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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
ENROLLING THOUGHTS.
Encourage Them, for the Influence for
Good Which They Exert IL InestimabIe.

Encourage Them, for the Influence for
Good Which They Exert IL Inestimabie.
A public man twhose influence has
been powerful for good in this country,
said lately:
My father was IN ur educated, hard
working farmer. Yet some Of his
methods of training his children showed
keen insight and rare wisdom. He
had the habit for instance, of telling US
as we ate our breakfast any story Of
kindness or courage or self-sacrifice
which he had heard or read the day be-
fore, or, falling these, he W0aid repeat
noble thought tersely expressed, or a
fine line of poetry.
- There's bit of gold, boys, he
wonld say, to carry with you. Don't
let all your thoughts be base metal
eve used to laugh at this 'old-fash-
ioned' custom. But it would be impos-
sible to measure the influence which
these great ideas had in elcvating the
daily current of our thoughts. We
could not give ourselves up wholly TO
trivial or mean things with this great
thought ringing in our minds like the
call Of trumpet.
A busy mother upon whom much of
the actual labor Of her household de-
volved said once:
II have no time to search in books for
great thoughts to widen and lift my
children's minds. But | try to bring
into our family life the high, liberal
charity taught by Christ. | try, too, to
keep the children's attention fixed upon
some subject outside of their own lives
zone day ii may be a new book, the
next political crisis in our own coun-
try, or great flood in China. These
things serve to turn their thoughts from
personal gossip or squabbling.
There are many homes in which some
idea like these is at work, tightening
and uplifting the whole family life.
There are others in which the members
resemble parts Of machine at work.
They earn money, they eat, drink and
sleep; but the life, the ennobling prin-
ciple, stacking.
However young or insignificant the
reader of these words may be, he can
do his part toward bringing the sun
shine of a broader life into his home.
The mere habit Of speaking of things
instead of people, if persisted in, will
be like a window opened into close
and sitting room.
The atmosphere of our thoughts, as
well as that breathed by our bodies,
becomes foul and poisonous if kept toe
long shut in from outside influences
Open the windows, then. Take the
lives. the work, the thoughts of your
brother men into your own, and you
will be able to serve better Him Who
is Father and yours. -Youth's Compan,
ion
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
GIVEN WITHOUT NAMES.

THE father of one of the largest
property holders in London is buried in
a glass case on top of one Of the finest
buildings in the city.
A HALLowELL (Me.) young man,
whose best girl has named her pet calf
for him, doesn't know whether to ac-
cept it as compliment or not.
A WOMAN in Hancock county, Me-,
who was afraid to drive her horse
across a railroad track was bitterly
disappointed in attempting to go around
it.
ONE of the sights of PASSPORT, Me-, is
man sixty years old daily carrying
the dinner of his father-in-layg, aged
eighty, who is still active as a me-
chanic
A WOMAN who fell into a swollen
creek near Lawtonville, Ca, was res
cued, and the first thing she said to her
preservers was: do you know where l
can hire cook2"
ALONG the Connecticut shore hard
shell CLAIMS are commonly called round
clans. A small boy, little absent
minded, almost upset a New Haven
marketman the other day by asking
for half a peck of square CLANS"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
WITTY AND WISE.

NEARLY everyone is looking for the
''best of it."
THE uglier man is the more conspic-
uous he makes himself.
We all complain Of bitter experiences,
but they make us wise.
MEN should confne their desires to
their conditions and capacities.
THE most difficult thing men find to
do is to live within their means.
BIG man does not have as many OPP
portunities to fight as little one.
A COMMON hatred binds two individu-
ais or nations as closely as does a COM
mon love.
ONE thing is sure: mans character
must impress US before his language
can affect us.
THE most difficult ups and downs Of
this life are keeping expenses down and
appearances up.-Atchison Globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

Four different mountain peaks Ia
idaho are from thirteen 10 tweuty-three
feet lower than they were fifteen years
ago.
FAHRENHEIT at first used alcohol in
making his thermometers. He was led
10 use mercury after experimenting
with boiling water.
THE shell Of an oyster IN its native
habitat is always little open, and mi
croscopic waving hairs set up currents
which carry the food plants to its
mouth, where they are engulfed and af-
terward digested.
STONE forests are found in various
Rarts of the world. In many cases
they are hardened by some popularity
Of the atmosphere, and are found
standing just as theo were when clothed
with green foliage thousands of years
ago.
Two MARKED Improvements have re-
Gently 6een made in the use of gas for
lighthouse illumination. One is a proc
ess of enriching gas made from ordi-
nary coking coal by the addition of hy-
drocarbons and heated air, the other is
the new dioptric lens.
IT has been suggested that the valua-
bic historical papyri now preserved in
the extremely hammable Ghizeh mu-
scum in Egypt should be brought to Lon
don and deposited in the vault of some
safe deposit company, pending a recon-
ktruction Of the museum, If SUCH recon-
struction ever takes place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
FACTS BRIEFLY STATED.

EARLs are dying off at the rate of
twenty per annum.
AMONG Ontonagon's 1000 inhabitants
there is not family named Smith,
Brown or Jones.
CHERRA PooNJoE, in the Assam hills,
has a rainfall of over five hundred
inches per annum.
FROM a cypress tree cut down in Flor
ida there were gathered 1875 pounds of
pressed comb honey.
THERE are said to be more descend
ants of the first families of original
settlers in Kings and Queens county,
in Virginia, than in any other county in
the state.
DR. CLEMENT, who was treating a
horse at Better, Hinsdale county, sup
posed to be in bad shape, discovered a
tooth growing out of the animals ear.
The strange ivory was jerked out and
the suffering animal promptly re-
covered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
MlSNOMERS.

GERMAN SILVER was invented in
China.
BAFFIN's BAY is not bay, but part
of the sea.
CUrrLE-BoSE is chalk imbedded in
the shells Of extinct cuttlefsh.
R1cE-pApER is not made from rice, but
from the pith Of hollow plant.
TURKEYS came from India to Spain,
and from thence to this country.
GoTHc architecture was not devised
by the Goths, but by the English.
CATGuT is made from sheep intes-
tines, and kid gloves from sheepskin.
JERUSALEM articholles are not from
Jerusalem; they are species of the
sunflowcr
CLEoPArRA's NEEDLE was not erected
by Queen Cleopatra, nor in her honor.
The same Of 'Pompey's Pillar"
BRAZILIAN grass does not grow in
Brazil, and is not grass at all, but
strips Of palm leaf, mainly from Cuba
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

A TELEGRAPH cable is to be laid
across Long Island sound between
Oyster Bay and Wilson'S Point.
THE electric cranks have made an
electric light walking stick with a small
incandeseent lamp at the end and a
storage battery inside
GERMAN has invented an mean
descent lamp with two filaments, an
automatic switch bringing the second
filament into action on the failure of
the first.
SCIENTISTS assert that the Eiffel
tower causes electrical disturbances
and that the climate about Paris has
been much worse since Che tower was
built than before.
PETROLEUM superseded vegetable oils
for lighting purposes in India and is be-
ing gradually driven ont itself by the
electric light, owing to the peculiar
fitness of the latter for use in hot
climates
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
THE POPULAR BOY.
His Display of the Virtues of Manliness,
Generosity and UnseInshness.

His Display of the Virtues of Manliness,
Generosity and UnseIflshness.
What makes boy popular? Manli-
ness, says Hezekiah Butterworth in the
Ladies' Home Journal During the war
how schools and colleges followed pop
ular boys! These young leaders were
the many boys whose hearts could be
trusted The boy who respects his
mother has leadership in him. The
boy who is careful Of his sister is d
knight The boy who will never vio-
late his word. and who will pledge his
honor to his own heart and change not,
viii have the confidence Of his fellows.
The boy who defends the weak
will one day become hero among
the strong, The boy who VIII never
hurt the feelings Of anyone will one
day find himself in the atmosphere Of
universal sympathy Il know not,
once said the great Gov Andrew, what
record Of sin may await me i'll another
world but this | do know. ! never vet
aespised man because lie was poor.
because nc was ignorant or because lie
was black ("
Shall | tell you how to become pop
ular boy? | will lie too manly and
generous and unselhsh to seek to he
popular; be the soul If honor, aud love
others better than yourself, and people
will give YOU their hearts and delight
to make YOU happy That's what makes
boy popular
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
CHURCH AND SCHOOL FIGURES.


THE school population Of Kansas is
509,6i4.
ABOUT 5000 members were added to
the Protestant churches in Japan last
year.
ELEVEN Of the southern Presbyterian
churches last year gave over $1,000 each
to foreign missions.
According to the Lost census Calcutta
the capital If India, is inhabited by So
400 Christians of al nationalities.
Mrs. I. L. JOHNSON. a wealthy wom-
an living near Rochester, n. y, is re-
ported to have given J. J. Smallwood,
the colored speaker. ST., 600 with which
to found an educational institution for
colored people in Virginia
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24

No man who has faith il God has
any right to sit down aud 10 nothing to
help save the world
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13

gone; and that under the exposures
made, not only by bis enemies within
the Alliance, but also by the still more
dangerous admissions made by his
friends, his inconsistency, and unrelia-
bility, if not corruption, has been more
widely published all over the country
than ever. No wonder then that the
Doctor is mad.
AS the natural consequence OF THIS
exposure, together with the visionary
financial schemes Of the Alliance and
its tendency to the suppression of free
dom of thought and action among its
members, we see the formidable revolt
against Macune's leadership in Texas,
where he is best known. We see Mis-
sissippi, after an unusually thorough
canvas on both sides, carried over
wheImingly against him. We see an
officially announced falling off in ALI
ance strength here in South Carolina,
where Stokes and Talbert have under
taken to "out-Herod Herod." We see
whole sub-Alliances throwing up their
charters, and abandoning the organiza-
ton in disgust. We see big Alliance
meeting at Prosperity the other day
carried overwhelmingly by Senator
Butler against that ridiculous humbus
invented by Macune-the so-called sub
treasury scheme; and that too in spite
Of the efforts of both Stokes and Talbert
to sustain it. These, and many other
signs of the decadence OF the Alliance,
we see al over the country as the result
of it's most unfortunate control OF such
tricky politicians as Macune, who have
"bamboozled" the over-credulous farm
ers and wormed themselves into its
leadership. 1t will have to shake of
such leadership, or its days OF useful
| ness ale over. C1VIs.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
A Fish Line Made Of Women's Hair.

LAMBERTvILLE, August 5.-James
Thorne, the village barber, has just
completed a novel fishing line. 1t is
composed entirely of woman's hair of
every color and shade. Whenever a
customer with particularly long hair
came to have her hair dressed he would
beg of her a few silken threads, which
he would carefully lay away and work
up at his leisure.
This has been going on for five years
until now twenty-five sections, fifteen
inches long, have been completed. Each
section contains 100 hairs. The sections
are so nicely joined that it all appears
to be of one shade. The line is surpri-
singly strong and light and will hold
as much weight as any frst-class line.
Thorne exhibited the line to some
friends yesterday for the first time.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
Grover Cleveland.
Elephant, in n. C. Herald. ]

Elephant, in n. c. Herald.l
Amid the upheavel Of the political
elements Cleveland stands silent and
alone. Cold and Indifferent to every
thing, base must even that partisan
opponent ofhis.be::who hassnot a hearty
and stout admiration for him. Ehs-
solitary grandeur o. his frnaness, his
calm and imperturbable integrity are q
study for friends and foes alike; and
more thought should be given to his
position by every sensible and honor
able citizen.
To say he is stubborn is the heightof
folly-it is not worth notice. To say
he is mistaken is alraost an egotism-
for Carlisle says he sides with the crowd
as against Cleveland only on aeeountof.
political necessity"
Yes, alas, it is political necessity
that by far too MANY prominent public
characters will bow before; and they
will trim their sells to suit the breeze of
popular ciamor. He has bsen charged
with bigotry.
Who made that charge? Chcs. A.
Dana. If the world was ransacked to
find to peer Of Mr.. Dana in some things,
his equal would never be found. For:
reckless and envious assertion he ranks
foremost among the editors of this
planet.
Time will yindicate Cleveland and
don't you forget it it. He is the only
Independent politician in America.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
Women and baseball.

We are always glad to chronicle q
new idea, especially when it is possessed
Of such great merit as that which is
now presented to usin the Augustnum-
Der Of Demorest's Family Magazine,
which has just arrived. One Of the
leading articles is q game Of baseball all
played out on paper by means Of finely
executed illustrations with explicit
descriptions of Zach move. Those who:
have attempted to explain the game Of,
baseball to sister, wife, or wife-to-be;
know what an almost hopeless task Il
was. Now here is the whole thing
done for you, and so cleverlY and clearly
that after reading it woman will be as
anxious as any one OF the other sex to
see match, and she will never again
say, "Well! what is there in baseball,
anyhow" The article will save you
hours of explanation, and shows the
enterprise of this progressive Magazine,
which strives to give the public Just
what they want. This August number
is certainly very attractive. GA Happy
Day al Cairo" with it's beautiful illus
trations, gives splendid idea of home
life in Egypt; Summers Bird" is ono
of Olive Thorne Miller's charming
papers; 'The Game Of Lawn Crookettan
describes the new pastime that salmost
as fascinating as tennis: there are ab-
sorbing stories and beautiful poems; all
the numerous departments are over
flowing with good and seasonablez
things; and il addition there are over
two hundred fine illustrations, includ.
ing q beautiful water-color Of 'Swal-
lows" It is published by w. Jennings
Demorest, at Is East 18th ST., New
York. Price % cents; or $2per year.
Any of our local newsdealers will be,
glad to supply it.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13

saw there would be trouble, so L
ordered the officer of the guard to so
out and get four Of the best men OF the
guard with outside arms and have
them report to me at once. A few
minutes afterward four stalwart SOL
diers made their appearance. SAID
"Mep, I wish you to take Mr.. Davis
with as little force as possible, and
place him on that cot, and hold MN
there till the smith is through with bis
work"
As the men advanced Davis struck
the first or foremost man, but all four
instantly closed on him and showed
him on the cot. Davis showed unnat-
ural strength it was all the four men
could do to hold him while the black
smith riveted the clasp around his an
kle, his helper holding sledge ham
mer. The other clasp was locked on
with a brass lock the same as is in use
on freight cars. I ordered the men to
their quarters, and as they passed out
Davis lay perfectly motionless. Just
as I was going out Davis raised from
his cot and threw his feet on the floor,
and with the changing of the chains he
gave way. I will say here mat it was
anything but pleasant sight to me to
see a man like Jefferson Davis she'd
ding tears, but not one word had he to
say.
Two hours after T called to relieve
the guard and found Davis lying on his
cot. I said: "Mr. Davis, you can't
rest we'll that way if you will give me
your word of honor that you will give
no more trouble in this matter 1 will
unlock the shackles so you can take
off your clothing" ''Captain, / assure
you there will be no more trouble.
then unlocked the shackles, he taking
off his clothing, and locked it agair
himself. JEROME T1TLoW,
Late Captain Third Pennsylvania
Regiment, Artillery.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
THE STATE ALLIANCE EXCHANGE.
Manager Donaldson Denies the Rumor
That It has Sold Out.
Especial to the State. !

GREENvILLE, S. c., Aug. Ia re-
porter to-day interviewed Hon. NJ. L.
Donaldson, manager of the State Alli-
ance Exchange on the report published
in the Cheraw Reporter that the ex-
change had been sold out at the Spar
tanburg meeting to the Union Cordage
Company, of New York, the organiza-
ton which is trying to gobble the busi-
ness Of the Southern Alliance ex-
changes. He said there is no truth in
the report, and that the South Carolina
exchange is in no way connected with
or obligated to the Union Cordage
Company, or any other mercantile con-
cern. He was asked about the Rev. J.
A. Sligh's recent sly visit to New York
and said that Mr.. Sigh had not done
anything except what he was author
lied to do.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
death were due to the gambling kells of

Augusta.
He said he had lost $500 since Satur-
day, and S4oO besides in the past month.
he mentioned four gaming houses in
Augusta at which he had lost money,
and advised his wife to employ law
yer and recover it, as the law was rigid
against such gaming houses, and she
could get back the money, which would
greatly help her in Citing along.
He had intended to be better man
and live right if he could have gotten
through his present trouble, but he
could see no way out of it but in death.
A PRAYER AND A WARNING.
I hope God will take care of you, and
forgive me for this rash act. I have
asked my drummer friends to help you
to run boarding house. I pray God to
save my soul.
The letter closed with the words:
"Let this be a warning to all young
men, and that they never touch 8
card"
The coroner's jury, after hearing the
evidence and the letter, returned aver
dict that the deceased came to his death
from dose Of morphine, and that it
| was suicide.
His body vas then taken to the train
and carried to his home in Johnston,
S. c., for burial.
Mr.. Crouch was So years Of age, born
and raised in Johnston, S. c., and was
well known in Augusta. Hewas adark
brunette, weighing, perhaps two hun
dred pounds.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
He DIED FOR LOVE.
The Agent Of the G., c. &N. r. r. at Fishdan
Takes His Own Life.
TRegister, 7th.

IeSSAolS43 'lh'J
From 2 gentleman who came down
on the Asheville train last night it was
learned that when the train reached
Fishdam the people were found to be
in considerable excitement by a suicide
that had just taken place. Mr.. S. r.
Lewis, young man about 25 years Of
age and ageut of the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern Railroad, had been pay
ing attention to young lady and made
her proposals of marriage. Her refusal,
couple with the jeers Of some of his
young friends, so preyed on his mind
that at last, yesterday afternoon. he
went into his office and shot himself in
the head with his pistol, death result
ing almost instantly. No further par
ticulars were obtainable last night, but
the above are no doubt the main facts
Of the tragic occurrence.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
A Pointer

that would guide, unerringly; into the
heaven of health, all that are on the
troubled sea Of impaired womanhood'
tits nothing less, nor could be nothing
more, than DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription-frail females faultless friend
-time-tried and thoroughly tested.
Internal infamnations, Irregularities,
displacements, and all ill-conditions
peculiar to woman, controlled, cor
rected and cured, without publicity,
by this safe, sterling specific. Purely
vegetable. Only good can come from
it's use. The only remedy of the kind
acarra1ated to give satisfaction, or money
refunded.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13

stead of buying securities or loaning
their money out. They would look to
rents or to cultivation on a wholesale
plan to pay them profits on their pos
sessions and the small independent far
mer would become thing Of the
past.
Nevertheless, Colonel Keitt's idea is
along step away from the sub-treasury
and toward sounder and more demo-
cratic principles, and we are glad to
see it.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13

CHARLESTON, S. c., August III
Hendrix McLane, the organizer of the
White Republican League in this State,
left here for the North to-day. He said
he was going on in response to an invi-
tation to meet some prominent white
Republican leaders. He expressed him
self as being much gratified with the
success attending the movement thus
far. Mr.. McLane's trip is surmised to
be concerning the next delegation of
South Carolina Republicans to the Ma
tional Convention, and may mean the
arrangement of combination Of the
two of the wings of the party in this
State.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
"Look me in the face. My name Is
GN;oht -hoenb

"Look me in the face. My name Is
'Might-have-beenn
T am also called 'No-more,' 'Toolate,' )
sFarewellp"
The poet VITO wrote the above, must
haye been in the last stages Of consump-
ton. Perhaps he had only learned, for
the first time, that if ne had taken DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in
his earlier illness, he would never have
reached his present hopeless condition!
What can be more sad than keel re-
alization of what "night have beenW
Physicians now admit that consump-
ton is simply scrofula in the blood att
tacking the lung-tissues. It is never
safe to allow the blood to remain im-
pure, and it is especially reckless, when
such pleasant, harmless remedy as
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will drive every taint Of scrofula or im-
purity from the system, causing 9 cur
rent Of healthy, reIuyenating blood to-
lead through the veins.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13

Much injury i done by the use of ir-
ritating, gripping compounds taken as
purgatives. In Ayers Pills, the patient
has mild but effet tive cathartic, that
can be confidently commended alike
for the most delicate patients as well as
the most robust.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
The Biggest Engine in tho World.
from the Philadelphia Press.l

From the PhlladeIphla Press-
It is not strange at all that the big
gest engine.in the world is exercising
its'ponderous strength in Pennsylvania.
1.-THE President" as it is called, is con-:
stantly at work pumping water from
the zinc mines atFriedensville, Lehigh
county. Its enormous power is that of
5000 horses, o. as it is computed, Of
$4,000 men. In the same county there
il still preserved at Hokendauqua the
first engine ever used in Lehigh, and
set up at Allentown by Eli Sager in
1888.