Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-17
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educated to point where they were
about ready to introduce to the public,
when the whole flock took sick and
died. He is going TO repeat the expert
ment this summer.
John Muzzy, OF Portland, Me-, al
though 90 years old. shows no signs of
dccrepitude. In talking about a piece
of land which he owns he said the other
day: THE lease runs out in five years
and when it expires am going to
build the handsomest block in Portland
on the lot He is evidently not afraid
to discount the future.
John Ruskin has never been in svm-
pathy with Modern Progress. Here is
an exposition of his views from his au-
photography: II know Of nothing that
has been taught the youth of our time
except that their fathers were apes and
their mothers wrinkles; that the world
began in accident and will end in dark
ness; that honor is a folly, ambition
virtue, charity a vice, poverty crime,
and rascality the means of all wealth
and the sum of all wisdom"
A Washington letter to the Galveston
CTex.) Neios says: .'Spooner is not
teetotaler, and has never had much to
say one way or the other about temper
ance; but it is a fact that he never
touches drop of liquor of any kind.
Whenever he is questioned about it and
the general subject Of temperance he
replies indifferently: i have three
boys that / love. They have never
smelled liquor in my breath, and they
never shall That's the only temper
ance argument that he has ever made"
Hypochondriacs are generally filling
up the country. Every day we meet
men who are sensible on every subject
except their own ailments. They dread
malaria in the breeze. fear the water is
unwholesome, regard nearly every ar
ticle of diet with suspicion, and view
sunshine and clouds alike with fear.
Such men should 60 to the country and
live in the open air. They can not be
cured while they remain in the neigh
borhood of drug store. atlanta Con-
SsitutiOn.
1t is believed that over f1,OO0,000 is
spent yearly in pilgrimages to Mecca
and Medina. Many of these Mohamme-
dan pilgrims travel immense distances
Thus nearly 5000 of them are from the
Soudan and neighboring parts of Afri-
ca. 1000 are Moors, 1,400 Persians, 16.-
600 Malays and Indians, and some 3d.
600 Turks or Egyptians. These are the
figures for the year 1888, when there
were no fewer than $4,000 pilgrims to
these two famous shrines.
A recent study of comparative heights
and weights among different classes of
population in Great Britain shows that
the criminal class average no less than
forty-five pounds in weight, and four
and one-half inches in height less than
their antagonists. the Metropolitan
police. Compared with the general
population, too, this class is seen to be
eighteen pounds in weight and two
inches in stature below the average,
standing on about the same plane in
physical endowments as lunatics.
The sublimation of the mind-cure
craze in Boston is man named Ben
nett. to whom patients 90 in and lay
down $40, never more nor less; the
"doctor" pronounces the formula, ..You
are cured" and the patient walks out
again. There is no diagnosis, no treat
ment, nothing but faith; and yet it is
said that Bennett is making big in
come, $40 bills coming in by the mail,
and requests for consultation by tele-
graph. He calls himself an apostle Of
the "Order of the lnspirati."
Mrs. Wallace says that " Ben Hur'
occupied all Gen. Wallace's writing
time for seven years. After the van
ishing of the Christ child, to give details
of battle, love-making, social life, add
venture. and over all to float the BAN
ner of the cross, and keep the babe of
Bethlehem in the mind of the reader as
the central figure, was difficult study.
Geikie's Life of Christ was the refer
ence book, after the bible, in the writ
ing of Ben Hur.' Eighty thousand
copies have been sold, and still the
white camels are coming 1t has been
translated into German and Turkish"
1t is found that where the Chinese
can do so they will ingeniously load
raw silk with foreign substances, rice,
sugar, etc. to make it weigh heavier,
even when they know the deception
must inevitably be detected and will
loose them good and steady customers.
The only way, it is said. to put check
on them is by concerted action among
American manufacturers to shut out
all raw silk which does not come up
to certain standard. An experienced
manufacturer says that "all considcra-
tons are imperative to make the China
man honest in his dealings with the
foreigner.
The southern variety of proof-reader
is described in the Memphis (Tenn.)
avalanche as man who is only pres
ent when he is absent. He is the Ish-
mael of every office. Every mans
hands are against him. He is the scape-
goat on whose back are laid every
mans sins. In addition. he bears his
own burdens. and these be many. He
acquires feline stealthiness and side
longness of walk. as if he were expect
ing a bootjack to turn every corner.
He sleeps with his eyes open like rab-
bit To the public he is nonentity
when his work is done, and only visible
when some huge blunder obscures him.
Amherst students tried to break ND
the performance of theatrical troupe
in that village They guyed the actors,
threw beans on the stage, blew fish
horns, and yelled in chorus The man.
ager ordered policeman to arrest
student. This was attempted, and the
students made rush to rescue their
fellow. The manager sailed in with a
chair and club. An old negro took a
hand, yelling. I'm over sixty years
old, but I'll take care of any four of
YOU" Several citizens also took part.
and when the fight was over the STU
dents were SO badly used up that they
didn't even dare to give genuine APP
plause.
The contest over the will of Gusta-
vus Nicholson, q Baltimore banker.
who died last year. has developed the
fact that the old man was great lover
of cats. He had over dozen of his
own tabbies, and these were permitted
to invite their friends, so that hosts of
the feline species were entertained at
the bankers home. He took cats to bed
with him, and sometimes matrouly
cat would provide n nest in his comfort
able feather bed, and there litter of
kittens would be born and raised. The
old gentleman always had several cats
sleeping with him. The servants testi-
fed that at one time he had six Maltese
eats living in his room; these were the
favored ones. Six commoner cats were
kept down in the kitchen. He loved
his cats, and grieved when any died.
In ZOO at Hamburg the other day n
s., 900 elephant got to be so vicious
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