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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-06-19

Henry Vesperman warrants Colts for
- at the Wright house barn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-06-19
RArnER TOO LITERAL

Editor notice that y3u did not iu-
woke the muse when you wrote this
poem.
Poet-lnvoke the mews2 Yes. | did.
| called in the cat before | commenced
the poem -Arcola Record.
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Eos.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-06-19
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Nos as and 40 daily.
Tickets sold to all points, and baggage checked
TO destination, saving time, money and trouble.
Information always cheerfully given
S. L. PLATT, Potosi.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-06-19

New Time Table Chicago, MiIwau-
kee & St. Paul R'y.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
MINE HOST DEFEATED.

How . Detroit Drummer Made Five DOL
lars In Five Minutes.
A Detroit Drummer who was stopping
at hotel in an Oaio town found fault
with the coffee, and the landlord said to
him, in the presence Of three or four
other guests:
r. ''You Michigan people drink 50 much
root coffee that you can't tell the real
stuff when you see it"
What do you call it?" asked the
drummer.
%. G. Java, sir, and the very best. -
'I'll bet you twenty-five dollars it
isn't"
'Donel'
lam chemist, and have part Of my
outfit with me! Get me q sample OF
that coffee and I'll tell you what IL is. I"
He went to his room as bluff, and in
about five minutes the landlord came
up and put . five dollar bill into his
hand and said: ~t4 - Fl d
Take this and call the bet of"
''But want to anal"
"Analyze be hanged! It's Rio, and
second class at that, but don't want to
be given away. I've bluffed over forty
drummers in the last year. and If /
hadn't been told that you travelled fo1
2 grindstone quarry instead Of . drug
house I'd never put up the money
Detroit Free Press.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
THE SECRET.

She passes In her beauty bright
Amongst the mean, amongst the gay,
And all are brighter for the sight,
And bless her as she goes her way.
And now beam OF pity pours,
And now spark Of spirit fies,
OF her rich lips and precious eyes.
And all men look, and all men smile,
But no man looks on her as I:
They mark her for . little while,
But I will watch her till die.
And II wonder now and then,
Why this so strange thing should be-
That she be seen BY wiser men,
And only duly loyed by me;
only wait little longer,
And watch her radiance in the room;
Here making light little stronger,
And there obliterating gloom,
(Like one who in tangled way
Watches the broken sun fall through.
Turning to gold the faded spray,
And making diamonds Of dew,),
Until at last as my heart burns
She gathers a.! her scattered light,
And undivided radiance turns
Upon me like q sea Of light
And then know they see in part
That which GOD let's me worship whole;
She gives them glances OF her heart,
But me, the sunshine Of her soul
-Cosmo Monkhouse, in N. Y. Tribune.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
"Here. Tessa: don't come too near.s

"Here, Tessa; don't come too near.s
But the mountain girl knew the dam
ger. Creeping downstairs for drink
of water she had heard her fathers
words to Warren. had thrown shawl
about her shoulders, and run to the
pasture. Then she caught her pet
horse, sprang upon his unsaddled back,
seized RATA as she passed the stable,
and galloped at the utmost speed down
the ravine, hoping against hope, for
many minutes had necessarily elapsed
since Warren started.
She sprang to the ground and tossed
the rawhide rope to the one arm he
held above the sand. She folded her
shawl and put it over her horses shoul-
ers, and tied the RATA round like col
lar. Then she led him slowly away
from the quicksands, and Warren
thought his arm would break; but slow
~, reluctantly, painfully, the sand gave
up its prey.
"Your father told me to take this
road, Tessa," said the young sheriff.
Eyes, know that, and I heard one of
the men tell him to-day that the bar
was swept out"
There WAS q long silence between
them.
''Tessa, 60 with mo to San Luis, said
Warren, land let US get married"
And Tessa went
Old Stoner heard the news few days
later. Within an hour he had ''retired
from business" The camp was broken
up, the hunters disappeared, mysterious
lights flashed at intervals all night from
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
P.TH AND POINT.

E
-He-"Will yoa marry me?" She
(playfully)-"Ah, dearest, what risk
you are running" He-'.I know 1t, but
4 always was reckless dog."-Tbe
Epoch.
Lets cross over, here comes Bunk
or. He's the sleepiest man ever met"
"You can't blame him! Remember that
he is with himself all the time."-Har-
per's Bazar.
Tho Happy Couple. .-She-'ME. and
Mrs. Franklia's married life was very
happy one, suppose?" He-'Yes-
very. They didn't live together, you
know."-Judge.
-"Your safety matches are good for
nothing. can't make them burn At
all" ''Well. what do you want with
more safety than such matches as
those?"-Fliegende Blatter.
-Landlady-'What would you call
beefsteak, Mr.. Cutely? An entree or
p" Star Boarder-"If it is all like this
l would put IL among the pieces de re-
sistance!"-Boston Traveller.
On Cyclones Wings-Kaw-"He
travelled hundred miles in ten min
utes." Hooks-'It must have taken his
breath away" Kaw-''Well, he was
pretty we'll blown. ."-Munsey's Weekly.
What does it representa- inquired
the visitor, as he stood before the
gorgeously-colored canvas in the parlor
OF Mr.. Gaswell and strove to deciper its
meaning. THAT there paintin'," said
the millionaire proudly. frame and all,
represents nigh onto $3.50"
-Landlady - THAT new boarder
needn't try to make me think he is .
bachelor. Hes either married or is a
widower." Millings-''How can you
tell?" Landlady-"Hea always turns his
back to me when he opens his pocket
book to pay his board. ."-Spare Mo-
ments.
FASHIONS Slaves ea-Husband-.'Yo
women are regular slaves Of fashion"
Wife-''1 know it, my dear. What was
it you wanted me to do for you?' uus-
band-'Oh yes, 1 forgot Those two
buttons on the back of my coat just
above the coat tails are loose. wish
you'd sew them on. Good News
"A verdant gentleman whose corre-
spondence is limited received letter,
upon the envelope of which was the
conventional business card: AFTER five
days return to-" The epistle was care
fully perused and preserved until the
expiration of the allotted five days,
when it was returned to the writer.
The Problem Soived-Wife Qook-
ing up from book k)-''The writer says
that half the miseries of married life
comes from the fact that wives do not
have certain, regular sum per week to
spend as they please" Husband
True: and the other half of the misery
comes from the fact that husbands do
not have a certain, regular sum per
week to spend as they please. IN. Y.
Weekly.
Il przzling some OF the philosophers.
Is it when she becomes a happy wife,
And every Joy obtainable is hers?
Or is 1t when love steals into her heart,
And ring is placed upon taper finger?
Or when she masters clever things In art
As painter, sculptor. or as opera singer7
No. None Of these be woman's happiest
hour.
1t ia when she a heavy draft careesses
And starts for Europe on a wedding tour
With Saratogas full of stylish dresses.
Pittsburgh DISPATCH
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10

Stoner had been Texas ranger, and
could hold his own extremely we'll in
that rough, frontier community. He
had carried off pretty Spanish wife
from the chihuahua region years be-
fore, had brought her to the rocky Cali
fornia coast, and had purchased a set
tiers claim and an old adobe house
built by Spanish hidalgo half cent
ury ago.
Here he farmed, raised cattle on the
unused Government lands, and kept a
sort of rude hotel, for several mountain
trails joined at that point the broad
highway which led from the county
seat twenty miles south. to the north
ern settlements in the pineries He
had Eve daughters too-the youngest,
Theresa, known as Tessa, q girl Of
seventeen. That added to the attraction
aud almost every night the dark-eyed,
half-Spanish girls sang and danced, and
old Stoner managed to hear all the news
that was afloat, and somehow most of
the loose coin of the region ultimately
found its way into his pockets He was
. deep one, that same Ephiram Stoner,
quiet, sly and patient, secret in his
methods and deadly in his blow.
Stoner's wife nd his four eldest daugh-
ters were uneducated and in complete
subiection to his will. But Tessa had
more brains and energy than all the 9th.
ers put together and quite as much beau
ty.and so the old Texan ranger took Get
tain pride in her, and had even allowed
her to attend district school for two
years
The midnight when, as have said,
the story begins. person of prying
disposition might have discovered sew
eral interesting performances in pro-
gress around the Stoner abode. On the
north side of the house Tessa was lean
ing from her window. conversing in low
tones with a blonde, fair-haired and
sturdy young man on horseback.
TON, you do not know my father.
He is not the careless, warm-hearted
man you may suppose. I must admire
his ability. but that is all. I warn you,
Tom. there never was more dangerous
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Emperor Williams coachman re.
ceives 5000 annual wages and his house

CLh PorOC WllIl6U,0 CO8CuIu6u Tos
ceives 5000 annual wages and his house
rent st.E... y.s.s*..
Canton exported last year $4,000
pounds Of human hair. s,
France has ordered submarine
boat Isl feet long, to be built by the in
ventor OF the Gymnote.
in some foreign cities there are men
hired to attract crowd to their en-
ployers' windows by staring and gazing
into them. 5...
The loveliest summer resort on
earth is probably the plateau of Newera
ELLA, the Kings Summit" as tho
natives call it, in the highlands of
Southern Ceylon.
The latest sta atistics show that there
are 71,es7 lepers in Bengal; 1894 in
Madras, and 1882 in Bombay. The
lepers in the native states are not in
cluded in these totals.
I'm Paris, the applica tions for mu-
nicipal appointments are nearly thou
sand for each position, although the
salaries are very small, ranging from
SZ5O 10 S4OO per onnum.
1t is the opinion of local authorities
that nothing can save the beautiful
birds OF India from complete destruc-
ton, but a prohibitive tax upon the ex-
port OF their skins and feathers.
"A law has been promulgated at bar
langer, in Norway, to the effect that no
girl shall be eligible for the marriage
state until she is proficient in spinning,
knitting and baking.
The English authorities are investi-
eating tho habit of ether drinking,
which is said to be spreading in that
country, many persons using ether as a
substitute for alcoholic liquors
Tho average length of life is greater
in Norway than in any other country in
Europe This is attributed to the fact
that the temperature is so generally
uniform, and it is cool throughout the
year.
The London Echo recalls that 200
years ago Sir William Petty predicted
that in the nineteenth century London
would contain 4, 600. 900 inhabitants. It
is computed that before the end Of the
century the metropolis proper will hold
its 100000
The Indian Government has pub
lished return showing that in the
years 1887, 1888 and 1889, 372 males and
1s2 females were tortured bY Dacoits in
the Central division of Upper Burmah.
One hundred and eighteen cases result
cd in death.
An exploration party sent by the
Quebec Government to the head waters
Of the Ottawa and Gatineau rivers re-
ports that there are magnificent forests
of pine tim ber in that region not under
lease, and which will prove valuable
sources of revenue to the province.
The German East African Company
has just had coined new lot of METAL
money for the German colonies. The
silver pieces are of about the size and
value OF an Austrian gulden. approxi-
mately forty cents. The coat of arms
consists of lion and bust of the Ger
man Emperor in the uniform of the Gu
raissier Guards. The copper coins are
worth about ono and one-third cents
bach, and are inscribed with Arabian
characters. Italy. too. has instituted a
new coinage for her African possessions.
The silver pieces are worth little less
than dollar each, and bear the face of
King Humbert and statement of the
value in Italian and Arabian. The
bronze coins represent a value of two
cents or one cent each.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
.ick and not able 70 eat unto the bitter

sick and not able 70 eat unto the bitter
end. s-.s-s
The pot is always on the fire and tho
food Is almost all boiled, although flour
and water Of forbidding texture is often
fried - 81
''Muck-a-mnck" Is seawecd. 1t looks
not unlike tobacco, and Is chewed, but
when cooked with vinegar it is said TO
be good to eat " ..~
The leaves Of the bearberry or kinni.
kinick are mixed with tobacco for
smoking to exc out the precious mar.
cotic. These leaves are used for the
same purpose by all North American
Indians Once they were pounded in
mortars. still extant, but of no further
use, for tobacco has superseded the aa-
tive plant, and small Indian boys are
seen smoking tho efreminate cigarette
with marvellous nonchalance. Spruce
gum is the women's JOY Their jaws
are perpetually going, and the expec-
toration is-generous.
Though the Thlinkets are apparently
very dirty, owing to never changing
their clothes until tho latter are ready
to drop off in rags, still they wash them.
selves daily, and arc never so persistent
in bathing as during the winter.
Corporal punishment is the greatest
disgrace that can be inflicted on a man,
and Is rarely resorted to. saving when a
boy refuses to battle in cold water. Then
argument Is punctuated by beating with
stick, which is considered less rs q
punishment than as means of harden
ing the body.-Kate. Fields Washing
ton.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10

tho points of the Cliff, and the next day
old Stoner himself disappeared, leav-
ing his family, the ranch and the live
stock. 1t was said that he made the
hest of his way to Mexico and finally
to South America The world is large,
as yet, and men who have money can
ramble over a good deal of it without
finding past they wish to escape from.
But Tessa lives in her San Luis Obispo
cottage, with orange trees over it and
La Marque roses on the porch, and she
thinks herself the happiest woman in
California.-Charles Howard Shinn, in
Belford's Magazine.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
HISTORIC GROUND.
A "Reminiscences of the Old Town of SAINTS
Barbara, Cal.


A "Reminiscences of the Old Town of Santa
Barbara, Cal.
Last Saturday afternoon, as some
workmen were engaged in grading the
lot on Canyon Perdido street. near San
ia Barbara, the plow turned up two bad
ly-decayed coffius-a woman's and a
child's. The collins were made roughly,
of kind Of hard, tough wood, probably
brought from the Sandwich Islands, as
was all the lumber in those days. On
that of the supposed woman were the
initials m. A. c." made BY driving
brass-headed nails or tacks into the
wood. From the length Of time elapsed
since burial it is hardly possible to
state positively whose coffin this is.
doubtless it was one of the Carrillo
family's. It is quite possible that this
coffin may have been buried full hun
dred years, as this was the first burying
ground in this city. Father Villa, on be-
ing informed Of the fact ordered all
work to cease, and will have the re-
mains properly exhumed and reburied.
This bit of ground is historic. Events
Of tho greatest moment to this city took
place here. This lot was originally
part of the old Presidio, and on this par
ticular spot was erected the chapel
which was the first Santa Barbara home
Of the Mission Fathers. 1t was on this
spot that Father Janipero began in San
ia Barbara his work of evangelization.
successful probably even beyond his own
expectations From this spot then, be-
gan the work Of civilization in this par
ticular part of the State. Wonderful
work indeed!
At that time there were Presidios in
San Diego, Monterey and San Francis
CO This particular military post was
q square surrounded by high wall Of
adobe. the top Of which was protected
by tiles. The commandant's house
"a part even now standing opposite on
Santa, Barbara street) swss in the
inclosure. Here, too. was the chapel
around and under which were buried
such of the converted people as died at
the time. The remains found the other
day are probably Of that number.
The spot is historic more than any
other place in Santa Barbara. 1t was
here that Fremont first raised the
American flag, in 1s46. There was no
flagstaff then, but Commodore Stockton
gave Fremon. studding-sail boom
from the frigate Congress-, then in this
port It was about 10 feet long, and
General Fremont had it raised in the
center of the Presidio
Thus from the point also took place
the second greatest event in Santa Bar
bsra's history--the raising Of the Amer
lean nag and the annexation Of the city
to the United States. The next flag
staff raised in this city was on State
street. opposite st. Charles Hotel In
April, 1s47, Captain Henry Carnes, with
his own hands, raised the beautiful
garrison nag. It was 20x40 feet and
was the second United States flag in
this city.-santa Barbara Independents
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
NATIVES OF ALASKA.

Some of the Strange Customs Which Pre-
vail Among the Tl,linkets.
Alaskan music is not unlike Chinese
In its monotony. The instrumental
music is extracted principally from .
guitar of two strings. But there can be
no doubt of the Thlinket's musical apti-
tude. This is shown by the children at
the mission schools. All Alaskans have
the same difficulty as tho Chinese in
pronouncing and v. Rheumatism be-
comes numatism. every. ebly; story.
stoly; years, yeabs. Pronunciation varies
with the situation of the letter.
Ahideous popularity of the Thlinkets
is the wearing among the women Of
what Is called the 'labrette" in q slit
made below and horizontal with the
mouth. Oddly enough. among the Eski-
mos the men often insert similar atroci-
ties in the corners of their mouths
When the girls arrive at the age Of
fourteen or fifteen the center of the
under lip is perforated. and piece OF
copper wire introduced to prevent the
aperture from closing. This aperture
is gradually heightened and the wooden
or vory>ornaments are enlarged in pro-
portion till they are frequently in
creased to three and even four inches
in length, and almost equal width.
This generally happens when the ma
tron is advanced in years and the
muscles are relaxed.
The labretto is followed out ON each
side like spoon, though not quite so
deep; the edges are likewise followed
in the form of a pulley, in order to fix
this precious ornament more firmly to
the lip. -''5 -
1t Is rare now on the coast to see Ia
brettes worn by young women. They
think them foolish, having been severe-
ly criticised by the whites and told tha
they were ugly. Vanity prevents them
from distorting their. not too pleasing
faces; but saw many labrette worn
by old women, and hideous enough was
the spectacle. =. 49,. 49,. 49,
It is said-I will not .vouch for the
truth of the statement-that this orna-
ment is sometimes as useful as it has
heretofore been considered ornamental,
affording firm hold for the fair fingers
of their possessors when engaged in
drunken broils. -.<&@@"*>.t * VII Is: *
The Thlinkets, like other native
races. are hospitable to fault When
an Indian has surplus of food he is
not happy until his friends help him to
eat it up. What they can not devopr on
the spot they are expected to carry
away. A host is offended if his guests
do not partake of every thing set be.
fore them; it strangers are among the
visitors, four or fve feasts are not un-
common in single day. When Judge
Swan was anticipating such IN inflic-
tion, his Indian companion warned him
not to eat too much lest hs should be
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
GENUINE HAPPINESS.

L
Perfect Self-Command.
What is there in the bosom which
leads US wrong, directly in opposition
to the suggestions of our reason? Wa
see the right and approve it; we wish
secretly to pursue, but are misguided
and led stray. We are early apprised
of the wrong, condemn it, and resolve
to avoid it; but the first temptation SO.
duces us away, as a traveller is deluded
by deceitful tgnts:f s:fatuus, which draws
him over bogs and briers to some dan.
gerous pitfall, or to the edge of terri.
BILE and destructive precipice.
The delusive meteor which sports
with man in the journey of life is his
vicious affections He wanders through
wi]ds wherever they lead; and, though
bleeding every moment afresh from the
wounds Of the thorny way, still goes on,
as if impelled by irresistible necessity.
But, however far we may have strayed
from the right path, it is never wholly
out of our power to regain it. Painful,
indeed, will be the effort it will cost us
to return; much resolution, much cour-
have always this to stimulate us in the
attempt-that of the two ways the
right one is certainly the better and
more pleasant.
But even when re-established in vir-
tue, we are still in danger, and still
must we be active and vigilant. We are
in life as a waterman rowing against
the stream, and We surely 20 down If
we rest on our oars. Never can We be
secure from even immediate harm, until
we have acquired over ourselves q PEI
feet command. On the one hand we
shall be tempted by appetites, desires
and the dazzling phantoms of wild
Imagination; on the other, We shall be
driven from our way by the goadings OF
discomfort, or hurried into error by the
violence of passion. Never can We
hope for security until we have so COM
pletely subdued the propensities of the
heart that we can silence every commo.
tion of the bosom by the first attempt
guide the mind to any subject at the flrst
call of prudence.
When. by q single whisper of reason,
we can in q moment quell the refractory
passions, then, and not until then, shall
we be able to Judge of every thing in life
with all the accuracy of right. Our
bosom will be tranquil whatever may
befall US. Neither unlooked-for good
will raise in it the tumult Of joy, nor
unexpected evil disturb it with violent
sorrow. Like beings of more exalted,
a purer nature, we can look ON the one
with generous Indifference, and smile
on the other with an undisturbed seren-
ity of mind--N. Y. Ledger.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
He Took His Advice.

Kind Lady-Do you want something
to eat? Why, tramp was here short
time ago and I gave him half : pie.
You may have the rest If you want 1t.
Tramp-No, don't care for it. saw
that tramp, mum, and he told me not tc
eat ary Of that pie If wanted the rest
Detroit Free Press.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
rEssA AND HER LOVER WE'RE TALKING.

man. He may be where he hears every
word you say, though If he is he will
not speak to you or me sboutit But IT
he knew you cared for me he would be
your enemy. He has other plans for
me. He wants me to marry for money"
Tom Warren had once been the school
teacher in the mountain district, miles
away, where Tessa had been one of his
pupils. Thrown upon his own resources
from his childhood, he had developed q
strong, earnest character, and was al
ready so popular in the county that he
had just been elected sheriff, although
the youngest man on the ticket
While Tessa and her lover were talk
ing scene Of far different nature was
being enacted on the south side OF the
old adobe, which overlooked 2 deep
rayine and camp Of five or six men in
. field below. For several years these
men had spent their summers there,
ostensiDly hunting, fishing and explor-
Ing the country With their dogs and
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
N THE QUICKSANDS.
A Sheriffs Narrow Escape from q
Horrible Death.

BE story prop
erly begins at
midnighton on the
San Luis Obispo
coas t. Califor-
MIA, t W Q n t y
years ago, when
the September
m o o n / i G h t
shone down up
on Stoner's cat
tie ranch, near
the 2 a CT t &c
Ocean, in the
rugged S ant a
uci mount
aims.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
Ol CoprM.

Bloomer Ito ragged urchin) Your
parents left you something when they
died, did they not? 1~@s =. ,.'
Urchin-Oh, yes, sir. s.s,'.. -
q Bloomer-And what did they leave
you, my little man? =* Z. =.
Urchin AN orphan, sir.-Epoch.