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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-19
THE TENANTS REVENGE.
Hints to the Lessees of Landlords Who
Won't Make Repairs.

John Saul Blowpop was a young mar.
ried man, who did not own his house
and did not board. He was consequent
ly at the mercy of landlords. That is,
he was at that something of landlords
which would be mercy if it were. To
use that word, however. with reference
to landlords would be delusive fiction.
Landlords are not built that way. In
fact, most landlords in the city in which
Mr.. and Mrs. Blowpop lived were built
as badly as their houses, which is say
ing great deal, if it is not positively
libelous.
Mr.. Blowpop and his blushing bride
had moved into small house on fash
ionable thoroughfare. They had been
in the house just twelve hours when they
discovered that the boiler was too small
to heat the amount of water necessary
for comfortable bath on a cold day.
Mr.. Blowpop mentioned the circum-
stance to the agent when he went to pay
his rent next time, but that individual
had evidently heard of it before, and
gently limited that if Mr.. Blowpop didn't
like it he could move out.
Mr.. Blowpop took cold baths himself,
and his wife had the puny pittance of
hot water furnished by the spigot, rein
forced by relays of kettles. Thus they
managed to worry along, because they
did not like to move. Finally, however,
the boiler got so badly out of repair that
it wouldn't work at all. Then Mr.. Blow
pop went to the agent again and asked
him to put in new boiler.
Nawi
Would he repair the old boiler?
Nav!
If Mr.. Blowpop had the boiler repair
ed would they allow him the cost of re-
pairs as an offset to that much Of his
rent?
Nav!
Would they allow him to deduct half
the bill for repairs from his next rent
payment?
Nav!
Mr.. Blowpop then said he would see
the owner of the house. He saw the
owner. He got just exactly as much
satisfaction as he would have gotten if
hadn't seen him. Then he went home
mad, and began to pack his household
furniture. The house next door, belong
ing to a different owner, was for rent.
Mr.. Blowpop went and rented it, and
paralyzed the agent by paying two
months rent in advance. He then went
to designer of wall paper and offered
him handsome sum of money for a
design to consist entirely of snakes.
Snakes of all sizes, ages, colors, and
previous conditions of servitlrde Snakes
in every possible attitude of oneness and
twoness and threeness and thirtyness
and hundredness. The artist was de-
lighted with this opportunity to let his
fevered imagination run wild, and COM
pleted most horrible design in few
hours. In another few hours limited
order for that pattern of wallpaper had
been executed, and Mr.. Blowpop had
had it carefully pasted on the walls of
the house which he was preparing to
leave.
Mr.. Blowpop had bought trombone
and a flute and a cornet and fife. He
plays The Flowers that Bloom in the
Spring" Sweet Violets, " ''Some Day.
and "A Warrior Bold. He says he is
determined to depreciate his former
landlords property The indications
are that he will succeed. Iid-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-19

Sam Small has given $40 for oAe
benefit OF an atlanta (Ga) mission
Sunday-school. He writes: II hope it
will do away with the necessity Of an
entertainments. Tor do not believe these
means Of z tting money for the Lords
work are either to His honor or glory.
Try to avoid all such schemes. Let
people give what they will. but please
don't barter them anything for the
Lords sake.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-19

An Arkansas man who wanted to get
rid Of his wife held her and burned sui
phur matches under her nose. When
She was partially Supplied he proceeded
to choke her till she became insensible.
The woman recovered and the husband
will go the penitentiary, -.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-19
Notice of Teachers Institutes.

Two Institutes of two weeks each
viii be held in Grant County this sum-
mer. The first at Potosi, commencing
August ?, will be conducted by Prof
G. H. Nye, of Platteville, and MISS Eta
Garlic, of East Troy. The second, COM
meneing August Is, at Fennimore, will
be conducted by Professors Geo. Beck
and e. H. Nye, of PlattevilIe. The
work to be done viii be of the more adj
vanced character and will be based
upon the more prominent points in the
middle and upper forms of the course
of study for country schools. Teachers
examinations will be held in connection
with the institutes These meetings are
arranged for the benefit Of the teachers
of this county, and | sincerely trust
that they viii be fully attended.
CHAs. l.. HARPER,
County Superintendent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-19

In the Mexican Congressional cleo
tons the government obtained large
majority.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-19

Mr.. Goschen and the Duke Of Argyll
will enter a cabinet formed by Lord
Salisbury, provided the moderate Lib
erals are given fair share Of the
offices.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-19
The Chronic Insane of Wisconsin.

MADISON, July 15.-The June report
of the state board of Charities and Re-
forms shows that the chronic of the in
sane number, 907, divided as follows;
Brown County. 81; Columbia, 49, Dane.
108; Dodge, SO; Fond du Lac, 81 Grant.
95; Green, Al; Jefferson, 70; Manitowoc-
So; Rock, "a; Sheboygan, ~; Walwonth,
Go; Winnebago, 67.
The insane in the state hospitals and
county asylums was as follows:
State hospital for the insane ......+....... 515
Northern hospital for the insane ............ 65S
Milwaukee County insane asylum. 81
County asylums for the chronic insane. ..... 907
Iotal -.-..-...-. ................... .....S,39I
There were six deaths during the
month among the patients in the county
asylums, four being in Dodge County
and one in each of Rock and Winnebago
Counties.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-19

There are ten newspapers published
in Hamilton county. Kansas. This
county has less than 1000 inhabitants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-19

Saturday morning at $4,000 fire oc-
Cured in Appleton.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23
l. -

"Zardec" Is the title Of new illus
lrated novel Of love and hate. intrigue
and tragedy, Just published by Mrs
Diea3onne, of Minneapolis The hero
IS VIII Zarlac Of New York CITY, and
the heroine Is Miss Guenarva Of Mex
leo. The villain Is Fred De.oe, broth
or OF the ''wickade,t woman that ever
lived ami the beautiful wife Of Gen.
Zardec, father Of her hero, and the
other principal characters are picked
up on the prajries Of Minnesota. The
authorizes, a lady with whom we have
enjoyed long personal acquaintance,
writes as pleasantly anf duently as >he
c0nyerses, which makes the hook
pleasant as wei! rs interesting reading
After killing OF an TIE wicked char
actcrs Of her plot, and happily bring
Inc together and reuaiting the good -
not always done in Hovels-sLe drifts
into politics an! leaves her characters
in Mexico to work out the problem OF
4 new form OF government which shall
not ONLY declare MI men-and women
-eaga! before the law bu. enforce
the theory, By making Them equal at
least 50 far i, worldly goods are con-
cernci, for a division OF all the states
wealth must be made once in FIVE
years. Her ideal government looks
well on paper, but we think it hardly
practicable, in fact the new govern
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23
Removes; a Female official.

MILWAUKEE, Special telegram Jan.
Is. collector krcz, Of the depart
mcnt Of customs, has been notified Of
the removal by the lighthouse board
Of Mrs. Eva Pope, keeper Of the
North point light at Sheboygan. The
removal Is made upon recommends
ton Of the inspector Of the district,
for an alleged failure to keep the
lights clean. Collector Krez has
written to the secretary Of the treas
ury, who is president Of the board,
asking him to have the board recon
slider the matter. Ills letter sets
forth
Louis Pope. husband Of the keeper.
served four years in the war Of 1S61-5,
during which time his hearing was in
iured. On July i, 1861, at ccIebra-
ton in Sheboygan, both his arms were
blown of by the premature discharge
Of a cannon and his sight destroyed,
Mrs. Pope was appointed keeper sew
cntecn years ago under a Republican
administration, although her husband
Is Il Democrat.
Secretary Manning has asked the
opinion OF the attorney general as to
bis powers in the matter. Although
a successor to Mrs. Pope has been
appointed it is thought the order Of
removal will be countermanded.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23
GcOG For Anderson.

An amusing story comes here about
the conduct of Prof Rasnus 3. An
derson Of Wisconsin, who was not long
ago appointed minister resident to
Denmark. Upon the reception Of lIr.
Anderson BIZ the king Of Denmark, he
uttered the customary speech and
heard the kings reply, in which lie eX-
pressed in proper terms the affection
he felt for the United States and the
people The usual programme on such
occasions when there Is a queen in the
family Is for her to receive the minis
ter in her palace after the ceremonies
with the king have been concluded,
where a similar form Is gone through
with; but when Mr. Anderson was
shown by tile official introduccr ofem-
bassadors into the audience room Of
her majesty, he shook hands with her
as cordially as he would have done
with any lady Of his acquaintance,
and, taking a chair, sat down for a
familiar chat. The attendants in wait
ing were astonishcd at this breach Of
decorum, but the queen IS said TO have
been very much amused She belongs
to the royal family Of England aud
speaks English perfectly, but Mr..
Anderson insists on talking in Dan
ISL and the conversation was carried
on with him speaking the queens Ian
guage, Danish, aud she speaking his
After be had inquired into the health
Of the children, etc, he got up, shook
the queen cordially by the hand and
babe her adieu The American colony
at Copenhagen was somewhat scandal
lied BY the action Of their minister,
but Prof. Anderson does not think
there is any reason for criticism.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23
Eough on rhiInhclnhia.
Exchange


The New Yor.l people lave great COZ
tempt for the reside IS o. such small towns
as Boston AMI Philadelphia. Mr. Gcorc.
Washington ChiIds was in New York not
long since, and on being introduced to a
gentleman who was born and had lived nj
his life on Manhattan Island the lat or said:
Are You still LIVING in-iu what is til,
name Of that little town over in Ponnsyi-
vania.1
philadelphia suggested Mr. Chtlds.
YES believe that's the namo OF the town.
Are You still living there il--what dill yea
say the name of the place wae!"
Philadelphia
Yes Philadelphia. Are you still living
there3'
Yes, that is still ny home" replied
ChiIIs.
Yes, suppose it must be very still there
Mr. Caids, would like to ask you quez-
ton"
80 ahead
Nj. Childs, do You live in Phila lo..i;;a i
III Crder to be cons dared eccsntricp
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23

A Conserve i've me ting n M n was soan
in the hall h:wking raout a basket of n,g-
pies for sale Good mscrvatiye pli,l,.ss.'
he Grid WHO l! buy some good Coas,rva-
tive puppies" \ few 3ys after he offered
the same Puppies at a great Liberal NEE ing.
Cool Liberal puppies he went aLous cry
ing; who'll buy some excellent Liberal up
p.es:' w hy. you "a cal said gentleman
to HIM, u hear. yo", the other day, Offering
these as Conservative puppies; what 10 voa
mean by it| All. true, your honor h.,
returned; they were LEnd thc2, but nov
their eyes have been opened
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23

Better stop your cough now.
Bye and bye nothing will do it. 1t
Is worth needing, that Parker's Tonic
is the best thing known for coughs,
colds, torpid liver, kidney troubles
and weak lungs. You risk your life
In waiting. Take it while there is yet
time
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23

q III-'iIT lII.a fs-CIfII-T
What makes the FoItv-uin,h .ona,.r7s
chiefly remarkable = tu4t there Is 70 Sruth
in i. Has the country !e~5 cona..a1.-s in
the Smi hs, or are they l;rcd Ct lnaES.in.
national Affairs!
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23
WANTED CAyT32SFpS Fer the Life Of
: '---'-' : GENERAL / s GRANT

by The distinguished Historian, Hon J 7 Head
lev Very liberal commission. Rapid Sules
Address al once stating experience, Gud terri
tory desired. Outfit, CO cents.
e. ". BEBD.
or IL \ eth St. Minneapolis Mimi
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23

1t is claimed that nearly 500
feet ot logs will be banked
along thc Chippewa river this winter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23

land Commissioner Sparks has
decided that the Northern Pacific
Railroad company has no grant Of
lands between the Columbia river
and Puget Sound This decision
affects more than two million acres Of
land. President Harris aud Attorney
Clough, Of the Northern Pacific, say
that the company viii fight the dccis-
ION, and can easily maintain their
right % the land.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23

The heil telephone company j to
have an inre igatioH. Is stock is
declining rapidly
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23
A British Political joke.

Il. Childs, do You live in Phila 2alp.i.A
I'd to be cons dared eccsntric!7
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16
Starvation Times in the South.

Americus (Ga.) Republican.
Even as early as the spring of 1863
the question offood had come to be a
serious one With the Confederacy, lead
ing the Richmond Enquirer to say.
..The custom of three meals day
should be abandoned. two are amply
sufficient; it is habit-this eating
three meals day-and at present a
bad habit. We can accustom our.
selves to two meals, and to two light
meals at that, and it is dutywe owe
to the cause. 1T is nearly as bad To
grow fat as to get rich while this war
IS beng waged" Speaking of the high
price OF bread, the Richmond Exami.
ner of March 8, in the same year, says:
tsNot less than fourteen of the largest
boarding houses in Richmond have
closed their doors the present week to
table boarders on account of the scare
ity and unprecedented high prices ol
all the necessaries Of life. and more
will follow their example soon. AT ths
large hotels the price of board and
lodging per diem, is six dollars, and i
prices continue to advance in ths
same ratio in the future as they have
in the past, boarding will advance tc
ten dollars day.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16
John Ruskin on Church Debts.

John RuslSin, being asked the other
day for aid in paying off 4 church debt,
replied by letter thus: II am sorrow.
fully amused at your appeal to me, 81
all people in the world, the precisely
least likely to give you fartbing.
My first word to all men and boys
who care to hear me is Don't get in.
to debt. Starve, and 90 to heaven;
but don't borrow Try first begging
/ don't mind, if it's really needful,
stealing. But don't buy things you
can't pay for And of all manner ol
debtors, pious people building churches
they can't payfor are the most detest-
able nonssnse to me. Can't you
preach and pray behind the hedges, or
in sandpit, or in coalhole first?
And of all manner of churches thus
idiotically built, iron churches are the
damnablest to me. And Of all the
sects and believers in any ruling spirit,
Hindoos, Turks, Feather Idolators
and Mumbo Jumbo Log and Fire
Worshippers who want churches, your
modern English Evangelical sect is the
most absurd and entirely 0bjectlona.
BILE and uncomfortable to me. All
which you might very easily have
found out from my books. Any other
sort of sect would. before botherine
me to write it to them"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16

Houghtaling's Handbook.
The weight of the male infant at
birth is lbs. avoirdupois; that OF the
female is not quite 8 1-2 lbs. The
maximum weight (140 LIZ lbs of the
male is attained at the ageof DO; that
of the female (nearly 124 lbsl is not
attained until fifty; from which ages
they decline afterwards; the male to
127 12 lbs, the female to 100 lbs.
nearly stona. The full grown adult
is twenty times as heavy as new
born infant. In the first year he trip
les his weight, afterwards the growth
proceeds in geometrical progression,
so that If fifty infants in their first
year weigh 1000 lbs, they will in the
second weigh 1,2I0 lbs; in the third
1880 lbs; in the fourth l, ,464 lbs; in
the fifth remaining very constant up
to the ages of 11-l2 in females, and
12-14 in males, where it must be nearly
doubled; afterwards it may be con-
tinued. and will be found very nearly
correct up to the age of 18 or 19,
when the growth proceeds very slowly.
At an equality of age the male is gem
orally heavier than the female.
Towards the age of II years only, an
individual of each sex has the same
weight. The male attains the maxi
mum weight about the age Of 40, and
he begins to lose it very sensibly
towards 60. At so he loses about
13.2328 lbs; and thestatureIs dimin.
ished 2.756 inches. Females attain
their maximum weight about so. The
mean weight of a mature man is 104
lbs. and of an average woman 04 lbs.
In an old age they lose about ~ or
IA lbs. Men weigh most at 40, women
at so, and begin to lose at go. The
mean weight of both sexes in old age
is that which they had at 10.
When the male and female have as
sumed their complete development,
they weigh almost exactly twenty
times as much as at birth, while the
stature is about 31-2 times greater.
Children lose weight during the first
three days after birth; at the age OF a
week they sensibly increase; after one
year they triple their weight; then they
require six years to double their
weight, and thirteen to quadruple it.
About the age OF SO the lean man
usually becomes fatter, and the fat
man becomes leaner. Again between
the years 43 and Sc his appetite fails,
his complexion fades, and his tongue
is apt to become furred upon the least
exertion of body or mind. Atthis pc.
riod his muscles become hnbby, his
joints weak, his spirits droop, and his
sleep is imperfect and unrefreshing.
After suffering under these complaints
a year, or perhaps two, he starts
afresh with renewed yigor, and goes
on to 81 or 90, when a similar change
takes place, but with aggravated
symptoms. When these grand periods
have been successfully passed, the
gravity of incumbent years is more
strongly marked.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16

Louise Chandler Moulton.

loved her well in that young spring,
When all the love seemed love intent,
And all the birds began to sing,
To show themselves on mating bent.
And Time had wings as on he went
Those happy days whereof sing,
When first she wore my wooing-ring,
And on wedding was intent.
Yes, Time had wings; and so he went,
And summers feet pursued the spring,
Ah, open thegolden coin is spent
The empty purse IS useless thing,
And empty hearts no tribute bring
Ah, me! where is my old content?
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16

noon, and then left the country"
But how came you TO know all
this?''
We'll. you see, am Francois Lala-
ges, and my stupidity an this case
caused me to be dismissed from the
force.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-11
May Crop Report or the Bureau o
Agriculture.

WAsHINGToN, May 10.-The May
crop report of the Depar ment OF Agr
culture indicat an improvement dur
ing April OF two points in wheat, with
. general average of condition at 95.
Tnere is no marxed oharg4 any where,
hut a slight .vauce is noted in the
Ohio Valley, Missouri, Texas TeuneJ-
see, the Cstoliuss, Virginia and Mary.
lind. The May average las year was
70. The fesson has been favorable,
and the crop IS more advanced than
usual. The averages in pr ncipel
States are: New York, 96; Penusyl-
vania, 95; Ohio, 81; MIcNigan, 81; In
diana, 9S; Illinois 92: Missouri, l0l /;
kansas, 81. The condit on of rye aver
ages 96; of barley, 81.
Cotton planting has been delayed
by Id rains on the Atlantic coast,
and by ovelhows ON the Gulf coast.
The proportion to be planted in May
averages 20 per cent. In average
years the proportion does not exceed
II or 10 per cent. The stand is neces-
sarily defective on wet sreas, but re
planting is rapidly filing the gaps.
Inc piOpCIJlOI5 dlIebuy IldnISu are
% follows: North Carolina, So; South
Carolina, 80; Georgia, SO; florida, "a;
Alabama, 80; Mississippi, 76 Louis
lana, n; Texas, 81; Arkansas, 75;
Tennessee, H.
VIII lie the seaeon has been more
a5vsnced than usual north OF the
thirth-seven'h parallel, every snow
Of early April in the West, and the ex.
cess Of rain prior to April 18th, have
retlrded spring pl1wiog. 1t is some.
what more advanced than usual in
the Sites between Maine and North
Carolina and Wisconsin and Mime
sofa. Elsewhere in the South, the
Cen'ral West, the Missouri Valley,
and on the Pacific coast it is below
average.
In the corn-growiDg States the
preparation for seeding Is later than
in regions where small grains pre-
dominate. 1t is estimated that 72 per
cent. is done; in average years 75 per
cent. is the proportion.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-11
Frauds I'm PubIlc Lands.

WAsHINGToN, May l0.-The Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
in his response to the Senate resolu-
ton calling for the number of spec
ial agents employed in his Office, and
their du les, says that if the increased
force recommended in bis annual re.
port be granted, the entries suspended
by his order of April 8, 1885, can all
be investigated and disposed of in
about year and half. A large per.
centage of these entries, he thinks,
are fraudulent. The proportion of
new cases that will require such in
vestigation will be much less than in
those previous to April 3, 1885, since
the order of suspension had the eff
feet to materially check the
making or completion Of fraudu-
lent entries. It was the ease
withIwhich frauds could be perpetrated
under existing laws, and the immu-
nifty offered by hasty issue OF pa
tents, he says, that encouraged the
making of fictitious and fraudulent
entries. The Ger ainty of thorough
investigation would restrain such prac.
tees, but great fraud must inevitably
exist so long as the opportunity o.
fraud is preserved in the laws and sc
long ss it is hoped by the proeurerl
and promo ers of fraud that examina
tions may be impeded or suppress ed
The Commissioner renews his recon
mendation that the pre.emption
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-11
Give lin the Fight.

NEW YORK, May 1O,-The piano
makers who are demanding ten hours
pay for eight hours' work assembled
yesterday to listen to resolutions by
the Grand Lodge, declaring their strike
to be failure and ordering the men
back to their chops this morning. The
men in Steinway's and in Weber's fac
tories are condemned for not going
out for eight hours, and the resolu.
tions saddle upon them the response
bility for the failure. The resolutions
state that the movement should be de-
ferred until some future time. The
resolutions were accepted by the meet
ing, aud they will be put through the
foTmality Of adoption by the various
organizations.