female lowell
ness.
An Englishman is seeking to show
that John Milton was a plagiarist. This
| latest iconoclast declares that Milton
cribbed most of the ideas and many of
| the expressions in paradise Lost and
! Paradise Reganed' from Joost van
den Vondel, who was born in Cologne
in 1886.
A large pelican was shot on a sand
bar in the Arkansas river, near Wichita.
which measured nine feet from tip to
tip of its wings, and which in life stood
six feet high. Its bill had a capacity to
hold two gallons of food Its feathers
were two inches thick, and capable of
turning off large shot.
Robert Browning has become citi-
zen Of Venice, having purchased the
Manzoni Palace, on the Grand Canal. |
from its owner. an Austrian. Ii is de-
scribed by Ruskin in the Stones OF
Venice as "a perfect and very rich ex-
ample OF Byzantine renaissance; its |
warm marbles arc magnificent.
Mother Ewes daughters queen it over
the whole world, of course, but South |
Africa is their own special corner of the |
earth. The expectations from that re-
gion last year were valued at S37, 300 |
600, and of that 925,000,000 was paid |
for articles for women's adornment- |
ostrich feathers, diamonds and that sort |
Of thing
Joaquin Miller is spending the winter
engaged in literary work. He has an
intense hatred Of dogs. 4 visitor who
recently called upon him was accom-
panied by large English mastifl
Take that beast outr' exclaimed Miller
furiously. There never was but one
nation (the Creeks that knew how 10
treat dog properly, and they put him
at the gates of Hell. =
Thomas Jordan of South Lewiston,
Me, is 81 years old. Last winter he
lost the use of an eye and didn't dis
Germ it until spring He went into the
field one day in springtimc and noticed
that things looked passing strange. He
clapped his hand to one 60 Black
darkness! One eye was toal.y blind,
and. strangest Of all. it had not panied
him, and he had not known it before.
The Island Of Jersey, where Lily
Langtry comes from, is, besides being a
place of wonderful natural beauty,
paradise for married folks who want TO
live economically They can get their
lodging, food and services all for SO
week, and there viii be nothing what
ever to complain Of with respect to amy
of the accommodations Tie people Of
the island are largely French. and
know, Of course, how to get the most
and the best ont of everything.
Frederick j. Stimson. better known
as -. j. Of Dale, does not regard the :,
writing Of stories rs his business in life.
''Guerndale," Mrs Knolbys. THE
Crime Of Henry Vane, and other tales
that have made his reputation are the
outcome of hours of leisure and amuse-
ment Since in 1873 he was graduated
from Harvard he has studied and prac-
ticed law assiduously During the last
five years he has been at work on law
book, which is now in the hands OF the
publisher. The title is american Stat
ute Law"
From time immemoral picked cab
bage has been denounced BY doctors as
outrageously indigestiblc OF late.
however, that dietatic preparation has
grown to be quite respectable. Ii has
risen to the dignity Of IN alkaloid pro-
Queer. Nj. Tuyapogu has isolated the
substance, and finds that it suppresses
the delirium due to a prolonged use of
alcohol. SO the whisky seller, in plac-
ing picked cabbage upon his lunch Ia
bic, has been for years unconsciousiy |
engaged in providing his guests with
proper scientific treatment
One of the hardest things to represent |
on map is the contour on vertical re-
lief of a country No very satisfactory |
process of making relief maps. by which |
we may get at a glance a good idea of |
the coniiguration of the earths surface, |
has heretofore been invented New re-
lief maps, however, that are now being |
introduced in Europe are said not only |
to show accurately the physical features |
of the earth, but also to be as convep-
lent to handle as an ordinary map.
They can be rolled up or folded, and |
can be carried about as easily rs so
much paper. They are fattened when |
a weight is placed upon them, but in |
stantly resume their proper Shape when |
the pressure is removed.
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