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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31
PuolLlsT JEFFERSON.
The Famous actors Extraordinary Rem
edy for Dyspepsia.

The Famous actors Extraordinary Rem
edy for Dyspepsia.
had been for some time suffering
with an attack of dyspepsia-not hap
Ply condition for an actor who is quar-
reIing with the managerial conceived
the idea that gentle exercise in the way
of boxing would relieve me. So en-
gagged professor, in the shape of an
old retired champion of light-weights, y
to give me lessons in the art of self-de-
Tense for the sum of two dollars per
lesson, in consideration of which he was
to allow me to pommel him over the
head with soft gloves I'D lfbdam.
On the occasion am now about to
describe I had been, perhaps taking
unwarranted liberties with the cham
pioL, who must have got little excit-
ed, for. before knew wheie ! was
found myself stretched at full length
under the piano eXpostulated with
him, informing him solemnly that this
was the second breach of contract | had
suffered from him during the last two
days, and begged him in the future to
subdue the old war-horse within him
In fact, l said would prefer to pay a
little extra if he would conform to the
contract more rigidly.
We shook hands and began work
again My feelings were hurt, to say
the least of it, and 1 was determined to
get even with him. | now began to
dance around my adversary in the con
ventional style, and had just given him
zone for his mob, " when looking over
his shoulders ! discovered the amazed
faces of Dion Boucicault and William
Stuart. Against the dark background
of the room the two heads of these gem
tlemen doomed up like another pair of
boxing-gloves.
They stood aghast at the scene and
fancy it must have naturally entered
their minds that had invited them up
to settle our difficulties by an appeal to
science, and had secured the services of
a professional bruiser to assist me. But
the record of these gentlemen, like my
own, proves that we are, pugilistically
speaking, men of peace; so if they had
any doubt. their alarm was soon set at
rest by my dismissing the lightweight
and politely begging them to be seated.
Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31

Why not. I should ike TO know2''
asked the woman. with a toss Of her
head What would my arr Is worth 70
ne. or 70 the world, If I couldn't? You
We're going TO visit your grandmother AZ
Wildermar. Your mother will geta let
ter, or a dispatch. telling you not 70
come. Scarlet fever has appeared in
the family occupying the tenant house,
and il VIII not be safe for YOU 70 60. !"
The woman had replied with remark
able directness: she had promptly
responded 70 the challenge. Where did
she get the information? Was She more
than an ordinary woman? Would such
letter or dispatch be sent? Fanny was
puzzled and a little overawed she
turned 70 go.
My pretty girl, the woman said,
will you not allow me to present you
with a talisman2 II is but a little,
worthless coin. 70 be sure, but il was
blessed bY the mother of Constantine and
viii protect you"
II viii not accept any thing from
you" Fanny said. Il do not want to
seem rude. bat it is wrong even for me
to he talking with you" Fanny plunged
resoluteIy along the path through the
clover. She did not look back, but she
heard the woman laughing heartily.
The next day Fanny's mother said to
her: 4 am sorry about it, dear, but you
must postpone your visit to grandma.
The children of the tenant farmer have
the scarlet fever"
A look of surprise and disappointment
filed Fanny's face. She recalled what
the gypsy woman had said
Did you get a letteror a--dispatch?"
She asked
"A letter, dear.
How stranger" explained Fanny
Yesterday a gypsy woman told me"
she stammered and then stopped, her
cheeks reddening Her mother looked
at her keenly and said: Fanny. after
what | told you, surely you We're not so
foolish as to
mo mother" interrupted Fanny.
The woman met me at the edge of the
wheatfield. She wanted to tell my fort
une, but Iran away from her. She
would talk, though-and among other
things, she told me about my intended
visit to Wildermar, the scarlet-feyer,
and the letter that would come How
do you account for it?''
Il can not account for it" admitted
Mrs. Marsh, a puzzled expression on her
face.
Fanny's aunt was standing at one of
the windows, watering some potted
geraniums. She came toward Fanny
and said: My pretty girl, will you not
allow me to present you with a tails
man? 1t was blessed by the mother of
Constantine
oh, Aunt Rachelr cried Fanny
You were the gypsy! 1t was just like
you to play trick on me But, how
did you change yourself SOP
II stained my cheeks with berries,
and blackened my eyebrows with a
burnt Glove, replied Aunt Rachel.
But how did you know letter
would Gomez" asked Fanny
The letter had come, Aunt Rachel
replied Your mother concluded not
TO tell you about it until noon to-day"
II was sure no gypsy woman knew
had half dollar, or to what purpose
intended to apply it, " Fanny said. u
was good deal mystiied, ! must con-
TESS However, told you that you we're
an imposter.'
And that my mother was maybe,
added Aunt Rachel, laughing. Frank
ii. Stauffer, in Interior
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31
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Washington Post Il don't think
YOU give Yourself credit for the merits
You really possess, said a Young
woman to Willie Washington II have
been told that YOU are quite hard
thinker -
"Ya-a :, ,aid Willie, lit has stwuck
me that think with gweat deal Of
difficulty
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Baby vas sick, we gave her Castora.
When she was Child she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castora
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31

Speaking before meeting Of the
Methodist ministers, Bishop Fowler
told of new heather temple in the
northern part Of Japan Il is Of enor-
nous size, ana the tim bers were hauled
TO and placed in their present position
by ropes made from the hair Of the
women Of the province An edict went
forth calling for the long hair Of the
women. and enough was obtained 70
make two monster ropes one seventeen
inches in circumference and fourteen
hundred feet long, and the other ten To
eleven inches around and two Thousand
feet long N. Louis Republic
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31

New husband Mamie. why didn't
you complete these biscuit?'
New wife WHAT Go You mean.
George?"
New husband u thought You in
tended to boil them that would fetch
them
He lodged one, and i knocked ont q
panel Of The door
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31

Chapter Weak. tired, no appetite
Chapter ,: Took Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Chapter 3: Strong. cheerful, hungry
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31

Gods best gifts to His children are
IN the future, not in the past There
are always better things to come than
those that have been received. If,
therefore. a child of God thinks that the
former days we're better than these, he
may know that the trouble is not with
the days, but with himself Either he
is not walking in the path Of the just, y
or he is walking backward 5 5. Times.
Yes, We two boys we're thrown to-
gether a good deal when We went TO
school in the country In the same
class, eh?. No, We rode the sane
mule Detroit Tree Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31

The unders gned having been restored
TO health by simple means. after suffer-
ing for several years with severe lung
affection, ana that dread disease Con
sumption, IS anxious 10 make known -
his fellow sufferers the means Of cure.
II those who desire il. he viii cheer
fully send Gree OF charged a copy Of the
prescription used. which they will had
2 sure cure for CoNUyPrIoN. ASTHMA.
CATARRH BRONCHITIS and al throat and
lung MALApIEs. lie hopes all sufferers
will try his remedy, as il IS invaluable
Those desiring the prescription. which
viii cost them nothing and may prove
a blessing, viii please address. REV.
4. WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings Coun-
~. New York lift
\ Young buffalo was born dav or
two ago ~ the geological garden in
Philadelphia Probably the birth Of no
other animal world have caused more
rejoicing. The mother. OLD Emily, is
one OF the few surviving specimens of
the buffalo race, and little Edith. her
calf, is regarded as Of more value and
importance TO the garden than the of
spring of any other aHimal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31

They use clothes wringer for letter
press 10 one Of the largest Of the Wall
street telegraph offices in New York.
The messages to be copied are treated
as usual until the time for the putting OF
them nto the press; then, instead Of the
ordinary screw press, which it takes
time and muscle to use. the message
and damp tissue copy paper are simply
run through a clothes wringer. The
rubber rollers answer every purpose Of
a press, and the operation is almost in
Simultaneous and much easier than the
usual way. The machine is placed at a
basement window and there is always a
little throng on the sidewalk watching
the boys wiring out messages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31
A Safe Investment.

Is one which is guaranteed 10 bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure a return of purchase price On
this safe plan you can buy from our adj
vertised druggist a bottle OF DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. 1t is
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when used for any affection Of Throat,
Lung or Chest, such as Consumption,
Inflammation Of Lungs, Bronchitis.
Asthma, Whooping Cough, Group. etc.
etc II is pleasant and agreeable 10
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Trial bottle free AZ Jos. r. Benefits
Drugstore.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-24
WORLD OF SPORTS.

Denny Lyons still leads the third base
men of the American association, and is
probably the most valuable third base
man in the country to-day. A player
with batting average of 391 and a field
ing average of 93S at third base is hard
man to duplicate.
No club in the league, excepting the
Brooklyns, has SO many players who
have been with the championship team
in former years as the New Yorks.
WEIGH, Herman. and Pat Murphy were
with the Giants, Hornung with Boston,
Bassett and Denny with Providence,
Esterbrook with the Nets, Burkett with
Worcester, and Sam Crane with Lowell,
at time when these clubs carried off
championship.
A colored nine from Waterbury are
battling with the Naugatucks this after
noon in Naugatuck.
At Marysville, Cal, last night, Peter
jackson essayed to knock out Tom
johnson, Pacific Coast slugger, in four
rounds. When the time was up Johr son
was as fresh as the negroe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-24
PAYING CENSUS ENuMERAroRs

The Work is One of MagnItude-How
the Amounts Due Are Determined.
The men who trudged about In the
sun during the hot days of June count
ing Uncle Sans big family, are now
waiting anxiously for their pay. There
are some $4,000 enumerators all told
throughout the country and the name
and address of each one are in the
possession of j. G. Stoddard, the dis
bursting officer of the census office. AS
soon as he receives the necessary
voucher, and it is approved by Supt
Porter, he makes out check directing
the United Statesstreasurer, or the as
sistant treasurer, in New York, to pay
the person named the sum due him.
1t will be some time before any large
proportion of the entire number of en-
umerators receive their pay for their
part of the work of taking the census.
The work of determining how much is
due to each man is one of magnitude.
In the population division Of the census
office there is a force of clerks who do
nothing else but determine how much is
due the enumerators. The compensa-
ton is fixed by law, but the clerks are
obliged to examine every schedule and
make q computation as to the number OF
persons enumerated and the different
classes, and in this way the amount
due to each enumerator is determined.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-24
ooNNEcrICur,s PROSPERITY.
six Months Record of Steady Growt
In All Lines.

SIX MOnGnS' RECORD OF SUehuy 6rOWIn
In All Lines.
The first six months of 1890 have been
period of exceptional prosperity for
the state of Connecticut. The Weekly
Record says on the subject:
The boards or trade and other bust
ness organizations that have been formed
in so many Connecticut cities and towns
are undoubtedly an important factor in
their growth. They have been success
full, not only in bringing in new indus
tries from outside, but also in fostering
and developing young enterprises that
are constantly springing up at home, and
almost every manufacturing town can
point to some new industry, large or
small, that has had its inception within
the last few months. The fact that it is
the manufacturing towns that have
prospered proves that our reputation as
a manufacturing state is far from on the
wane.
From January l to July 1, 1890, there
were formed in this state fifty-four new
corporations with an aggregate capital
of 81 ,702, 300. These companies were
formed for various purposes-mechani-
cal, mercantile, etc,-and each adds ite
quota to the prosperity of the state.
In addition to these enterprises that
have been incorporated there are numer-
Gus others that are being carried on by
individuals and firms that play an i'm
portant part in the states progress.
In the past six months the Weekly
hundred new factories, engagements OF
old ones or other increase of facilities,
many of which are large and important.
Can anyone find fault with this showing
or say that the nutmeg state is not going
ahead?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-24
THE TYPICAL AMERICAN.
He Is an AIl-Around jolly Fellow, ar
Delights In q Go ID story.

He Is An-Around jolly Fellow, and
Delights Ina a Go ID story.
The typical American of the educated
classes is not very like an Englishman;
he is rather more like a Frenchman,
but still more like an American. You
can not say where he differs in appear
ance from the Briton; it may be in his
necktie, his boot, or the way in which
he brushes his hat. He seldom looks as
if he lived much in the open air or was
fond of field sports. He is much more
vivacious than an Englishman, more
original in manner, more fertile in
ideas, more modern in every way. He
is almost too good company; too effer-
vescent for some natives of a slow,
fogy climate. He is enviably detached
from our internal politics and social
COMMISSIONS. These are all pretty indif-
ferent to the native of country which
has elbow-room, a militia which shoots,
and practically no neighbors. He is
usually fond of the Irish and their
cause, but he never goes to ireland. He
does not mind explaining to you the
niceties of baseball; but have known
an elderly Frenchman to take more in
terest than he does in cricket. He seems
w ttlS W hDO" u BEcdI oCdA dOOub SOOh-
cry and delicacies of strange names,
American or French; but he has, per-
haps, no very high opinion of our poor
culinary efforts. He is not curious,
however, in strange mixed juleps and
cocktails, etc, like the representative
American of the stage. He very seldom
talks with an English accent and even
when he does, his idioms betray him.
He takes a Platonic interest in poker,
but is no gambler. He is much too
familiar with English life to be keenly
curious about it, and he never dreams
of going to see the lions. He is
rather fond of the play, knowing
and caring very much more
about our authors, actors, pieces,
ETC., than l do, for one. He is kind,
courteous, ingenious, obliging, a good
fellow, and welcome because he is in
finitely more alive than most of us. To
bring him into room full of detected
Britons is like pouring fresh water
among the fish in a pail. He is patri-
otto, but no Chauvaniste, and is aware
that Bunker Hill was but British de-
feat. He does not talk about the war
and Abraham Lincoln. We are sorry
when he goes away and glad when he
comes back again with new budget OF
good stories, fSr if he has national
trait, it is the swapping of anecdotes.
lie is not a man that any body would
think of trying to impose upon, but he is
not demonstratively acute. Never have
l seen a robustious American, nor an
American who preached, nor an Ameri'
can who told pointless stories.-Andrew
Lang, in North American Review.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-24
WORKING THE CABLE.
How Messages to and from Europe Are
Sent and Received.

How Messages to and from Europe Are
Sent and Received.
Although an ocean cable is in fact a
telegraph line, it is so differently con-
structed that the rules for working land
lines are almost entirely dissimilar
With the first long cable, great diff.
culties were encountered in sending
through them a current of electricity of
sufficient power to record the messages
rapidly. The methods for overcoming
these difficulties, and in use at present,
are described as follows:
Keys which, when depressed, trans.
nit positive and negative currents, are
employed at the sending station in con.
nection with the regulation battery.
The current of the battery does not pass
directly into the cable, but into con.
denser. which passes it into the sub.
marine line.
This greatly increases the force of
the current used and serves to cut of
interfering ground currents,
The instrument first employed in re.
ceiving cablegrams was a rejecting
galvanometer. Upon the magnet OF
this instrument is carried small
curved mirror. A lamp is placed before
the mirror and behind a screen in
which there is vertical slit. Flashes
of light moving across this slit as the
needles moved from left to right, in
dictated to the trained eyes of the
| operator the letters in the message be-
ing transmitted.
But this method of recording mes
sages was found to tax the eyesight of
the operator severely, a few years
work often rendering them almost,
if not totally, blind. Recognizing
the fact that there must be something
wrong with such a system, inventors
set about repairing the defect, which
resulted in perfecting the syphon gal
vanometer, which has all but super
seeded all other receiving devices.
In the syphon receiver the move
ments of the needle are recorded by
means of ink spurted from a fine tube.
! This tube is attached to a coil suspend
ed between two fixed magnets, which
swings to the right or left as the pulsa-
tions pass through it. The syphon gal
vanometer is a great improvement, is
not hard on the eyes, and enables the
operator to receive much more rapidly
than with the old flash receiver
| Golden Days
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-24
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT.

Tragedy at a Picnic Given By the
New England Railroad Employees.
Maggie McAloon, aged 25 years, of
East Hartford was drowned at 2 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon at Snipsic lake. She
was attending the picnic given by the
New York & New England roilroad shop
union of East Hartford. Shortly after
dinner she, accompanied by her sister
Nellie, Mrs Whalen, Willie NARROW,
James Quirk and John Callahan, all of
East Hartford, went out in a small row
boat. Five grown persons and small
boy were too much of a load for the
boat and they had not gone more than 40
feet from tire shore when the water be-
gan coming over the sides and the boat
sank. All were saved with the excep-
ton of Maggie McAloon, who was dead
when taken out.
John Mattern, German tailor in
Bridgeport, committed suicide yesterday
by hanging himself with MANILA rope
from a closet door. Poor health was
probably the cause.
There was very distinct shock of
earthquake experienced in Mystic Valley
yesterday. Houses trembled and light
articles were moved.
William Collins,a brakeman employed
in the Belle dock freight yard at New
Haven, slipped in attempting to board a
moving freight train yesterday and fell
beneath the wheels. Two cars passed
over one leg, badly mangling it. He was
removed to the hospital where the right
leg was amputated. He is 90 years of
age, and unmarried. He will probably
recover.
John Carl, whose scalp was torn off
by machinery at the hat factory of w.
A. & A. NJ. White in Danbury two
weeks ago, died yesterday.