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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

1t is said that Morrison will contest
Bakers election in Illinois. There is
no just ground for contest and Morri-
son must depend upon the Democratic
majority in the House to seat him, in
hopes that if the next presidential cleo
ton is thrown into the House the Dem
ocrats may have majority of the states
as represented in the House.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

BY the destruction of three grain ele.
vators. together with their contents, and
number of adjoining buildings, al
Duluth, Saturday night, about q mil.
lion dollars worth of property was con.
sumed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

Some naval ordnance experts assert
that Secretary Whitney's dynamite gun
cruiser will be an absolutely innocuous
vessel, because the long tube cannot
possibly do any accurate shooting in a
rolling sea. No test of the dynamite
gun and projectie has been made at
sea. and $3.50, 900 is deal of money to
pay for vessel with forty-foot tube
which would miss barn door at ten
feet in comparatively rough sea.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

The Washington Post triumphantly
exclaims: Nov the President is in line
with all the best instincts and traditions
of the Democratic partyH' That is, the
President is returning to the genuine
old Marcy spoils doctrine of his party
the instinct for spoils-seizing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

Congressman Price doubtless is a
very sick man, but he is not dead yet.
Nevertheless numerous candidates for
his seat are announced as being al
ready Gin the field" For real delicacy
of feeling commend us TO the average
oifice-seeker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

A man named Boddie has been con-
fined to the work-house for giving adj
vice 10 Mrs. Garfield. If everybody
who gave advice to Mr.. Garfield had
been put in work-house, how popu-
lous those institutions would have been
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

The Campbell divorce case is exciting
all England. The defendant is son of
the Duke of Argyle. If half of the al
legations of either party IN the suit are
true. both parties are about vile enough
to make good average member of a
British mobile" family.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

Monday afternoon man named
Kurz jumped from the Brooklyn bridge
in attempt to commit suicide. He is
seriously injured but it is thought he
will recover.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

Now that gold has been discovered in
Oklahoma reservation, Ind, r., it will
take something more than company
of cavalry to keep out the boomers.
They are already pouring in and squat
tium
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

With the administration booming the
Hewitt tariff bill, with Morrison and his
friends fighting it tooth and nail, and
with Randall fighting both, the pros
pect for getting clear idea of the DEM
ocratic position on the tariff question
appears to be somewhat limited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

Henry M. Stanley lectured to an i'm.
mense audience in New York last Mon
day night, on his last African explora-
tons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

NEW HATS, bonnets. tips. fancy
feathers. trimmings, notions. etc. at
Mrs. f. Stephens, Potosi. Stamping
done for painting and fancy work.
22w1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

In the cases of Carl Gussenfeldt, John
Rungeld and August Cent?, the Mil
waukee Garden rioters, Judge Slcan
suspended sentence Monday morning
and the prisoners were Immediately
freed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02
Essential or Accidental!

There is scarce a month passes in
which some case does not arise that
tries our faith in the efficiency of the
Jury system as means of melting out
legal Justice. The McQuade trial in
New York is the most recent case in
point. Here twelve men were chosen
to decide the guilt or innocence of a
man. They passed the qualification in
quiry, took most solemn oath to fairly
and impartially weigh the evidence, and
give verdict in accordance with the
facts. So far as can be told at this
distance the evidence was overwhelm-
ing for convection. There was not
even the shadow of doubt that Nc
Quade was guilty of the matter charged.
The Judge plainly and fully set before
the jurors the law and their duty in the
premises. In the face of all this nine
of these twelve declared that the ac-
cused was innocent.
What tbs to be thought of such verdict?
One of three things evidently operated
in the case: The jury was mentally in
competent, criminally obstinate, or il
was bribed. There is no other way OF
reconciling the verdict with the evidence
except on one of these hypothesis. In
all similar cases of perverted decision
the rule above will apply. There is nc
certain assurance that the McQuade
jurors we're bribed. If they were, it is
an accidental circumstance and ought
not to impair faith in the system. II
can be guarded against II it were one
of the other two assigned possibilities
the question rcyerts to the preliminaries
of choosing the jurors.
1t is here, more than in the essential
features of the system itself, that the
weakness lies. The principle assumes
that the jury can be constituted readily
that twelve men can be impaneled in
any community who are honest. fair,
and intellectually capable Of deciding
right and wrong. This assumption is
well founded. The trouble has been,
and is, That the safeguards put around
the election of these men are the most
potent agencies for defeating the ends
aimed at The conclusion generally
reached in the country is that trial by
jury has not outgrown its usefulness
but that the restrictions and limitations
placed about its application to import
ant cases are sadly in need of change
At the British foreign Office doubt:
are entertained whether Presiden
Cleveland will be in a position to an
nounce in his coming message the solu
ton of the fisheries dispute. No pro
gress is being made towards settle
ment. Lord Iddlesleigh is absorbed il
the Eastern question, and has com
pletely relegated TO Minister West al
negotiations with the United States
The attitude of the Dominion govern
ment is not favorable TO a settlement
Tho extradition treaty has been detin
itely settled upon, the exact terms o
the convention drafted by Minister
Phelps and Lord Rosebery. The re
ports that amendments have been made
by Canada are incorrect.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

The second trial of McQuade, the
New York Doodle alderman, began last
Monday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

NEW CLOAKS AND WRAPS for the
fall and winter in all styles, and patterns
at TIE very lowest prices at John
Schrelner's. soft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

project is being worked up for a
ca BILE direct from London TO Australia,
by way of Canada. The toll is TO be
one dollar per word.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

THE finest assortment of Dress Goods
and Trimmings in the city can 0e found
at John Schreiner's. soft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

BOUCLE AND JERSEY Jackets, new
and novel at C. IL. Baxter & Co. s. soft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

CHOICE LINE of Ladies' Cloaks in
every style at the lowest prices at c. II.
Baxter & Cos. Soft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

CONCERNING RED HAIR-Many
people admire red hair, but if you do
not, Parker's Hair Balsam will imp art
to it darker hue. 1t will also thicken
thin hair, eradicate dandruff, and i'm
part sottness, glossiness, and life to
hair which has become dry and harsh.
Not dye, does not soil the linen.
Gives delicious perfume. An elegant
dressing. 3Sw4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

NOTHING LIKE Tr.-No medicine
has ever been known so effectual in the
cure of all those diseases arising from
an impure condition of the blood as
SCoyILL'S SARsAPARILLA, OR BLOOD
AND LIVER SYRUP, for the cure of Scrof-
ula, White Swellings, Rheumatism,
Plmples, Blotches, Eruptions, Venereal
Sores and Diseases, Consumption,
Goitre, Boils, Cancers, and all kindred
diseases. No better means of securing
a beautiful complexion can be obtained
than by using SCOyILL'SB BLOOD AND
LIVER SYRUP, which cleanses the
blood and gives beauty TO the skin.
ONLY A STEP. When catarrh has
progressed to q certain exte MT, it is on
ly step to that terribly fatal disease,
consumption. If you have catarrh,
even slightly, it is a terrible mistake TO
allow it to continue its course uncheck-
ed. If you will only read. you will find
conclusive reasons why You should take
Hoods Sarsaparilla for catarrh, in the
statements of many people who have
been completely cured of this disease in
its most severe forms Send for book
containing abundant evidence. to G. l..
Hood & Co., proprietors of Hoods Sar-
saparilla, Lowell. Mass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

WE vGNSON Bhy A sIiais
is warranted, is because it is the best
Blood Preparation known. 1t will posi-
lively cure all Blood Diseases, puriies the
whole system, and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember, we guarantee it,
For Sale by Barber, McNair & Co.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

Another rebellion is imminent in
Bulgaria.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

JOHN SCHREINER has just received
new stock of ready made clothing for
the fall and winter and invites inspec-
ton of his stock soft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

DON'T fail to try that Maple Syrup
and Sugar at Joe Nathan's. Aft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

CHOICE STYLES and Patterns of
Ingram and Brussels Carpets at c. H.
Baxter & Co.'S. soft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02
n0lgEMC PATENT SELF pNDcrT
ADJUSTING SShsS -
lTNrEEoxZED,

Is the only perfect fitting truly comfortable and
health-prescrving Corset inside. has an Elastic
Section above and below a corded Conlerpeee
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER
Every Corset is Stamped aud absolutely Gurran-
teed IN every particular. BE sure TO get the
DOWNS PATENT. Manufactured only By the
GAGF-DoWNS COBSET co. CHICAGO.
and for sale 3y frst-cl dry-goods storesevery
where. PRICE $50.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

1.-THE RED ACORN December 9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02

NEW CROP of Tycoon Tea AZ c. II.
Baxter & Co.'S. soft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-02
Chamberlain PIOWS

Barb Wire, Nails, Rope Glass, Putty, tPumps
Churns. Pocket and Table Cutlery. Powder,
Shot, Sporting Goods. Guns, Revolvers,
Baskets, Fnbs, Building Paper Plas
tering Hair. Agricultural lmple-
ments. Etc. SPECIAL AT
TENTION PAID TO
JOB WORK
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24
A Wonderful Clock.

The famous clock Of Strausburg is
| put completely into the shade by "the
great World Clock or the ten-thOusand
year time indicator" 1T was con-
structed in Germany during MANY
years labor by Mr.. Christian Martin,
clOck-maker " The clock marks the
years and leap years, and will run for
a hundred centuries, when as the bill
frankly admits, its mechanical works"
will have to be changed.
The face of the clock is about 10 feet
square, and has large number of dials
and little nitches, where 122 little fig
ures have their abiding place. These
latter, as the ever ready bill explains,
are Ito allegOrize human life" Every
minute a sOrrOwfnl looking angel hits
a bell with sledge hammer. When
he has done this Is times another an
gel in it strikes the first quarter. 1.-THE
Genius" dressed in Louis XIV. cos
tune, turns a dial so that a figure is
shown.
At the same time the figure of a
child appears at a lower door, At the
second quarter a youth appears; at the
third a middle-aged man with specta-
SAOo anu y llttbf ullu dJ bAlC lOuILue
a decrepit old wretch with white wig.
While all this is going on below, death,
in the shape of a Comanche Indian
with wings, has been vainly en-
deavOring to hammer bell in an upper
niche, but an angel has headed him off
in every case and protected the human
family " by raising the right hand in
an allegOrical relation" as per pro-
gramme, until the fourth quarter,
Then death gets the hetter of the
struggle, strikes tho hour and bundles
the old man off into eternity. The
twelve Apostles are trOtted out each
hour. Above them is the figure of
Christ, ''whO blesses with both hands
each apostle in passing" as the bill
states, with mathematical exactness.
At morning, noon and night IL num-
Der of bell-ringers ring their respective
bells with vindictive energy, and an
old man drops on his knees as if some
one had kicked his legs out from under
him. All these and many other won
ders, exposing the family secrets of the
zodiac, the heather gods, the seasons,
the moon, and the globe all run regu-
larly. The whole structure is sur
mounted bv a cock, which crows at 5
and IL o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24
Profits From Poultry Raising.

The Bedford, N. Y, Farmers Club
held its annual meeting last week.
The Rev. J. Y. Hoyt, of Bedford.
opened the discussion on "The Profit.
ableness of Poultry Raising" He said
inpart:
On the farm of to-day poultry is
king. We used to hear that cotton was
king or that corn was king, but take
the official report of 1888 for instance.
The wheat product of that year was
worth $488, 100000, the cotton product
$40, 100000, the dairy $254, 100000.
But the poultry product was worth
$500, 900, 900, almost half again as large
as the cotton product, and larger than
both the iron and silver products to-
gether. Still it is not half as large as
it ought to be.
''In 1883 we imported 100000 doz-
ems of eggs, worth $2,677, 900. Think
of Germany sending us over 100000
dozens, and China 100000: So much
for the market. Now l think that no
| branch of farming yields a return on
smaller outlay than breeding poultry.
l have kept an accurate record of the
receipts and expenses of my hen-yard
| for 1885. I began with twenty-five
hens, representing at rs cents each
plant of $18.75. During the year sold
3,O4O eggs and got from them 250
chickens. In October l sold $50 of the
chickens for $75. In January 1 sold
| fifty more $3.50. The fifty that are
left value them at $50. My expenses
during the year for feed, repairs and
the rest were $126, so that the net prof
it on the plant was about $1OO. The
! experiment, too, was made under un-
favorable conditions.
THE yard was small and poorly pro-
tected. The cOOps had the northern
exposure and in the winter were often
more or less filed with snow. I have
had no experience with poultry raising
on large scale and can say nothing
about the profits or peculiar dangers Of
a large poultry farm.
Every farmer could increase his
stock of chickens, ducks and geese to
100 to 200 fowls with little additional
expense and no risk, and get a profit
able market. 1 guarded against YER
min and other chicken plaques by oil
ing carefully the rOOsts and the walls
of the cOOps. The perches have q
great deal to do with she style and
shape of the eggs. Narrow poles, on
which the hens have to balance them
selves with difficulty, make the eggs
small and unsymmetrical; fat roOsts,
six to eight inches broad and near the
ground, are much better. The fowls
do not injure themselves by jumping
of, and the eggs laid at night do not
break and get the hens into the habit
of eating them.
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24

The failure of the Dime Savings
Bank of New Brunswick, N. j., fur
nishes an illustration of the worst man
agement that could possibly be de-
vised. For a whole month the depos-
itOrs appear to have been kept pur-
posely in the dark as to tbs resigna-
tiOn of the president and the cause
therefor. His resignation, he explains,
was withheld by the treasurer from the
board of directors. The treasurer
meanwhile, was specializing in Wall
street, where he is believed TO have
sunk $4,000 of the banks money in
wildcat investments, There are over
1000 depOsitors in the bank, nearly all
poor people, and the loss will fall upon
them with especial severity.
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24
Cheerful Home Society.
NEARLY HALF A HUNDRED LITTLE
GIRLS TRAINING FOR USEFUL LIVES.


A reporter of the Wilmington Morn
ing NeICS last week visited The Cheer
full Home Society, a branch work of
the Young WOman's Chistian Temper
ance UuiOn, at the headquarters, north
east corner of Eight and Market streets.
This admirable plan for helping chill
dren to help themselves, put in operation
three weeks ago, is based as the name
suggests, on an effort to make homes
what they should be-the most attractive
fallplaces; so pleasant that fathers and
brothers will not desire to go out dur
ing their leisure time. The training is
systematic, thorough, practical and so
impaired as to be charming. Two
classes are taught at present, about
twenty-four girls from 10 to I3 years of
age constituting each, and meeting re-
spectively on Wednesday and Friday
afternoons.
As seen in operation, the valuable
aid given to Sunday and other schools
as well as to parents was quickly dis
cernable. An hour and half are de-
voted to each session. The first thirty
minutes bring lessons in sewing, includ-
ing patchwork and necessary repairs to
all garments, encouragement to sew
at home being a prominent point In
this connection, darning is an art soon
to be added. A simple talk on various
subjects COncering health follows; that
on this occasion was upon food, and a
number of articles of the kind were
exhibited to better impress their nature
upon the pupils.
The bones, muscles and nerves have
been previously treated, and other vi
tai subjects are to be considered. Pre-
pairing the dinner table occupies a por-
ton of the time allotted for teaching,
knives, forks. dishes, napkins and all
the other incidentals of that depart
ment of housekeeping constituting at
tractive implements in the work. A
piano has been introduced by the
grateful aid of which singing is to be
taught, and order secured in table set
ting, the duties of which will be timed
by the chords of the instrument men
toned. Besides these means of educa-
ting the little girls, wholesome child
ren's literature is provided for home
perusal. such as WidedlUdke, The PansU,
and our Little People. These are read
to sisters, brothers and parents, and,
altogether, a chain of good influence is
wound about the young that must have
a lasting beneficial effect upon the
characters now forming,
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24

The st. Paul ice carnival enpendi-
lures amounted to S4S, 900, and the re-
ceipts were S41, 900 in money and about
100000 in fun. The local poets will
now be able to write glowing descrip-
tiOns of the beauteous palace melting
under the kiss of Spring and dying in
the arms of mother earth.
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24

AMONG the admissions into the Will
mingtOn Conference on trial at the ses-
sion just closed are three married men
who were well-fxed in business, and
had very bright prospects before them.
One was among sthe most enterprising
merchants on the Peninsula, and was
clearing his thousands every year. He
was sent to a charge which cannot paw
him more than $500, and yet he went as
cheerfully to it as DIR. TOdds goes to
Grace. Another was a member of a
business firm in Wilmington which was
doing a large wholesale and retail
trade. He went just as cheerfully to a
charge where he would feel the pinch OF
poverty but that he has funds other
which he can use. The third was the
senior member of a business house
whose retail trade alone amounted a
year since to over $4,000. He went to
a very inferior work, where his support
cannot but be meager, and yet no min
lister went to his work more contentedly.
These men will be heard from.-Har-
TingtOn Enterprise
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24

Some time ago The Star entered its
protest against the destruction of birds
that is now going on to an alarming ex-
tent all over the country. The feath-
cred victims are utilized for millinery
purposes, and the ruthless destroyer,
whose name is legion, like David of old,
Stays his ten thousands every year. In
one season 10000 terms We're killed at
Cape Cod by one man; at Cobb's Isl
and, Va, a contractor bagged and
shipped to the Paris market 10000
skins of gulls, and Texas sent several
lots of white egrets, in quantities of
10000 each, 10 New York, to supply
the demand for fashionable plumes.
The fashion that would extinguish the
birds is neither humane nor civilized
it is simply cruel, and should be aban-
dOned,
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24

To HUsBANDs.-Always complain Of
being very tired, and remember that
nobody else ever gets tired.
Your wife should have everything in
readiness for you, but you should do
nothing for her.
When your wife asks you for money
give her a nickel; ask her what she
wants with it, and when she tells you,
ask her if she can't do without it.
Then go down town and spend ten
times the amount for cigars, for they
are a necessity.
Go down town of an evening, stand
on the street corners and talk politics
it's more interesting than to stay at
home with your family.
Charge your wife not to gossip, but
you can spin all the yarns you wish.
Have your wife get up and make
fires, but don't get up yourself till the
rest of the family are eating breakfast,
as you might get cold.
Wear old clothes and make yourself
as untidy as possible until your wife's
health fails; then it would be best for
you to iix up bit, for in all probability
you will want another when she is
gone.
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24

Unitarian girl-You Catholic girls,
believe, have each a patron saint.
Catholic Girl-Yes; my patron saint
is Saint Cecilia.
U. G.-Indeed! Who was sheP
c. G.-She was a martyr. l hope
you don't think me superstitious be-
cause l have a patron saint.
U. G.-Certainly not. 1t is quite de-
lightful.
c. Cit is, because you know you
can pray to her. How sorry am that
you haven't one.
U. Cob, l have one, too, assure
you. All the BOstonese have one.
c. G.-Indeed l did not know it.
Who is your patron saint?
U. G.-SalVino Armito d. Armati, a
Florentine, who died in the year 1918.
G. G.-Was she a martyr?
o. G. (adjusting her goggles)-No ;
he was the inventor of spectacles.-
Boston Courier.
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24

Nearly all that we know we accept
on the testimony of somebody else. If
those who have never tried DR.. Walk
er's California Vinegar Bitters, and are
suffering from dyspepsia, bilious oroth-
er fevers, kidney or liver complaint, or
from impure blood, will receive the tes-
timOny of the many thousands who
have tried the Bitters, and have been
cured, they will be acting wisely.
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24
AN OId Citiron gno.I-,

Mr. J. N. Norris, an old resident of Rome. Ga.
says, that ne has been badly troubled with kidney
Complaint for great many years and with Fcza.
ma Tor three years at times could scarcely walk
ana nad tried many remedies without benefit
unit ne began ulklng Electric Hitters and anOint-
ing his hands sn1 feet with nncklen's Arniea
sai!e. This treatment afforded him great relief
ana ne strongly Recommends Electric Bitters 70
al Who suffer with kindey Complaints or need a
Blond Purifier For sale By James p. Hodecker,
Smyrna times., 1886-03-24

An observing cynic in the pews says
that all Boston preachers may be di-
Vided into two classes: those Who
know more than they preach, and
those who preach more than they
know. He is the same man who re-
Gently said of Boston that it divides its
worship between its Founders and ex-
Founders.