Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-16
MISSING LINKS.

MISSING LINKS.
Baltimore people read by gas that
costs only SO cents per thousand feet.
Lead pipes are said not to be affected
~ water il kept constantly filed. II
alternately filled and emptied the pipes
aro readily affected.
Judge Tourgee has for the subject Of
his lecture this winter. Give Os q
Rest" Tho title is exceedingly popular
with most lecture audiences.
The exclusive right Of selling opium
on the lsthmus OF Panama has been pur-
chased by Chinaman for SIG. 900. The
goyernment will use tbs money in re-
ducing tho national sebt
There is one post Office to every 63S
people in Canada. and tho Dominion
has moro post-ofices to the same mum,
Der OF people tlan any other country in
the world. ia this republic there is one
post-office r. every 1902 inhabitants.
William Weightman, OF Philadelphia.
IL considered a tolerably weighty man
financially. Hc is one Of the heads OF
the goat quinine concern Of that CITY,
and nas shaken about $20, 000. 900 out Of
tho people. 'fl M 80
Cornell university will confer no hon.
orary degrees hereafter, and to become
doctor OF laws under the new rules Of
that institution it will DO necessary for
man to tell who Blackstone and Chit
~ were and what Kent and Stevens
wrote.
1t 10 said that tho lazy Sultan of Mo
rocco has tho most luxurious tricycle. in
the world. He sits cross-legged upon
| An embossed couch, curtained and
canopied with silk and silver and gold.
while the machine is being propelled by
slave labor.
| Admiral Porter proposes TO write an.
other book as soon n his health has
grown better. He received $4,000
bonus for his naval history and gets .
royalty of 20 per cent on all the books
sold. Thus far he has received about
$50, 900 in all.
Allen Thorndike Rice. editor Of the
North american RcvictO. is . brunette.
He wears small. black side-whiskers, IL
OF medium height has frank, open
expression and very expressive eyes He
always dresses neatly and is very pleas
ant and quiet in his manners
In Harrisburg. Pa. recently. = 2-year.
old child got hold Of q bottle Of whisky
and drank two ounces. II then fell in.
to drunken stupor, and its life wa
saved with difficulty. It came out Of
the stupor with every indication OF hay.
ing tremendous head. and demanded
water continuously.
The fence law of Georgia, which has
had the effect of keeping hogs from
roaming unrestrained through the
woods, has also had the effect OF greatly
increasing the number Of skunks in the
state. Hogs are particularly fond Of
young skunks, and devourcd many OF
them when the woods were open to
stock.
A resident Of Danbury, Ct, touched
his finger recently to well-charged
eloctric-wire. lust for the fun Of tho
thing" and was instantly knocked
down, and didn't recover for several
hours. He was considerably frightened,
and more so when told that II he had
grasped the wire he would have been
Killed.
German steamers and sailing vessels
are crowding out their British competi.
tors on tho Chinese coast German
masters and sailors are willing to work
for much less pay than British seamen
OF the same class, while their steam
vessels are SO fitted as to be run very
cheaply. The consequence is that they
are taking the coastwise and foreign
trade.
A titled foreigner complains that
Americans do not understand the meth.
cd OF address to lords. Some call one
OF these importations plain Mr."
others say Your highness," and others
''Your honor. Your lordship'' and
MY lord" are common means OF adj.
dress. But there arc others, among the
most sensible people, who say Eyes,
sir." or Il am glad to know you. SIR"
In Montreal, Canada. recently, doc
tor who had an account with . jot
printer agreed to take his pay in work.
After ho had had all the printing done
that he desired there still remained .
balance. and, as his wife was very sick.
he decided to have some blank funeral
notices struck off with her name on
them. He locked them in his desk, his
wife got well and found them, and now
she talks Of getting divorce.
A Picton (Canada) citizen has bird
Of remarkable intelligence which he has
taught several curious tricks. One Of the
tricks is to strike match and hold il
for the doctor to light his pipe. This
trick it began reheArsing in tho doctors
absence not long ago, dropped match
on some loose paper on the floor. set the
woodwork Of window ablazc. and the
dwelling narrowly escaped destruction.
The bird will be sold
A Wilkesbarre lady has begun suit
against marriage association ut Read
! ing, Pa, to recover 81, 900. In 1882
she signed contract with the associa-
ton by which she was to receive $3.50
il she married within year, $500 il the
doubling up camc in two years and
$1,000 il the event did not take place
for three years. The insured lady re-
manned single for three years and then
married. When she sent in her claim
it was refused payment
Count de Lesseps is thus picturesquely
photographed by . writer in the Wash
ington Post: 1.-The Count was In tho
best of form. His gray mustache was
well waxed and drawn out at the ends
rs fine ~ = needle-point The Count
has great nose which runs nearly tho
whole length Of his face like a rabbits
nose. and when he smiles much, which
is very often, the nose overshadows
everything else, and his little eyes peer
out peculiarly from focus Of wrinkles
which seem absolutely to rcvel in the
fun which brings them into play"
The editor Of the London Telegraph.
. paper that is said to have . larger
circulation among the English speak
ing class than any other paper in tho
world, when asked recently how it was
that his paper had no correspondent in
America, but relied solely on Reuters
dispatches, replied: my dear sir,
there is so little interest in American
affairs here that il for the noxt six
months we should throw away every bit
Of Reuters American matter but the
market reports / am sure we should
never once during that time receive
complaint from subscriber
! Mr.. Jay Gould has become willing
victim to his pretty daughter-in-law.
once Edith Kingdom. She keeps the
family in roars OF laughter, and Jay
Gould declares she is just the element
he needed in his home, says TotO,s
Topics. Her stories OF her adventures
in different theatrical companies on the