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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13

allowed. and that tho number Of unad-
Indicated claims has been increasing
each year. shows either too small force
Or wrong methods Of organization and
work
decentralization. passing : paper
through unnecessary hands. grows up
in some old governmental officers. and
we must depend on the accomplished
men now responsible 10 obtain effective
work. Some eases OF waiting are very
sad, but organizations Of veterans en-
deavor TO take care Of comrade or widow
THE pension laws themselves, we
need to emphasize it. require complete
and careful revlsions: and at the same
time they should be so sinIplified that an
expert be- not required 10 understand
and interpret them 10 claimant, nor
an attorney to plead FOR him with the
bureau for the highest Of several rates
possible, under different interpretations
of the law
Agreeing fully with all who are in
terested in pensions 10 exclude with
care those who wilfully deserted the
service or shHked their duty by any sort
Of contriYanre, | have in this paper re-
lied upon our comrades, as in the war,
tor the highest motives of patriotism.
mo soldiers in any country have been
more highly commended for their spirit
Of self-sacriiiee and supreme devotion.
Let no subsequent wrangling self-seek-
ing or any thing akin to begging be
even allowed to soil the soldiers pure
eScutcheon
believing such 10 be the general
feeling among the survivors Of our last
war | am confident OF the happy settle
ment Of every veNed problem that now
aisturbs or concerns us.-N. Y. Mail and
ExnrpS4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13

its latent heat. leaving the moisture it
contained deposited on the outside of
the glass in the shape Of dew
The reason why the temperature in
nature never sinks lower than the dew
point is plain. The air coming in con-
tact with the cold earth and plants,
parts with its moisture. This changes
from the vapor form into the liquid
dew which change results in freezing
the latent heat contained in the yapor.
Dew is nothing moP, than heat and
moisture distracted from earth and
plants during the warmer part OF the
day, and given back when the dew point
is reached.
Care should be taken to keep the
small tube closed with a cork to prevent
the evaporation Of the ether; if on
blowing into the instrument you find
the temperature to go below 81 degrees
before dew is formed then certainly you
can depend on frost
The instrument can be put on small
shelf of one OF the posts in the summer
arbor, or any out-of-the-way place,
where it can be consulted at any time,
and enable US to make timely prepare
tions for the protection of plants against
the early frosts liable to occur in early
autumn Popular Gardening
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13
Je9 Davis Remarkable Memory.

Jefferson Davis had a memory for
faces and names that has probably never
been excelled BY that OF any public man
in the United States. II has been said
IF General Sherman that when ne meets
a man who vas introduced to him TWEEN
~ years previously he will recall his
name and the circumstances of the in
PRODUCTION. and VIII talk over tho Incl
ieuts Of their first meeting. Both Grant
and Lee possessed 20 great degree the
same faculty 81 remembrance, but
neither Sherman. nor Grant, nor Lee
'ould do what Mr.. Davi, did At his Of
flee in Richmond a. President Of the
Southern Confcderacy and in his visits
to the front of the army, he treasured
up in his memory tine names Of every
officer and soldier with whom he came
into contact. and he never forgot them.
While he was at his Beauvoir planta
ton last winter there came to him
WORKOUT and broken-down man who
made claim on his charity as having
been a Lieutenant in a certain Missis-
sippi regiment Davis taxed his mem
DRY a moment, and then told the appli
cant that he was fraud. and that
man bearing an entirely different name
was the Lieutenant of the company
which the mendicant had specified. The
beggar made quick exit from the
house, and was never seen around it
again, Philadelphia Inquirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13
HOMEMADE HYeRomsTER.
An Ingenious and Simple Little Device
for Forecastirg the Weather.


Most means by which the weather is
forecast are visionary and unreliable.
Seldom, indeed. do We ind any positive
guide by which the temperature Of the
future may be known to a certainty. /
herewith present an engraving OF hy-
grometer homemade, and so cheap and
simple is its construction that there is
no necessity for being caught by frost
any @onger II is 50 unfailing in its
action that we can tell 10 nicely in
the latter part Of the day or evening
what the lowest temperature viii be
the ensuing night.
1t consists first Of a large glass bottle
A, and thermometer G inside of it. In
the cork ID ale inserted two glass tubes
+ and +, one F. simply communicating
with the outer air, the other Fl reach
ing from the bottom OF the instrument
to the outside and ending at a right an
gle. The tube can be bent very easily
by holding it in gas flame and giving
il an easy bend. 4 small rubber hose
&, ending in a mouthpieee, is attached
TO the end. The bottle contains guam
tity Of ether which, however. must not
reach the bulb OF the thermometer.
When We wish 10 know the temper
allure Of the coming night we simply
blow into the mouthpiece attached to
the end Of our hose, in consequence of
which the air vaporizes quantity of
the ether, which in its turn will absorb
an immense amount Of heat. Keep on
blowing for a moment or two. and you
will find moisture deposit on the out
side of your bottle; then quickly read
your thermometer on the inside, and
you have the lowest temperature of the
ensuing night. This point is called the
dew point" and when that is reached
the temperature Will not go any lower.
Now a word with regard to the
philosophy OF this valuable little in
strument. Dew forms in consequence
Of warm air coming in contact with
colder earth and plants, thus being
forced to part with its latent Tor in
sensihle) heat. In so doing, however,
it must precipitate, or free, the moisture
it held in suspension Now, when you
blow into the ether contained in your
hygrometer a quantity Of ii becoming
yaporized. abstracts great amount Of
heat from the inside Of the instrument.
The result il, the warm air coming in
contact with the cold glass parts with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13

The Editor, will contribute in addition to editor
tal matter, sketches, "reminiscences, personal TO
collections Of public men and women, etc.
WILL CARLETON
Will contribute poems, which will be handsomely
illustrated (See December number.)
MARGARET SIDNEY
viii contribute short stories and sketches.
JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE
viii contribute stories "a bright. fresh story
from her PEN" Little Tom Mooney lin Decem
Der numberl
EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLER
Will conduct Department on Home Topics.
JAMES WHITCoMB RILEY
VIII entertain the readers with charming dialect
poems.
MARY LOWE DICKINSON,
Secretary of Kings Daughters, will talk Of that
Society.
Besides many other WE'LL known writers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13

A veteran Of the late war died not
long ago from the effects of his army
experience leaving two children, one Of
them a boy in his infancy This little
fellow the other day wanted to play
prayer meeting, aud opened the same
by beginning. Our Father. who fought
in Heaven That isn't right. said
his sister Yes, it is, persisted the
young prattler; IT any rate, that's
what they say in Sunday-school" It
was evident that the child had con-
fused idea III his mind as to the father
who fought on earth and the Father
which art in Heaven - Boston Tran
Srrint
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13

joined together, tho inner bark Of both
being in close contact on one side at
least. The joint is then firmly wrapped
either With narrow strips Of waxed
paper or cotton cloth, or with cotton
warp drawn through melted grating
wax, and are then packed away in sand
in cool cellar They should be planted
in nursery rows in the spring. setting
them in the soil as deeply as shown in
Fir ?. Handle them carefully.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13
RoOT-GRAFTlNG.
Best Method of Performing The Rest
Time to Tnsure -nccess.

Time to Insure success.
Root-grafting, says a writer in Farm
and Eireside, may be performed from
January to April with success. and I
have root-grafted as late as May. II is
best 20 have the work done by the erst
Of March. The stocks or roots used are
grown from seed for the purpose.
Thrifty. one-year roots are better and
more easily worked that two-year roots.
Do not use crab roots except for crab
trees, for they make the large-growing
kind dwarfish in habit The roots
should be dug and the scions cut in the
fall and should be kept dormant.
buried in saw-dust or moss in a very cold
cellar or pit The method of union is
known as whip-grafting. and consists
mainly in fitting the two parts so closely
together as To insure a union of inner
bark of both graft and stock. Pieces OF
the root are sometimes used to graft on,
but the whole root is much the best.
The cuts are made and put together as
shown in Fig l.
The stocks are washed to take off the grit
that it may not duh the thin, sharp knife
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13

PouIrnN raising on paper IS far more
profitable fhau il i on i poultry farm.
Beware 81 Wild estimates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13

Mr~~re 81 All kinds fed in cold wealth
err should be simply warm, not hot. No
more should be given than will be eaten
up clean az once
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13

necessary for this
operation. Their
tap roots are
shortened an d
the tops are re-
moved at the coll
lar of the root
with a smooth,
sloping. upward
cut; in the center
a downward cut
leaves a tongue.
The scion is cut
on its lower end
with a sloping,
downward Gu t,
and a tongue is
made on it TO fit
the tongue on the
CORE sp onding
cut on the root.
The two parts
arfa fhnn nnaftu
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07

The enterprising editor of The New York
jewelers. Weekly wrote to about fifty prom
inent editors scattered throughout the coun-
try, asking questions regarding the watches
they WORE 1t is a singular fact that of these
fifty, all but about dozen replied that their
watches were presents, and only one, poor
unfortunate Omaha editor. was without a
watch. He offered, however, to trade some
advertising space for a timepiece, and we
doubt not that he will soon be the happy
possessor Of a Waterbury. 1t is also notice
able that the editors who had bought their
own watches were divided into two classes
those who paid very little for them, and those
who paid great deal. Hardly man had
bought a moderate price watch One Cedar
Rapids editor admits that he traded a $40
buggy for his watch, and an Albany editor
carries an IS timepiece; while such shining
lights as Henry Watterson and Murat Hal
stead are burdened with watches costing
from $500 to $500 apiece Frank Leslie's
NeWSnaner.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
Water and Steam Power.

A thorough examination into the relative
cost of water power and steam power has
been made by G. Fl. Manning, in a paper
read before the last session of the American
Society Of Mechanical Engineers After
making elaborate calculations as to the add
tions and attachments required in putting
both in use, the author sums up the cost in
each case, and says: "Ln the water power
plant we paid S14 for the cost of the water,
simply, per horse power per annum; adding
to this S.62 for attendance and supplies, we
have total cost of water power of 1922 g.
per horse power per annum." Taking for
steam low pressure plant of 1 100 horse
power, with compound engines run on one
and three-quarters pounds Of coal per horse
power, with coal at 81. so per ton, the total
cost for steam is given at s21. 16 per horse
power per annum "On l 1000 horse power
plant" says Mr.. Manning, ''the difference in
cost saves an engineers wages. New York
Toll
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
A Pretty Railroad Conductor,

ga few days ago I was going out from
Denver, Colo, on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad" said veteran conductor to a
Memphis Appeal reporter, 'when I was
thrown in company with lady who opened
my eyes, conductor as I was. She was a
petite brunette, who had the vim and man
ner of what I would term a manly womal
Not impulsive and given to erratic spells, bul
purely a woman given by nature to man,
hoods ways. This lady was conductor on
branch train tapping our line, and she was
the first female I ever knew acting in that
capacity.
'But you must not think she was at all slow
in meeting all demands, for while she had her
range and could go just so far, to that extent
she did her work superbly. She collected
fares and punched tickets like man, but
when it came to putting some fellow off be-
cause of his failure to comply with the re-
quirements of the railroad company, it was
her custom to call On man to do the work.
The brakeman on the train was usually pres
emit to obey her commands, but I have known
cases where passengers were called on to put
other passengers off the train
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
CITY NOTICES.
RuhV'S Iattar

Remarkable, yet true. A. B. c. Alternative ha
cured Blood Diseases after physicians failed.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
Glass Eyes.

A German paper makes the astounding
statement that more than 100000 glass eyes
are made every year in Germany and Swift
zerland, while one French house manufac-
lures 100000 of them annually. The pupil is
made of colored glass, and sometimes red
lines are painted on the inner surface to simu-
late the veins. The largest number of these
eyes are bought by laborers who are exposed
to fire, and are consequently liable to lose an
eye. An artificial eye rarely lasts more than
five years, as the secretioas of the lachrymal
glands cloud the surface of the glass. DR..
Magnus has pointed out that the expression
of the eyes is almost solely due to the move
ment of the upper eyelids; and this is the rea-
son that we may see a man with glass eye
hundred times before we discover his in
trinity.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07

Dyspepsia and all disorders of the digestive Or
CANS can be relieved by using Victo Liver Syrup
IoC ana SlOO See ad ertiSement. dec6
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07

CHARACTER IN THE HAIR.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
YSICZ AN 5
TAKING HOLD OF THE
ELECqROPO[SE!
NEwIYoRK, July 25, 1889.

John N. Webb,
President Electro-Libratiom Company.
DEAR SIR have been using it on
the strongest point on myself from one
half to one and a quarter hours a day
for a week, and [ must confess l am
perfectly astonished at the result upon
my general system as well as local
trouble (dyspepsia).
I assure you l have never felt so
well in twenty years as 7 do now. 1t
seems as if a new world had opened
upon me and youth had been restored
as if BY A GENT WITH HIS WAND. /
have cause to become an enthusiast,
which am indeed, and now begin to
think you did not say enough in its
praise.
I am treating experimentally num-
Der Of my Wall street patrons for brain
fatigue and general debility to give
them some idea what the instrument
can do in the hands Of one who under
stands it.
I am treating a case of secondary
syphilitic eruption on the body and
face with the most prompt and salts
factory results. We can do very little
with medicine in this disease and l
look with establishment at the effect OF
the Electropoise upon it.
| see great future here for the
E!lectropoise. Refer every one you
like to me.
For further information apply to
Electropoise Company, room Is, Watts
Block, city.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
Note How Your Friend Laughs.

1t is a well known and easily demonstrated
scientific fact that different people sound
different vowels when laughing, from which
fact close observer has drawn the follow
ing conclusions: People who laugh in A
pronounce as ah) are frank, honest and fond
of noise and excitement, though they are
often of a versatile and tickle disposition.
Laughter in E pronounced as ay) is peculiar
to phlegmatic and melancholy persons.
Those who laugh in I pronounced as eel are
children OF simple minded, obliging, affec-
tionate, timid and undecided people. To
laugh in o indicates generosity and daring.
Avoid if possible all those who laugh in U, as
they are wholly avoid of principle. st.
Louis Republic.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
Saved from CONSUMPTION.

Several physicians predicted that Mr.. Asa B
Rowley, Druggist, of Chicago, would soon have
consumption caused by an aggravated case q
Catarrh. Customers finally induced him to try
Clarke's Extract of Flax (Papillon) Catarrl
Cure. He says: 1.-THE result was unprecedented
commenced to get well after the first applica-
ton and am now, after a few weeks, entirely
cured" 1t will do the same for you. Price SlOO
Try Clarkes Flax Soap for the SKIN and you will
use no other. % cents. All of Clarke's Flax rene
dies are for sale by w. M. Allen, Druggist
feb7 1y
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07

A letter from Mr.. Nv. Ruby, Union City, Ind.
says: 81 have used your Clarke's Extract of Flax
(Papillon) Cough Cure and find it a complete cure
for deep seated cold. Ithas done more than two
ofour most skillful physicians. My children had
the Whooping Cough and with the aid of your
Cough Cure, they had it very light compared
with neighbors' children who did not take it.
believe it to be the best Cough Cure in the NAL
ket." So it is A large bottle only SI.OO.
Clarke's Flax Soap for the Skin. II leads them
all. Price 25 cents. Cough Cure and Soap for sale
at w. M. Aliens Drug Store. feb7 ly
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
The Raising of Dates.

The date bears well in southern California.
Arizona and New Mexico, and it is only a
question of time when its cultivation will
become great industry in this country
The tree is very. beautiful one, with blush
green leaves all growing from single stem
with a central bud at the point of the leaves
outspringing, where hang great clusters OF
the yellow dates, as sweet as honey to the
taste. The date needs very peculiar condi
tions for its growth. The soil must be rich
and very moist about the roots of the tree,
while the air must be exceedingly dry
Philadalnhia Rscc-J
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
NAKED ROUGHS.
,ara were troths in the hedges

There were troths in the hedges
And bird mates were true;
There were trysts, there we're pledges
And old loves and new;
There was sun at the trees heart,
And song in the boughs,
And spring in the bees heart,
And whispers and VOWS;
There were leaves when we mated,
And now-naked boughs.
All, VOWS that were fatedl
All, loves that would house!
Your time was belated,
Your fate-naked boughS.
Century.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07
BUSINESS INDEX.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
merchants of Augusta county, Va, have placed
vertised in this ISSUE and take pleasure in offer
ing the same under one of the most liberal ana
convincing guarantees that was ever placed be-
fore the general public.
These merchants are the leading and most en-
terprsing citizens in thissection; they are in the
full enjoyment of honorable regulations in the
sphere of commerce and their endorsement and
guarantee cannot but convince the mostskeptical.
WHOLESALE:
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The ELEcTRoPo1sE, 61O E. ST., NV :.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July &c.
Electro Liberation Co..
Birmingham, Ala.


GENTLEMEN-In explanation to the
foregoing letter it is proper to state
that the Electropoise has been in use
by DR.. K. but five days, having been
erected in his Office on July Goth.
He said II used to be such a ran
tankerous allopath that I would not
look at a homeopath across the
street. But I found that they could
effect cures that could not with my
methods, SO I went to their college and
graduated. Now, if you will show me
a still better method, I will adopt it in
my practice and advocate it's use"
He has a large practice among the
swell "400" and frequently has spe-
cial train to carry him to see some
rich patient out Of the city.
Yours truly, JOHN N. WEBB,
President.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-07

CONNECTIONS.
Train AIS connects at Harpers Ferry with
Vestibule Limited Train leaving at 1885 p. M,
arriving in Pittsburg at $50 p. m. Columbus 1925
a. M next morning. Chicago at 1055 a. m. next
morning.
With Vestibule Limited leaving Harpers Fer
ry at 1850 p M, arriving in Cincinnati at 1856 a.
m. next morning; st. Louis at $50 p. M next
evening, and with train at Washington Junction.
Arriving at Frederick at 2:15 p. m.
B. & o. Palace Sleeping cars run through to
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, ST. Louis and Chicago.
All Fast Express Trains run through to above
points without change of cars.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks, apply to any
Office of the B. & o. r. r., or to G. E. DUDROW,
Travelling Passenger Agent, Winchester, Va.
j. L ODELL,
General Manager.
CHAS. o. SCULL,
General Passenger Agent. dec6.
The morning call., 1890-05-13
BELLOC'S CREDITORS.
They Agree Upon A. II. Lough-
borough for Assignee.

At meeting yesterday OF the creditors OF
Belloc & Co.'s bank, which failed recently for
half million dollars, Edward j. Pringle, attor-
ney for Charles Mayne, stated that his client is
willing to abide by his promise to pay them 60
per cent of. The Indebtedness, Notwithstanding
the Partisan securities of the nrm had greatly
deprecated.
MIR. Mayne now regretted having made such
proposition. but would carry IL out. Since the
recent meeting Hlppolyte Belloc had sent a
power of attorney TO Henry Barrohet to sign for
the other 40 per cent 10 be paid In one year. Mr..
Mayne proposed TO pay 20 per cent in cash and
like amounts In four and eight months.
A motion was made to appoint A. ii. Lough-
borough assignee, but IL was temporarily inter-
Tupted by demand Of c. w. Cross, representing
one OF the creditors, 10 have the Indebtedness of
the Mayflower Mining Company TO the bank ex-
planned.
In reply 1t was stated that the company had
made an application TO the bank for the loan OF
$4,000 and that Mr.. Mayne had advanced the
money and thus saved The bank from failing.
! lie note lad never belonged 10 the bank, al
though in its name.
This explanation was satisfactory and Mr..
LoughborOugh was elected assignee, creditors
representing 1899 600 voting for him.
NJ. A. Dorm, the Sherf's attorney, stated that
$4,000 worth of assets had been collected and
are ready for turning over 10 The assignee.
MIR. Mayne announced that he would pay all
creditors for less than $3.50 in cash and give
notes for the larger sums.