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cocoanut Growing in FIorida.
Treatment of Coal In store,

1t is not generally known that coal which
remains in store perfectly dry is rendered less
valuable on that account, yet such is the fact.
! Most coal mines are saturated with water,
and u this i drained OF, the coal becomes
Hinty and vaiueless, Coal stored through the
summer should be sprinkled and kept moist
Boston Budget. 5
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Manaf .e.arins r.lqu.., Carbon = ..ei.l.

Mannf ,eturing Liquid Carbonc ]. ell.
An enterpridag German firm Is blliiliag
up a large business in the manufacture of
liquid carbonic acid, which. thou.,ll 20 recent
~ only scientific curiosity, is nos in eSten-
sive demand for industrial pusroes 1t is
used for charging beer in thus...s.., in the
nianlifaesare OF seltzer waters, a..a Tor fire
extinguisheis BY its expansion the Ki1is.:ss,
OF Essen, subject their grent east The
enormous pressure of 200 atnos: ,ht...s IL
gas IS also expected to prove valuable FOR ii-
Hating balloons to raise suiiisen SHIPS, i,c;sy
weights having been very quickly III IS Il i,.la
the sea bottom BY It's all rllEslll az lsss.
sler
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Mrs. Senator Dolph.

It seems to be just dawning on the mind of
society that the wife of Senator Joseph N.
Dolph, of Oregon, is one of the most beauti.
full women in Washington Almost any man
who Is q millionaire can be United States
senator i'll these days, but not every senator
has beautiful wife. In the absence Of other
claims to distinction, this is one not to be dc.
suisetl
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-17

Mr.. jerks had but recently retired from
the Office of assistant secretary of the interior
to take charge of the estate of the late MIR,
Dubois, his millionaire client, but it after
ward leaked out that the position was not an
agreeable one to him. The position of solici-
tor general has n salary of $1,000 attached to
It, He is also paid sl0,00oa year for lnanag-
ing the Dubois estate.
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visions OF the Diamond.

New Yorker lat art exhibition What r.
this pictured Bostonian--A Ali No, HI 4The
Desert of Sahara New Yorker-W What q
magnificent ball ground that would make.
heys-Tti- Bits
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A. Wonderful Type Case-A Perfect MAJ
of Noise snd 'ranfuSiop

A. Wonderful Type Case-A Perfect Maze
of Noise and Confusion.
Tho office of The Nichi-Nichi Shinbun, a
Japanese newspaper, is thus described: The
feature of the Shinbun office was it's type
case-for there was only ono of body type,
and such a type case! 1t is divided for
utility into two sections, sloping toward an
alley five feet wide. Each section is feur
feet wide by thirty feet long-four by sixty.
There's news case for you! This IS divided
into small compartments or boxes into which
the type is laid in regular piles, several piles
In box, with faces all toward the compost
tors, mostly boys, big and little. Each holds
q wooden "stick" with brass rule The type is
all of size; the "stick" is not set to the meas
ure of the column, which is twenty ems plea,
but to about half the n1easure-it being the
business of the other workmen to impose the
lines in columns, take proof and make up
forms.
Now, then, the type setting Armed with
sticks and rules and copy, the dozen compost
tors read the last i'll an earnest, sing-song
way, each rushing to some box far or near
for the needed letter, then back ten or twelve
feet to the next one; all are ON the lively
move rushing and skipping to and fro, right
and left, up and down, chase, balance to
partners, swing the corners, up and back,
singing the copy, catching one letter here; an
other there, prancing and dodging, humming
and skipping-a promenade, cotillion, Vir-
ginia reel, racquet and all hands around
upon the same floor at the same time and the
a'ame dancers in each-a perfect maze of
noise and confusion, yet out of confusion
bringing printed order. 1t was sight to be
seen. "How many different characters are
there in this case, anyhow" we asked our
guide. Then our guide asked the printers,
and none could answer better than say: "No-
body knows, sir! Nobody knows-many
thousands Later ON we repeated the same
question to more intelligent person, who
said: "At least $4,000" That will account for
the remarkable size of the case, and the rae
ing to and fro of the compositors
just why they intone their copy all the
while was not made so clear-other than the
remark that it was the custom. Toxic mon
opolizes the Japan newspaper business, there
being only one other point-Kofu-in eastern
Japan, where newspapers are printed. The
masses of the people are able to read in their
own way, but comparatively few can grasp
the full flow of Chinese characters. In point
Of iliteracy, the statistics place this nation at
only 7per cent or next to Bavaria, which is
the lowest on the list.-Electrical Review.
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a photograph Ia
ken only a few
weeks before Mr..
Tilden died. For
t b Q pas t t e n
months he had
been gaining in
flesh and strength,
and there was rea-
SON to believe that
he had years Of life
before him yet.
There was even
talk Of nominating
him for the presi-
dency in 1883, with
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-17

1t is a peaceful country graveyard. The
thoughts of the Sage of Greystone turned tc
that i'll his old days. rather than to the more
pretentious cemeteries nearer New York city.
His family were Presbytcrians.
Greystone Is O beautiful country seat on o
Hudson river hill. above the village of Yon-
ke,s, nine miles from New York city. Mr..
Tilden's city home, at Gramercy park, in Nsw
York, was a luxurious and beautiful man
sion. 1t had been originally two houses,
which were made over into one. Its choicest
treasure is It's vast library of $1,000 volumes,
which New York city hopes TO possess as
legacy from the sage.
At the age of IS Mr.. Tlden was most sue
cessful lawyer He became rich in railroad
and mining enterprises before being elected
governor of New York, in 1879 His estate Is
estimated at 81 900 900, to be divided among
more than twenty heirs
Cocoanut Growing in Florida.
Cocoanut growing in Florida seems to be
success. In the region Of Lake Worth there
are about 10000 trees growing, end part of
them are fruiting. In 1878 vessel loaded
with these nuts was wrecked on the Dade
coast, and foated ashore near Lake Worth,
most of which were gathered and planted
The trees begin the bear in about seven years
from planting, and the crop averages from
100 to 200 nuts per tree. Chicago Times
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THE CATCHER CAUGHT.

Here lies a man of many lies,
Ills name was Catfish Jim:
lie use TO dig all day for worms =
The worms now dig for him.
It'd Bits
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How Joseph Cook Passes the Time.


Joseph Cook passes the summers on his
paternal farm and birthplace, in the enchant-
ing valley of the trout brook ON the delightful
drive from Ticonderoga to Hague. He has
large income, and has built a fine residence
adjoining the old homestead. His library,
although not SO large as at Boston, is extern
sive. A unique feature of his establishment
is newspaper room fifteen feet square, three
sides of which are lined with shelves for the
reception and classification of papers, which
he receives from every quarter of the globe,
while convenient tables render it an easy mat
ter to open and examine any journal desired
Upon the roof of the house are two towers, ia
each OF which is a sanctum sanctorum, occu-
pied respectively by Mr.. and Mrs. Cook, and
reached by sliding trapdoor. "When go
to my study" says MIR. Cook, "the world be-
low is shut out and buried, and it is UNDER
stood that / am not to be disturbed Mrs.
Cook is also a scholarly lady, and pursues her
studies with unfagging zeal.-Troy Press
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,rne Ncwsefris OF aSexice Citys
r,,a ,,a,ysl,oys Il. the City OF Mexico are ail
,.;..,s and when they nceost customer they
=, sav n rothinc. but Just hold up the paper ana
II sells ct sight,
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The Russian Empires Penitensiaries

The Russian empire contains SS4 peniten-
tiary establishments lat least that is the num-
her of which the administrator of prisons
publishes any account. Their occupants on
the 1st of January last year numbered 81, SIS
Of both sexes, an excess Of nearly 8 per cent.
above the returns of the preceding twelve
months. OF these persons, the ordinary
houses of detention contained 6S, 900, the con-
Wet prisons $500, the reformatories S,0O0 the
prisons in Poland 5000. The proportion of
women was less than. 10 per cent of tho
whole, but in the kingdom of Poland the
women amounted to 16 per cent. of the incar-
cerated probably owing TO their participa-
ton in political agitation). Nearly 10000
arrests take place in the year.-New York
Srn
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-17

CARDINAL Gibbons red bat cost him 20 leas
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-17

The bay window i gradually going ont Of 1
public favor ia New York
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-17

Ina Continuous Session for Twenty-Five
Hours-Turning Back the CIock-Ge-
henna Broken Loose-An Indescribable
Scene-The Speakers valedictory.
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The portrait in the illustration is from
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-17
NEWSPAPER OFFICE IN JAPAN.

It'd bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
An Alaska Beverage.

In these Thlinket villages great deal
of h0oclseno0 is manufactured and con-
sumed. 1t is Il vile alcoholic COM
pound, made in kerosene cans as stills,
from sugar and molasses A good story
is told of the effect this fluid had at
Washington on cabinet meeting of
certain well-known temperance admin
istration. A large bottle had been put
before them by some friend of the tenn
perance cause in Alaska, hoping that
the exhibition OF such vile compound
IN such high place might have some
effect toward having the corks tied in
with blue ribbons. When the subject
came up the bottle was produced, the
president taking a smell of it. and as
soon as he could recover his breath so
as to be able to speak he advocated the
most stringent measures toward sup
pressing the illicit manufacture of the
stuff, even threatening to send the en-
tire navy that was able to go to sea, the
whole three ships if need be, to crush
out the evil. The secretary of state
ventured fractional portion of one
nostril over the rim of the bottles
crater, and then suddenly left the room
without explanation. The secretary of
the treasury said that the diffused fra
GRANGE in the room was ample to stimu-
late him to any assistance the president
might require in his department toward
throttling the monster and he passed
the monster along The postmaster
general edged away from the table as it
approached, adding that his depart
ment could do nothing more in the case
than enforce the law against explosives
passing through the mails, which he
assured them would be done. The sec
retarles of the war and navy depart
ments made appropriate remarks, and
the death-dealing dose found itself in
the hands of the secretary of the last
cabinet department created by law. 1t
is related, though not supported by affi-
daTits, that he promptly clapped his
nostr Is over the bottles mouth, then
the lips of the two met, and when about
half the bottle was gone he placed it
on the table as he remarked: Il didn't
think it was within the limits of pos
sibility to manufacture such vile whisky.
But ne added. as he regretfutly push
ed it away, sit beats nothing all to
pieces. Freaerick SchwdtkQ, IN NJ T.
Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
The Duration of Life.

How long may human being live in
perfect possession of his faculties and
powers for good or evil? The question
is important to all. Conceive a states
man with despotic power of influence
ing mems wills who should last as long
as Old Parr! Think of beauty who
might eclipse the maidens of each fresh
season, and whose heSterng rosa should
OUTFLOW their fresh loneliness, as long
as Ninon de rEncloS was a toast, or
Marion Delorme. to whom Balzac as
signs $50 years! History, social or politi-
cal, would be altered; the whole pro-
gress of humanity might be advanced for
@ons or retarded by one man, who
varied from the kindly race of men and
lived twice as long as his oldest neigh
Dor. If we may believe a curious old
French book, History of Persons who
have lived for many Ages, and grown
young again" paris, 1716), this fancy
is not wholly absurd or impossible. All
Europe expects great changes from the
death of Prince Bismarck. of Won
Moltke, OF the emperor How would
all Europe look if they retained their
vigor till, say, 1850? Before the deluge
such lives would have seemed prema-
turely cut short at 800 And since the
deluge? Here on our French author en-
lightens us with learning from Pliny,
Cornaro and Phlegon of Trall8. Thus
Fohi, the founder of the Chinese en-
pire. reigned lis years, and so did
Apaphus of Thebes Egyptian, but he,
surely, was the son of Zeus! Antiochus
Epiphanes died at 149! A king of the
Ommanians lived to lis, but that was
in Arabia Felix. Tacitus gives 165 years
to Tuisco. a German prince. Daddon,
an Illvrian noble. lived for 500 years,
according TO Alexander Cornelius.
Anacreon gives Cmyras of Cyprus 100
years, and Arganthonius. a Spaniard,
saw 80 summers. According to Bon
finius, Attila was 124 when he died of
the consequences of a revel on the
night of his marriage-his second mar
riage. How long had he lamcnted his
first consort? Epimenides was 157
(others say 229) at his regretted de-
cease. At 1870 Euphranor gave up
taking private pupils. Sophocles per-
ished by an accident at 1870. The
Apocrypha mentions the circumstances
that Mattathias died by misadventure
at 146. The countess of Arundel temp.
Charles u employed Mrs. Camp of
123. Thus, even in its natural way,
we need never despair of any man at
tanning, say, $50, q pleasant thought in
the case of really great men, whose
lives aro useful to their country. Why,
we might have Cromwell with us yeti
Longmlan'S Magdztne.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
iYehrie.
Our school will open next Monday.

Our school will open next Monday.
Hazard Bangs, of jamestown, Dako
ta' is renewing old acquaintance here
Daniel Loomas is back from Nebras-
ka, looking hearty. Rumor has it that
one of the fair sex will accompany him
on his return.
Lead ore in considerable quantities is
reported to have been found on the
farm of A. Choskee, near Millville.
o. Nj. Loomas has lately repaired his
saw-mill and is now ready 10 do all
kinds OF saving from a rake pin TO a
barn SILL He offers premium of two
pounds of Hot Shot chewing tobacco to
the person bringing him the first saw
log.
Mrs. Iversop, of Woodman, of whom
mention was made in the HERALD some
time ago, is reported to be improving
quite rapidly.
Two Dry Hollow Nimrods, who lately
bought hunting outfits at cost of not
less than $50 each, exclusive Of ammu-
milton, started out last week on duck
ing expedition, as they called it. They
returned home the next evening with
both nipples of their guns blown off,
three or four eyelets in their hands and
a poor little duck which the cat swal.
lowed without knowing.it. One of the
boys was heard to say, 'sIeh konnte
nicht schlafen, ich war so muede Won
der Reife." DIMPLE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
FennIniOre.

Winters chilling blasts have finally
come swooping along with Ebitterness
that seeks to be making up for the glor-
ious weather that hung on so late IN the
season However, it is an i'll wind that
blows nobody good, and dealers in win
ter fabrics and fuel are happy if no one
else is.
BY decree of the immortal "Grover''
Thursday of the present week will be set
apart as a day of Thanksgiving, and
duly observed, according to custom, by
this community. Union services will
be held in the M. f. church, beginning
at IL o'clock in the forenoon, Elder
Campbell. of the U. B. church, preach
ing the sermon.
The high school of this place is pre-
pairing an entertainment, q drama of
some sort, to be given Saturday even
ing this week at COVERS Hall. 1t is
under the management of Prof. Wool
cock, assisted by outside amateur tall
ent of the village. The object is COM
mendable one and merits the encour-
agement of the public. The proceeds
will be applied toward founding a
school library and it is proposed by
means of such entertainments as NAV
be deemed proper TO add to the fund
from time to time. 1t is hoped the en-
tertainment will receive hearty Coop
Grafton from our citizens.
The Fennimore reading circle are
still carrying on their interesting and
profitable series of weekly meetings
The regular meeting this week will be
omitted on account OF the various other
entertainments at the end of the week,
but will meet Friday evening, Dee. 3, at
MIR. Wilson's, at which time Prof
Woolcock will read paper on 'sThe
Mosaic versus Modern Civil Law, y
Miss Jennie Sims paper on the scope
of the books of Samuel, Chronicles and
Kings, in scripture, and Mrs Palmer
will read u selection. To biblical stu
dent the subjects under present discus
sion are of great benefit, and interest
ing.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union call a public meeting in the in
terest of that organization, at the NJ E.
church next Sunday evening. The exer-
cises will be of miscellaneous charac-
ter in the line of that work.
Nettie Oswald and May Wilson
went down to Lancaster Saturday and
stayed over Sunday, as guests of Mrs.
Fred McNair.
The regular annual election of officers
will be held at the next meeting of Sam
Monteith Post, and a full attendance of
members is desired Remember the
date, Saturday evening, Dec. 4.
Il 4 >
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
Was Going There. Anyhow


1t doesn't make any difference what
his other name was, but he was con-
gresham in Paris, and he had never
been there before 1t is the custom in
that city. when stage is full, to put up
the sign conapiet. and no more passen-
gers can get in. Our congressman
wanted to see everything. and as these
labeled stages would pass him he would
try to stop them, but the driver would
shake his head and drive on.
You can't get in any of those.' said
an English-speaking citizen who had
watched his vain attempts.
But ! want one of Them" he per-
sisted.
Take ono of the others with fewer
people in il There's plenty of them. .
urged the citizen
You 90 to thunder" he said, angri-
ly. Il guess / know what | want. I'm
in tins town to see the sights. Every
body seems to be going to Complet, and
I'm Id if | amt going there, too, II
| have to wait week to catch bus
with room in it for me- That's the
kind Of an American citizen / am, and
don't you forget it = Washington
Critic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
The "Hen Minister"

At an island ON the coast of Maine,
which is much resorted to. there is an
esteemed local clergyman who is known
to the summer residents, nearly all Of
whom are Bostonians, as the "hen
minister" This is by reason of his
telling, in season and out of season, a
certain story which queerly illustrates
the idea OF faith.
81 preached sermon one Sunday"
the good minister will say, ION the doc
trine of faith, in which | taught my
hearers the good Christian doctrine that
all things may be brought about by
faith, instructing them that faith is tho
evidence of things not seen, the sub
stance of things hoped for. There was
a farmers wife in the congregation who
was greatly edited by the sermon, and
came to me and told me that she now
understood just what faith was.
Next Sunday morning Iovertook her
on her way to church.
See here. parson, says she, 4
don't think much of your teachin' about
faith
"'Why not?' 1 asked
why says she, the other day
heard my specklcd hen a-cacklin' like
all to pay. Now says !. here is a
chance to show what faith is. That
speckled hens egg is the evidence of
things not seen; the substance of things
hoped for. have faith she's laid an
egg. and I'm sure that when go out 10
the shed I'll find it Lo | goes out and
looks for it, and there wasn't any egg
there, and that speckled hen hadn't
laid any. Now, what's your faith good
for. I'd like to know?'
"And them" the minister will say,
81 told her what was the matter with
her faith. III was meant as rebuke to
you that you didn't find any egg there,
said You'd ought to have trusted in
God, and not in the hem "-B0stor'
Record
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-25
A Peculiar Piece OF Work.

A woman from Cleveland, Ohio, had
rather peculiar piece of work done
last week at a Union square jewelers.
shop. Ten years ago she was a willowy
blonde whose figure was as 1.-the as Sarah
Bernhardt's. At this time she allowed
n bracelet to be locked on her slender
arm, and made a promise that it never
would be removed. The donor Of the
golden band died, and the pretty blonde
married young society man. Time
has not dealt fairly with her, for the
beautifully-modeled figure is now al
most too pronounced in its curves for
beauty. The white arm is Just as fair
as ever, but it, too, is more rounded
than formerly. The bracelet alone had
not until few days ago increased in
size In fact, it had become so tight as
to cut into the flesh, and when its own
err was in evening dress it created re-
mark. So she came on to New York,
and her case was put before skillful
workman. He thought it over, and
finally told her that if she would spend
three days in his work-room he thought
he could enlarge the bracelet and yet
not take it from her arm nor break the
circle. A cast was taken of the closely
woven links, and three new ones, ex-
act fac-similes of the old ones. were
made. Then the fair arm was stretched
out on shelf and the new gold was
caught into the old by fine wires. Two
Of the oil links were cut out and tho
new ones slowly and carefully suhsti-
tuted for tAem. the improyised wire
links keeping the bracelet unit, az it
were, all the time. The woman spent
in all eighteen hours in the place. and
lot of money. As it is said that all
her family grow stout, Sse will perhep4
have to have the ornament enlarged
several times.-M Y Commercial Id
Uertiser.