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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-04

John Kelly, the ex-Tammany boss, is
reported to be slowly but steadily sink
ing, at his home in New York city,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-04
for RENI'

on MAIN STREET, and east o. largest bust
ness firm in the city Cistern in rear Of building
A large cemented basement. Everything conye
inert. For particulars inquire or address
Stiff c. IL. BAXTER, Jr. Lancaster, Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-04

lumber is RISING, RISINGI
Come Early and Secure Bargains the Old Price and little
more The finest lot of long Barn Timber YOU ever saw,
Over Million Feet of Boards and Dimension - o.
change for Cash, Oak Logs or Railroad ties Alsoa
Speciality Of exchanging Book Accounts and
Notes for Gold, Silver and Greenbacks
DB. STEVENS, CASSVILLE, WIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-04

The annual report OF the Northwest
ern Mutual life insurance company of
Milwaukee shows that wealthy corpor
alton 10 have an income of $1,000, 600
nor annnm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-04

First Assistant Postmaster Stevenson
is reported to have received a perfect
ovation from Democratic members on
the occasion of visit to the floor of the
House I'VE all love YOU" one con
gresham said, "for the fourth class
postnasters you have made" How
cheap is popularity sometimes
Milton Weston, the millionaire rioter,
surrendered himself on Wednesday to
the criminal court at Pittsburg. and was
taken To- the peni,entiary on a five years
sentence. An appeal to the board Of
pordons will be made by Charles H.
Reed. his counsel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-04

4 leading and life long Democrat of
Cincinnati says that about nineteen out
OF every twenty appointees to Office in
that state by tine pr. sent administration
ought 10 be in the penitentiary to-day.
The leading and lifelong" is rather
too observing perhaps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-04

The English rories (he government
party) we're defeated on the very first
bsiiot in parliament, and Salisbury will
doubtless soon give place to Gladstone
again. rhe Irish and conservatives
voted together against the government.
Mrs Grant has received the first
check from the publishers OF General
Grants memoirs. 1t is for $3.50, 600.
and the publishers promise $3.50, 600
more
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-04
Three PecuIiarities

Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier
and regulating medicine, is characterized by
three peculiarities, namely:
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04
DR MARAND RUTHROCK,
Fremont, Snyder county Pa,

Graduate VI Baltimore College OF Physicians
and Surgeon. offers his Professional service
to tho public. Speaks English and German.
March, II, tssl.ti.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04
POETRY
Unlocked at Last.

Itake it down this evening, In the
golden twilights glow,
As the gables cast their shadows on
tho garden beds below,
And. with something OF sadness that
Is less than grief, raise
The cover Of the oaken box 1 closed
in other days.
% long npo looked it that the key
turns stiflly now,
And tho withered hand that trembles
and the burrows on the brow,
And the failing vision clouded, and
the SHOWS upon my head,
Tell. with unrelenting certainty, OF
Times relnorseless tread.
So long ago | locked them up! An
Tue, but here they lie
while. all unknown, lingering hope
n within me surely lay,
Else why should but hide the things
Imight haye cast away3
Some heated wordsare said. No more
but ords IN wrath that fall
MAY Danish what our binding tear'
and breaking hearts recall
As visions only Of the past; the bridge
less gulf between
But shows us, to augment our grief
the joys.."that might have been"
lie died upon foreign shore; and
-ah, well, my years
Have not been wholly ted,neithel
passed in useless tears.
Ny light went early out, but still 1T
warmth is with here
IL seems to be rekindling as the enc
is drawing noar'
And now. as in the box ! look, agaiI
my eyes grow dim;
| fad a lock o. chestnut hair tina
once belonged to him.
A gloye--he dropped it us he left;
little golden pin,
A locket with boyish face-his owl
portrayed within.
The ring he placed upon my hano
when, standing by my side,
He simply told sths olden tale, and
fultering replied,
No picture here at oil OF mine. III
kept it, and 1 know
He shared my secret trust that cloud
like these would fade and go.
A pile Of letters! One, his last forlorl
furewell.still.mocks
My heart. turn the key, to look ~
more upon the box!
But surely shall lie forgiven II, II
the land Of rest,
Among the treasures stored for Inc
hold my love the best.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04

other, aud in the same spot to GER
tain destruction but they were not,
aud / gathered in every ono Of that
colonly in a week after the wolf fight
There is no animal 70 willy rs the
tearer that ia so easily trapped'
After you have found whore fans
lily is living, Which usually isn't as
easy ss Eappeued in my case. you
take an oldiuaiy steel trap aud set
it iu the water. The tap mustn't
be more thau a foot under the sur
face, aud a foundation generally has
to bu built for it to have il IT, that
position. A cudur log is tied to tue
trap Ivy n long cord, for when the
beaver is caught he will swim away
with the trap to lis hiding place
II the trap were fastened so the an.
lmal couldn't get home, he'd be sure
and tear out or gnaw bis lSg of
After the trap is SGT tho bait is
hung Immediately over the trap, aud
jnst high enough above tue water IL
DO out of the beavers reach as
he swms. The bait is piece Of tie
medicine gland of loo beaver cons
mercially k own as castor. This
has penetrating, musSy smell, aud
is most tempting 10 tho beaver Al
the animal swims aloag in hu uigh
he catches II Whit Of the castor
That is more than hs can stand, ant
he finds wheie 1t is. Bat he can
reach il from his place in the water
aud Ac feels around with his feet L
SEQ il thore isu't n resting place
somewhere around there. There il
bat it is the jtws Of tho trap. iheN
30 together as soon III they ar,
touched, aud tho poor beaver it
caught. lie gees immediately fol
home. The light cedar buoy goe
with hiw, aud shows the trapper il
the morning whcro the captive is
With five traps | caught my colony
aud had five beavers every nigh
for seven nights. With them wa
the one the wolfe had caught, and
made up my mind, from the way h
had been handled, that if his com
panions had been three seconds lat
no would not have survived til,
victory
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04
Excitement in Texas.

Great excitement has been caused
ia tho vicinity of Paris, Tex, by the
remarkable recovery Of Mr.. j. Il.
Corley, who was 80 helpless he
could not turn in bed, or raise his
head everybody said he was dying
of Consumption. A trial bottle Of
DR.. Kings New Discovery was sent
him. Finding relief, he bought q
large bottle and box of DR.. Kings
New Life Pills by the time he had
taken two boxes of Pills and two
bottles of the Discovery, he was well
and had gained in flesh thirty-six
pounds.
Trial Bottles Of this Great Dis
covery for Consumption free at G.
M. Shinders Drug store.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04
SERMON ON EMPTY BENcHET
REV. PETERS TELLs WHY HE THINKS
THEY ARE NOT FILLED.

Rev. Madison @. Peters, Of the
First Presbyterian Church OF the
Northern Liberties, Philadelphia
preached recently on tho subject oI
empty pews, the cause and remedy
He took for his text the tenth chap
ter Of Romans, first verso "Breth-
rem, my hearts desire and prayer to
God for Israel is that they might be
saved" After explaining why he
had selected the text he said that
among other reasons why there were
SO many empty pews WAS the great
lack Of oratorical ability on the part
of the preachers. He thought min.
iSters ought to have the convincing
eloquence Of Webster, Lincoln, Clay,
etc., and produce sermons in spec
tacular manner, forsakiug old hack
neyed religious phrases, and adopt
ing new phrases full Of life and Wig
or. He said there were many men
in the ordinary walks of life who
worked FIVE times as hard as three
tourths of the ministers, many OF
whom lead useless and lazy lives
He thought there ought to be more
fire in the sermons, prayers and
songs; that many preachers simply
play preach, aud 60 through theil
sermo ons like lesson, as dry as al
empty bag.
ave want" said he, 'to blow ou
trumpet in Zion and roar like a liol
roareth.' He thought there was to-
much preaching Of theology; to-
much Paul and not enough Christ
tie said, We need less samenes
in preaching. To tell Christian
every Sunday to behave in Jesu
Christ is telling them what they hav'
heard every Sunday. The same oil
!oono, We neod pr(aching Vhiol
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04
What Can 30 Done.

BY trying again aud keeping up
courage many things seemingly im-
possible may be attained. Hun
dreds OF hopeless cases of Kidney
and Liver Complaint have been cur,
ed by Electric Bittors, after every-
thing else had been tried in vain.
So, don't think there is no cure for
you, but try Electric Bitters. There
is no medicine so safe, so pure, and
so perfect Blood Purifier. Elec,
trio Bitters will cure Dyspepsia,
Diabetes and all Diseases of the
Kidneys. Invaluable in affections
OF Stomach and Liver, and over
comes all Urinary Difficulties.
Large Bottles only 50cts. at G. NJ.
Shindels.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04
THE oUEEREsT BETS YET

The exceptionally droll terms OF
the wager recently won by Harmon
at the S;anwix Hotel, in Detroit, by
holding his bead submerged in tho
water OF bath tub for l25 seconds
without taking air, recalls number
of other queer aud remarkable feats
which have at various times aud
places been achieved ia tho contest
for wagers, tho records of which
have been picked mp here and there
from the papers and periodicals OF
the time, says the Detroit Free Press
Pedestrian contests have been
perhaps the most numerous and
varied. Capt. BARLEY, q noted
pedestrian in the early part of the
present century, was the pedestrian
who first introduced tho feat that
has since been so many time at
tempted, that of walking 1000 miles
in 1000 consecutive hours. To do
twenty-four miles day for six
weeks is formidable undertaking
for any but q trained pedestrian. aud
quite out Of the range Of possibility
for very large majority. The feat
had been attempted several times
previous to 1910, but BARLEY was
the first to accomplish it.
Not less than 100000 was was
wagered on the result of the cons
test. The walking occupied forty
one days and a few hours time,
from June l to July II, aud took
place on Newmarket Course. Though
he suffered somewhat during the
performances, his appetite remain cd
unaffected, and he flushed tolerably
fresh in the presence of a vast as,
semblage. This feat has been often
accomplished since. Pedestrian
named Baker once walked 1000
miles in twenty days, fifty miles a
day, and to show his stamina bo ac>
complished rs miles on the last day ..
A chap named Curtis, in Berk-
shire county, Mass, for a wager of a
hoase, ran 5 miles in Al minutes
and wound mp the raco with a jump
of | feet inches.
An Englishman named Head won
1000 guineas by walking 600 miles
in ten days, but the exertion 30 used
him up that he never walked much
afterward, either on wages or other
wise.
A gentleman at one of the Lon.
don clubs made wager OF loo
pounds that he would staud for al
entire day alta point on Londor
Bridge with tray Of gold sover'
J, eigus and offer them vt . penny
each without finding : purchaser
(! n won (he wager, ~ Tho peeeoEo.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04
CUNNING OF WOLVES AND sE.A'
VERS,

"!f there is anything gray woii
likes il is beaver poa,," said Mnhlen
Withars, Of Wind River, Montana,
"and, although both beaver aud wolf
are getting scarce, it is fact that If
you ever do come across signs OF
the latter you may be sure to find
evidences that the wolf is also lurk-
ing in tue vicinity, although ho laay
not Lave been there before. l wit
ness little nff,.i, between q big
gray wolf and beaver some years
ago which convinced me that bea
ver's cunning is not all in timber
chopping aud dam building.
~ was acting as aD agent for a
man who owned u largo timber tract
iu Canada West, aud | discoved that
timber thieves were cutting some
thrifty young cedar trees along
Weifet's River. l could get nc
trace of the thieves, and one moons
light night watched the timber.
hadu't been long on the spot before
! saw dark object rise on the bank
OF the river, aud as it came up in the
moonlight l saw that it was bea.
n yer. Then l knew ut once that four
footed thieves were taking the CO.
dars. As | had never seen q beaver
cut down tree / thought l would
watch the operation. This one Sc
lected a good sized cedar near the
river bank and at once began work
The rapidity with which he cul
through that trunk with his grea,
teeth is almost incredible. Almost
As quickly as chopper with an axe
could have done it that beaver felled
the tree. Just before it fell the
beaver gave cry that made me
ump. and lie scurried down tn,
bank and plunged into the stream
The tree fell into the river, and un'
der cover Of the noise it made
crept quickly to the bank to SCI
what the beaver would do further
1he fallen tree lodged in the water
Rnd the beaver came 10 the surfac
Ind began looping off the branches
10 this work it was joined by thre
pr four others. They work indus
|riously, and the noise they mad
Fith their teeth could have bee
heard long distance. They loppe'
~ these branches as IL they wer
vorking with hatchsts, and in
hort time the bare trunk wa
frstched aoroos the stream. The
p beavete vent to wbsk on u
|noa saf a, Sel \ n y lepelh
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04

aims right ut the individual sinu r
who sits right before us II there is
anything to be .dispised in n minis
ter it is the fact bat he is p'eac Z
for popularity. I plead Tonight for
u ministry terrible in its donuncia.
ton OF sin with an rafu,, lncas that
almost takes my breath away believe
the creeds Cf our churches are to,
! inclusive in their detail, too dngmat.
ic, aud | believe ,hat many ,nsc On
tious people stay away from church,
because they cannot agree with ib,
creeds created two huuli,d year.
ngo." The speaker then took for an
illustration tue Westminster Com
fesson of Faith, daacr,biug it usu
citechism which had been fromcl b,
mortals only aud passed by small
majority of Parliament in the face OF
II great protest.
Shall those articles, devised iu
1913, DO the spcc;acles through
which We Of tho ninoteeth century
shall icadi We must Ggitate uu,ii
we reform aud revise these crUeds.
MIR. Peters also thought that great
reason why the pews were SO empty
was because the preachers were 50
stiff "Let all our preachers be- roy
al good fellows said he, "aud tho
siuneis will respect them. There
il too much Christianity served W
on ice
lie then paid his respects to the
by books and said. There are
some hymns which aIc just AS ialso
as false can hc aud the church has
been singing them for yeus. II
those hymus uro religious God IN,
made my nature all wrong Coco
nature is the gospel Of Jesus Christ
: II wo are good paturcd we are goot
; Christians. Wc can bo religious
and merry too. There are man,
people in our caurches who are q,
bad as those out Of them. In fact
o. they are worse, because they az
hypocritos. The only way to keel
the church free from hypQcrites is I,
have eloquent men in tho pulpit wh'
will make IL impossible for hypocrite
: 70 exist--mou who will practice wha
+ they preach and who are not afrai,
to say what they think"
After SO eloqnently pleading 70
, humanity tho reverend gen,leme
0 put in q word or two for himself
+ "Any man. said be, "who has talen
enough to fill pulpit conld certain
y make more money in any othe
: business. If his object were ulon
n to make money he certainly woul
4 not preach in Philadelphia, for cler
$ gymeu are now paid less here tha
- any other city. | preach the gos
: pei Of Christ for His sake, and be
lieve every word ! say"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04


aud declined to invest
The master Of the revels Of
George ii, was the regarded as the
ngliest person in the Kingdom, Us
none had been found who could sue
cesslnlly contend against him fol
this distinction. One OF tho noble
men Of the court laid wager tha,
he could produce a person surpass
ing him in this respect. AT the time
appointed he caused n notoriously
hOmcly iishwonan he had heard of
to be brought, who stood by the side
Of the champion. Win the approval
OF the present wcarer OF the belt, the
palm was about to bo awarded to
her when II bystander, probably also
, Interested in the result Of the decision,
suggested that the champion put on
the old lady's bonnet in order to make
/ the conditions OF the contest more
equal.
lie did SO, when the added ugliuess
was SO emphatic and indescribable
] that the victory was awarded to him.
The wagers made on the speed OF
/ horses are so common and the terus
and conditions so uniformly Of II com
monplacc charter that they hardly
command attention OH the score OF
novelty. Donkeys have sometimes
been put on their speed, II quality
that they have not been popularly
supposed 10 possess. About twenty
years ago u race $50 called came of
on the Newmarket course to decide II
bet OF 100 pounds made 10y the owner
Of IA donkey that he would 20 100
miles in 81 hours. The meek looking
little chap not only let his master out
in good form, but had fully three
hours to spare.
| Philadelphia, some years ago, O
gentleman made u wager of StCO that
he could jump into water eight feet
deep and undress himself complete
! -tlIN blIc NllO ltS cNci hi'''o wv Nv
tempt to remove his clothing aftel
being thoroughly drenched to the
skin, even when standing on terra
tirua, with plenty OF room to hol
around on one leg, will at once re
alize the difficulty of accomplishing
the feat while IN deep water. How
. ,,,ng l,,., In, th.. m Stunan MT
ed. Dog racing is u species OF spor
that is not very common in the Unit
ed States, but not raro in England
, In 1879, ut Fenham Park, Newcastle
Eng, ono Perkins matchod his do
Polly against Davidson's Queen O
tho Forest, to run twenty yards 70
80 pounds. Tho latter was the win
ner by yard. On the same day, II
Royal Oak Park. Manchester, tw
, dogs ran the same distance for 10
pounds side. The time in eithe
case is not given.
After the battle Of Gettysburg a
, officer in command Of an infantr
brigade made wager with a sta
officer in the cavalry that more tina
one half the Iuuskets captured woul
be found to have one or more charge
still in them. This led to the discov
[ cry OF n very singular fact. AT tina
, battle $4,000 musket were taken, q
which over 1000 were loaded. Som
, 1900 contained two loads, and G,O0
had from three to ten loads each. l.
many instances half dozen ball
we're driven in on u single charge c
I powder, while in not few instance
, the former possessor had reversed til
usual order, and put the ball in first
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-04

Read what the people
say concerning the
ability OF Dr. Thomas
JCltttrC oil 10 cure
asthma, catarrh, Group,
colds etc Mrs. Dora
Koch of Buffalo, says:
" For Group it is decd.
edly cficacious." Mrs Jacob Mclisor of Marion
ohio, says the same thing.l :. $. Graves, Akron,
y. y, writes: " Had asthma of the worst kind,
took one dose of Thomas EccctriC Oil and was
relieved in few minutes. Would walk five miles
for this medicine and pay SS bottle for it, Drug
gist G. II. Hail. GRANVILLE Ill. says: Cured an ul
ccrated throat for me in twcnty-tour hours" "Sat
up in bed and cUughed ill the clothing was wet
with pcrsprltion. My
wife insisted that use
Thomas Eclcctrc Oil.
The first traspoOniul
RFLIFvUBmC.n n. IL.
Perkins, Creek Centre,
NY, Thomas Eclec-
trc Oil is also TIP
Tor external applica-
ton for rheumatism,
cuts, ,scalds, burns bites,
bruiscs, etc, When visi-
ting the druggist, ask
him what he knows of
Dr. Thomas EClCctric
OIL; If he has been
long IN the drug
trade, he sure he will
speak highly of it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-04
Fron, Possum GLORY.

The literary entertainment of Postum Glory
was given on Friday evening last. II was q
grand success. The program, which consist
ed OF music, recitations, select readings and
the instructive lecture of Sup't G. G. Miller,
of Eaton. The meeting was opened with mu-
sic by the "Possum Glory Orchestra, it be-
ing of such a nature that it filled all present
with delight. Then zane the little folks with
recitations and readings. These being inter-
spersed with elegant music, were highly APP
plauded and commended by all present. Fol-
lowing these, Mr.: zimmerman read an excel
lent selection entitled, "0ur World" Lydia
Darrah,'' a selection by W. H. Beard, was
read. Next in order was recess.
Recess being over, Mr.. Boise, the teacher,
introduced Prof. C. G. Miller, who gave the
audience a literary treat, opening his lecture
with a few highly commendable remarks as to
the music and efforts of the little folks. His
lecture was upon that very important subject:
sour People," All those having the pleasure
of listening to Mr.. Miller are always delight
ed and greatly benefited. He is always mas
ter of his subject-so he was at "Possum Gio-
ry." The good people present could follow
him in his illustrations; trace his geosraphl-
cal travels of the divisions of our race, and
un isrstand his illustrative references. They
will all remember the story of Jupiter giving
the immortal crown to the worthy teacher, as
related by Mr.. Miller. He closed with a short
selection illustrating mans inhumanity to
man.
Notwithstanding the very disagreeable con-
dition of the weather and the conflicting opin-.
ions of some. throughout the vicinity, there
was a crowd present. They were all richly
benefited. After giving a hearty vote of
thanks-frst to the musicians for the excel
lent music; second, to the little folks and
strangers who took part, and lastly to Mr..
Miller for his instructive lecture, they re-
turned home well pleased and much instruct
ed. Mr.. Boise deserves great praise and
credit for his success on this occasion.
LEONA,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-04
Stamping ou1 Disease.

The Shakers believe that nearly all diseas-
es can be prevented by maintaining perfect
digestion. They never employ doctors be-
cause as soon as the digestion becomes i'm
paired they take a few doses of the Shaker
Extract of Roots (Siegel's Syrup and health
is the result, for it is a marvellous remedy for
Dyspepsia. Mrs. Hettie Hauck writes from
Mormon Grove, Grayson Co., Texas, Aug.2,
1884: al am fifty years old this month, and l
must say your medicine has proved a wonder
full medicine to me. When [ first received it
I could not sleep nights, and I had a futter-
ing in the pit of my stomach, l could not bear
my hand or the weight of my clothes ON it. l
had a throbbing and a roaring in my head. 1
was afraid if it continued / should lose my
mind. I oftentimes thought l was too far
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