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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-01
ROUND ABOUT IN GOTHAM.
TALK or THE WEEK IN The GREAT
METROPOLIS.
Men who tive by Their wits and the de-
vices so Which They Resort-The Jud-
son Memorial Green Room Gossip and
Social salads-Gcneral Mention.
NEW YORK BUREAU.
ItFguMnNp DAN 4 IfNfFc

NEW YORK BUREAU,
RICHMOND DAILY TIMES,
January 81. lS9ll
The number Of men whose wits are their
only stock in trade. yet who manage to live
comfortably, ia greater in New York than
any other city. The "bum' on the street
corner, who only asks enough for q nights
lodging, and all his brothers in ihedinerent
grades up % the gcntce sponge woo ire
Quents clubs and b0lrow5 five for a cou-
pie of days, have one obiecuin COM Onto
live without working. The Ihilanthfopic
rascal finds his method the easiest. All he
wants is book and an endorsement from
some wcil-kuown charity. The money will
soon flow in provided he has a manner i'm
which piety and persuasion are mixed.
Some societies la fact encourage this sort
0l thing, for their col lectOrs in place u
salary get certain percentage ~ the
amount they collect" Homes. "asylums.'
"sheters,' are also profitable. Meu and
women run these concerns on purely COM
mcrcial basis; tWo-jhirds of the cash col
lected being generally appropriated by the
manager. lhe h0tgl beat lives very well
for a time. but bis business does not last
very long. for after while his
schemes are discovered and then his
occupation is gone. Bur while be
is i'm the business. he max everything
count in his favor. The TACT OF his staying
at frst-class bo'el enables him 70 borrow
money from the other b0arders. aud ne is |
not long I'm striking zap a friendship With |
the one whose purse is the most easily /
opened. A well-knOWu family name is "a /
perfect mine 10 the hotel beat. There is /
one young man who, on tie strength Of hi, /
patrOnymic, has swindlcd almost every /
motel in New York. lie has been disowned /
bv his family years ago, but bee does not 1
himself with food and shelter The richest 4
glcanngs are found in club-land. Any |
beat whose social standing is sufficient TO /
give an cntree into aclub, need have no fear /
for the necessarics OF life. The man who is /
an expert with the billiard cue, or AN adept F.
at the card table, finds plenty of people who /
need amusement and are willing 90 pay
tor it, His superior skill enables him tO /
win, for cheating would soon De discovered, /
and a result would be- a dismissal from the /
club. Some of item make nice little in /
comes. There Is one man whose "pckings' /
amount t0uoarly $4,000 "a year.
He has very many things iu his favor. ln !
mis- early years he wa, "a member Of "A /
American legation in "a foreign country /
The large circle OF acquaintances he made /
there come in well now. lie is "a very jolly /
fellow. and a storg-tellCr Of the first older.
He Keeps his victims 50 well amused that
they bear their losses with equauimiy.
.rttt. fr.r.-.s. aftHraprtr
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-12-09
GOOD PIE:
is much priced, nut many
people can't eat pic because
of dyspepsia or dyspeptic
tendency.
Everybody
CAN EAT PIE

If it is made with Cottolenc,
the new pure substitute for
lard. Cottolcnc is simply
pure cottonsccd oil and
pure beef su-t, two of the
healthiest foods known.
Properly combined they
are better than lard for all
kinds Of shortening, and
everyone can eat. digest.
and enjoy food cooked with
it. Food that wa, indiges-
tible when cooked with
lard is easily digcstcd when
cooked with Cottolcnc. and
many Of the leading house
keepers of the land say
they can make nicer bread,
rolls, biscuit, cakes, cookies
ginger bread, pies, pattics,
tarts, griddlc cakes, GRO
quettcs with Cottolenc than
with either lard OF butter
Get it ofyour grocer dtry
1t. Beware Of limitations.
N. X. FAIRRANk g. CO.,
SOLE MAKERS,
CHICAGO, and
8 Central Wharf, Boston.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-12-09

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 9-The hardest
and most destructive wind and rain storm
or years prevailed IN and about Puget
sound within che past forty-eight hours
On Bellingham bay vessels we're foundered
md life imperilled. Six persons were
drowned while attempting to cross the
Narrows IRON Stelacom, four miles from
Tacoma, 10 NcNeil's island, in a small
hnat
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-12-09
The Nihiiists' Opportunity.

ST. PETERsBUEG, Dec. 9.--Many peas
cHts In the famincstricken districts re-
fuse 70 accept employment on government
Iyiid works. Nihilist agents are working
actively TO persuade the peasants that the
car can and ought 10 supply them with
food. Large factories are stopping work
for want OF orders, leaving the operatives
hpsIlInIe.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-12-09
The Burial OF the Heads
Looking Forward .

If, despite present indications, the su-
preme court should decide TO grant a new
trial, his sentence at the state prison
would be vacated and back he would go
to the jail at Dover to stay until his fate
had n second time been decided by jury.
II it was found that the crime was COM
ntted in Maine he would go from the
state prison here into the hands of the
Maine officers if hey desired TO put him
on trial Tor his liberty they can't hang q
man across the iine-fnd those officials
would 80 desire
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

increased size given by thinning to the
specimens The tree itself, however,
would be all the better, as numerous
ly loaded limb is more exhausted by
the many specimens growing on it
than by fewer and larger ones.
But the best way of all is to train the
trees properly from the very com
mencement of their growth, so that
there may be no divergent limbs nor
acute forks. This course should be
commenced as soon as the young trees
are set out, and early in the season of
each year, just as the new shoots are
starting to grow. The future head may
then be easily shaped by simply rub
bling off all needless starting sprouts at
first, and only few additional ones in
each subsequent year, with the result
as in Fig 8. The man who does this
rubbing and shaping must have the
desired form shaped in advance in his
mind. A few hours, or even a few
minutes, at the present time in the
season applied in this way may effect
a very important saving in giving his
trees the right shape and in preventing
distorted heads and future breaking of
branches. Fig. shows the appear
ance of symmetrical young tree after
the foliage has fallen.-Country Cen
tleman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
THAT Good Medicine"

Mr.. G. d. Cone. Attorney. Parker.
South Dakota, says: Il take pleasure
in saying to he public. as have to my
friends and acquaintance for the last
five years, that CONSIDER Chamberlain's
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy
the best medicine for the purposes it is
intended that l ever tried. Since
have used it would not be without it.
! was always subject to cholera morbus
and never found anything else that
gives tho relief that this remedy does.
never leave home without taking it with
me; and on many occasions have ran
with it to the relief of some sufferer and
have never known it to fail. My child
rem always call for that good medi-
cine" when they have pain in tho stom-
ach or bowels For sale by j T Bennett
Druggist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

Lookout mountain stood there, showing
its dark and gloomy front. while the
granite wall above the railroad track
was as cold, areary and forbidding as
anything corld be. The morning wore.
and the discomfort of the poor. young
soldiers was rather being increased
than Iessened. At few minutes past
six o'clock a change came a party
stood looking at the gray pile of stone
watching a freight train putting slowly
along the ledge As they looked, the
clouds suddenly broke, and the sun.
brilliant and glorious. shone forth. As
Its rays struck upon that granite wall
it was reflected back by the myriad
Jets of water which spurted from its
sides. It made a scene simply glorious,
in its effect simply dazzling: it was as
if a million electric sparks had suddenly
burst into life or that a million dia-
monds had caught the rays of the sun
and sent them back to that band of
comfortless and disheartened men. The
sight was one to cheer, and distressed
as every one felt, they could not help it,
they gave one loud and long hurrah for
the glorious sunlight tack Fuller, in
Arkansaw Traveller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

CULTIVATE thoroughly the early part
of the season.
Mulch early set trees before hot
weather sets in.
SUCKERS must be kept off. and espe-
cially from grated trees.
ONE thorough watering is of more
benefit than six sprinklings
Be ready to destroy the first pests
that make their appearance.
BAGAssE from a sorghum mill is one
of the best materials for mulching
SEEDING evergreens are often bene-
fted by being shaded the first season.
STEERING the soil frequently in the
early part of the season will insure a
thriftier growth.
EVEN with shade or ornamental trees
it is quite an item to keep out all of the
dead or diseased wood
IN seeding down permanent pasture
always plant out q sufficient number of
trees TO make plenty of shade.
LIQUID shellac, white lead and oil, or
some similar material, should be APP
piled to all large wounds on trees.
THE borer works among some yari-
cites of forest and shade trees the same
as among some varieties OF fruit trees
VINES or trees planted rear houses
are apt to suffer for want OF moisture.
Mulching win be a benefit in many
cases
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
STRAY SHOTS.

AT the head of G. A. R. post in
Brooklyn's Memorial day parade was a
small, dirty and well worn flag. 1t
floated at the masthead of the revenue
cutter Harriet Lane in 1861, and was
the flag that was endangered when the
cutters commander, telegrdphing Sec
rotary Dix, of New York, received this
famous answer: eff any one at
tempts to haul down the American flag,
shoot him on the spot The flag is
owned by the Dix family.
AN authentic incident in the career of
Gen. Robert f. Lee is told as an evil
dence of his sweetness of disposition
and natural kindness. One day he
was inspecting the batteries over the
lines below the city of Richmond, and
the soldiers had gathered in group to
welcome him. This action drew upon
them the fire of the union guns The
general faced about and advised the
men to go under shelter. But he did
not do this himself Walking on, al
though in apparent danger, he picked
up and replaced an unfledged sparrow
which had fallen from it's nest near bv
The act was instructive, but perhaps
indicates a really higher endowment
than ability to conduct notable cam
paigns. Youth's Companion
JUDGE GLENN w. SCoFIELD was a
personal friend of Abraham Lincoln.
A Warren county private, having
knocked down his captain, was tried,
convicted and sentenced to the Dry
Tortugas. His friends urged Scofeld
to have him released, so he went to see
the president and told his story. Listen
ing attentively, Lincoln replied: Il tell
you, judge, you go right down to the
capitol and get congress to pass an act
private soldier to knock
down his captain. Then come back here
and ! will pardon your man" The
Judge says that there was such an air OF
quizzical earnestness and desire to
serve him about the presidents manner
that they both broke out in an outbursi
of laughter. The judge did not press
the case further. Harrisburg Tele
graph
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
Happy Hoosiers.

VIM. Timmons, Postmaster of Ida
vile, Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has
done more for me than all other medi-
cines combined, for that bad feeling
arising frcm Kidney and Liver trouble :"
John Leslie, farmer and stockmau, Of
same place. says: "Find Electric Bitters
to be the best Kidney and Liver medi-
cine. made me feel like a new man. ="
j. W. Gardner, hardware merchant,
same town, says; Electric Bitters is inst
the thing for man who Is ali run down
and don't care whether he lives or dies
he found new strength, good appetite
and felt just like he had new lease on
life. Only SOC. bottle, at j. T. Ben
nett's Drug Store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
A RELIC.

IN the wall above the mantel
There's an ancient weapon hung,
Tarnished. dusty. old and rusty.
Springfield pattern, siKty-one;
And the spiders. all unconscious
or its power, upon il crawl.
Ano have Uebbed il. breach and murzls,
Where il hangs upon tbs wall.
Could il speak 'twonld tell a story
That would startle young and old,
Tales OF long and weary marches
Could that weapon true unfold.
Tales OF battle, tales OF carnage
That would bianch the brsvest cheek.
From Bulls Run to Appomatox,
Could that ancient weapon speak.
Dear indeed IS that old musket
It had sure voice long ago.
Not friend so true and trusty
On the field TO meet the foe.
Then it spoke and TO q purpose,
Fiery was tbs tale it told.
Leaden was the fearful message
From that weapon grim and old.
And love it-who can blame mel
It and I were closest chums.
Old and rusty, tried and trusty,
Best OF all your make OF guns.
Comrades dead and comrades living,
II reminds me OF you all;
Elbows touch Whenever view It
As il hangs upon the wall.
Brings again your kindly faces
From that distant long ago,
When we faced the storm OF battle
On the field to meet the foe.
On the wall above the mantel
There's an ancient weapon hung.
Tarnished, dusty. worn and rusty,
Springfield pattern. sixty-one.
-. w. Kenyon, in Detroit Free Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
A Listening Bird.
Buffalo Courier.

A little bird sat on an apple tree,
And he was as boarse as hoarse could be;
He preened and he prinked ana he rufied his
throat,
But from It there foated no silvery note.
Not song can sing. sighed be. signed he
Not song can sing" sighed he
In tremulous showers the apple tree shed
Its pink and white blossoms on his head;
The gay sun shone and, like lubilant words,
He heard the gay song Of a thousand birds.
An the others cSc sing" he dolefully said
'All the others can sing" he said.
So he sat AMI he dropped. But as far and vide
The music was borne on the airs warm tide,
sudden thought came to the sad little bird.
And he lifted his head as within him il stirred.
III cannot sing, can listenr" he cried
'Ho no. / can listen" he cried.
Julia c. r. Dorr, In Harper's Young People.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
Nothing to Wear.


Nothing TO wear, my darling, nothing at all TO
wear
This is the song she sings to him and fills him
with despair.
When he goes out to toll each day and earn their
daily bread
She hangs around his weary neck until these
words are said.
And when he comes home late at night she sits
upon the stair,
And MARBLES out: You know, dear Charles, I
haven't thing TO wear.
The polonaise had last year, tell you IS
sight;
Ny old black grenadine is worse it makes me
look fright;
Ny black silk Is so shiny, and I feel so morti-
fed;
And then, for summer, must have something
in white beside"
And SO she sings her little song throughout the
livelong day
Nothing to wear, my darling, nothing to wear
say"
And Charles is az the Office and his face is
blanched with fear
Because he cannot poy for all the things she
got last year
Tom Mason, in Cloak Review.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
"oLD BILL.
How Gen. sherman Rode His War Horse
in Parade.

How Gen. sherman Rode His War Horse
in a Parade.
When Gen. Sherman returned to
Washington after the war he partici-
pated in the grand review as leading
figure, and one fact that was particu-
larly impressed upon his mind was the
righteousness of some of the horses rid
den by the officers. The war horses
had been discarded and the animals
used on that occasion were not accus-
toned to the surroundings, the crowds
of men with shining guns the noise OF
the bands and the general tumult. And
it was no wonder that they PLUNGED ana
reared as if they had been possessed by
an evil spirit. The first day was occu-
pied in the parade of the army of the
Potomac. The second day there was to
be the review of the army of the
Tennessee. Gen. Sherman's body serv-
ant asked him what horse he intended
to ride ." old Bill of course" an
swered the general. Why" replied
the servant, "'Old Bill is too sheepish
for grand reviNy. lie has no life in
him and will look half asleep
amid SO brilliast a display" Il
don't care for that, rejoined Gen.
Sherman That's the reason l intend
to ride old Bill | can not ride COM
fortably on a strange horse and in an
affair of this kind / propose to study
my own comfort, and besides l am
greatly attached to the animal There
is no foolishness about old Bill. He
will act with dignity and l shall be at
ease. Not even the roar OF dozen
guns would disturb that horse" So
"O1d Bill" was groomed and made
ready and went through that review
with the utmost e9fuanimity, never
showing the least appreciation of what
was going on about him.
Gen. Sherman rode his horse to the
grand stand and little beyond IT,
Then he dismounted and gave She horse
into the care of another person and the
animal was led away. Gen. Sherman
never saw "Old Bill" again, nor could
he learn what had become of him. But
to his dying day he never forgot the
horse that he had ridden so many times,
and it was often a source of real sorrow
that he did not keep his war horse
with him as long as he could.-Chicago
Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
Don't Care to Eat"

1t ia with the greatest confidence that
Hoods Saasaparila is recommended
for loss of appetite. indigestion, sick
headache, and similar troubles. This
medicine gently tones the stomach, as
sists digestion, and makes one real hun
Cry" Persons in delicate health, after
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla a few days,
find themselves longing for and eating
tie plainest food with unexpected rel
isb.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
Tommy,s NYIshes.

No fairyland care TO know,
This world is good enough for me.
like II very much. although
Some changes / would like TO see.
wish that study we're like play,
And school circus Of delight,
And that twas summer every day,
And all the rain would fan at night
A wish that luscious as ice cream
Were castor OH and ipecac,
And that the dentists chair would seem
To me my frisky pony's back.
wish that whippings made me gay
And happy, and would not even hurt,
And that had ten meals day,
And each one nothing but dessert.
Harper's Young People.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
What's O'clock?

1t Is common experience with any
group of half dozen gentleman, that
no two watches in the crowd mark the
same moment of time. 1t causes no
particular Inconvenience, but suppose
such variations occurred among the
clocks at the more than 5000 stations
on the great Burlington SYSTEM What
| assurance would there be of safety from
, collisions? Very little. But the sys-
tenn of effectiug absolute correspondence
between all time pieces IN use on The
Burlington, is perfect. and has been
reached at the expense of much money
and trouble. Three minutes before 1
O'Clock every afternoon, an operator in
the Chicago general office begins send
out the word "time," and continues it
for fifty seconds. He then connects the
automatic signalling mechanism, and
5000 telegraph instruments from Chic
ago to Denver and the Black Hills, and
from st. Louis and Kansas City to St.
Paul, signal the seconds in unison with
the big clock in Chicago 1t now lacks
one minute and twenty seconds Of 1
O'Clock. There is an interval of twenty
seconds. Then the Telegraph instru-
ments call a double click with each
swing OF the big pendulum for 40 sec
onds, and then come three dots Morse
signal for letter ''S') which is notice to
all offices having synchronizing stand
ard clocks to bring their clocks into cir
cult to be automatically set with the
master clock in Chicago. Another brief
pause, and there comes a single click,
which indicates that is is just o'clock.
With all watches and clocks in exact
! correspondence, no train allowed to fol-
TOW another closer than five minutes.
and trains running 10 opposite dlrec-
tions carefully watched, 1.-The Burling-
tom is the line for safety. For tickets.
time tables. etc, call on your homo
agent, or write TO WI C. KENYON,
Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Mimi.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
MERIToRlous VERSE.
what pained ner Most.

Anat fained Her Most.
The Boston maiden heaved a sigh,
As very welhsle might,
For she was Tar sway from home;
OH miserable plight!
Alas. alas" she sadly said,
''Oh what q coming down,
When must pass four dreary weeks
Outside Of Boston town.
Z" The people here mean well enough.
But they distress one 50:
Unlike ourselves. there is so much
They do not seem to know.
, ATS very hard when one would speak
The riches o. her mind
To be. with such wealth o. tongue,
To English speech confined
Z" So few can good ChrysOstom quote;
So few are up on Keats;
And one can talk theOsophy
With very few one meets.
They're all SO light and trivial
So yacuuus OF worth.
And oil their intenectious cling
To hollow things q earth.
"But what intliets the deepest pain
Amid these sorry scenes
Is the bald and bungling brutal way
They have Of browning beans"
boston Courier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

To make my fortune have q plan
I'll conquer the world" said the tin0rou
man.
He started forth, but a lion ran
Into his path; said the timorous man.
The lion will kill me; i'll can
I'll turn back now, I'm q timorous man.
And having tried It once in vain
He never tackled the world again.
Then came that way the valorous man,
Who there his battle OF life began.
He saw the lion; it roared and ran,
Intent TO devour the valorous man,
Who drew his sword and said: II can
XIII the ltoni" The valorous man,
The flag Of victory then unfurled,
And marched on conqueror OF the worldl
Mrs. NJ L. Rayne in Detroit Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
The Chaplain Gave BacL. tho Cards.

II had rather a remarkable expert
ence while l was chaplain of the army"
remarked one of the ministers at pas
tors union.
what was ftp"
81 had been working and talking to
the boys about gambling, and they
finally turned all the cards in the camp
over to me. The next day they were
paid off. The following day l was
passing out and saw blanket spread
out with two lumps of sugar on the
corner, and about half the money in the
camp spread out.
''What were they doing?"
''They were betting on which lump
of sugar fly would first light, and all
the money on the blanket changed
hands on the result"
What did you say to the boys?"
Il said: Here, boys, come get your
cards. columbus Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
Rheumatism Cured in a Day

"Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to days,
Its acton upon the system is remark
able and mysterious. 1t removes at once
the cause and the disease Immediately
disappear. The first dose greatly ben
etits. Is cents. Sold by Stone &
Hassell, Druggists. Lancaster, 48ly
Large size SOC andS1.00.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

A. EllNOls
Go, pretty rose. and to her tell
All would say could but see
The slender form know so well,
The roguish eyes that laughed at me.
And when your fragrance fills the room,
Tell her Of all hope and fear,
While every breath of sweet perfume
Whispers my greeting In her ear
But, roses stay, there is one thing
You must not mention. Don't forgetS
(For il might be embarrassing
And that is-you're not paid for yetr
Yale Record.