Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-08
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IulItceu Hlllll0u Sueep are Salu 10 nave
died in New South Wales within the last
three years for want of water
Miss Rose Kingsley, the daughter of
Charles Kingsley, is to become one of
the editors of 4 new English magazine
for young people.
Dom Pedro Jr. is quite a lion among
the New Orleans ladies. He is prince
ly fellow. with Brazilian's admiration
for beautiful faces.
In January, 1885, his big scholars
gave Wilson County school teacher a
ducking. He has just received $1,000
damages. This was in Kansas.
Edmund Russell. the Boston esthete,
wears great turn down collar. hideous
| neck ornaments, and yellow vest. and
spiketail His beard is very thin.
The French ministry of war has ended
the beard controversy by issuing per-
emptory order for all soldiers and Off
GERS to raise boards Immediately.
The testimony of woman before
Salt Lake court the other day in po-
lygamy case was in substance that she
didn't know whether her husband had
another wife or not; it wasn't of suf-
flclent Importance to talk about, =
The latest travellers yarn is of tree
in the northeastern part of New Guinea,
which is said TO consist almost wholly
of amorphous carbon. and to possess the
properties of an electric battery TO such
an extent that when its discoverer touch
ed it he was knocked to the ground.
Sunflowers are grown in Wyoming
Territory for fuel. The stalks, when
dry, are rs hard as maplewood and
make hot fire, and the seed. heads
with the seed in, are said to burn better
than the best hard coal An acre of
sunilowers will furnish fuel for one stove
for year.
Circus business must be more profit
able than running newspaper. We
judge from the fact that Col Hall, the
proprietor of the little arrangement
now in our city, appeared yesterday
supporting diamond collar button. 4
diamond cross. a diamond stud button,
two diamond cluster rings, and dia-
mond solitaire riDg.-LGS Vegas en-
NJ Gazette
Sir David Baird, man of VIGOROUSLY
violent temper. was one of the prisoners
taken by Hyder Ali. The Oriental de-
spot chained his prisoners two and two
and flung them into the subterranean
dungeons of the fortress. The news of
this cruel incarceration. when it reach
ed England, sent thrill of horror
through the land; but the sol. comment
on it made by Baird's stole mother was;
God help the puir chiel that's chained
wi cor Davyr
The legend connected with the birth
of the Prince Imperial is brought up
again in Paris, with the rumor, men
toned in a cable dispatch, that beau
tiful young girl bearing striking re-
semblance TO the cx-Empress Eugene is
about TO bring legal proceedings in Paris
ito have herself recognized as the
daughter and heir of that unhappy
lady" There are many people who still
believe that Gilbcrtian change of babies
was really effected at the Tuileries.
The story comes from Wurtsboro, Sui
Ivan County, that farmcr stopped at
the house of Il friend, unhitched his team
and visited three hours, leaving the
wagon stand NJ n the barnyard. When
he went oui % l. 'eh mp nothing remain
cd of the wa 4on ln the ironwork There
had been som, straw, two horse blank
cts and Il milk can in the wagon. aud
the conclusion was that the bright milk
can bad focused the rays of the hot sun
until they set fire 10 the straw.
In answer 10 the question: DO ne.
tresses experience any emotion in kiss
ing or being kissed by men on the
stage?' RiIca replies: Al first they do.
They are embarrassed, and shrink from
the necessity of il, and the result isthat
they act with con>lraini and awkward
ness, and hence unnalura3lv l;ul that
wears of with the course uf time. and
we become SO Indifferent Ia il tlai it is
like kissing SO much wood have
reached that point that can look upon
the man nave 10 embrace on the stage
rs part Of the furniture "A mere lay iig-
IRE.
In Vienna the goose is skinned before
ii is sent to the market, and the skin
garnished with its down is sold as
swans skin or down. 1t is thus effected;
the skin of the back is slit. and the
whole drawn over the head like shirt
with the greatest care, so as not to in
iurc the breast Such skin sells for
or 3 francs, but the value of the bird is
lcssencd onc-iiflh. The carcasses are
sent to Paris, and are eagerly bought up
by the work-people and tavern-keepers.
At Poitiers there are two houses which
prepare annually 10000 to $4,000 swan
downs. England and America being the
chief markets.
If President Cleveland complied with
all requests for lock of his hair his
head would be rs bare as billiard-ball
in less than week. One lady from
indianapolis has written that she is
poor, and asks the President to instruct
his barber to forward TO her all the hair
cut from the executive head. She pro-
poses TO make this hair into Cleveland
charms and then sell them 10 gentlemen
to wear on their watch chains. Anoth-
er person in Richmond, Va, wants the
same hair to stuff pincushion made of
silk taken from an old United States
flag. This cushion she will rattle at
church fair for the benefit of needy
Methodist congregation.
Two drummers driving from Grayson
TO Pawnee. Kan, lost their way. and
finally came TO a shanty. In 1t were
two beds; on one lay woman who
looked like n living skeleton; on the
other were the dead bodies of man
and five children. The woman could
talk, and told this story: MY husband,
Howard Ballinger, nad been sick long
time. Five weeks ago we were very
nearly out of provisions, and sent my
son, twenty-five years of age, to Gray
son TO get some provisions. We waited
and waited for his return, but he did
not come. After awhile the children
got sick. and one by one the little ones
died. My husband was the last one to
90, he dying last night" The drum
mcrs had lunch. with them and, Civ
ing it to the woman, went out to find
help. Several people from Grayson said
that they saw young Ballinger in town.
and he said lie was going to San Fran
cisco.
One Of the pleasantest features of my
visit here was call upon Gen. Phil
Sheridan. What a jolly fellow he Isl
How unchanged by the iron hand OF
time, save that he is broadened, and
stoutened, and widened little, looking,
however, exactly in thousand ways as
he did twenty-five years ago, when, as
the dashing. thriving, gallant Phil,
he led charge after charge and won
trophy after trophy. He sits as General
of the Army in a very comfortable apart
ment, nicely furnished with pictures,
and flags, and Indian "reminiscences,
and portraits, some good and some bad,
e L. &C. ante